[wasabisashimi]

My gf took my clothes for dry cleaning and she cleaned out the pockets and threw away a parking violation ticket i got from a private parking lot near brentwood mall.

I think the ticket is from a private company called Vinci or impark.


Should I call them and get a replacement ticket or forget it.
What will happen if I just forget it? Will they send some repo man to take away my car? or what else!?

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

just ignore

[jpark]

just ignore

lol

[twitchyzero]

repo? haha

[vash13]

Who cares... If the private lot really wants your money they will send you another ticket in the mail. I remember getting a parking violation ticket in the mail for a ticket I never received at the time on my car.

[q0192837465]

if it's private, don't even bother with it. Ignore their calls and wutever they send u in the mail

[Jsunu]

Just remember if you park there again they can tow you

[wasabisashimi]

is Impark private? I am not sure if it is impark, I will have to go back and check. They will hire some recollection agency to harrass me right?

[wasabisashimi]

Just remember if you park there again they can tow you

If i park there again with a proper meter payment , Would they still tow me?

[q0192837465]

is Impark private? I am not sure if it is impark, I will have to go back and check. They will hire some recollection agency to harrass me right?

u bet they'll harass u, but just hang up. They always try to act tough & say they'll ruin ur credit score & some bull crap. Just ignore them & continue with ur day.

I don't think they run a check on every car that parks there for previous tickets. But don't quote me on it. I think 1 ticket is alright, if u have multiple tickets outstanding, then it's common sense to not park there anymore.

[Benz_05TSX]

they wont hassle you for long... they only hassled me for 2 weeks!!!

[4444]

$18 - new license plate, end of issue, they do it on license plate, nothing else

[oldsnail]

$18 - new license plate, end of issue, they do it on license plate, nothing else

you have paid more than 1/2 your ticket by doing this

[hchang]

you have paid more than 1/2 your ticket by doing this

But by doing this, you get a brand new plate, and new numbers, which would be a win win if you do not like your current one.

And you're paying half... still not the whole. So you're still saving money.

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If you don't change plates:

To answer your earlier question, I'm 75% sure that if you ever park in Impark or Vinci (or whatever it was called) lot again and not pay for parking, they will ticket your car, and the other outstanding ticket will show up, and they most likely will call for a tow. So, as long as you pay and follow their rules, they won't find out about the outstanding ticket.

Don't even bother paying it would be my advice, and not change plates. They will most likely send you shit in the mail saying some bullshit like "Pay for your ticket now, the price you pay here is better than the price you'd pay in court and by paying us now your credit score won't be ruined" It's a load of shit, cause you really think they're going to pull you into court for a ticket that's around $40-60? After a couple weeks if they do not get a response from you they'll send the case to a private adjustment agency, who will continuously call you and demand you pay up. If you have caller ID then simply do not pick it up. ;) Impark uses Wiggins Adjustment if I remember correctly.

Hope this helped!

[Benz_05TSX]

^ and it erases other tickets on the last plate...so rack up your tickets before changing plate!

[twitchyzero]

if you made a parking infraction on their lot, why not just pay up..it's usually under $40 iirc

if it's impark/easypark might as well, since there's a good chance you'll be parking on their lots again.

[4444]

you have paid more than 1/2 your ticket by doing this

yes, and 1/2 < 1, therefore you have only paid 1/2 and have no risk remaining..

some ppl... just don't 'get it'

[Lomac]

I've always wondered about them threatening to go after your credit rating. After all, the ticket is only attached to the owner of the car, who wasn't necessarily the one who parked without purchasing a ticket. Can they even legally go after the owner (credit-wise) for something that they may not have necessarily even done?

[flagella]

They send ninja assassins to your home if you don't pay.

[wasabisashimi]

i was going to pay, but lost ticket. Can't fight FATE!!!!! hahah just watched law abiding citizen

[tiger_handheld]

Who cares... If the private lot really wants your money they will send you another ticket in the mail. I remember getting a parking violation ticket in the mail for a ticket I never received at the time on my car.

