Phoenix Parking Control

This is the worst parking lot ever. Today I paid their stupid little $ 6 and came back to my car two hours later with a ticket and my personal favorite, A STICKER. Now i understand why i received a ticket because i accidentally paid for space 86 when I parked in 89. (Not that i could ever have the chance to dispute it because they never answer the phone, trust me i called 9 times) but a huge bright green sticker with a sassy message basically super glued to my windshield, NOT OKAY. this has to be absolutely illegal what they are running here. Do NOT park in this lot!!!

I have the same problem as the posts below me. I paid for my ticket, put the ticket on my dash, and still received a parking fine for $ 25. PHOENIX PARKING CONTROL IS COMMITTING EXTORTION AND NEEDS TO BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS!

Scam parking lot. Do not park here. They will cite you even after paying and if you fail to pay, they will add your vehicle on the tow list. I’ve spoken to a few other people who’ve had a bad experience with this private business. Leon who is apparently the manager of this business is full of shit and rude. They only take payments by mail and it needs to be cash. Do not park here!

Total scam. They cited me even though I paid. I called and talked to «Leon» who hung on me three times and refused to answer my questions

My Family and I met at Pomo pizza on 1^st and filmore around 7pm. We all parked in a dirt lot that was full of other cars. Did not see ANY signs that said no parking. All four of us got $ 300 parking tickets. Downtown Phoenix parking is a scam. We won’t be coming back. Not worth it.

This lot is a scam! I was given a citation not only after paying, but the citation time was dated at 12:30pm when I wasn’t even in the lot at that time. I arrived around 12:35 pm and waited in my car for a friend to arrive with a couple bucks because I was short the cash. We paid at 12:40pm the $ 6 and went to lunch. When I came back, I had a ticket for $ 25 with a citation time of 12:30pm! Ridiculous! Tried calling and get some stupid recording and only have 3 days to pay. Will never park here again. There is no proof of receipt, nothing. I’m convinced they wait for you to walk away from your car, then write these bullshit tickets that you can never dispute. Then you get a bright pink flyer congratulating you for not being on the tow list. Such crap

PARK AT YOUR OWN RISK. They deserve negative stars! Phoenix Parking Control is a private business and has a surface lot at North Central Avenue & East Filmore Street. This lot is conveniently located directly across from The Westward Ho building to the west and the ASU Visitor Lot is to the south. Pomo’s Pizza and The Turf pub are across the street to the east. This lot takes up an entire city block.
To pay, one simply puts exact cash only in a slot that has the same number as your parking spot. This slot is in a giant, red box that is located under a triangular sign that reads «PAY HERE.» A flat piece of metal is provided so you can push your cash into the slot so it falls into a little holding space.
I [used to] work at ASU-​Downtown and have had the unfortunate experience of paying for my parking spot – only to be given a citation. The ticket/​invoice states that I must pay the citation within 3 days and, if I do not pay this citation within 3 days, I must pay a $ 25 late fee. If I do not pay this, I will be put on a tow list and my vehicle will be impounded. A local phone number is listed, but no one ever answers. An address is given, but it is a PO Box in the 85 001 ZIP code.
In summary, there is NO WAY to communicate with Phoenix Parking Control unless you write a letter, claiming to have paid exact cash only for your spot. Meanwhile, time is ticking away… more than 3 days-​worth? I have seen people wait in the lot about 9:15 am on work week days to catch the PPC meter man and confront him about the bogus citations. Sometimes he shows at that time and, other times, he does not show. Working so close to this lot in Customer Service at the ASU-​Downtown Phoenix Campus, I have met several other people who have gotten citations but swear that they have paid. They’ve come to me wanting an explanation b/​c they think that the lot in question is an ASU lot. Until it happened to me, I doubted their claims. But, now, I know it is true!
Given that a customer can only pay in exact cash and that there’s no real way to communicate with PPC, I feel that this parking lot has shady business practices. PPC has 3 negative BBB online reviews at this time. So, PARK AT YOUR OWN RISK.
EVEN THE «NOT RECOMMENDED» Unilocal REVIEW IS 1-​STAR!