Parking Ticket Part 2

It's a sad time for those of us who hate to do certain things out of principle. If you recall, I got a received a notice in the mail that I owed the District of Columbia $60 for a parking ticket that I never received including a $30 late fee penalty for not paying for the ticket I didn't receive within 30 days (see Parking Ticket Part 1).

After sending a letter notifying them that I had never received the initial ticket and that I would be contesting the ticket because there were not proper signs posted, I finally received a response after 2 months indicating that I did not owe the $30 late fee but that they ruled that I would need to pay the $30 ticket unless I choose to appeal. I knew I hadn't parked illegally, so I even went back to the place where I supposedly got the ticket to take pictures. Not only did the signs not make sense, but the location I supposedly got the ticket was one block away from where I was actually parked! After spending close to 30 minutes trying to figure out which of the conflicting signs I should have paid attention to, I had no idea where and when I was allowed to park.

Despite all of this, I realized that I didn't have the time or energy to follow the tedious steps to dispute this. Not only would I need to pay an additional $10 if I lost the appeal, but I would also have to take time off of work to go downtown and wait in line to go through the appeals process. 4+ hours of my time is worth much more than $30, so I went online to pay the $30 and called it a day....GRRRRRR