[willystyle]

Has anyone disputed an Impark Ticket before? I believe I was wrongfully ticketed today and I want to dispute it. However, there isn't mention anywhere on my ticket that I can dispute it. So my impression is that, if you're fine then u either shut up and pay up or risk receiving a call from a collection agency.

And say, if I choose not to pay and ignore it. Has anyone actually received a call from a collection agency regarding Impark?

Thanks!

[MindBomber]

I have 10+ outstanding Impark tickets, dating back to 2008, but have not had any contact with a collection agency. I have disputed Impark tickets, too. I simply called Impark, laid out the circumstances, and they canceled the ticket.

[Jas29]

I think it says how to dispute on the back of the ticket

[ForbiddenX]

Just don't pay for it. I haven't paid for an impark ticket since the first one I've gotten. There's a bunch of threads on here that talk about it.

Just be careful though, they CAN tow your car if you have more than 3 or so tickets in the same lot. You don't have to pay for the ticket but you will have to pay for the tow.

If they call you just tell them that you only want to be contacted by letter. Throw said letters.

[nsmb]

I had them cancel 2 tickets, just call their office in vancouver and explain what happened. what u do?

[drunkrussian]

Just don't pay for it. I haven't paid for an impark ticket since the first one I've gotten. There's a bunch of threads on here that talk about it.

Just be careful though, they CAN tow your car if you have more than 3 or so tickets in the same lot. You don't have to pay for the ticket but you will have to pay for the tow.

If they call you just tell them that you only want to be contacted by letter. Throw said letters.

so they can only tow if you have more than 3 in the same lot? so u can have 2-3 in different lots and they won't do anything? if so, that's good info to know lol..and kind of a joke on their part lol

[spideyv2]

ya bro got 2 tix $30

[vafanculo]

Easiest way to dispute. Walk to your garbage can, rip the ticket up and toss it in there.

Unless you are a ticket shark, collections WILL hound you, but, they WONT collect or take you to court. Just change your license plate for $18.

Not sure if 3 is the magic number but, yes they will eventually tow.
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[SpeedStars]

i paid mine :pokerface: $28bux, make's up for me not paying at the langara lot for like 3 weeks :lawl:

[StylinRed]

Ive been getting ticketed by impark every wednesday for the last month because i think they have a new patroller who doesn't know the rules; just call the number on the ticket and you have an option to discuss the ticket with someone and tell them whats up

[Xu.Vi]

This won't show up on government documentation such as crossing customs, right?:derp::derp:

[Gnomes]

It wont show up on govt documents. But if they were issued by the city, then......

[l2_narain]

I disputed a ticket from Impark before when I paid for the wrong stall. Call them up explained my situation and they revoked the charge and asked me to be more careful next time. Years ago while working they didn't give the correct parking tag and got ticketed for parking in wrong lot. I let my boss handle that one.

[vitaminG]

This won't show up on government documentation such as crossing customs, right?:derp::derp:

its like the first thing that US customs pulls up. theyre required by law to check if you have any outstanding impark tickets

[drunkrussian]

I disputed a ticket from Impark before when I paid for the wrong stall. Call them up explained my situation and they revoked the charge and asked me to be more careful next time. Years ago while working they didn't give the correct parking tag and got ticketed for parking in wrong lot. I let my boss handle that one.

i paid for the wrong stall like twice in riverrock casino skytrain parking lot. same thing happened lol

then i kept parking in this one stall where i paid it properly each time but it kept ticketing me. also in that parking lot. i would just find the nice little indian man who tickets people and explain and he'd see that their system is whack and he'd cancel my tickets. i recommend finding the nearest little indian man at your parking lot and getting to know him - it is the best way to deal with parking tickets, while meeting a new little indian man friend.

[l2_narain]

i paid for the wrong stall like twice in riverrock casino skytrain parking lot. same thing happened lol

then i kept parking in this one stall where i paid it properly each time but it kept ticketing me. also in that parking lot. i would just find the nice little indian man who tickets people and explain and he'd see that their system is whack and he'd cancel my tickets. i recommend finding the nearest little indian man at your parking lot and getting to know him - it is the best way to deal with parking tickets, while meeting a new little indian man friend.

It's funny you said that because the guy was like "you can carlll, but you won't winnn." :lol

[Hamburger]

Parked in Burnaby General Hospital and paid for parking stall twice.
Impark ticketed me. I have receipt of payment. I think I paid for wrong stall in haste since there was family emergency in ER or they looked at wrong stall as the numbers are blurry.
Should I call bby location or vancouver location to dispute.

[Lomac]

Don't bother. :lol


I once got ticketed for not paying for a parking pass. In Kelowna. At the exact same time I was busy working in Langley.