Completely off topic:


hey buddy - can you change your avatar to something more user friendly? its a little to risque for the regular side of rs!

or anyone know if there is a way to turn off individual user avatars?

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

They send ninja assassins to your home if you don't pay.

:haha::haha::haha::thumbsup: good one

[TRD Rs200]

just get a new plate

[fishing666]

impark is big..they own lots everywhere so if u plan on going to places they'll tow u away and u'll lose a few hrs getting ur car back and some towing fees and probably charge u for violation ticket and charge u for lateness. they pull a lot of bullshit on you.

here's what u do.
wait until they send you another ticket. then complain that u never saw the first one.
and u pay ticket if they send u a copy.

[ajax]

Talk to BCIT students about impark!:p I've changed my license plate now.

[v.Rossi]

depends where you parked, if it's underground parking like scotiabank theatre. i've never seen a tow truck down there before, only because the lot is too small.

but it doesn't affect your credit rating, so fuck it. buy a round of beers or something instead.

[tool001]

I've always wondered about them threatening to go after your credit rating. After all, the ticket is only attached to the owner of the car, who wasn't necessarily the one who parked without purchasing a ticket. Can they even legally go after the owner (credit-wise) for something that they may not have necessarily even done?

as a owner of the car, u are responsible for it. Same as if a camera click u running a red light.. u get the ticket in mail..

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

impark is big..they own lots everywhere so if u plan on going to places they'll tow u away and u'll lose a few hrs getting ur car back and some towing fees and probably charge u for violation ticket and charge u for lateness. they pull a lot of bullshit on you.

here's what u do.
wait until they send you another ticket. then complain that u never saw the first one.
and u pay ticket if they send u a copy.

ughhh...wouldnt spend an extra $18 bux on a different plate saves a lot more hassel?

[Gumby]

Completely off topic:


hey buddy - can you change your avatar to something more user friendly? its a little to risque for the regular side of rs!

or anyone know if there is a way to turn off individual user avatars?
Yeah, you can turn off all avatars in your control panel. But not individual ones, unless you set that person on ignore I guess...

[wasabisashimi]

what if your license plate is 888-FUK. would you spend $18 dollars for new plate?

[Amuse]

I parked at metrotown and they gave me a ticket 2 weeks ago. It was by Diamond Parking. $57.75 if paid within 10 days and $73.50 if paid after 10 days. I paid it but it was a lot just to park at metro. Is it a good idea if I ignored it?

[Amuse]

$18 - new license plate, end of issue, they do it on license plate, nothing else
Don't they have your address and phone number?
Won't they go after you that way?

[slow-fastback]

I parked at metrotown and they gave me a ticket 2 weeks ago. It was by Diamond Parking. $57.75 if paid within 10 days and $73.50 if paid after 10 days. I paid it but it was a lot just to park at metro. Is it a good idea if I ignored it?

Isn't metrotown parking free? Plus, it doesn't matter if it was a good idea or not now anyways since you already paid

[mekaw]

rule of thumb, ignore private parking companies, never ignore tix from city.

Last time I got harassed by impark it was some guy from india and I kept arguing I don't know what hes talking about and I said would you like some curry

[ELITE_TRAYUNZE]

rule of thumb, ignore private parking companies, never ignore tix from city.

Last time I got harassed by impark it was some guy from india and I kept arguing I don't know what hes talking about and I said would you like some curry

OMFG LMFAO....

Anyway, I park on an impark lot 4 days a week. I get a parking ticket like 2-4 times a month. This has been happening for the last 2-3 years. I never pay. I've never been towed. Is this a cool story bro?

[4444]

Don't they have your address and phone number?
Won't they go after you that way?

go after you how? no proof, no car matching the information they have

legal system here is TOTALLY on the side of the defense

[Amuse]

go after you how? no proof, no car matching the information they have
They have a record of your car description and your license plate. Do they secretely record your VIN as well?
The people in this thread said they have been called and harassed. So I guess they can get your info.

