mccJul 18, 2023

Alright check out this fucking scam

So I need to park my rental car overnight until I return it tomorrow morning. Meter hours last until 9, so I need to pay the city's meter parking $1.80 for like half an hour until then. Fine.

But all the meter machines have been removed. Instead, you now use an "app".

The "app" has a "wallet". The "wallet" does not support adding money in increments of less than $20.

I don't own a car. This is, again, a rental.

I am never getting that other $18.20 back.

Show threadmccJul 18, 2023
Now you might think that I'm just an edge case and the city can't possibly be expected to support someone who needs to park once for half an hour and then literally never again. But consider that Toronto is actually a very frequent destination for tourists, many of them from entire other countries,
Show threadBruce IV
@mcc oh, that particular parking management company is ... ugh ... Parked once in one of their lots (with "24-hour security"), ended up coming back after hours and getting locked out (no on-site security) -- they did pay for our cab fare to the motel, as well as the overnight stay, but it was not a pleasant overall experience
Jul 18, 2023 at 11:36amWeb