:facepalm:

[Drow]

just a FYI if the companies decide to send your tickets to collections, they do show up on your credit bureau

[Hamburger]

just a FYI if the companies decide to send your tickets to collections, they do show up on your credit bureau

What should be the course of action then?
I'll call tmr morning and see what happens.

[Drow]

What should be the course of action then?
I'll call tmr morning and see what happens.

well depending on how good your credit is, 1 minor traffic ticket collection might not affect you when you're looking for a loan

but if your credit report isn't exactly spot clean then people will take it into consideration

[mr_chin]

Impark.Com: Payment Notices - Frequently Asked Questions (http://www2.impark.com/ps/notices/pages/en-faq.aspx?lang=en&region=vancouvermetro)

Here are some answers. I believe there is a number you can call to dispute.

[Expresso]

so they can only tow if you have more than 3 in the same lot? so u can have 2-3 in different lots and they won't do anything? if so, that's good info to know lol..and kind of a joke on their part lol

Recently, I got towed the next day when I had one outstanding ticket at a lot I parked frequently. Not worth the tow and impound charges. Needless to say I paid my tickets ASAP. Could be 1 strike and your out kind of thing now.

[Ch28]

just a FYI if the companies decide to send your tickets to collections, they do show up on your credit bureau

http://i.imgur.com/YGgBKLd.gif

Private parking lot tickets have nothing to do with your credit.

The only parking tickets that you need to worry about are the city issued ones.

[bing]

Had around $2000 in parking tickets on my old plate (I have pics). Credit was never affected.

I only pay the city ones.

[knight604]

drow going to fucking drow

[Shorn]

gonna play the devil's advocate here, but if you were rightfully issued a ticket by impark (as in you actually didn't buy a ticket, or you went over the allotted time, etc etc), then you SHOULD pay it.

just because impark can't do anything except hound you doesn't mean its morally correct to not pay a fine when you did in fact deserve it.

i'm saying this cause i get the feeling that some people in here feel like tickets from impark are not to be feared since they don't come from the city, they just don't pay any of the tickets whether or not they were deserved.

can you not pay it? yes. is it morally correct and do you care? that's up to you

just my 2 cents. obviously this doesn't apply to OP though

[Hamburger]

I just called impark and got the ticket cancelled.
I apparently punched stall number wrong in my haste. Got it cancelled immediately b/c it happens all the time. Gonna take photo of stall number number next time.
Good service over the phone.

[Lomac]

I believe the reason why it doesn't affect your credit is because they have no proof as to who was driving the car at the time. All they can do is try to force the registered owner to pay any outstanding fines.

[underscore]

gonna play the devil's advocate here, but if you were rightfully issued a ticket by impark (as in you actually didn't buy a ticket, or you went over the allotted time, etc etc), then you SHOULD pay it.

just because impark can't do anything except hound you doesn't mean its morally correct to not pay a fine when you did in fact deserve it.

i'm saying this cause i get the feeling that some people in here feel like tickets from impark are not to be feared since they don't come from the city, they just don't pay any of the tickets whether or not they were deserved.

can you not pay it? yes. is it morally correct and do you care? that's up to you

just my 2 cents. obviously this doesn't apply to OP though

On the flip side, is it morally right for Impark to charge me $75 for being in their lot for 1 minute, or for being in a spot 2 minutes early (they seemed to have no problem letting me pay for the spot 2 minutes early though...)?

[Mr.HappySilp]

On the flip side, is it morally right for Impark to charge me $75 for being in their lot for 1 minute, or for being in a spot 2 minutes early (they seemed to have no problem letting me pay for the spot 2 minutes early though...)?

But is their lot, they can do what they feel like it. Don't want to pay? Look around for free parking then.........

[meme405]

I just called impark and got the ticket cancelled.
I apparently punched stall number wrong in my haste. Got it cancelled immediately b/c it happens all the time. Gonna take photo of stall number number next time.
Good service over the phone.

Can you share what number you phoned?

I can only find their stupid online service for disputing.

I parked in the morning and paid for my stall till 6AM the next morning, when I left for lunch and came back my stall was taken by another car. So I parked right next to it, and put my receipt for that morning on my dash.

Came back to a 75 dollar ticket. What they expect me to pay for another stall? Fuck them.

[underscore]

But is their lot, they can do what they feel like it. Don't want to pay? Look around for free parking then.........

Even when I did pay they gave me a ticket. I paid at 9:28, the stall required a pass before 9:30. If I can't park there til 9:30 on the dot don't take my money before 9:30 on the dot.

[evlee]

I have a nice collection of parking tickets from "private" parking companies they sent me to collections but my credit has not been affected

[Drow]

http://i.imgur.com/YGgBKLd.gif

Private parking lot tickets have nothing to do with your credit.

