Oh Noes!!! Parking Ticket???

[Anonymous]

I got a parking ticket a year or so ago when I was unloading my truck at a trade show.  I was pissed that they found me in the three minutes that I was parked there, so I just threw it out the window.  Well it just showed up on my TU report as a collection and dropped me over a hundred points!!  They obviously have no social, and no credit app.  Can they do this?  Geez I hate the parking nazis! 

[Anonymous]

Throwing a ticket out the window is not a good idea - yep, they sure can do that. I once got a $65 ticket for parking at an expired meter on a rainy Saturday morning, while I ran into the candy store for 20 seconds to buy a newspaper.

After 60 days I received a notice from DMV that they would begin collection actions, and I'd be unable to renew my vehicle registration if I didn't pay the $85 ticket ( $65 turned into $85).

I don't know what town you're in - but NY is serious about collecting.

Pay it............................ 

[Anonymous]

They sure can! They've got your License Plate & VIN, which means they've got your life story through the DMV. Pay that sucker, and pay it quick!

[Anonymous]

Bastages!  So I called the city an they said that I would have to take it up with the CA.  What a beating.  I just disputed it, so hopefully it will drop off, but if not I'll try the PFD route. 

[demi]

I find it weird that you never got anything in the mail, either from the city or the DMV. 

[Anonymous]

forget about the CR, the whole not wanting to go to jail and not wanting my car impounded thing would prompt me to pay my parking tickets.

it never makes sense to me when people don't pay their tickets.

[Anonymous]

     You really shouldn't dispute things that are correct this is why it is so hard for people to get things removed that are not correct.  Then we wonder why the CRA doesn't just take our word for it.

     I'm doubtful that you can PFD a parking ticket when they can just come and arrest you for not paying or tow your vehicle as another poster stated.  At least they will in Texas.  Good Luck Vicki

[Anonymous]

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greyhound2007 wrote:

     You really shouldn't dispute things that are correct this is why it is so hard for people to get things removed that are not correct.  Then we wonder why the CRA doesn't just take our word for it.

     I'm doubtful that you can PFD a parking ticket when they can just come and arrest you for not paying or tow your vehicle as another poster stated.  At least they will in Texas.  Good Luck Vicki

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Yeah, I'm sure everyone on this board only disputes incorrect items on their reports.  Come on people, it's a parking ticket!  They don't arrest you for those! 

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Yeah, I'm sure everyone on this board only disputes incorrect items on their reports. Come on people, it's a parking ticket! They don't arrest you for those!

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They don't arrest you, but they sure will tow your car if they find it parked in their town again.

And forget trying to get this off your reports. For one thing, it's accurate information. For another, it's NOT "consumer debt" as defined in the FDCPA. So the collection agency doesn't have to respond to your DV, they can keep on collecting it without validating.

They WILL get their money eventually. You might as well pay them.

[Anonymous]

They won't get a dime if it doesn't come off of my report.