Free Cash for Fighting Your Parking Ticket by Phone
Parkingticket.com says it will pay you $10 to fight tickets
Tuesday, Jan 6, 2009 | Updated 7:44 AM EST
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Is it possible to get money by fighting a parking ticket even if it's not dismissed?
A New York company is offering people $10 dollars every time they contest their parking ticket by phone.
Parkingticket.com said its new interactive phone service -- 1-888-NYC-PARK -- gives New Yorkers an opportunity to fight their parking tickets entirely over the phone just by entering the ticket information using the phone's keypad.
If your ticket is not dismissed or reduced, the company said it will pay you $10, up to a maximum of $100 per customer.
The phone system is available in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The site's secret?
"We employ retired Parking Violations Bureau judges, police and traffic agents who know the secrets of how to get a ticket dismissed," the site claims. "You will receive clear instructions and a customized dismissal request letter to mail to the city."
If the site helps you successfully fight a $115 ticket, their fee is half that cost or $57.50, which they tout as a savings of $57.50. It's hard to argue with that.
Facing a dire budget crisis, the city has hired 793 new ticket agents, said Glen Bolofsky, the president of parkingticket.com.
"We have decided to pay people because frankly, the city takes advantage of the public's lack of time and knowledge," Bolofsky said in a news release. "There's no doubt that paying people money to fight their tickets will motivate them. In addition to fighting their ticket on principle, getting paid to do it makes it worth while."
Will getting the $10 check from parkingticket.com be as easy as advertised? Let us know.
