Parking Company of America

Do not trust these people.
I pulled up to a valet sign that said $ 30.00 for all day parking at the Residence Inn on 6^th in San Diego; A great price for ComicCon. The guys at the kiosk told me that they forgot to change the price but they would honor it as it was posted. I paid and got ready to leave. Then another guy, «the Manager» came up to me about a problem and that he would not honor that price and that if I did not pay an additional $ 30.00 my car would be towed as it was not in the garage yet (implied, not actually said). I tired reasoning with him, but he was not hearing it. They ran the refund, I left.
4 days later, no refund. I looked at the receipt and the machine was conveniently offline and has no approval code Amazingly, the $ 30.00 charge does have an approval code (just 3 minutes before).
The good news is that they will be paying all my traveling fees and time off once I win the lawsuit. Pretty clear cut win should they not take care of business.
UPDATE: Corporate from the parking company called and apologized, then the manager guy called and denied the whole thing. said he copied the receipt and sent it to corporate, this would be completely unnecessary had they not deleted the refund out of the batch that day.

I mailed them a photocopy of my receipt with my statement, proving their negligence in giving me that ticket. I never heard back, a year has past.

Definitely a rip-​off… no change given for the $ 20 bill I used to pay for $ 10 worth of parking. Plus, absurdly narrow spaces crammed into lot in an effort to make more money but, no doubt, producing more door dings.
The only negative event during my trip to San Diego.

The worst experience ever… I over paid $ 20 (as I had no change, my fault I know) for 10hrs and then when I returned 5 hours later I had a $ 30 ticket! NOT HAPPY

Do NOT park here– stick to park it on market where they have FAIR business practices.
They issued me one of «their» tickets 5 minutes after I left my receipt on my dashboard. It expired at 1am and I returned at 8pm. It was the correct stall. They are so shady– stay away!

I’m victim of the same scam everyone else on here has been. I contacted NBC 7’s investigative team to look into this and hopefully they will. They apparently are operating under Sunset Parking now, and their new phone number is (858) 587 – 888, ext. 213.
Avoid parking lots owned by Parking Company of America at all costs!!!

These guys are crooks.
They’ll give you $ 30 parking tickets arbitrarily.
PARKING COMPANY OF AMERICA = CROOKS
don’t park on their lots.

I paid $ 30 to park for 8 hours, only to come back and have another $ 30 ticket on my winshield. Just rediculous how dishonest some people and thier businesses are!

Shady! I parked, paid, put ticket on my dashboard and came back to a $ 30.00 ticket. What a bunch of crooks!

AVOID PARKING HERE! I agree with the rest of the negative reviews. I was issued an unjustified and unfair $ 30 ‘ticket’ from one of their Hillcrest lots. Avoid this sketchy parking company at all costs! I strongly suggest complaining to the Better Business Bureau. Needless to say I will not be giving into this scam.

Frauds. Fined me $ 30 for «not paying» in a lot where I park EVERY DAY for work. Paying is simply part of my routine. This time I even went to the trouble of getting change first. These folks are running a scam.

Agreed with all the reviewers, basically a corporate fraud. Hopefully someone can file a class action suit against them, they’re basically in the business of making false claims in hopes that some people will succumb and pay them. I too got one of their private tickets before my time had actually expired. I don’t know what weird twist of capitalism allows a sham like this to have enough money to take over so many parking lots, but I don’t care. They took my five dollars to park in the first place, and by concocting a fraud to ask for thirty dollars more, ensured that I’ll never use a lot with their logo on top again, period, ever.

Everyone who complains about this company is 100% accurate. I received one of their «tickets» as well after return well within my allotted time. Avoid them!

Total crooks. complete scam –DO NOT PARK IN THEIR LOTS! i parked and paid the meter at 12:41 for a 2 hr period. left my receipt face up on the dashboard as instructed. when i got back to my car (within the 2 hour time frame) there was already a $ 30 ticket on my window. it was issued at 12:48 for ‘overtime parking’. how could they issue that 7 minutes after i paid? DO NOT PAY THESE TICKETS– they are not parking tickets and not issued by police or govt agency.
i refuse to pay this bullshit ticket and you should too! you can call them at 858−587−8888 ext 213 if you want to discuss it… dont let them take advantage of you!

I park in one of their lots each week. I am in a RV and i park there to give me a close spot, while i set up for a local farmer’s market. Last week when i parked I went to say hi to a friend who is also a vendor at the market. Then came back to my RV to get money to pay the meter. I always pay the meter. When i got out to head to the pay station, the guy, his name is Angel, was walking toward me with his clipboard. I said hello and asked him if i could just give him the money. He said, «you need to pay when you park, not when you see me!» I told him what i just wrote, said i was going to pay, he became very verbally abusive and told me that, «you homeless people never pay!» I said, «seriously… I pay every week. Have you ever written me a ticket? Have you ever seen my motor home here without paying. Just because i am in a motor home is not a good reason to be mean and abusive. You speak with an accent, are obviously dark skinned, do you like it when people judge you by your looks or speech. It is not OK for you to be mean to me just because you are mad at someone else in a motor home. He continued to be abusive and condescending. I asked for the number to speak to his manager. I have called the offices twice, once each day to speak to a manager but no one calls back. This company obviously does not care about its customers. Unfortunately i need to park in their lots once each week. But I would caution others, the company does not care about right or wrong, discrimination, or abuse. They only want their money. So sad!

I paid for parking and they wrote me a ticket anyway. Then I had to write letters to get my money back. Waste of time and effort. They shouldn’t be allowed to provide this service because they are incompetent. Avoid parking with them where possible.

I paid for a spot for 9 hrs in La Jolla and stayed about 3 hrs and they wrote me a ticket. SCAM DO NOT USE THEIR LOTS.
These are not a municipal ticket. I will never park in these lots again

I was in Pacific Beach on July 9 and parked in one of their parking lots. I paid my fee and pushed in my money in the little metal slots (they do not provide any receipt) and left it at that. When I got back a few hours later, I find a ticket for $ 30.00. WTH!!! I’ve been leaving messages for a week now and no one has returned my call.
I took Matt Z’s advice and dialed 619−234−4222 ext #33.
I had to leave of message for a Ms. Luna, who I hope returns my call. This really is shady. And I hope more people post their comments and experiences with this company. What a sham!!!

WOW! This company is a TOTAL SHAM. They issue $ 30.00 tickets to people who have paid. On Feb. 3, I paid $ 5.00 to park in the lot on 6^th Ave. which should have covered 0 – 9 hours of parking. 3.5 hours later, I was issued a ticket. They also make the tickets look like city issued tickets in order to trick you into paying them.

Gives you tickets for no reason!
Parked at the RiteAid in Hillcrest and I was fined $ 30 even though I paid!!! WTF! Just park on the street or somewhere there is an actual person to take your money.
Do not pay your tickets! They can only tow you if you park in their locations again.
If you have the same problem call them at
(619) 234‑4222 ext#33
And complain your ass off!!!