[4444]

They have a record of your car description and your license plate. Do they secretely record your VIN as well?
The people in this thread said they have been called and harassed. So I guess they can get your info.

they have your info, so what?

they wouldn't be able to prove anything in court, especially if you changed the plate

really, people need to stop getting their knickers in a twist over a $50 ticket

i had a $450 ticket i just got out of with some BRILLIANT court play - that was fun - at NO time did i think i could lose it, and i didn't, was a really fun thing to do... but over $50, change your plate and call it a day & stop worrying about it

[q0192837465]

I always wonder. Say you get 50 tickets from Impark. You changed your license plate. Some other sorry soul take your plate. Would he get harassed/towed by Impark?

Oh, something else I forgot to mention. If your car is leased, call Impark and pay that ticket. The leasing company WILL pay the tix and ask you to re-imburse them. There's not a way out of this. Better pay now than to get dinged mroe with late payment

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

they have your info, so what?

they wouldn't be able to prove anything in court, especially if you changed the plate

really, people need to stop getting their knickers in a twist over a $50 ticket

i had a $450 ticket i just got out of with some BRILLIANT court play - that was fun - at NO time did i think i could lose it, and i didn't, was a really fun thing to do... but over $50, change your plate and call it a day & stop worrying about it

exactly, i dont know why we get threads like this every couple weeks. people just need to chill when they get a ticket from a private lot

[4444]

I always wonder. Say you get 50 tickets from Impark. You changed your license plate. Some other sorry soul take your plate. Would he get harassed/towed by Impark?

Oh, something else I forgot to mention. If your car is leased, call Impark and pay that ticket. The leasing company WILL pay the tix and ask you to re-imburse them. There's not a way out of this. Better pay now than to get dinged mroe with late payment

they don't recycle plates very quickly at all, if at all - also plate + car won't equal what impark has, so a person taking your plate wouldn't get dinged - so this is a non-issue

re: leased cars... i can't speak to that, i'd check out your contract - i wouldn't have thought the leasing company would automatically pay these fines

[q0192837465]

they don't recycle plates very quickly at all, if at all - also plate + car won't equal what impark has, so a person taking your plate wouldn't get dinged - so this is a non-issue

re: leased cars... i can't speak to that, i'd check out your contract - i wouldn't have thought the leasing company would automatically pay these fines

Brian Jessel will cuz I got the bill from them.

[4444]

Brian Jessel will cuz I got the bill from them.

that's because brian jessel has something up his arse... i'd read my contract carefully - i'd NEVER sign anything that authorizes a third party to pay tickets like that, you haven't been found guilty of anything so why should they just pay up (from a very fundamental legal stand point, this goes against everything i believe in teh legal system, something i've been using a lot to my advantage recently)

[BMW135i]

Just received a parking ticket letter from IMPARK. Saying i have to pay $80 within 14 days or else its going to collection. I'm suprised they got my name and address too.

[flagella]

lol just pay it. $80

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

Just received a parking ticket letter from IMPARK. Saying i have to pay $80 within 14 days or else its going to collection. I'm suprised they got my name and address too.

tell them to eat shit and chuck it out

[TypeRNammer]

Wiggums just sent me a notice for diamond parking, so just ignore it right?
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[Mugen EvOlutioN]

yup they will continue to harrase you for awhile

im used to it lol
fucking wiggins

[q0192837465]

just dun bother with it unless it's from the government

[orange7]

when they call you to harass you, you could just fuck with them.

Maybe start talking about the canucks or other random topics?

[q0192837465]

when they call you to harass you, you could just fuck with them.

Maybe start talking about the canucks or other random topics?

I just speak Chinese to them, ahhaha

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

^

nice

and what they say

[neggo]

I got one from BCIT (Impark) on Saturday for $47...$57 if I don't pay within a week. If I don't pay, will interest build up on the ticket? Also, this is the first parking ticket I have ever received - will they harass me and tow my car if I park on their lots again (even if I do pay for parking)?

