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OK heres a story for u guys, theres this tyre shop on gouger street opposite bob jane (or beaurepairs i can't remember exactly), anyways one night i decided to park there as i had done in the past without any trouble ... however when i came back to my car i had received a parking fine, not by the adelaide city council but from some company called Park Fast. had it been by the adelaide city council i wouldn't think twice and i'd pay it ... but giving the fine a second look i noticed that there was no contact details on the fine and the way to pay was pretty dodgy .. ie a PO box on hindley street. now my girl friend who is a lawyer said it looked pretty dodgy and i agreed but being the lazy type of person she is she opted just to pay it since it was 33 if paid in 2 weeks but 55 if taken later. now being the stingy prick that i am, i decided to speak to some others about it ... and so then i decided to call up the adelaide city council and they said they've had heaps of complaints about this particular company and basically said that they have no authority to give out fines and also they should have no way of getting my contact details even if they have my number plates ... so then i decide to call up consumer affairs ... and they told me that this particular company said that they will not be issuing out any more fines from the 11th august 2003 until they get the authority to give out fines (so i guess they will be getting it soon) but i got fined on the 18th WTF?? and the consumer affairs guy told me as of the 27th ie yesterday they still had not had the authority to give out fines ... so there u go ... so baiscally this company is issuing out illegal fines ... anyone got fined by them should go sue them .... a bunch of dodgy mofos basically scheming the honest people who would actually pay out the fines ... but not me!!! :)

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We had the same problem a few weeks ago Hippy!!!!!!

We parked at Beuarepaires and got a dodgy looking pink photocopied parking ticket for $33, which said if we didn't say in 14 days it would go up to $55.

My b/f rang the council and the guy told him that legally there is no way they can find out who you are as they do not have the authority to do number plate searches, unlike the council. He advised him not to pay it.

My b/f then rang Parkfast and told them what the council had told him and Parkfast admitted that it was true and they could not find out who he is. He told them he would not pay the fine, so the guy told him to disregard it and he would rip it up!!

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So you can do that with out being prosecuted?

If I put a parking fine on someones car and they pay me the amount i specified, are you saying I can't get in trouble for issuing the fine?

What the hell!? You could make a killing on all the stupid people who just pay it without thinking twice :)

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Originally posted by GFXman

So you can do that with out being prosecuted?

If I put a parking fine on someones car and they pay me the amount i specified, are you saying I can't get in trouble for issuing the fine?

What the hell!? You could make a killing on all the stupid people who just pay it without thinking twice :)

hmmmm, mod dollars:uh-huh:

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it would only be fraud if you make it sound like its an official thing and you are associated with the council etc etc...

if you simple say, you are issued this fine - pay $30 to this address, you aren't doing anything wrong i guess :)

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hmm, some other people telling me that if people did pay you, and they found out and wanted their money back, they would most likely win a court case.

Depends how good your lawyer is I suppose. :P

Bugger... thought it might have been some easy money LOL :rolleyes:

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