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Well the City of Hamilton sent me my letter back and the check for $19.00. BUT... this time there was a number to call! So, I did and I explained the entire situation to the woman that answered, and she explained that the City just patrols that lot at the request of the owners... (for a nice cut of the profits no doubt!) and that ONLY they had the authority to make a decision on this issue. So I asked for the owners contact info. She said she wasn't really supposed to give out that info, but I explained that I would be more than happy to fight it in court but that I was from out of town, so this was really inconvenient. Finally, she gave the contact name and a phone #.
I called the number right away, but of course only got a machine... I left a rather lengthy message. I did not rec'v a call back. I called again the next day, and the next day... still no call back. I then took the phone number and did a reverse search using the web, found the name of the company AND the address (in Binbrook of all places...) and wrote them a letter explaining the situation. I included a picture of the machine (that my brother who lives in the area e-mailed to me...) to prove it had no instructions/ rates and only took coin- as well as the original letter I sent to the city, and the ticket....
They finally called me back today and advised that they rec'd my letters and that they were voiding this ticket for me!