I realize that the general rule of thumb is to not pay if its a privately owned lot, but Impark is such a huge company that they control so many lots. To pay or not to pay?

[hchang]

I got one from BCIT (Impark) on Saturday for $47...$57 if I don't pay within a week. If I don't pay, will interest build up on the ticket? Also, this is the first parking ticket I have ever received - will they harass me and tow my car if I park on their lots again (even if I do pay for parking)?

I realize that the general rule of thumb is to not pay if its a privately owned lot, but Impark is such a huge company that they control so many lots. To pay or not to pay?

No interest will not build up on the ticket, they will just constantly call and harass you, and if that fails they pass the ticket on to a debt recollection agency.

If you get another ticket from Impark somewhere down the road and this outstanding ticket turns up they might tow your car. So as long as you pay for parking from now on you should be fine, as they won't find out.

[BMW135i]

Just received a mail. Seems like impark forward my overdue $80 to a company called City Collection. Saying I have to pay within 10 days.

So my question is , Is this the City thing you guys refering to is called City Collection ? Or City Collection is pirvate debt collecting agency ?

[G-spec]

Just received a mail. Seems like impark forward my overdue $80 to a company called City Collection. Saying I have to pay within 10 days.

So my question is , Is this the City thing you guys refering to is called City Collection ? Or City Collection is pirvate debt collecting agency ?



wondering the same thing, I just got a City Collections thing in the mail today as well. This was from parking in an Imperial Parking lot around Metrotown.

[q0192837465]

Just received a mail. Seems like impark forward my overdue $80 to a company called City Collection. Saying I have to pay within 10 days.

So my question is , Is this the City thing you guys refering to is called City Collection ? Or City Collection is pirvate debt collecting agency ?

By City we mean the government. Tickets that are writted by law enforcements (speeding ticket, parking meter ticket) must be paid or they will make you life very miserable. There's no way around it.

My understanding is that City Collection is a private collection company and these are the guys we talk to in Chinese about the Canucks game when they ever call.

If u'r worried, pay ICBC $18 to get ur licence plate changed.

[BMW135i]

I just compared the City Collection Company Ltd.'s address from the letter now and previously letter from Impark. They have the same P.O. Box same address and same tel number. This lead me to think is this called City Collection Company Ltd is Impark's own collection agency company.

Anyways thanks q0192837465 for the answers and info.

[ajax]

If you get one at BCIT get someone elses ticket stub and say you paid, moved your car and you had it on your dash or something. Saying you forgot to put it on your dash might work but then you're also admitting mistake. Or you could say you put in the wrong stall number. Usually works. I've heard it's around the third ticket when they tow. Just change your license plate after 2.

[hchang]

I just compared the City Collection Company Ltd.'s address from the letter now and previously letter from Impark. They have the same P.O. Box same address and same tel number. This lead me to think is this called City Collection Company Ltd is Impark's own collection agency company.

Anyways thanks q0192837465 for the answers and info.

Yes, it's a private collections one, owned by Impark.

You might also get hassled or mailed by a company called Canada Credit or something, they're also private, so don't worry about them :)

[Ch28]

Fucking Diamond parking gave me the same thing.

Time to change plates next week ftw :lol

[Meowjin]

they can not "fine" you for going on their private property. They can tow you though.

I've recieved 19 impark tickets on 1 specific lot. Just gotta park in a way they can't tow you.

[Amuse]

Parked at Metrotown and watched a movie and got a ticket from Diamond Parking.
I am going to change plates. Will they still harass me after I change plates?

