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Article: San Diego Bail-Bond Industry Competition Links Hard Sell with Jail Cells.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 23, 2003
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By Michael Kinsman, The San Diego Union-Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 23--MarcoLiMandri remembers a time 20 years ago, when the bail-bond business in San Diego was a kinder, gentler enterprise. The owner of A to Z Bail Bonds said he would even give lost customers directions to a competitor's office.
"It was the way we used to do business," LiMandri said. "But it's not like that anymore. I've had customers sitting in my office when people working for other bail agencies would try to lure them out and up the street. It's cutthroat now."
Bail bondsmen in San Diego say the business is now overcrowded with agencies seeking ...