Help me screw with the City of Arlington.

[talisman]

Just got a red light ticket in the mail. Didn't the state make red light ticket cameras..unlawful might be the wrong word, but perhaps inadmissible for leveraging a fine sometime last year? I know it is civil, so I don't have to worry about a warrant, and I'm sure as shit not going to pay it. Dallas has been trying to collect $75 for a parking ticket on a car I sold for 9 years now, I'm certainly not lining these clowns pocketbooks. Can one of you fine upstanding gentlemen quote me anything in the traffic code that backs me up?

[black50]

wont the city try and send it to a collection agency..I know there was something about this last year, that the city didnt have the legal right to sell your info to a collection company

[mustangguy289]

If you fucked up just pay it.

[talisman]

If you fucked up just pay it.

Sure thing, Hitler.

[80coupe]

Sure thing, Hitler.

I lol'd

[034V]

I got one in richardson for a car i never owned or drove..

they didn't send a pic of the plate just a listing of the plate.

i went to the office that handles them for the city and the told me yes i did run it.

i explained that i have no clue what they are talking about and they told me they were going to turn it in to collections.

i proceeded to tell them what i thought of their scheme, with the kindest 4 letter words i could use, on how they were illegally selling info to create a false debt.

needless to say, i haven't gotten a call or letter from any said collection agency about it.

use the paper as shit tickets and mail it in..

[Trip McNeely]

It will go against your credit as far as I know.

[talisman]

It will go against your credit as far as I know.

lolz, that's the best they've got? All I have to do is dispute it with the bureaus, I didn't sign anything agreeing to the debt. That will drop off with a quickness. Morons.

I'd rather go up there and shove it in their face that what they are doing is extortion and illegal.

[momo]

It will go against your credit as far as I know.

how? they don't have your social security number.

[Trip McNeely]

I got one in Houston RIGHT before I moved. I didnt want it to affect my credit or anything like that, but in hindsight I pretty much got a new identity when I moved since I got a new states DL and Plates, so I probably could've not done anything. Those Redlight cameras suck fucking dick.

[Trip McNeely]

how? they don't have your social security number.

I think it probably ties into your DL somehow, and can be X-ref'd.

[talisman]

how? they don't have your social security number.

Not that they couldn't get it, but I'm curious about that as well. That Dallas ticket has never shown up on my credit. Half assed scare tactic?

I've got all the time in the world on my hands to fuck with these people just to prove a point.

[jluv]

I heard that they can hold up your ability to renew your registration. I can't imagine that working out very well. If I can't get registration, then the state can't get their registration fee.

I would just ignore it.

[SVT Lurch]

lolz, that's the best they've got? All I have to do is dispute it with the bureaus, I didn't sign anything agreeing to the debt. That will drop off with a quickness. Morons.

I'd rather go up there and shove it in their face that what they are doing is extortion and illegal.

It won't necessarily come off quickly. I've seen people that having been dealing with piddly little $200 - $300 collections for years where the collection agency keeps telling them it came off and it never does. Still hurts their scores.

how? they don't have your social security number.

Either they don't need it or they're able to get it. I don't know how but I've seen them on people's credit reports before.

If you've got time to mess with it and aren't worried about your credit score dropping then more power to you.

[talisman]

If you've got time to mess with it and aren't worried about your credit score dropping then more power to you.

I care about my score, but not to the point that I'm going to let some dickwads wipe their ass with the constitution over it by turning us into A Brave New World. I'd rather give a stealership an extra 1% in interest the next time I buy a car than pay something I don't agree with.