Council parking fine help: word smiths NEED apply please..

[fordomatic]

They are ruthless, I was parked illegally and had a stroke, still stung me after a letter. I even included the medical letters.

[OneMadMan]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

They are ruthless, I was parked illegally and had a stroke, still stung me after a letter. I even included the medical letters.

As s Holes.

[Itsme]

Option 1 is useless, try finding a bank that carries that number of coins for starters: plus they don't have to accept coins, been proven in the past by previous miscreants who have tried to do the same.
Option 2 will just p*** you off eventually having to make many payments in your own time.
Option 3 nah luck is not on your side unfortunately.
Option 4 not going to be responsible to giving you hideous ideas.

Option 1 again, pay it properly, end your misery and move on in life.

Cheers

[OneMadMan]

IF.. and that's a big IF...

I could always buy a super cheap POS car.
Remove all the ID numbers, so it's not traceable back to me... and park it there just out of spite..

Just a mad thought.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Rightly or wrongly, knowingly or unknowingly, you parked the car in a spot that you weren't supposed to, and you were unfortunate enough to have someone that cared notice said parking. As much as it may pain you to do so, pay the fine and get on with your life. It's not worth the angst to dwell on this any longer.

I've had to pay two parking fines in my life, both of which I wrote to the respective councils about, requesting leniency. Both of which received the reply akin to yours. I dutifully paid them, and whilst it hurt at the time, both instances are now nothing but a distant memory that I had forgotten about until this thread.

Don't allow your experience to impact you in any way other than being more careful where you park in the future.

[jstanovic]

Originally Posted by jstanovic

Well worth giving it a go. I wouldn't hold my breath on a response from the council, might take a couple weeks.We got a $77 fine yesterday. Ticket machine was saying out of order (we took a pic of the machine) but when we got back we had the fine on the window. I will be emailing them to get the fine waived, if successful it will be 3 from 3 for me!!!!!

3 from 3 it is! Just got an email saying the fine has been cancelled.

Time to go buy a carton with the cash I just saved...

[OneMadMan]

Originally Posted by jstanovic

3 from 3 it is! Just got an email saying the fine has been cancelled. Time to go buy a carton with the cash I just saved...

Well done Mr. Love your work.

I tried in vain. I ended up paying it.

What the hey, that's why we have jobs right? So we can give our hard earned to someone else... for something trivial that was inconveniencing / hurting no one.


One Man

[Cav]

Youse blokes think youse wuz hard done by.

Lemme tell you my story

I was parked on a green verge loosely called a footpath that was very wide and out the back of the local sailing club.

There wuz plenty of us parked there.

You guessed it, I got stung along with the other 25 cars.

I rang up the council and put to them my case.

"It was my 75th birthday so surely youse will give me some leniency."

The girl responded, "Make a submission setting out your reasons why the fine should be waived. This will be looked at by a council employee who will take what you write into consideration and they will write back to you saying the fine will not be waived."

Bastards!

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

[EBSXR6]

Many years ago my Father got a parking ticket and did not pay it as the Grey Ghost didn't write the date on the ticket.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by EBSXR6

Many years ago my Father got a parking ticket and did not pay it as the Grey Ghost didn't write the date on the ticket.

I believe this, no date no proof of offense committed.