Comment by 🎮 jprjr
That's so shitty. I'm guessing that was a private lot? They can do pretty much whatever they want and outright rip you off.
I always try to find a city-owned spot because at least my money isn't entirely lining some company's pockets. It's not perfect, I know a lot of city-owned lots do a profit sharing with whatever company runs the machines. They're also pretty good about not letting you pay outside the enforcement hours, only charge for the actual time, etc.
Also extra frustrating about the facility not offering all services. That's the kind of thing that should be clearly listed on the website. Like how Walgreens lists pharmacy hours in addition to store hours.
Apr 15 · 3 weeks ago
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🚀 lars_the_bear · Apr 16 at 06:39:
In my region it's the public health facilities that make brutal charges for parking, and the private ones that don't. I guess they think that if they're going to take £800 from you for an x-ray, they don't need to scalp you for parking as well.
I watched a Steve Leto (spelling may be wrong) video on youtube a while ago where he discussed a case where a private empty lot owner was issuing tickets to people who parked there (I don't think he even posted private property signs).
Another favorite of mine was a parking lot located in the downtown of a Western US city, charging people for parking until it turned out that they did not own the lot after operating for a decade or so.
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Paid parking scam — I had to go to a medical imaging lab, in the evening. We find one in the city that is open til 8 and according to their website they take walkins. Try to call to make sure they're actually open and still taking walkins tonight. they don't answer their phones after four. It's in a part of town that I would not have expected to be charged parking and is many blocks away from any place you can park if you're not patronizing a particular business. Roll up to a massive parking…