Now they have a fucking 2.50$ processing fee to pay your fucking ticket online! Who the fuck has checks these days… Either that or you pay for stamps and a dollar for money order.. Fucking Scammers!

Appalling. It is simply appalling what the PPA is allowed to get away with in Philadelphia. I wish the people in charge nothing but the worst and hope they suffer great losses in their lives.

You can’t shift blame. The individuals working for the PPA are also the problem. For instance, you don’t only blame Hitler for the things the Nazis did.

FUCK the PPA give a guns to us and we will kill…

it’s not the actual people who write the tickets… they have to meet quotas. it’s the city of Philadelphia and the PPA itself that are to blame.

Fuck you PPA faggots! You’re a criminal racket and a bunch of low-life scum who can’t get real jobs. And you wonder why people hate to travel to philadelphia.

Fuck the PPA. I am fighting so many fraudulent tickets right now (I’ll admit some more fraudulent than others) but they really do fuck up. I got a ticket notice in the mail that I hadn’t paid a ticket and it turned out they wrote down the wrong plate number. The car they ticketed wasn’t the same make or model of my car but the guy put down MY plate! Fuck the PPA!

Some asshole PPA agent gave me a $76 ticket for parking “Approximately 4ft from the fire hyrdrant”, although I was more like 10 ft away. Not to mention, the ticket was issued a 2:37AM. See you in court.

A bunch of assholes. It was raining and their shitty ticket system wouldn’t take credit cards at any of the kiosoks on the block. The fucking rain made their machines wet so they wouldn’t take my dollar bills and ended up getting a shitty ticket for $36

Suck my fucking dick you piece of shit nigger bitches parasitic entities that feed off the collective wealth of normal citizens fuck you all

i always try to convince the thugs to shoot them…..this is the only solution . if enough of them get shot they will be afraid to work . if enough people shoot them there will be less chance of anyone getting caught. this is the answer. were getting taxed twice on our streets

i dont feel bad if a tow truck driver gets shot now

fuck the whole lot of yous

Probably Plotting Assholery.

Eat shit you ignorant fuck faces!!

Fuck the PPA!! Die!

$41 ticket for an “expired inspection.” My inspection sticker says 9/11 which clearly means that my car is still under inspection until the end of the month. The Officer who wrote the ticket’s name is Zach Bernsteel. Mr. Bernsteel, in the unlikely chance that you will read this, I would just like you to know that you clearly do not know how to do your job and your incompetence is going to make me waste several hours of my life to contest the ticket. My parents taught me that whatever job it is you do, do it well. What did your parents teach you Mr. Bernsteel? It is worthless PPA employees like you who give our City a bad name.

Share them… a contested ticket is a guaranteed win with a valid stub. “Oh, the stub must have fallen on the floor… this one clearly shows I still had time on the meter”. If I see the car next to me got a ticket - I’ll put my stub in the envelope for them. Fuck the PPA.

Parked somewhere legally. There are only signs for No Tractor Trailer Parking. Got a ticket for No Stopping. Fucking face uncle fuckers!

This is their new scam down near the stadiums.

If the PPA really cared about people in the bike lanes, then they would have asked me to move my car instead of writing me a ticket (While I was sitting in the car) and then leaving it on the back wiper.

I was walking back from class at Drexel and saw a PPA officer was writing up the ticket the very second I got to my car. I was parked for 2 hours, maybe was 15 seconds over that limit and was going to move my car. I ran and told him that I was going to leave and I asked him if I was going to get a ticket. He shook his head and said no. Later on that week I find the ticket in the mail. What a slimy fuck.

Parked close to my business (so I wouldn’t get mugged carrying merchandise/cash to and from the store). I always put money in the meter, but the meter I parked at was broken. New guy walking the beat winds up giving me a ticket, says I can try talking to his supervier - superviser comes and says he can’t be sure that I broke the meter on purpose, and that he finds it hard to believe that the guys came to empty the meters and didn’t report the broken meter….fucking waste of tax payer money. They should just get rid of the whole PPA and hire more police. Let the traffic department handle the meters instead of paying some schmuck 6-figures to direct a bunch of other fucking schmucks to rape hardworking Philadelphians.

mutherfuckingfuckfuckmoneyassholebitchwhores!! i was two minutes late getting back to the meter! TWO MINUTES!!!! suckmybigfuckingcock, you bastards!

