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Parking garage - $ dispute

Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:30 pm
Posted by Forkbeard3777
Chicago
Member since Apr 2013
3841 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:30 pm
Just curious as what the OT thinks of this. I had to go meet someone for business today. In the previous meetings, I would get my ticket validated. This time, it completely slipped my mind. Anyways, parking rates are as such:
quote:

Number of Spaces: 185
Hourly Rate: $4
Daily Rate: $16
Miscellaneous Rates: $2 each 30 minutes; $16 daily max; special events as posted.


I parked at 9:40. I left at 11:12. The attendant charged me $8 for the full two hour rate. I'm not going to haggle over a couple of bucks (instead, I'll post about it on an internet message board )

Was I overcharged? Should I have said something? Am I being too much like George Costanza? What would the OT have done?


Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120383 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:31 pm to
You got screwed. Should have beat the shite out of that guy. Guarantee he pocketed the $2
This post was edited on 10/13/16 at 6:32 pm
Posted by LSU1018
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2007
7222 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:32 pm to
I would have said something bc the attendant is possibly pocketing the difference. If she does it to every car, that adds up.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27148 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:34 pm to
1:32? They alway round up.
Posted by tipup
Member since Sep 2005
1649 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:35 pm to
So 9:40-10:40=$4.00, add 30 minutes, that's 11:10 + $2.00. You went over that, so you get charged another $2.00 which totals $8.00. Seems pretty simple.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65856 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:35 pm to
On street parking in Chitcago is available-

Posted by 12Pence
Member since Jan 2013
6344 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:36 pm to
quote:

What would the OT have done?


Posted by Tigris
Mexican Home
Member since Jul 2005
12366 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:39 pm to
quote:

Was I overcharged?


No, you were there for longer than 1:30.
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
73000 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 6:42 pm to
Life's too short to worry about shite like that.
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
7556 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 7:45 pm to
Based on the rates presented I would assume it is billed in 30 minute increments.

1 hour 32 minutes=$8

Posted by birdieman
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2012
1647 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 7:52 pm to
Is this a weird troll or are you just really dumb (and poor)?
Posted by purpleleaf
Member since Aug 2011
4004 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 8:35 pm to
You failed math didn't you?
Posted by Pico de Gallo
Member since Aug 2016
1894 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 8:35 pm to
If you lose your ticket at the Riverwalk in New Orleans its $80 to leave to lot.
Posted by ATL-TIGER-732
ATL
Member since Jun 2013
2291 posts
Posted on 10/13/16 at 8:58 pm to
Do you really expect a minimum wage parking lot attendant to know how many minutes there are in an hour?

They are probably taught to round off to the nearest hour.


P.S. As an aside, I was leaving the airport at Phoenix Sky Harbor. They had just installed new card readers to tell you how much you owed. There was no signage to show how to insert the ticket. I inserted it with the magnetic strip down and on the left. It did not read. I tried with the strip on the right.

The attendant looked out her window and asked what was the problem. I said "It won't read my card".

She pulled the card out of the reader and said "You put it in wrong". I said "I get that a lot lately".

It took forever for her to tell me how much I owed. I asked her why. She said "I am running your license plate".
This post was edited on 10/13/16 at 9:05 pm
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