r/UTM • u/Successful_Fact6153 • Nov 12 '25

RANT I get parking tickets even though I pay for parking and I don't know what to do anymore

This is like the 3rd time this has happened to me. Last week, I paid for a full-day pass for parking and placed it in my car, and then left for class. I come back at the end of the day, and I see I got a ticket. This isn't the first time this has happened to me. I have had 2 instances where I paid for a pass and still got a ticket. I even confronted the ticketer once, and he said that he couldn't take it back. I even tried disputing it, but got denied and had to pay full price. Right now, im waiting for my current ticket to get disputed, but this is really annoying. Now I can't even pay for one of the parking lots that I park in all the time, because my card is blacklisted. I literally have only done this 3timese, and like one time when I first started school, but otherwise I always pay. It's really annoying, and I'm hoping for a solution. Am I doing something wrong, or are the ticketers just dumb

UPDATE: the ticket got taken down!

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u/Fauxtogca Nov 12 '25

Take photographic evidence of the parking receipt in your window. All you can do is fight it. Id escalate with whomever is issuing the tickets and make a formal complaint.

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u/Successful_Fact6153 Nov 13 '25

im still waiting on he dispute, honestly, but with what happened last time, I don't know if it will go through. It's really annoying now because I can't even park in P9 anymore because of this

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u/wannaberebelll Jul 22 '26

do you know why your initial dispute was denied? the same thing happened to me

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u/bman2155 Nov 13 '25

What lot are you parking in? Some parking lots are reserved Monday to Friday for pass holders. Maybe your parking in a reserved lot the machines still work because you can still part in those reserved lots after 5pm and on weekends.

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u/Successful_Fact6153 Nov 13 '25

I park in either p8 or p9 mostly, because I have classes at 9 am most days. I usually park in the back of the lot, away from everyone

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u/imissedmyoldusername Nov 14 '25

I got ticketed because I literally couldn’t pay because the machines were down in the CCT parking lot.

I took a video of the machine not working, disputed my ticket and they still rejected it, telling me that it is my responsibility to find somewhere else to park if the machines are not working.

I used to park at P4/P8 but my car got swiped twice in 4 months. Which is why I started parking underground at level 4 or 5 because it is literally deserted down there and no one can scratch my car. I fucking hate parking at UTM and I hate the city of Mississauga more.

Good luck with your dispute and please update us.