I double parket for 1 min. they gave me a $50 fine. Fuck those assholes..

maybe i should come up and take care of these fucks. what evidence?

FUCK DA PPA. DAY TOWED MY CAR. MY BABY WAS IN THE CAR AND THEY TOWED IT.

If only the city of killadelphia were notorious for killing PPA pussies this city would be a beter place

FUCK THE PPA. I hope someone shoots them all in the dome

I tried to fight a ticket today… and the fat slob assessing my tickets would only dismiss one if i had the kiosks reciept (yes the little fuckking ticket you put in your windshield) from february 8th declaring I had paid my meter. PPA is an insufficient fuckking out of date system, with a bunch of ignorant retards as employees. FUCKK OFF PPA!

she was ticketing my car for no fucking reason nd she walked away when i was coplaining so while she was walking away a slapped her ass nd walked away hahaha fuck you ppa

really tyson everybody should spam this kid

i really love the parking wars show and u ppl in Philadelphia are such fucken pussies leave me a comment here http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000188004420&ref=ts

the ppa ran over my dog sasha fuck the ppa

They kicked my dog

I understand that it costs something (less than $2.50) to process a credit card, but when the PPA brings in $36 for an expired meter why can’t they use a small portion of that fine to cover the processing cost?

Here’s another idea. Now that we live in the 21st century, why can’t the PPA look up the license plate number of the offending vehicle and issue a parking warning for the first offense? That way people visiting the city who receive a citation (most likely for something they did by accident) may actually want to visit the city again.

she was ticketing my car for no fucking reason nd she walked away when i was coplaining so while she was walking away a slapped her ass nd walked away hahaha fuck you ppa

The PPA issued a ticket with my license plate as an “O” instead of a zero. Is the ticket still valid?

I just had my car booted and towed. When I went down for my hearing I find $900 in tickets that are older than my car. How is this possible?

you should mark handicap spots better, so that i don’t blow an entire week’s pay for a stupid mistake that could’ve been easily avoided.

If the budget for the PPA were used on improving public transportation we could travel more without cars and irradicate parking problems. PPA just makes it harder to live in the city.

FUCK THA PPA dem niggas boot my car

I parked in a two hour spot in the art museum area not long ago. After walking back to my car an hour later I found some ppa dumb fuck writing me a ticket. I asked why and he said I was over the time limit. I pointed out to him that it was a 2 hour spot. The piece of shit didn’t even read the sign! He at least voided the ticket on the spot but if I didn’t show up at the right moment I would have been screwed. FUCK YOU PPA!! YOURE A BUNCH OF ILLITERATE FUCKS WHO HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN STEAL FROM LAW ABIDING CITIZENS!!!! CUNTS!!!!!!!

The worst example of private company management known to business.

Fuck The PPA most of you are fat lazy fucks that cant walk for five minutes without having a heart attack thats why you drive a car all day or sit in a office or are just some weirdos that cant relate to regular people KILL YOURSELF

All of you are a bunch of fucking little bitches. PAY YOUR SHIT YOU DUMB FUCKS!

I have worked for the PPA for the last 17 years. We are NOT commission based. Uneducated, ignorant fools make assumptions with no facts to back up the claim. Try applying and see. Pretty simple for all of you crying, whiny simpletons…follow the law. PAY YOUR TICKETS. BE RESPONSIBLE.
Own up to it. Hold yourself accountable. I swear most of you are self absorbed idiots.

I mean the ppa

Hey Steve can u please tell us what about the ops rocks.

Watched the fagget brunette cop write a man in a wheelchair a ticket as he rolled out of the store? Why? to close to the running lane..

scum of the earth

Some one hit my car and pushed it on the side walk, then drove away. I get back to my car all smashed up and with a ticket for parking on the side walk how stupid can you be assholes.

fuck the ppa… i’ve given you at least a grand in the last few years

The PPA Rocks! It’s all you recidivist law breaking dicks that need to Fuck Off!!!

