Wasted $300 on a parking spot subscription I never used

Signed up for that ParkAtlanta Plus monthly pass near my office in Midtown back in January. Paid $75 a month for 4 months before I realized I was still parking on side streets out of habit. Did anyone else get roped into one of these and find out it only works in like 3 lots total?

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mary_foster9216d ago

Wait, so you were paying $75 a month for 4 months without even using it once? That's like $300 just sitting there. I gotta ask, did the app even work right? I signed up for one of those monthly parking deals near my apartment in Buckhead and it only gave me access to a garage that was always full. I'd pull up and the sign would say "Lot Full" every single day. Ended up paying for two months before I gave up and just went back to street parking. Still got the email reminders too, like they're checking in on my bank account.

jackson.matthew16d ago

What gets me @mary_foster92 is that the app probably tracked every time you tried to use it and still charged you full price. I had a similar thing with one of those airport parking apps where they kept billing me for a spot at a lot that was under construction for three months. They didn't even send a notice, just kept taking the money. When I finally called to cancel they acted like I was the one who messed up by not reading the fine print.

felix_hayes6416d ago

Jumping in here because nobody's brought up the real kicker - those apps all have arbitration clauses hidden in the terms you agree to. I read through one of those monthly parking contracts once (bored on a flight, don't ask) and it basically said you can't sue them, you can only take them to arbitration which costs more than the parking fees anyway. So they're counting on you just eating the $300 loss because fighting it is a headache. That's the whole business model, they make it just annoying enough to get your money back that you give up. I'd check your credit card's dispute policy instead, had way better luck getting Chase to reverse charges than dealing with the app's customer support.