The only parking tickets that you need to worry about are the city issued ones.

ive never said it affects your credit

im just saying it shows up on your credit report if it gets sent to collections

i work for a bank and i do loans and what not

when i was still learning how to do loans i actually asked my instructor whether or not parking tickets affect your credit

my instructor told me they do show up on your credit report, and she has seen it show up on ppl's credit report

edit :

i just googled it myself and it supports what i said earlier

http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/12/an-unpaid-parking-ticket-can-come-back-to-haunt-you/

“We’ve seen this on a number of clients’ credit bureau,” says Chantel Chapman, a mortgage broker in Vancouver with Integre Mortgage Partners. “Our clients have had strong enough credit that the collection did not lower their score to not make them qualify from an A lender.”


if your credit score is strong already, parking tickets won't really hurt your score... but if yours isn't spot clean, it will contribute to you not getting approved for the loan you want

sry Ch28 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Hamburger]

Can you share what number you phoned?

I can only find their stupid online service for disputing.

I parked in the morning and paid for my stall till 6AM the next morning, when I left for lunch and came back my stall was taken by another car. So I parked right next to it, and put my receipt for that morning on my dash.

Came back to a 75 dollar ticket. What they expect me to pay for another stall? Fuck them.

i called 604-909-3933. Press the buttons to talk to a rep.

[meme405]

i called 604-909-3933. Press the buttons to talk to a rep.

Thanks, but they finally responded to my dispute and cancelled the ticket.

For anyone that doesn't know when the patroller gives you a ticket, they take a picture of your dash for the file.

[underscore]

ive never said it affects your credit

im just saying it shows up on your credit report if it gets sent to collections

i work for a bank and i do loans and what not

when i was still learning how to do loans i actually asked my instructor whether or not parking tickets affect your credit

my instructor told me they do show up on your credit report, and she has seen it show up on ppl's credit report

edit :

i just googled it myself and it supports what i said earlier

An unpaid parking ticket can come back to haunt you | Financial Post (http://business.financialpost.com/2012/05/12/an-unpaid-parking-ticket-can-come-back-to-haunt-you/)



if your credit score is strong already, parking tickets won't really hurt your score... but if yours isn't spot clean, it will contribute to you not getting approved for the loan you want

sry Ch28 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I do believe CITY tickets can, but PRIVATE tickets cannot.

[Expresso]

I do believe CITY tickets can, but PRIVATE tickets cannot.

sauce?

[underscore]

I believe it was in the older and much larger impark thread. I know that private tickets can't because they can't prove who was driving the car.

[Gumby]

I believe it was in the older and much larger impark thread. I know that private tickets can't because they can't prove who was driving the car.
So the city has access to ICBC info?

Edit: Actually pointing out the obvious: there is no way for someone writing a parking ticket to prove who was driving the car (assuming the car is parked & empty).

[underscore]

I don't know what the city has access to but the private companies can get your basic registration info from ICBC.

[Selanne_200]

I'm not sure for private companies but I know for a fact that city issued tickets can. We were applying for a visa card and our credit history record was clean except for a single city issued parking ticket. We were told that we had to get rid of that so all we had to do was pay the ticket and told them to note it on the credit history that it was paid. We had no issues after that

[Drow]

I do believe CITY tickets can, but PRIVATE tickets cannot.

you can believe in whateva you want bro

ive already asked a professional instructor in my line of work

and ive already linked to a reputable source

but you have every right to stick to your beliefs, and stand by that thread on revscene

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[underscore]

you can believe in whateva you want bro

ive already asked a professional instructor in my line of work

and ive already linked to a reputable source

but you have every right to stick to your beliefs, and stand by that thread on revscene

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If you read that article you posted it refers to city tickets (although not terribly clearly), not private tickets. While they are both parking tickets they work completely differently.

And I'll take multiple knowledgeable people on RS over a single instructor any day.

[Drow]

ive reread the article and you are right, they never did specify private parking companies

ive just recently started doing loans for clients... i`ll report back to this thread if i ever see a private parking company documented on customer`s credit report

i do warn to be careful tho... ive specificly asked my instructor ìf private parking ticket collections can go on the credit report as i knew it was a question which was frequently asked on revscene, and she confidently answered yes it can, and that she has seen it on client`s credit report

edit : impark on credit bureau detected

[underscore]

ive just recently started doing loans for clients... i`ll report back to this thread if i ever see a private parking company documented on customer`s credit report

Thanks for keeping an eye out, I know that the parking companies sell the outstanding tickets to collections agencies so it might be under a collection agencies name not impark, but I have absolutely no clue what you see on a credit report so that may be irrelevant.

