So, have you ever arrived at your car to see a parking ticket for $68 on your windshield and you pull out your Proof of Payment stating that you paid for parking on that particular stall? I have. After doing some massive research on Impark, I’ve found a discussion topic on the Discover Vancouver forum stating that he’s had the same problem that I have just encountered.
Check this out:
You’ll notice that my Stall# is 448–and the stall #’s on the Proof of Payment + Parking Ticket match. You’ll also notice that I have VALID parking until 2AM January 3. You’ll also notice that I paid at 9:45AM on January 2, 2008. This is the second time I’ve been falsely accused of not paying for parking. The funny thing is, it’s the same Patroller that issued both these parking tickets.
Is Impark trying to scam me? Do they honestly assume that I don’t keep Proof of Payment for Parking, VISA records, etc? I always pay with VISA–which is awesome because I can just log into my Online Banking to pull up all my transactions.
Also, when you try to dispute these parking tickets, it’s so hard to find the proper phone # on their website. It’s like they’re purposely hiding it.
Has Impark ever tried to pull this on you, as well? Do tell your story. From what I can tell from Googling Impark, there’s a lot of cases out there where they’ve tried to falsely accuse people for not paying for parking. So, please, do tell your story!
Johnny Kash wrote,
I never keep my slips and I never pay with Visa, if that happened to me I’d be screwed
| Link | January 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Mikk wrote,
What a bunch of assholes. Hurt them…hurt them BAD.
| Link | January 2nd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Jason wrote,
damn impark.. they really are the devil..
| Link | January 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Patroller 82 wrote,
My bad, Bro.
| Link | January 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am
carly wrote,
I just received a letter in the mail from Impark claiming this was my “final notice before collection” and that I had received a violation back at the end of May. I had NO idea what the hell they were talking about. There was never any ticket placed on my car.
Funny enough, the “violation” was issued for a lot at Langara and the reason code was for “Obstruction”. I called and asked what that means and they said that I was either parked in an illegal space or over the lines. I asked them why they think I would park crooked in a half-empty lot and that I park in the same area every week when I attend class. I asked why, then, didn’t I have a ticket for every week I have been taking the class???? Convenient that there was never a ticket on my car. If I’d seen it then, I could have taken a photo of my car in the space to dispute it. But, since there wasn’t one, I was unaware, got in my car and drove off.
Bunch of lying bastards! I called their office and the guy put me on hold and never came back. Holding now for someone to pick up. I am livid! I should send them an invoice for the time I’m spending trying to call them about this bogus ticket for something that never happened. Guess they had to come up with something since I had a valid parking ticket on my dashboard.
Just got off the phone with them now and apparently the guy I talked to last week cancelled the ticket, though it would have been nice for him to tell me that so I wouldn’t waste more time calling them back!
The City of Vancouver really should do something about these scamming cash-grabs like towing and parking lot companies who ticket people for no reason.
| Link | July 21st, 2008 at 10:59 am