parking tickets?

[WalterMitty]

o you pay parking tickets or not?

i received my first the other day.  it was in somerville mass outside of a cvs.  i cant believe the city hires people to patrol the parking lots of such establishments.

oh well.  should i pay the $20 or not?

[© tweed]

Wait until they bother you about it...or, file a protest for fun.

[dazzleman]

o you pay parking tickets or not?

i received my first the other day.  it was in somerville mass outside of a cvs.  i cant believe the city hires people to patrol the parking lots of such establishments.

oh well.  should i pay the $20 or not?

Did you ever pay this ticket Wally?  You must have, or they would have locked you up by now....

[Nation]

Update on my own ticket: I decided to wait it out, and take the risk. I'm a gambler anyway (like I was going to pay this thing to begin with)...

[dazzleman]

Update on my own ticket: I decided to wait it out, and take the risk. I'm a gambler anyway (like I was going to pay this thing to begin with)...

Good move.  I think the risk is non-existent.

[MODU]

Yes, you should pay it (and Somerville is a nice place).  Not paying the ticket will just lead to further issues down the road, including possible impoundment of your vehicle if you get another parking ticket (depending on how strict they are up there).  You got the ticket for breaking the law, therefore, you must suffer your punishment.

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

50% of all road/parking related ordinances/laws are BS.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

o you pay parking tickets or not?

i received my first the other day.  it was in somerville mass outside of a cvs.  i cant believe the city hires people to patrol the parking lots of such establishments.

oh well.  should i pay the $20 or not?

what'd you do?

[TeePee4Prez]

I have 4 outstanding!

[nini2287]

I got my first one a few weeks ago.  It was a week and a half before classes started and they already had begun patrolling the metered spots!

[Nym90]

You might as well at least challenge every ticket you get (whether it be a parking ticket or a moving violation); almost certainly you can at least get the amount of the fine reduced. It's worth it unless your time is far more valuable to you than your money.

[WalterMitty]

oh. wow.  this thread is old. 

yes, i did pay the ticket.  the ticket was for not feeding the meter.

[dazzleman]

You might as well at least challenge every ticket you get (whether it be a parking ticket or a moving violation); almost certainly you can at least get the amount of the fine reduced. It's worth it unless your time is far more valuable to you than your money.

It depends on how much time and how much money.  Time and money are the two major commodities of life.  All else flows from these two.

Some people use time to save money.  Others use money to save time.  Right now, I'm in the latter category, though I have been in the first category at different times in my life.

Woe to the person who is short of both.

I challenge moving violations not to save money on the fine, but to reduce points and keep them from affecting my insurance, which would potentially much more expensive than paying a fine.

I rarely get parking tickets.  If I'm guilty, I just pay it.  It's not worth the time and aggravation to fight it, IMO.