[SpeedStars]

I've been good with impark...if I didn't pay, call to dispute and instant deduction :troll: and if it IS a miss-ticket they'll cancel it. However....with this other parking company "advanced parking" one of the guys handed me a ticket RIGHT as I payed :fulloffuck: yeah go ticket me on my way to pay for the lot. Handed him my stub, said he'll take care of it...thought he did and a mail-in ticket came in after 2 weeks. Now have no proof of purchase... And collections is after me..

[bing]

My broker told me I had excellent credit. I also got approved for my mortgage just fine.

Drow, is your instructor only seeing it on some people's credit reports because the parking company actually took those people to Court, won a judgement, and then those people still refused to pay?

(The cost to file in small claims alone would make most tickets not worth it to pursue and it would seem logical that only if you lose in Court would a credit agency be willing to accept it. It's probably the case that the parking companies exploit this misunderstanding to encourage people to pay up).

[zilley]

befriend the lot boys.

thats the safeset way boys.

[messupdude]

Just to clarify everything for everyone. All the bylaw officers and peace officers that dish out the parking tickets or traffic violations can be subjected to collection. Anything related to Diamond Parking or Impark handing out "tickets" holds no legal value unless they take you to court and prove to the judge you owe them "$XXX.XX" amount of dollar. The judge may tell you to pay the principle cost which is probably a few dollars but 100% of the time the case is thrown out. Impark has tried take legal action against someone in the past back in 2004 but that was thrown out within the first 20 min. They only use scare tac tics against the average people. Iqor Collection, City Collection, and Harassment Calls are just a few things they do to grab your money.

[StanleyR]

LOL "City Collection" I saw that name on a collection letter I got from impark.

They be some crafty buggers to get ppl thinking their somehow affiliated with the "City of Vancouver"

[PeanutButter]

Just to clarify everything for everyone. All the bylaw officers and peace officers that dish out the parking tickets or traffic violations can be subjected to collection. Anything related to Diamond Parking or Impark handing out "tickets" holds no legal value unless they take you to court and prove to the judge you owe them "$XXX.XX" amount of dollar. The judge may tell you to pay the principle cost which is probably a few dollars but 100% of the time the case is thrown out. Impark has tried take legal action against someone in the past back in 2004 but that was thrown out within the first 20 min. They only use scare tac tics against the average people. Iqor Collection, City Collection, and Harassment Calls are just a few things they do to grab your money.

It's a pretty good business, I guess.
I say most people pay their tickets and IMPARK is fine with that. I wouldn't bother chasing after people who didn't pay. Just collect on those who do.

[paperclip12]

what if it gets forwarded to the Canadian Credit Corporation?

[Hondaracer]

I got a ticket at that stupid Wendy's on cambie right before the bridge

The ticket is for "leaving the parking lot" as I parked there, ate Wendy's then while waiting for my GF I went into home depot across the street. Fucking joke

So these private companies won't collect on tickets if I don't pay? It's fucking $68 wtf..

[jinxcrusader]

@Hondaracer I don't think that's an impark lot.

[cho]

http://puu.sh/cutOa/4c200dfc02.jpg

come at me impark

[underscore]

what if it gets forwarded to the Canadian Credit Corporation?

The joke of a company that tries to act like it's a gov't agency? They can fuck themselves.

[axxess]

I got a ticket at that stupid Wendy's on cambie right before the bridge

The ticket is for "leaving the parking lot" as I parked there, ate Wendy's then while waiting for my GF I went into home depot across the street. Fucking joke

So these private companies won't collect on tickets if I don't pay? It's fucking $68 wtf..

Send company a copy of your Wendy's receipt and I'm pretty sure they'll cancel your ticket, 'cause in your case, you did purchase food at wendy's

[Hondaracer]

FFS.. paid in cash i think gotta look for receipt, thought i had it on my visa

[hchang]

Or.... you could just not pay and act like this never happened

[gars]

I got a ticket at that stupid Wendy's on cambie right before the bridge

The ticket is for "leaving the parking lot" as I parked there, ate Wendy's then while waiting for my GF I went into home depot across the street. Fucking joke

So these private companies won't collect on tickets if I don't pay? It's fucking $68 wtf..

to be fair - I'm pretty sure the sign on the lot there says you can park there "while you are dining at Wendy's".

They're pretty ruthless at that one lot, but everybody parks there and runs across the street to home depot or starbucks.

[dotdot]

Don't need to pay for impark tickets

[racerman88]

If you have your food receipt that will help.

[iEatClams]

http://i.imgur.com/YGgBKLd.gif

Private parking lot tickets have nothing to do with your credit.

The only parking tickets that you need to worry about are the city issued ones.

this!

fuckin private lots, making you pay $70+ just because you left their lot for a minute, or you did some other stupid shiet.


Only one you should worry about paying are the City ones, but they are usually like more reasonable at $30-40 so it's not as bad. And I don't feel as bad paying them because it's going to the cities coffers instead of some private company that gouges you up the ass.