I fucking hate you, PPA.

Thinking about running for Mayor, my one and only platform is the abolition of the PPA. Do I have your vote?

ALWAYS fight EVERY ticket you get from these selfish, rude, unforgiving, douchebag commission-based bastards. At the very least any accrued late fees will be taken off and your expected payment will be delayed until 1 month after your hearing…the hearing itself takes a few months from the date you schedule it. my blood literally boils when i see them. i have so many ridiculous stories about how they have dicked me, i dont even know where to start.

You can’t even fight these stupid fucking $36 tickets… It would cost me 4-6 times as much money to fight this stupid ticket than to just pay it… FUCKING RACKET!!!

Get a REAL job you heartless cocksuckers…

Except for ticketman. He’s just being a gaping asshole

It’s not a thesis. It’s a message board. Most people are just venting

Is everyone that posts on this site illiterate? I hate the PPA as much as the next guy, but you all make yourselves look really bad by not caring about your spelling and grammatical errors. Put a space after your periods. Capitalize the first letter of your sentences.

Then maybe someone will actually care about your ridiculous rants. The PPA sucks. The city is great. It’s unfortunate that they resort to intimidation tactics to get money from hard working citizens, but it is what it is. Septa workers are lazy too. So is the Philadelphia city government for that matter. They’re PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. Don’t you realize that they tenure? That means that they DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT YOU OR YOUR PROBLEMS because it is near impossible for them to get fired.

They could care less about complacency, as the typical person who goes for this job was and always will be lazy, complacent, ignorant and un-compassionate.

cha-ching thanx fag

That’s all u got Ticketman? Ur such a loser. Get a real job. Ur so pathetic I can’t believe u check this site. Haha. The whole world is laughing at u. And spitting at u. Fucking waste of human flesh. I thought I told u to drop dead. What r u waiting for?

Everytime you click on here i get $1.00 so keep on clicking.Just like when you park I get paid,so keep on driving.

This site is not for u ticketman. Ur looking for the fuck the citizens of philly site. What a dick. U get on this site and make fun of someone who got fired because of ur evil corporation. All u are doing is showing everyone that the ppa is filled with fucking assholes. Well I think I speak for everyone when I say drop dead ppa dickhead.

Thats a shame you have nothing else to resort to.I guess Im the better man as I never told anyone about how your wife left you for being inch worm,unsatisfying,cock craving fruit that you are.You cant even keep a job LOSER.HaHaHa Good luck on the search for a job anyway. And hopefully you find someone who can tolerate 30 seconds of loving quick draw.

Hey ticket man. Guess what I got a job. And you’ll never guess what I’m doing. I actually got a job as a pimp and ur wife and daughter r my top saleswomen. It really works out because they want to be paid in crack which I can get for cheap from ur mother. Well anyway u must have passed down ur blow job abilities to ur daughte well have a happy new year. Hope its ur last.

I moved from Philly 2 years ago , a week later they sent me $100 traffic light camera ticket that I paid online . Then almost 2years after that I get $290 ticket from these fuckers. come and get it mother fuckers. See you next life Philly shit hole and PPA cock suckers.

I wish the fucking PPA would bother with the people in my neighborhood who park next to fire hydrants… God forbid you should be parked for 2 hours in a permit spot, fire hydrants on non-permit streets are fair game though. Just goes to show you how lazy these fuckers are, they only go down streets with sure tickets.

I saw you write the ticket. I yelled at you while you were writing the ticket. What did you say? “Oh you should have yelled. I gave you 2 extra minutes so you’re lucky.” Did I get the ticket? “Well yea.” Then I didn’t get any extra minutes did I. Fuck you shit tank.

how does the ppa live witth themselves extorting money and holding peoples cars hostage. they are nothing more than government appointed bullies taking what little you have left.