[adambomb]

I ran into the ticket guy at BCIT as I was leaving class earlier this month. I called out to him as I was walking to my car. I said with a smile, that he didn't have to leave a ticket on my windshield. I'll take it off his hands right now. Luckliy I got to him before he and printed the ticket. He asked me if I've ever been towed. I said no. He then proceeds to tell me there are 15 tickets on record for my plate, I could have just recieved #16. I told him i've been going to BCIT nightclasses for 3 years and i've never paid for parking. I've saved hundreds on dollars. Sometime I get tickets, sometimes I don't. The tickets mean nothing. I then asked him if he was going to call in a tow truck if I didn't show up. He then tells me this...

No, he can't call a tow truck because my car is parked on BCIT's property. The only person who can legally call a tow truck and remove my car is a BCIT employee. Impark is only paid by BCIT to monitor the parking. Impark has no authority to tow at BCIT. However, if I was ticketed at an Impark owned lot such as those downtown, because of the accumulated BCIT tickets I could be towed, but it would be up to the ticketers discrestion as they would have to wait for the tow truck if they called it in. Which is why sometimes the ticketer just issues the ticket, ignores the tow and continues on. This is also why I haven't been towed from BCIT

I don't know if his statement is true, but after the news of 15 tickets... I got a new plate earlier this week. :thumbsup:

[XtC-604]

if you made a parking infraction on their lot, why not just pay up..it's usually under $40 iirc

if it's impark/easypark might as well, since there's a good chance you'll be parking on their lots again.
lol... cause a new plate is 18 bucks and all you need to do is drive to any insurance place.

I've always wondered about them threatening to go after your credit rating. After all, the ticket is only attached to the owner of the car, who wasn't necessarily the one who parked without purchasing a ticket. Can they even legally go after the owner (credit-wise) for something that they may not have necessarily even done?
Nope, i asked CIBC what my credit rating was, and you wouldn't believe the amount of tickets i have from Diamond Parking Security, UBC and SFU. They just keep telling you pay up or else XXXXXX will happen. They give up after a week or two. In fact they always use the same number, so if they know your cell, just set your cell to reject that call.

what if your license plate is 888-FUK. would you spend $18 dollars for new plate?
I doubt you have that plate, thats the first thing. Secondly my plate is ugly.

[yameen]

Wow. Well I didn't see a ticket on my windshield at BCIT and I parked on staff parking because it was the shortest distance for me to pick up a package that only took a few minutes. So I got a letter today from them and what I did was explain my situation and they lowered my ticket from $57 to $47 (the original) then down to $15 after I explained my situation. I paid $15 online and I rather pay this than get a new license or the original amount. Call them and just be nice.

[Ch28]

I paid $15 online and I rather pay this than get a new license or the original amount. Call them and just be nice.

Well considering the cost of the ticket is less then getting a new plate I would hope you went with the cheaper option http://smiliesftw.com/x/hsughno.gif (http://smiliesftw.com)

[SupraTTturbo2jz]

can imperial park look up your personal address and phone number? i heard there was a privacy act that prevents them anymore due to harassing and also heard other cities they call you early in the morning

[baddabing]

There is an easy way to get these people to stop calling.

According to the BUSINESS PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT;

(4) A collector must not continue to communicate with a debtor
(a) except in writing, if the debtor
(i) $has notified the collector to communicate in writing only, and
(ii) $has provided a mailing address at which the debtor may be contacted,

see this link: http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/04002_09

Simply send the collections agency a fax stating you wish to be contacted by written correspondence ONLY and state the mailing address at which they can send mail to you. Provide your full name and be sure to clearly note what matter pertains to (i.e. parking ticket for license plate number ABC 123) sign the fax, and record the date you sent it. Keep the fax. You also need to send the same fax to the creditor (i.e. the parking lot company such as Diamond Parking).

Also, in the same fax, tell them you wish to dispute the ticket and all related charges in court. They wont take you to court because it's your word against theirs, they won't win. The cost of pursuing the matter in court far exceeds the sum they can hope to recover.

Lastly, a parking ticket and fine from a private parking lot WILL NOT and CAN NOT affect your credit rating. You did not borrow money from them and not pay it back. Parking tickets from the city or a government entity, however, is a different story.