TL;DR I received 2 tickets in DC within minutes of each other, paid them BOTH the next day, DC cashed them about week later, but then sends bills with late fees saying I didn't pay ONE of them within the 30day window, I send an explanation and cancelled check 2 times, now it's 2.25 years later in 2018 and I have a collections letter to which I responded with all my proof and they still say I didn't send it within the time frame of 30 days.
It was the Summer of 2015, August 5th to be exact. I took a road trip with my pre-teen munchkin and my then significant other to, what I used to think was, my nation's wonderful capital, Washington DC (for other reasons than just this, now).
Because I parked on the main road, (Constitution Blvd, maybe? It was in front of the USDA building), all day long to visit the museums, and inadvertently didn't make it to the car until 4:20ish, because thete is no parking after 4pm on this road, I was issued 2 parking tickets; one at 4:08 and one at 4:15. I have a 30day window to pay this in.
Being a good citizen, I drove home that night and the very next day, August 6th, I sent out payment for BOTH tickets, with 2 separate checks, one for each ticket, in the same envelope. I also was instructed to return the tickets with payment. These were each 25$ tickets for a total of 50$.
I check my account at the end of the month to balance my checkbook and see that the checks were cashed on August 12. Great! No need to worry.
Wrong. so very wrong.
A month later, I get a bill for only ONE of the tickets that says I did not send it in time, therefore I owe a 75$ late fee. I march myself down to the bank where I am friends with the accounts manager lady and she prints off the cancelled check from her official screen and confirms that DCdid indeed withdraw funds from my checking account on the 12th of August. Send all that in with an explanation thinking that all is well.
Then comes October and the same bill arrives for the same damn ticket except now the late fee is 100$! I repeat the same routine, send in a copy of cancelled check with a NEW explanation as well as my previous explanation and chock it up to some very lazy employees.
All is quiet until Dec 2017. 2 and 1/4 years later. Now its a letter from a collections company stating the same shit, except now I owe 200some$ AND my license is suspended from driving in DC and I have to pay a 95$ reinstatement fee AFTER I pay this ticket.
This is getting old but I go back to the bank and get a copy of not only the cancelled check, but also a copy of the bank's official record that show it was indeed withdrawn on August 12, well within the 30day window from August 6. I also included a new 2 1/2 page explanation telling them to kiss my ass and take me to court so I can show a judge who will be objective to this bullshit and see that I have desperately tried over and over again to prove my truth. Also sent copies of the 2 previous explanations I sent Sep. 2015 and Oct 2015.
I would just like to see if anyone here can confirm my belief that we are so in the toilet with debt that the government is coming after me for more money when I already pay my God Damn taxes every year. Tax refund my ass, I'm a local business owner.
Submitted January 05, 2018 at 10:05PM by psychobabbleX http://ift.tt/2lZOOVd