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All the ticket written in 1 day and all you guys can come up with is about 40 pissed off people over a coarse of about 6 months.And we are the pathetic ones,you guys should look in a mirror.I write that many in a day.I should start a web site about dumb parking,ohh wait we got a tv show about that.

Hey I hear the trash police are more hated then me,so why all the hostility.Your 99 weeks are not up yet.Or let me guess your over qualified for whats out there.Cheer up there is always Mc Donalds.Can you pay off your student loans with fries.Or you can get Mayor Mc Chesse to give you a recommandation of employment.Hang out with the Frie Guys and chill out.

Ticketman. No one likes u so go somewhere other than philly and KILL urself.

Hey the big holiday is here.Please have fun enjoy yourselves.And watch out to where you park your car.READ THE SIGNS. GREEN is GOOD and RED is BAD,some wisdom for you guys.Hope everyone had a good summer.

i love this site as im the bad guy for all who park illeagally.granted its not murder or rape but you broke the law plain and simple.

you would be amazed how many of them i write a day.i hope you find a job soon unemployed as i need you to pay your tickets so i get paid.and as far as meeting in an alley its not gonna happen as im out having fun spending all my money because this is a job for pocket money.i got 2 jobs i would give you one but i have fun at both.obama gave you 99 weeks to find another job so relax and have a beer watch as the phills are in a great chase down the stretch here for title number 2 in 3 years.

Ticket man101. I’m sure tickets for parking in handicap spots and in front of hydrants consists of about one percent of the fucking tickets you fucking stupid asshole quit ur job. Then swan dive of the top of the comcast building.

Who’s the piece of shit from thee ppa responding on this site. Please meet me in an alley somewhere so I can beat the piss out of u. Karma for getting fired huh? I emailed the fucking customer service rep! So I deserved to get fired. Motherfuck the fuck out of u. U r suck!!

Ok so it was my fault I parked longer than allowed in a broken meeter - BUT - When I was parking and asked how parking worked with a broken meeter was it that freacking hard for your employee to look at me? answer coherently? understand the procedure for when the meter was broken????

Got a Notice of Violation today saying I failed to pay a parking ticket on 7/22 which was 3 weeks ago, original ticket was Stop Prohibited, when I google mapped the location I don’t remember getting out of my car at all, Now i have to pay double fine. and for a ticket which i never even received originally.

If it wasn’t for morons the PPA would not be in buisness.Maybe I should write a book called Parking in Philly for Dummies.I would make millions cause you guys dont give a shit about others.How do you park on a fire hydrant or in a handicapped space.Your stupidity is not a handicap just an ignorance towards others.

Hey yo….Mother FUCK the PPA!! No parking between 3:30 and 6:30 pm on 15th block of Walnut?? Kinda shit in that? WTF is so important about that time?? Man..PPA can suck a fat dick and die slow!

I paid for 3 hours at 12th street because the sign said 3 hour parking 7-10PM M-Sat. Apparently I didn’t notice that it went to 2 hour parking 10-12…..the sign had 2 hour 6 am - 4 PM, no parking 4-6 PM, 3 hour 6-10 AND 2 hour 10-midnight. How the FUCK are people supposed to decipher this bullshit. Fuck them. They are not getting a single red cent from me. The gave me two goddamn tickets for a total of 112 bucks

The poop is nigh my little monkeys.

i watch parking wars on a&e. i dont understand how a city can allow this to happen. come together people. It is like that because you as citizens dont take action i.e; vote.

me too my burna is on hot and cocked-if u get near my car i assume you trying to jack me so boom boom. we bout start to a revolution FUCK THE PPA AND PHILLY tired of gettin strong armed by the city i live in

start beating there ass when they give u a ticket. Im gonna pistol whip and kidnap that skinny nigga that keeps giving tickets on my corner.THIS IS A WARNING STAY OFF MY KORNER OR GET CRIPPLED —satan

THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR IS NOT TOLERATED IN MY CITY BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS DON’T ALLOW IT. WE RECENTLY GOT RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND AFTER 5 MONTHS OF THREATS AND NOBODY PAYING THERE RED LIGHT TICKETS THE CITY TOOK THEM ALL DOWN EXCEPT 2. THOSE 2 CAMERAS THEY LEFT UP GOT PULLED TO THE GROUND AND DESTROYED IN THE STREET. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND NEVER WILL BE. IF THE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF PHILLY DONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BUT BITCH AND MOAN THEN IT WILL NEVER CHANGE. PHILLY IS YOUR CITY NOT THE PPA’S CITY. PETITION THE MAYOR AND YOUR DISTRICT COUNCILMAN. FIND THE LAW FIRM THAT IS TOTALLY AGAINST THEM AND THEY WILL HELP YOU FOR FREE. ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS.FROM THE INFO I HAVE FOUND BY JUST SEARCHING THE WEB IT LOOKS LIKE THE PPA IS ONE OF THE MOST HATED BRANCHES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS PETITIONS TO SIGN. WHY IS THAT INFO NOT ON THIS SITE, WHY DONT YOU PEOPLE THAT FEEL SO STRONGLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. PAY ATTENTION TO LOCAL ELECTIONS OR RUN YOURSELF. DO SOMETHING, DONT JUST SAY SOMETHING. GOOD LUCK!

I rigged up a device that will spit fire under the window slot at the impound lot. I KEEP GETTING TOWED FROM MY JOB SITE. ppa FUCKED WITH THE WRONG ONE THIS TIME. IT IS TIME TO BE A TERRORISTS NOW. All YOU MOTHERFUCKERS BURN!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello!
cialis ,

Karma

I got the topper of all all stories. I got a bogus ticket then sent an email to customer service rep giving them a piece of my mind and this asshole sent a letter to the president of my company with a copy of the email. The result was I got fucking fired from my job. The ppa is an evil organization that sole purpose is to fuck over the tax paying citizen. Heartless, merciless gaping assholes.

i’ ll just pass it on to your mom,so please dont pray that hard

mass prayer this evening at 8 pm that PPA employees contract the aids virus.

If you get a ticket or get towed , its probably
your fault. Don;t blame other people for
YOUR mistakes.

I paid for 2 hours in Chinatown and apparently deserved a 36 dollar ticket because I put the meter-tag on the driver’s side instead of the curbside.

Fucking assholes.

Dear Officer T Drinks,
If I have a multi-meter tag on my dashboard the says I am paid through 1:48pm, how did I get a ticket at 1:28? You are a waste of humanity and I hope you get an infection that resists treatment. As an organization, the PPA rakes in large profits, and yet it only seems to grows larger and hire more incompetent assholes. Thanks for raising the cost of parking during a recession. Cocksuckers.

The “officer” (even though they’re nothing but a bunch of fucked up assholes with God complexes) marked down the wrong plate number on my ticket.

Will I have to pay this shit?

I got a ticket less than 48 hours (Wednesday morning) for expired emissions and safety stickers on my car. Because I am a full time student, I did not have the opportunity to get my car checked out until the weekend, but alas, Friday morning, I got the same fucking ticket.

I hope these assholes can’t sleep at night, especially you, M. Schmincke and C. Oxford. Fuck you.

dear PPA scum
How does it feel to be the most hated people on earth you miserably fucks. Do the world a favor and kill yourself you worthless fucking cowards.

Philthadelphia Phucking Assholes.
Goddamn Sons of Bitches.
Go fuck yourselves.

In my West Philly neighborhood, I thought that some areas are two hour parking and some are not. Generally, I just steer clear of the two hour parking areas, but it was late I was tired and I knew I was leaving early in the morning. But, apparently it goes further. Some areas are two hour parking until 6 pm. Some apparently are until midnight? Some are on the weekends some not. What is the use of that other than to PURPOSELY confuse people into making parking violations?

Apparently, there was a snow emergency declared when it snow/slush/rained this past thursday. My car was towed from Broad street (because that’s the evacuation route) and moved to a side street. I guess that’s fair, had I had any idea that there was an “emergency.” The thing that pisses me off is they also found it necessary to issue me TWO tickets, 19 minutes apart, for parking during said emergency at $76 a pop. WTF? I also cannot fathom how rain-snow that MAYBE accumulated 2 inches could possibly be considered an emergency.

