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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
A similar thing is happening here in Vancouver with parking spots where vacant parking spots in residential buildings have had usage rights 'sold' or rented by people who don't own the space. Is the problem that those owners just don't have cars, and everything would be fixed if they just had a car and parked it there?
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This happened to me last summer. I was looking for a parking spot around the PNE and someone offered to rent me their street parking for $25. It was marked for residents only. They didn't give me a decal or anything after I paid them, which I should have known would be an issue.
A few hours later when I went to my car, there were 2 really old people standing next to my car yelling at me in a language that I didn't understand with their hand out saying "money" over and over. They were literally trying to prevent me from getting in the car and when I got in, the old man got into the back seat with my kid and the lady was standing in front of my car with her hands on the hood. I was trying to tell them that I already paid someone else for the spot. Anyway, I had to pull the man out and drove away with the old lady jumping out of the way. My poor kid was traumatized for a while after that.
For anyone in Vancouver, do not fall for this scam.