Do I have to pay a $250 Georgetown University parking citation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I parked illegally and got a ticket. Do I need to pay it?

No snowflake, you're special, you get to ignore it.

JFC, yes you pay it.

It's not a real ticket. It's a piece of magical thinking issued by Georgetown university. Do not pay it.

[Anonymous]

Feel free not to pay it if for some reason you think you shouldn't have to, but for what it's worth, they will probably send you to their contracted collection agency, which will likely keep coming after you:

"Citations unpaid after 30 days from the date of issue will be forwarded to the University’s ticket control agent, Data Ticket Corporation, for processing. Citation information forwarded to Data Ticket is subject to additional late fees assessed by Data Ticket acting as the University’s agent in the collection of outstanding citations due the University. The right to appeal is waived after failure to pay or request an appeal within 10 days from the date of issuance and applies for outstanding citation information submitted to Data Ticket."

[Anonymous]

Send them a five pound bag of sand and a mallet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feel free not to pay it if for some reason you think you shouldn't have to, but for what it's worth, they will probably send you to their contracted collection agency, which will likely keep coming after you:

"Citations unpaid after 30 days from the date of issue will be forwarded to the University’s ticket control agent, Data Ticket Corporation, for processing. Citation information forwarded to Data Ticket is subject to additional late fees assessed by Data Ticket acting as the University’s agent in the collection of outstanding citations due the University. The right to appeal is waived after failure to pay or request an appeal within 10 days from the date of issuance and applies for outstanding citation information submitted to Data Ticket."

You can always appeal and still not pay. Let their agency sue to enforce the debt if they want to. If they did do that, I'd sue locally over the debt incurred due to their lack of staffing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feel free not to pay it if for some reason you think you shouldn't have to, but for what it's worth, they will probably send you to their contracted collection agency, which will likely keep coming after you:

"Citations unpaid after 30 days from the date of issue will be forwarded to the University’s ticket control agent, Data Ticket Corporation, for processing. Citation information forwarded to Data Ticket is subject to additional late fees assessed by Data Ticket acting as the University’s agent in the collection of outstanding citations due the University. The right to appeal is waived after failure to pay or request an appeal within 10 days from the date of issuance and applies for outstanding citation information submitted to Data Ticket."

You can always appeal and still not pay. Let their agency sue to enforce the debt if they want to. If they did do that, I'd sue locally over the debt incurred due to their lack of staffing

Good lord, yes, definitely sue Georgetown over staffing, obviously the lack of chaperones for the drop-off is the ONLY REASON the OP here got a ticket.

[Anonymous]

I pay my tickets in all instances, whether in my home state or elsewhere. $250 fine for a university infraction is outrageous and no way would I pay it. I probably would, however, contact the program or the university and ask them drop it or lower it. But $250, no.

[Anonymous]

UMD issued me a parking ticket 15 years ago. Other than that one trip, I am never on the College Park campus. I ignored the ticket and there was no follow-up from the University’s PD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dropped off my daughter for a Georgetown University high school program last week and it was a complete chaotic mess -- people were parking everywhere to unload bags, no signage, no staff to ask questions, long lines of cars.

I parked my car at a curb that seemed out of the way, went to drop her off with bags, and returned to find a $250 ticket on the window!!

Do I have to pay this? It says if I don't, my vehicle registration may be flagged by the DMV and my registration could be blocked from being renewed. Seems bogus.

Thanks for input from anyone who's had this experience! It seems outrageously out of line with a normal parking citation fee.

Seems like waiting in those long lines of cars might have been the way to avoid a ticket!

Appeal the ticket if you don’t think it was issued correctly/fairly. But I would not just ignore it. I work at Georgetown; believe me when I tell you that they will chase down some pretty ticky-tack stuff. You don’t want to get caught up with a collection agency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC should take it back in university property that isn't bolted down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also dropped off a child last Sunday for the high school program. Unlike you, I simply waited in the line, following the entrance, instructions provided, and dropped off our daughter without incident. I then found a public parking space, paid the meter, fee, and walked back to meet our daughter to say goodbye, and ensure she was doing well. It was not hard, specific instructions were provided, And, no, you are not special in your desire to avoid paying fees for violations that were clearly flagged in advance.

OP, this is how sane, rational, and unentitled people handle the same situation.

[Anonymous]

No. Unless you go to school there and/ or park there regularly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I pay my tickets in all instances, whether in my home state or elsewhere. $250 fine for a university infraction is outrageous and no way would I pay it. I probably would, however, contact the program or the university and ask them drop it or lower it. But $250, no.[/quote

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dropped off my daughter for a Georgetown University high school program last week and it was a complete chaotic mess -- people were parking everywhere to unload bags, no signage, no staff to ask questions, long lines of cars.

I parked my car at a curb that seemed out of the way, went to drop her off with bags, and returned to find a $250 ticket on the window!!

Do I have to pay this? It says if I don't, my vehicle registration may be flagged by the DMV and my registration could be blocked from being renewed. Seems bogus.

Thanks for input from anyone who's had this experience! It seems outrageously out of line with a normal parking citation fee.

Seems like waiting in those long lines of cars might have been the way to avoid a ticket!

Appeal the ticket if you don’t think it was issued correctly/fairly. But I would not just ignore it. I work at Georgetown; believe me when I tell you that they will chase down some pretty ticky-tack stuff. You don’t want to get caught up with a collection agency.

+1 !!

[Anonymous]

You parked illegally. Just pay it as a ‘dummy fee’. Yes, I can see that you would be annoyed. You do not want this weighing on you. Just pay it and get it over with. It’s not worth your time. Your argument isn’t sound enough that the line was chaotic. I had a co-worker who didn’t pay a parking violation and then they put a ‘boot’ on his tire the next time. You really don’t want this to escalate. You have to read all street signs next time. Seriously, scour the street for the entire block, reading all signs. These things happen. Just ante up and pay and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD issued me a parking ticket 15 years ago. Other than that one trip, I am never on the College Park campus. I ignored the ticket and there was no follow-up from the University’s PD.

I came here to say that at UMD, you just send an excuse to the parking department and ask to get out of the ticket. It worked for me multiple times when I was a student there (once my car battery had died and I needed to get my car towed; the other time my assigned parking lot was completely full and I had to go to an exam).