Empire Parking Services

Empire Parking Services EPS Predatory Booting Racket Atlanta, Georgia

18th of May, 2011 by User977622

Empire Parking Services has a predatory car booting racket
in a number of Atlanta locations. A quick Web search will yield complaints in a number of
online forums for everything from being booted for walking away from your car
to treating people of color differently than white people. I discovered this the hard way today. I parked for a meeting
at a lot at 710 Peachtree and paid at the pay station Im a rule follower and
would never think of parking without paying my fair share. When I returned a
few hours later and I was unlocking my car a young man in the parking lot
pointed out that he had just booted my car and that I would have to pay him $75
to have the boot removed. No, I couldnt pay an additional parking fee, even
though I was back to the car only 10 minutes past the expiration time. (The
machine had two choices: 2 hours for $3 and $5 for all day. In the bright
sunlight, I incorrectly read the display to say 3 hours.) There was no indication on the parking receipt or the signs
at the front of this lot that this would happen. A sign away from the meter
says that unpaid cars will be booted or towed, but not late ones. In the future, I will not only refuse to park in any EPS lot
but also will not patronize any businesses who hire them.

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4920 days ago by Tlh82

So you're not actually really a "rule follower", more of a rule bender. "I was back to the car only 10 minutes past the expiration time", the sun was in your eyes, the sign wasn't directly in front of your car, "unpaid cars will be booted" (expired meters mean "unpaid"), not late ones (HUH?). How many excuses do you have? You went over your paid time and got caught. If you go over the speed limit and get caught you pay a fine, but I don't see people putting rants online against the police for doing their job.

4852 days ago by Veed

I agree with the original complainer and not the asshole Tih82. EPS is a rip off company.