Pay parking tickets or not?

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Old Nov 4th, 2004 | 10:12 PM
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Pay parking tickets or not?

While on holiday last month, I got a parking ticket in Siena. Should I pay it?
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Old Nov 4th, 2004 | 10:28 PM
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Stand in front of a mirror and repeat the question. There, you will receive the answer.
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Old Nov 4th, 2004 | 10:34 PM
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"Mirror, mirror on the wall...who is the cheapest one of all..."?

Please don't forget, we've become a totally moral country now, so you have a LOT to live up to.
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Old Nov 4th, 2004 | 10:53 PM
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Why not avoid getting one in the first place? Heave your bottom out of the driver's seat and WALK.
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 12:50 AM
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Raspberry7: Interesting idea...and I certainly HOPE that Vegassurfer wouldn't dream of driving a car that was MADE IN FRANCE!!!!!
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 02:24 AM
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It depends on if they contact the car hire company...then they can track you. Otherwise I would not bother.
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 02:57 AM
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We received a parking ticket in Ireland a couple of years ago. We tried to pay it, but "City Hall" was closed. Didn't know what to do, but the charge showed up on our credit card bill a couple of months later, as we assumed it would.
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 04:21 AM
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I can't really understand why this question was even asked.

I get accused of being a troll for a religious jewlery on plane question, but should I pay a ticket question isn't trollish?
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 04:35 AM
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Trollish - is that something they speak in or near Molvania?
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 06:09 AM
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>I got a parking ticket in Siena. Should I pay it?<

Not if you are a proper retrosexual.
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 06:43 AM
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You can hang on to it for a while but one way or another you will have to pay for it as the rental car company will get the ticket. If you are past the allowable 20 days you will have fees added on. Let me know if I can be of help.

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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 07:23 AM
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Of course you should pay it. Why are you even asking?
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Old Nov 5th, 2004 | 09:24 AM
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Of course you should pay it! You were a visitor and using the infrastructure of that town. It's like people who sneak on the vaporetto in Venice because often no one checks tickets. That doesn't make it right.
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Old Nov 7th, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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Can't BELIEVE I missed the religious jewelry on the plane thread. Now that's a troll question if I've ever heard one, but a fun one, regardless.
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Old Nov 7th, 2004 | 03:29 PM
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LOL TopMan.....someone fimally was able to make me laugh this week
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Old Nov 7th, 2004 | 03:40 PM
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"He who laughs last - laughs best".
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Old Nov 7th, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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The parking ticket can be traced back to the license plates of the rental car (Hertz, Avis, etc), so the rental car company would be liable for the ticket. Of course it will eventually be traced back to you if you were responsible for renting on that date.

Ergo, the rental car company will charge your credit card, including whatever penalties incurred.

It actually happened to me 15 years ago in Charleston, SC. A $10 ticket eventually ended up costing me $20. I can envision the same happening in Italy.
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Old Nov 7th, 2004 | 03:46 PM
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Would you even ask this question if you got a ticket in your home town? Of course you should pay the ticket and not think anything further about it.
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