Diamond Parking Parking, Diamond

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Stupid Diamond Parking has given me two bogus tickets.  Here are the stories:

Ticket #1.
Diamond claimed that I walked off a lot on Cambie & 42nd on one Saturday in mid-June, but I was actually there to take out $ from bank.  I NEVER received any tickets until recently, when they suddenly hit me with a FINAL COLLECTION notice, w/ penalty and interests as well as a threat to destroy my credits and to tow away my car if they see it again.  And because this is a final notice, any opportunities to waive the ticket are taken away.

This car's insurance is under my own name.  And I've already cancelled its license and switched to storage insurance cuz I only drive it during summer.  Hence I'm not very worried abt it getting towed away in the future.

And of coz I can't find that little receipt from the ATM.  I mean who the hell would've expected this when I didn't even see a ticket on my windshield?  My bank statements don't show that I was there on that day, cuz it was a Saturday, so the transaction was posted in their system on Monday.  Later on I asked one of the bank's manager to write me a letter saying that I was really there to withdraw $ on that particular day, and didn't walk away from the lot as they claimed.

Now, would this bank letter help me to dispute the ticket?  I mean, their effing so-called "final collection notice" states that I've forfeited my chance to waive this ticket as I've been ignoring them (fk man I nvr got anything from Diamond until this final notice letter!)

Ticket #2.
Two mths ago, I went to work, and parked my car in front of Chapters on No.3 (an Impark Lot, nth to do w/ this ticket) from 11am til approx 1:55, right before the 3-hr limit ended.  Then I moved my car to Save-On-Foods during my lunch break and parked there from 2-4:30, also well within the 3-hr limit of this Diamond Lot.  Then I got a ticket saying that I parked from 1-4:20 which has exceeded the 3-hr limit.  Oh heck, I was still on the Impark lot in front of Chapters from 1-1:55!!!
I hvn't had a chance to talk to my manager to get proof that I was still working at 1pm, which I must admit is my bad.  Now they're sending me another final notice, saying that they'll do sth to my credits, take legal actions, as well as take away my right to waive the ticket, blah blah blah.

Some ppl say that I can just change license plate (e.g. ticket #1).  But that will only avoid the towing part, not the legal action / credit part.

Some say that I can ignore them, they can't really touch ur credit.  If they call u, ask them to mail you instead.
Still, I don't like to be bugged like this.  Particularly for ticket #2, that car's insurance is under my mom's name, not mine (like ticket #1).  I don't wanna affect her credit.

And please don't say that I should just pay for them.  I don't wanna pay for a violation I didn't commit.  I still want to dispute them for sure.  But seeing that the two letters say that "any opportunity to have this ticket waived has now been forfeited" kinda worries me, even though I have the proof.

I guess the only thing I can do now, is be tough and call them.
But I dunno... I'm a very soft person and I'm not very good at dealing w/ this kinda bs.  Anyone knows how they go about w/ this kinda bogus tickets?

Any success stories or constructive advices would be helpful.  Thanks.

P.S.  Something like "I parked 2 mins over my paid hrs and they gave me a ticket they're such an @sshole" is not 俾人屈 ticket.  Please refrain from ranting about those here.  Thanks.

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Oh thx for reading the long long post...
Thank you in advance for any comments.

I mean... what's the worst that they can do?
They can't auto debit $ from my bank like credit cards.
And it'll take them $ to take legal actions w/ lawyers.
So what's the worst that can happen?

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For sure I'll give them a call.  But since the letters say that I've forfeit my chance to waive the tickets, I dun think they'll go down that easily lor

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Thanks for all your input... I feel a lot more relieved!
I'll give them a call for sure and see what I can do.

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So what happens now? They won't dispute it?

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If I did sth wrong, I don't mind paying for it.

Thing is, a lot of us got tickets for things we didn't do.
Changing license plate will prevent towing.
But I'm getting letters and calls every few days.
It's very annoying.