'[My chargeback] valued at more than the parking ticket': Woman wrongly ticketed by local parking enforcement is resolved to make them pay, submits chargeback for her original parking fee

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    Font - r/r/MaliciousCompliance Posted by u/Sufficient-Forever11 . Give me a parking ticket for a spot I paid for, I dare you MOC About 10 or so years ago, I went to a concert an hour away from me in Indianapolis. Decided to make a day of it going to several museums and spots around the city. Each time paying for parking in a garage for 2 or so hours then going to meander around the area. Finally, I go park close to the venue and paid for parking until the time it was free. Total I probably paid
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    Font - I think, "this is odd," but I am tired and chalk it up to a mistake. But I decide to take photos of my parking spot (both spots on either side were taken) and all the signage and head home for the evening, figuring I would sort it in the morning. The next morning, I review the ticket, the photo of my spot and my parking receipt. The ticket did not line up to the spot my car was located in and my receipt shows that I had valid parking at the time of the ticket. So I submit an appeal thinki
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    Font - The appeal was denied. The ticket was for the spot that was not paid for, ergo it stood. I called the office, and the lady said they did not make a mistake as my receipt showed that I paid for spot X-1 and the ticket was for spot X. I ask about the photo proof that my car was in spot X-1. She said, "well you could have moved the car". Note that the parking receipt included my license plate number and everything (think park mobile like system). I noted that there were cars in spots on eith
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    Font - I am feeling petty over this $25 parking ticket at this point. So, I called Visa and asked if I could retract the amount I paid for the time that I had parked since i didn't count. I submitted all the evidence and documentation to Visa. Visa, in what was the greatest thing Visa has ever done IMO, they agreed that if my parking receipt and transaction number wasn't proof I had paid for parking, then clearly I had paid for a service I did not receive. And they extended my initial request of
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    Human body - I would not have been nearly as satisfying if I had not spent the entire day playing tourist in the city and wracking up a large parking bill all with the same vender.
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    Font - 01 grauenwolf Fun fact: If VISA has to do a chargeback, they will tack on a $40 fee on top of the refund. So not only did they lose $50 for the parking, they may have also lost 40 x [number of payments]. o Vote Sufficient-Forever11 OP I LOVE this even more. That makes this even better. Vote Reply Share Vote Reply Share grauenwolf Yea, those credit card companies don't like it when merchants jok around their customers. I wouldn't say that they are 'on our side', but they know we can go to
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    Font - -DethLok- Ha, nicely played and well done Visa! :) It's not often that a credit card company gets congratulated for over and above service! Also, a $25 parking ticket? Wow, that's so cheap compared to the last one I got! Reply Share Vote
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    Font - Cfwydirk Good on you! A lesson for us all, put it on the card. How cool is having the credit card company help you in a dispute? Vote Reply Share Sufficient-Forever11 OP Its been my favorite story for years. I remember being surprised at Visa's response and telling all my friends about it because I felt like I had achieved some form of godhood. ✩ Vote Reply Share
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    Font - tacosferbreakfast Happened to me in Atlanta multiple times, over a <$5 street parking charge. I submitted all evidence with copies of the receipt and parking ticket, clearly showing the times. No luck, denied on appeal. I just don't park on the street anymore, but this is genius. Thanks! Vote Reply Share

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