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Dear PPA,

Go fuck yourselves.

You’re going to start ticketing motorcycles & scooters for basically creating more parking spots for cars? Go fuck yourselves you greedy pieces of shit.

no signs on the entire block since someone ripped them off the poles and apparently i was suppose to have guessed they use to be there and that they still count even though they were stolen

I got you beat. I paid a new meter till 3:49 yesterday and sure as shit some douche bag named D Sampson wrote me up at 3:51. I was at my car as said douche was walking away from the scene. They’re stalking our cars, looking at the future expiration times and coming back just at the second we’re in violation. City of brothery love my asshole. Two minutes does not equal $38.50. I am a hard working guy trying to earn a buck and the bloated PPA is trying to squeeze every last dime out of us. I’m so glad I believe in Karma because the whole lot of them has it coming–bigmotherfuckingtime.

$36 for a 10 min???? It was 7:55 and parked in a two hour spot. feed the stupid machine til 9:55. Time on ticket 9:59. Fuck you PPA

This city is fucked up from top to down! PPA is fucked up, including that fucking judge as well. He fucking showed up at 10.30 am, give me a fucking break, even President bama starts working at 8am.

It is like everybody in this fucking city is working on a well planned plot to fuck up its citizens, cops to towing guys to traffic cort to judges to fucking PPA. everyone. period.

When i got pulled over the other day the cop got my car fucking towed. When I asked him why do you get my car towed away, his fucking reply was to make sure you pay your citation/ticket. I told him i can pay right now, why do you get it towed??? He fucking goes, well not everybody is rich in this city and not everybody has that kind of money to pay it.. Well fucking idiot, if it is the case, why do you fucking make it more expensive for that poor guy? TOwing my ass will cost another 200-300, stogae fee another 50, traffic court fucking fee another 175 and your fucking speeding ticket another 175…

As i said, this city is fucked up from top to down. Everyone is corrupt. City tax, wage tax, this ticket, that ticket.. My ass, ugliest city fucking ever i have seen in my life!

Seriously fuck you! The “new machines” on the 200 block of market have been out of paper for 2 weeks. On top of that there is no sign from the machine that its out of order so you insert your credit card, which gets charged and never prints you a ticket to put in your dash. HOLY FUCK YOU SAY! NO fucking way! Yes fucking way! THE PPA IS FUCKING US EVERYDAY. AND GETTING FUCKED WHEN YOU DON’T WANT TO BE FUCKED HURTS.

Helpless people who get fucked, get mad.

Meters turn off on Walnut Street. Meters stay on till midnight on Spring Garden. Walnut=tons of traffic and turnover. Spring Garden=ghost town minus Silk City.

Article in today’s Inky about the PPA. Meter increase ends up creating more free parking in the city. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/55628587.html

enjoy

Every so often I just want to remind the PPA that they can suck my asshole. Thanks!

phillyparkingrevolt.com

Hey PPA, just wanted to say thanks for your new ticketing strategy in Queen Village. I really love that you’ve decided to stop street cleaning and instead turn the street into 2 hour parking. I also appreciate the fact that you’re doing this with no notice whatsoever. It’s fun for me to park my car in a free spot and then find out that I’ve racked up 4 tickets 3 days later. At least give the meter readers a broom so they can do something useful while they’re out waddling around.

Want to put a meter out of order? Rumor has it that if you cut a gift card (cutting off your name of course) and shove it in the slot (the slot that looks like a credit card) that it will put the meter Out of Order.

* I believe this is illegal although it does not damage the meter.

Have to contest a ticket? Here are some tips to improve your chances of winning.

