[Ballz-jinder]

Yo man i've been a student for 3 months and I'm broke as fuck for paying 4.50 a day on parking I use for sometimes 2 hours. Wherz the parking at?

[DIEH4RD]

Parking is a bitch a BCIT. Try garden grove dr or westminister ave behind BCIT. Usually wesministet is filled with cars early in the morning so try to go as early as possible. Garden Grove has 2hour parking but I'm not sure how often they check and ticket people.
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[Glove]

get a credit card,

and when you get it in the mail, dont activate it,

but use it anyway in the parking meters.

youl get free parking that way for a good month or 2 before they ban the cards number,

rinse repeat.

thats how I get free parking everywhere, I got free parking at bcit for a good solid year of juggling cards.

Unless they updated their booths and are now connected to the internet, then you cant do that,

but if its still those shitty yellow ones, then go for it

[Fappin]

^Wouldn't an empty visa gift card work as well?

[Glove]

^ ya probably, as long as the expiry date isnt expired, the machine cant tell whats the difference because its manual, not digital

[aikenluu918]

if youre broke, take the bus. upass comes with your tuition.
problem solved.

[Okami]

if youre broke, take the bus. upass comes with your tuition.
problem solved.

not if you are a part time student. you arent even eligible if you are one.

my friend used to empty those gift card credit cards you buy from safeway and use them until the number was banned..

but she said the parking machines were changed, so empty cards dont work anymore

[Ballz-jinder]

thanks guys, yeah I guess parking on those other streets or that credit card option is the only chance.

[k3lv]

The cost adds up real fast. 3-4 days a week, next thing you know Im out $20

[Eatman]

I got my first parking ticket yesterday and I haven't been paying since september.. so far my savings outweighs the amount of this parking ticket which I probably won't even bother paying.

[Matlock]

I knew a guy who did security across Willingdon and had a parking pass for that whole strip that is usually empty. :)

[nabs]

but then when you are about to buy a house you will ask yourself... what happened to my credit rating....

get a credit card,

and when you get it in the mail, dont activate it,

but use it anyway in the parking meters.

youl get free parking that way for a good month or 2 before they ban the cards number,

rinse repeat.

thats how I get free parking everywhere, I got free parking at bcit for a good solid year of juggling cards.

Unless they updated their booths and are now connected to the internet, then you cant do that,

but if its still those shitty yellow ones, then go for it

[Porschedog]

There are always parking spots on Moscrop across from the secondary school. Would probably only take you a 5-10 minute walk to campus.

[ajax]

Find someone elses stub and throw it on your dash
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[S1 S2]

Since I no longer enroll in Bcit I can tell you what we did. I took the Auto Collision course at 6:30 sharp in the morning. You will need a partner, pay for the spot and have your friend park in that paid stall, while with your ticket on your dash u can park anywhere else. Cut down half the cost since I had 4 days a week there(Pay 2 days each). Did that for a year.

** Also change your license plate after your 2nd ticket, cheaper that way.

[Sky_High]

Yo man!

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[sebTeggy]

All these people telling you to take the bus. Fuck that, you have a car for a reason.

When I went to BCIT, you just had to pay for the parking spot by entering it into the machine. If you are coming late at night you could just park in any spot, its most likely paid for.

Im assuming you are doing night classes since you are p/t going 2 hours a day. If you are going to school between 10-12, then you will most likely need to suck it up, or park nearby and walk.

Its a fucking ripoff. University parking should be free.

EDIT: If $4.50 is bad, stay away from UBC, 14$ a day.

[DavidNguyen]

14 a day? What the fork
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[Ikkaku]

yeah, 4.50/day is nothing compared to the prices of UBC/SFU

SFU rates are 3.25/hr to a maximum of $13

[Cillu]

Rofl those prices are insane! And here I was thinking $4.50 a day is already pretty pricy.

What some people recommended in the other thread was to just park and not pay. After you get ticketed 3 or more times, change your license plate, rinse and repeat. I got ticketed only 3 times for the whole semester doing this and just sold my car later (upass came out the following semester). What I also did was park at the Moscrop parking lot when I'm not too lazy to walk. They don't care how long you park your car there for so don't worry, just don't park in the staff area.

[Glove]

but then when you are about to buy a house you will ask yourself... what happened to my credit rating....

I bought a house,

my credit rating was not affected in the slightest,

I never activated the cards,

hence I never received them

[blagh]

will anything happen if they bust you using those credit cards? Has anyone here been caught?if so what happened to you?

[LSF22]

There are always parking spots on Moscrop across from the secondary school. Would probably only take you a 5-10 minute walk to campus.

Sry for bumping old thread...

