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Nickel and dime
Posted on 2/16/25 at 10:56 am
Posted on 2/16/25 at 10:56 am
If there is one thing I hate it’s being nickel and dimed. For instance we are at the hospital for the birth of our second girl and we have to pay for parking $6 a day. Now I know it’s only like $20 for the few days we are here but come on. I’m about to pay thousands for a C-section and yall are gonna charge me to pay in your parking garage. And this is in a suburb of Birmingham not New York City for crying out loud.
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Posted on 2/16/25 at 10:58 am to AUVet21
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Nickel and dime
That covers property taxes and continuous upkeep that parking garages require that you never even think about.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:01 am to AUVet21
ADMINS - please move this to the poors board
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:03 am to AUVet21
Can't bill insurance for parking so you gotta pay.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:05 am to AUVet21
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And this is in a suburb of Birmingham not New York City for crying out loud.
You really should thank your lucky stars it's not like N.Y. That $6 parking charge would likely run you $25 and up. That is a pretty reasonable parking lot rate for the N.O. area------until you hit the French Quarter, then it's gonna get stupid.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:05 am to forkedintheroad
Is that the hospital that used to provide parking validation?
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:08 am to AUVet21
It’s annoying but the garage might not be owned by the hospital. But even if it is, there’s a difference between parking for 3 days and 20 minutes. By charging separately, they can charge accordingly.
EDIT: Oh, and I see your subtle “I had sex nine months ago” brag. Congrats on the new addition.
EDIT: Oh, and I see your subtle “I had sex nine months ago” brag. Congrats on the new addition.
This post was edited on 2/16/25 at 11:12 am
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:10 am to AUVet21
Pretty cheap. Possible it is just enough to keep people from taking advantage of free parking.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:29 am to wheelr
The hospital was just bought out a few months back and when we had our first they gave people a pass to use for free parking while your baby was here. So that was helpful and I’m sure it’s just the new corporation trying to make some extra money. The garage is attached to the hospital and unless you are going to the hospital there isn’t anything near it
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:39 am to AUVet21
This is likely not about revenue…it is about having too many vesitkrs in the hospital. Sometimes when someone is in the hospital, they have ten folks in the room at the same time visiting. When you are in the hospital you need someone to stay to help out….however, they are not meant to be a social gathering place.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:41 am to AUVet21
What I really hate is when hotels charge parking. I have a friend who took his family this week to Boston and is paying $75.00 a day for 6 days to park at a Marriott.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:48 am to AUVet21
There’s a valid gripe here but the parking is a small part of it. My wife had a small procedure last year, that initially started as a $3000 dollar co-insurance charge on a $20k, procedure that ended up more like $3800 after all the little random bills that kept showing up. On top of the $300 pre-op exam. $100 bill for a lab charge, $150 to the on-site pharmacy, $300 to anesthesiology that’s its own entity. All covered somewhat by insurance, but the bills just kept showing up over following month.
They think it’s ok because they’re all small, and they think we’re not smart enough to distinguish that because they’re not the $20k sticker price of the procedure, that they’re a bargain.
They think it’s ok because they’re all small, and they think we’re not smart enough to distinguish that because they’re not the $20k sticker price of the procedure, that they’re a bargain.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:52 am to AUVet21
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If there is one thing I hate it’s being nickel and dimed
You would not have much liked the old five and dime stores back in the day.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:54 am to BROpaneTANK
Try having a family member going through cancer at MD Anderson
We probably spent over $500 just in parking
We probably spent over $500 just in parking
Posted on 2/16/25 at 11:55 am to Spankum
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This is likely not about revenue…it is about having too many vesitkrs in the hospital. Sometimes when someone is in the hospital, they have ten folks in the room at the same time visiting. When you are in the hospital you need someone to stay to help out….however, they are not meant to be a social gathering place.
This has absolutely zero to do why a new administrator now charges for parking. What a stupid post
Posted on 2/16/25 at 12:22 pm to Dadren
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Oh, and I see your subtle “I had sex nine months ago” brag
Might be Jody’s
Posted on 2/16/25 at 12:24 pm to AUVet21
Congrats on the daughter!
Posted on 2/16/25 at 12:26 pm to AUVet21
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For instance we are at the hospital for the birth of our second girl and we have to pay for parking $6 a day.
Should have thought about that before you left it in.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 3:18 pm to AUVet21
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Birmingham
You live in the Third World. You get what you get.
All those big stars in the 80s didn't do the USA for Alabama thing and sing We Are The World for nothing.
Posted on 2/16/25 at 3:22 pm to AUVet21
This guy agrees with you...
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