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  1 0 Something like that happened to me, only I was dumber. Shabby-looking white guy approached me as I was heading for the pay kiosk at a lot on 1st Ave in Belltown. "Parking is $10." Well, I was planning to use my card, but for some reason I cooperated and dug around for the cash. "Here's $20, do you have the change?" (note: yes I am dumb); Hands me standard paper parking slip for my dashboard. "Thank you" (yes am dumb and dumber). "I will be right back with your change." Walks away. Sinking feeling. Looking at parking slip. Is expired slip with a different lot's address on it. Bum and dumb and dumber and bummer. cucuchi answered in City Living over 2 years ago | Report Comment on this answer Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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  0 0 There's no guarentee that the tickets he's passing out are for the lot you're parking in. OR, he's hoping for tips. How often do you get change back for your ten when you pay someone in a restaurant with a $10? He's banking on your tipping him two bucks for putting something in the slot for you. How often do they come check the slots and tow or ticket people, anyway? What if he's depositing your $8 in the slot, but it's supposed to be $10... do they two you? Or does the company rep say "Oh, that must have been parked by Fred... he get's his $2, so it's alright...." "Cagey" answered in City Living over 2 years ago | Report 2 comments by Jon and cucuchi… 0 0 It wasn't one with the cash slots, it was one where you pay the machine, it gives you a ticket, and you place the ticket in your car. I read it as the guy was actually feeding the money into the machine and handing out the ticket, so the $8-10 discrepancy is a bit of a mystery. Maybe the OP was wrong about it costing $10. Maybe the guy had a stolen credit card and was buying the tickets with that, then pocketing the $8 and pretending he was giving you some kind of deal. It definitely does seem like one of those situations where they're trying to get tips for something completely ridiculous, like helping you parallel park, even though you don't need it, squeegying your windshield at a stoplight, or in this case getting your ticket from the parking machine. Jon commented over 2 years ago | Report 0 0 In answer to: "How often do they come check the slots and tow or ticket people, anyway?" I don't know about the other companies, but I've done business with Diamond Parking, and they really do check often. More than towing, they lock a heavy barrel to your car and you have to call them to pay a hefty upcharge and get it removed. cucuchi commented over 2 years ago | Report Enter your comment or ask a new question New comments are not being accepted at this time.

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