Are there usually spots the whole day or just certain periods?

[jasonc]

the trades parking lot has free spots after 1:30 thats when i get out of auto class. thats the one near welding and auto shop

i was late to school once and it was only 7am. everything was full and i had to park at the other end. took 10min of walking.

[jasonc]

also i think finding parking is slim from 7am-12 since everyone starts class at that time and some people leave for lunch at 12. so at lunch it is the best time to steal there spot and usually they bought a ticket so free parking for rest of the day.

[jasonc]

oh and i have upass i dont use every month so i can trade it for something ;)

[Hondaracer]

sell anyone a year of parking in the main lot off willingdon/Canada way for $200 :P

[b0unce. [?]]

I've been on and off parking @ lot N (I think thats the one. the lot near the trades area, facing willingdon/canada way). I've never been ticketed there. I've tried parking there for 2 straight weeks.

I didn't want to risk it anymore so I just end up parking in the lot across from NE 6.

Just sell your UPASS for $80~ and use that money for parking. It more or less evens out. It's roughly $21/week.

[z-33]

1)buy a ticket
2)go home and scan the receipt
3)photoshop the date everyday
4) print

= free parking.

[JSALES]

I don't go to BCIT anymore but when I did, I used to park in the gravel area parking lot and I would just write on a piece of paper saying "paid for parking, machine ate my money" and I would get away with it everytime or I would park at the temple and walk.

[Sky_High]

;7778953']Just sell your UPASS for $80~ and use that money for parking. It more or less evens out. It's roughly $21/week.

1)buy a ticket
2)go home and scan the receipt
3)photoshop the date everyday
4) print

= free parking.

I would just write on a piece of paper saying "paid for parking, machine ate my money" and I would get away with it everytime

:facepalm:

[k3lv]

I just got my first BCIT parking ticket by the NE1 building on the corner of Willingdon and Canada way. Looking forward to changing my plates lol

[Jegz]

Im at that building everyday. I have 11 outstanding tickets at the moment. FUCK NE1 AND FUCK IMPARK.

[DIEH4RD]

1)buy a ticket
2)go home and scan the receipt
3)photoshop the date everyday
4) print

= free parking.

does this work? have anyone tried this before and got caught?

[oaktree]

when i was at bcit aerospace campus, the new one, they were talking about 7 bucks a day -_- what a rip. what we were explain to was that the building itself is on bcit land and the parking in on YVR land, so we have to pay airport parking rate -_- so figure

anyone know the parking fee for aerospace campus now?

oh, and what i did when i went to the main campus was to park up the hill of and walk down. nothing ever happened. no brake in or anything.

the blank visa/gift card trick works at UBC as well.

[oaktree]

does this work? have anyone tried this before and got caught?

I think it will work until they scan your ticket or ask for a receipt. just don't let caught on. :)

[skylinergtr]

hey guys,

just wanted to put this out there. I am a fellow BCIT student, and I drive and park my car at school everyday. I am now going to be more cautious of where I park my vehicle now...

At the end of the day today my friend noticed that his black honda civic coupe (i'm guessing year 2008) was brutally side swipped or nailed into at the student parking lot near SW9 (BCIT Burnaby). The car is pretty badly damaged on the left quater panel, and actually shifted the vehicle over to part of the other stall.

I know there is probably not much info given on the vehicle, but this is definitely a hit & run situation. If anyone knows any information or has witnessed this, please do PM me. This is on behalf of my friend/classmate.

Thanks!

[bobola]

Im at that building everyday. I have 11 outstanding tickets at the moment. FUCK NE1 AND FUCK IMPARK.

+1!!
At least pave the parking lot with better ROCKS

[Altoids94]

Anyone know if the credit card trick works anymore?

[cooke24]

park at the casino guys they will never bug you... as long as you just walk through on your way to school

[mb_]

Anyone know if the credit card trick works anymore?

Gonna try this tomorrow - I park in SE1

[Messerschmitt]

I have about 1k $ in impark tickets. Never paid them. They gave up after a while to keep sending me the tickets by mail. Just remember Impark is private company so they can't do anything about it other than tow your car from their property. If they would go to small claims all they would get is the parking rate for the day you got the ticket. They also only come once a week

On the other hand, I wish it would be as easy at SFU. They have their own parking security, they check the lots every 2 hours or so and after the 2nd ticket, they boot your car. And while that might not be a big deal (you can just call the police and tell them they sequestrated your car, so when they come, they will take the boot off if you plain refuse to pay), I believe after that, they would just tow it (a thing impark would never do).

So yea, I miss BCIT parking. Parked there for 2 years, and I think only once paid 4,50 for a day ticket.