As others filed on this website, A very similar incident happened to my boyfriend and I on a recent trip to LA. He dropped me off and then went to Venice beach in my car. He fed the meter and went off to explore. When he came back there was still time on the meter, and someone was in the process of giving him (or me since it was my car) a ticket. The meter person's retort was that their scanners can tell if someone was been feeding the meter for more than the alloted 60 minutes. He said that my boyfriends money had been put in when there was time still on the meter. He was apparently very rude and told my boyfriend that he thought he should contest it.
Since we are from Arizona we just mailed in the fine. I later got a notice saying that I never paid and to remit the money or else send in proof of payment. That same day I mailed a copy of the cancelled check. I later received another letter stating that yes I had paid, however I had been late and so an additional amount was due. I had not been late but paid the difference because I know that having unpaid fines can cause problems down the road. I had not been aware at the time that this was some private company trying that is in the habit of screwing people, or I would have created more of a fuss.
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