1) Be nice. Seriously. The old saying “you get more bees with honey” truly applies and is sometimes the only thing required to win a case. Remember there are 100s of angry people who are going to scream and yell at these “judges” all day. Don’t be that person and your odds greatly improve.
2) Bring evidence. Photos, video, friends, etc.
3) Ticketed for something involving distance (ex: too close to a fire hydrant)? Learn how to take a photo/video at the right angle to make it look like you’re further away from the point of violation.
4) Make shit up. No friend was with you when you received the ticket? No problem! The PPA doesn’t know that they weren’t present. Grab a friend, make up a story and your “evidence” is almost assuredly enough to get you off.
5) Photoshop*. The holy grail of techniques. If you know how to use Photoshop you can win pretty much anything other than an expired meter on this tactic alone. Parked in a loading zone? Simply remove the loading zone signs, or clip your car out entirely. Too close to a hydrant? Clip that thing and move it down the street, or clip your car and move the car. You get the idea….

* This tactic is reserved for advanced PPA haters only.

I seriously end up paying roughly 1 out of every 4 - 5 tickets I get using the techniques above. Good luck fellow Philadelphians! PPA employees…..you all can go fuck yourselves.

why do I have to take a day off work to contest a ticket at a broken meter? PLUS I appealed it and got a letter that it was checked out and working properly…Went back and it was still broken. Took a phone video and won the case. AND it only cost me a days vacation. Thanks!

Dear PPA,
I hate you….last time you gave me a ticket you fucked my plate number up. I win you lose end.

Dear PPA,

One time you gave me 2 tickets within 1 minute of each other… WTF?! How is that fair? Unfortunately due to having a paying job, I had to pay the BS 2nd one rather than fight it!! This happened 6 years ago and I STILL HATE YOU FOR IT!

Hi Philadelphia Parking Authority) -
I received a parking ticket. I’m fine with that. I deserved it. But the fact that PPA has tagged on a $2.50 processing fee for web payments is both ludicrous and fundamentally insane. I know how the payment processing industry operates. I’ve worked in it. And you charging $2.50 for a payment process that costs you mere cents on the dollar to Visa and/or MasterCard is criminal.

Look, I know the city is in debt and times are tough and all that, but squeezing an extra $2.50 out of hard working Philadelphians is dirty. It’s just dirty. This practice will only keep people away from the city. That’ll help boost local business and tourism, right? RIGHT?

Offering a web payment option is supposed to be about convenience, right? RIGHT???? Yet you skim me out of $2.50 (on top of a $51.00 ticket) for processing that, as mentioned, can only cost you a few cents to Visa or MasterCard.

Customer disservices like these are what shape public opinion of the PPA. I don’t really need to get in to what the public thinks of the PPA though… you know what we think. Anyway, I hope my $2.50 processing fee goes towards processing a PPA employee’s pink slip due to “tough times.”

Sincerely,
–
Dave

AND THE REPLY (hey, at least I got one - but not like it does me any good):

The processing fee is a fee that covers the credit card processing fees the Authority pays to be able to offer the convenience of accepting credit cards. Anytime a payment is made with a credit card, the Authority must pay our vendor a percentage of the money collected, therefore we needed to start charging a fee, just like many other companies (Water Dept., Board of Taxes & Revisions and so on) to cover our costs.

This fees covers that cost, we do not make any kind of profit off of this fee. As much as we did not want to charge a fee, once we looked at the amount of money we were paying in processing fees, because paperless transactions have become so common, we had no other choice.

Hopefully this clears ups any misunderstandings you may have had of our process.

Dear PPA,

May I ask why I am required to pay $2.50 per ticket to pay online? What exactly is that money going towards? I’m damn sure an online payment is more convenient for you than receiving a check, so please - enlighten me.

For now I’ll assume it’s because you hate trees and the environment. Otherwise, it’s just because you are a bunch of a-holes, right?

Thanks!!!!!!!!

Dear PPA,

Fuck you - we are tired of your racket. You have effectively pushed our business out of Old City. Its time someone called you out on the well know bullshit. Contesting a ticket is like getting a prison backrub in the lunchroom. You make it such a pain in the ass people are willing to pay their tickets since they can’t afford to take off work.

It seems with an even tougher economy you have really ramped up the paper rapings. Thanks for adding fuel to an already hostile city.

Love,
A Fucking Tax Paying Citizen