ParkingTicket.com
Published February 22, 2004
They'll help you fight your parking ticket - online. You only have to pay for using their service if you win, and your ticket is dismissed. No dismissal, no charge.
Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, for once it's not. The site's founder and president, Glen Bolofsky, launched his service in 2001, offering to fight parking tickets issued in New York City, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
Bolofsky is a C.P.A. who began analyzing parking tickets on behalf of corporate clients - Nestle, Pillsbury, and Disney among them - and their fleets. Over the past decade, he estimates he's gotten millions of dollars in fines dismissed.
He estimates 75% of the tickets submitted to his site are dismissed or reduced. He generally charges half or less the cost of the original ticket.
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- Published: February 22, 2004
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Too many people have had too many problems with parkingticket.com.
From what I have read they appear to be a scam.
PLEASE BEWARE
If you win they are great, but if you lose you have to fight them for the refund...
Yeah, I just got scammed by them. They require so many documents to get a refund that it is practially impossible to do so.... What would you expect from a bunch of lawyers though....
STAY AWAY.
Also just found this news story about that company's bad practices:
They charged a woman $5000 for changing one of their letters:
FRAUD. Just reported them to BBB. Here's the typical email they send after you ask for refund:
Hi,
This email is to inform you that in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, your request for a refund on ticket #341813113 was not approved for the following reasons:
A review of the paperwork you submitted shows that our Copyrighted document(s) have been edited or modified in the following way(s):
The parkingticket.com Copyright Mark does not appear on the Dismissal Letter. BULL!!!!
Refund Request not filed within 30 days of date of final Hearing Determination
If you have any questions or feel this is in error, please contact us promptly by responding to this email. Please note, we answer all emails on a first-come, first-served basis.
Thank you,
The Support Team
parkingticket.com
Read the fine print. They set up rules you can't follow. STAY AWAY!!!!!!
I agree. This company will make almost impossible to get a refund. I was fooled when I saw the compamy endorsed by cnn.com and other radio stations. With all the hassle your'e beeter off paying it all.
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Parkingticket.com is OK, but unable to do more than an average person could do him/herself. Their moneyback guaranty requires that you appeal and then submit a complete file including your registration and all other documentation. Besides their fee, the cost of postage (certified, registered, etc.) and the value of your time creeps dangerously close to a wash, especially if you are a freelance anything earning more than $50 per hour. Highly NOT recommended.
Park carefully, defend yourself against the ticket online and if you lose, pay it promptly.