A week ago I pulled up on the side of the street to park in downtown St. Louis. I don't see a "NO Parking" sign, only a sign that says
"No Parking Every 1st and Third Wednesday <-- -->"
I parked right under the sign, on a thursday. Car was there for 5 minutes or less. Come back out to it and a nice $25 NO PARKING ticket. wtf
I'm contesting it. As much as I hate to waste the time, they can't have a parking cop laying undeserved parking tickets on cars, whether it was intentional or not.
Fast forward to yesterday. I had monthly garage parking downtown because up until the end of last month, I was living downtown. My parking was good until the 10th. It was $100 per month. I moved to just outside the city, close to the metrolink and plan to take that everday instead of driving downtown. But for the next few days I need my car (still moving some random stuff) and it also needs to be taken to the body shop to finish up on my repairs from hitting a deer.
So I decide I'll just park at an open, public $2 per day lot. It has one of those honor pay systems, just small slots where you slide change/bills into, and the parking space number is labeled on the appropriate slot. I pull in yesterday morning, get a good spot, go put $2 in the slot, and go on about my day.
I come back to get my car after work, and a "No Pay" parking ticket is laying on my windshield. Granted, this isn't a city ticket, it's a "central parking systems" ticket.
Charge is "No Payment on $3.00 lot".
Fine - $13
Warning says payment must be made in 5 days or car will be booted next time seen on any Central Parking lot.
WTF? The put my license plate down wrong though. Slightly mispelled.
I called the number, and it says you can mail the ticket in with an explanation of why you want to contest it, but if they don't accept your appeal they will double the fine and boot your car immediately the next time it is on their lot.
I have expensive rims for one, so if anybody boots my car when I don't deserve it, I'm going to freak out. Two, this was the FIRST time I parked in this lot in over 4 years. The very first day I'm given a bogus ticket. Is this the obvious signs of a racket?
Ugh.. I swear if they try and collect on this or boot my car, I'm going to get some spray glue and glue spray all of the slots so they can't collect anything.
"No Parking Every 1st and Third Wednesday <-- -->"
I parked right under the sign, on a thursday. Car was there for 5 minutes or less. Come back out to it and a nice $25 NO PARKING ticket. wtf
I'm contesting it. As much as I hate to waste the time, they can't have a parking cop laying undeserved parking tickets on cars, whether it was intentional or not.
Fast forward to yesterday. I had monthly garage parking downtown because up until the end of last month, I was living downtown. My parking was good until the 10th. It was $100 per month. I moved to just outside the city, close to the metrolink and plan to take that everday instead of driving downtown. But for the next few days I need my car (still moving some random stuff) and it also needs to be taken to the body shop to finish up on my repairs from hitting a deer.
So I decide I'll just park at an open, public $2 per day lot. It has one of those honor pay systems, just small slots where you slide change/bills into, and the parking space number is labeled on the appropriate slot. I pull in yesterday morning, get a good spot, go put $2 in the slot, and go on about my day.
I come back to get my car after work, and a "No Pay" parking ticket is laying on my windshield. Granted, this isn't a city ticket, it's a "central parking systems" ticket.
Charge is "No Payment on $3.00 lot".
Fine - $13
Warning says payment must be made in 5 days or car will be booted next time seen on any Central Parking lot.
WTF? The put my license plate down wrong though. Slightly mispelled.
I called the number, and it says you can mail the ticket in with an explanation of why you want to contest it, but if they don't accept your appeal they will double the fine and boot your car immediately the next time it is on their lot.
I have expensive rims for one, so if anybody boots my car when I don't deserve it, I'm going to freak out. Two, this was the FIRST time I parked in this lot in over 4 years. The very first day I'm given a bogus ticket. Is this the obvious signs of a racket?
Ugh.. I swear if they try and collect on this or boot my car, I'm going to get some spray glue and glue spray all of the slots so they can't collect anything.
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