Towing Company
Lincoln Towing ServiceAbout
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On 5/22/2024, BBB contacted the business regarding their advertised products on their website. The business advertised a #1 claim that need substantiated is based on as required by BBB’s Code of Advertising.
The business advertised the following product on their website:
https://www.lincolntowing.com/
Lincoln Towing Service
Chicago’s #1 Relocator For Over 40 Years
The BBB Code of Advertising States:
1. Basic Principles of the Code
1.1 The primary responsibility for truthful and non-deceptive advertising rests with the advertiser. Advertisers should be prepared to substantiate any objective claims or offers made before publication or broadcast. Upon request, they should present such substantiation promptly to the advertising medium or BBB.
1.2 Advertisements which are untrue, misleading, deceptive, fraudulent, falsely disparaging of competitors, or insincere offers to sell, shall not be used.
1.3 An advertisement as a whole may be misleading by implication, although every sentence separately considered may be literally true.
1.4 Misrepresentation may result not only from direct statements, but by omitting or obscuring a material fact.
28. Objective Superlative Claims
Superlative statements in advertisements about the tangible qualities and performance values of a product or service are objective claims for which the advertiser must possess substantiation as they can be based upon accepted standards or tests. As statements of fact, such claims, like “#1 in new car sales in the city,” can be proved or disproved.
As of 6/12/2024, business has not responded to BBB emails or substantiated claims.
Business Details
- Local BBB:
- BBB of Chicago & Northern Illinois
- BBB File Opened:
- 1/1/1992
- Business Started:
- 1/1/1992
- Business Started Locally:
- 1/1/1992
- Business Incorporated:
- 3/31/1992
- Type of Entity:
- Corporation
- Alternate Names:
- Lincoln Towing North
- Lincoln Towing West & South
- Lincoln West Towing
- Protective Parking Service Corporation
- Business Management:
- Mr. Bill Soupas, Manager
- Chris Dennis, President
Additional Contact Information
- Principal Contacts
- Mr. Bill Soupas, Manager
- Chris Dennis, President
- Customer Contacts
- Mr. Bill Soupas, Manager
- Additional Websites
- Website 1
Licensing information
This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
- On Wednesday September 12, 2018, the Illinois Commerce Commission voted unanimously to revoke Lincoln Towing Service’s state license, effective immediately.
The decision comes about two months after an administrative law judge recommended that the North Side firm keep its license despite hundreds of alleged violations...
Illinois Commerce Commission staff alleged that the company committed 831 violations of Illinois’ towing law between July 2015 and March 2016.
Additional Information
- Other Resources
- Illinois Commerce Commission
160 N. LaSalle St.
Chicago IL 60601
Phone Number: (800) 524-0795
http://www.icc.illinois.gov - Business Categories
- Towing Company
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