Parking tickets - Warning about Trento area, maybe whole Italy

[NeverRodeBefore]

As a reverse of a policeman saying “I am amazed someone has come to pay”.

A friend of mine when skiing, found a nice gent’s Breitling watch on the slopes, the strap having broken. Being an honest fellow and recognising it was probably worth at least a couple of thousand, he went to the town police station to hand it in. The policeman told him to keep it. Asking why, the officer explained that on most days, holiday makers came in to report ‘lost’ items, the vast majority of which were (in his seasoned opinion) fraudulent to claim under Travel insurance. He went on, that given the number of assorted valuables ‘lost’ in a season, the slopes and streets should be littered with valuables, but they are not. In short, he was bored handing out ‘I have reported the loss to the police’ tickets and wasn’t about to hunt for a possible owner of a lost Breitling.

Happy days.

My best 'find' was a 6ft high lift jack at the side of the road near college. Although I didn't yet have my LandRover, I knew that was what I was after and I knew what that lump of metal was in the gutter when I was walking to the shops. It was still there when I went back for the evening class, so I picked it up to the amusement of my mates. I went to the main college reception and asked if they had a lost and found area. The receptionist said "yes, what have you found?" So I lifted up this 6 foot jack and she said "I've got a drawer for purses or maybe a school bag" so I gave her my name and contact details and then took it with me to class. Fortunately one of my mates gave me a lift home so I didn't have to take it on the bus

 

[Santa-2512]

I got done in Germany for parking the wrong way in a street ,

A local fine enforced by the local hi vis busybody ,

Why did i get the fine and other cars didn't even though they were parked the wrong way too ..... because i was in a f*kin hire car with the hire co's logo splattered over the window

Then comes the hidden charges , of the €12 fine


Has to be paid in Eros, so a conversion from stirling to eros applied , has to be paid from a German bank account, if no bank acc , any bank will pay it, and add a levy of €20 for the privilege !!

So my €12 cost somewhere in the region of £40 odd & they wanted to charge me €5 for parking in the banks car park, as i wasn't a customer

By then i just told them , my car is at the barrier and going no where , and no one else is going anywhere too ...

They opened the barrier


I haven't driven in Germany since

 

[TIJ650]

I got done in Germany for parking the wrong way in a street ,

A local fine enforced by the local hi vis busybody ,

Why did i get the fine and other cars didn't even though they were parked the wrong way too ..... because i was in a f*kin hire car with the hire co's logo splattered over the window

Then comes the hidden charges , of the €12 fine


Has to be paid in Eros, so a conversion from stirling to eros applied , has to be paid from a German bank account, if no bank acc , any bank will pay it, and add a levy of €20 for the privilege !!

So my €12 cost somewhere in the region of £40 odd & they wanted to charge me €5 for parking in the banks car park, as i wasn't a customer

By then i just told them , my car is at the barrier and going no where , and no one else is going anywhere too ...

They opened the barrier


I haven't driven in Germany since

Rental cars are a very soft target cause easy to future charge your credit card with late and admin charges. It’s part of worldwide scam INCLUDING rental car companies!!
Years ago when in SA I must’ve tripped a bunch of cameras in rental car. I was still getting charges a year after my visit. Circa £100 a pop too. Ended up paying off and closing account cause so sick of it.
Apparently ignored parking tickets are their favourite

 

[ChasMill]

As a reverse of a policeman saying “I am amazed someone has come to pay”.

A friend of mine when skiing, found a nice gent’s Breitling watch on the slopes, the strap having broken. Being an honest fellow and recognising it was probably worth at least a couple of thousand, he went to the town police station to hand it in. The policeman told him to keep it. Asking why, the officer explained that on most days, holiday makers came in to report ‘lost’ items, the vast majority of which were (in his seasoned opinion) fraudulent to claim under Travel insurance. He went on, that given the number of assorted valuables ‘lost’ in a season, the slopes and streets should be littered with valuables, but they are not. In short, he was bored handing out ‘I have reported the loss to the police’ tickets and wasn’t about to hunt for a possible owner of a lost Breitling.

Happy days.

When my late father was an Underwriter, he got a claim notification for a Rolex "lost" while the owner was swimming in the sea on holiday. An extremely common type of fraud - put in a claim for something that just about covers the cost of the holiday.
The most common is the "my wife slipped on the way out of the on-site bar and damaged her back. For £2,000 we will go away".
The cost of investigating the claim far out-weighs the cost of the claim so underwriters will usually settle and load other premiums as a result.

 

[er-minio]

When I first did home content insurance years ago (I think it was Aviva or somehting via Amex), I was surprised ho randomly you could declare watches and mediumly expensive items without much proof of ownership/purchase.
I always assumed any claim request on those would have been null.

Apparently not.

 

[glenn2926]

I read many years ago in I think a mountain bike magazine that there had been more claims for Oakley Eye Jackets sunglasses than had actually been made. Whether that’s true or not I can’t say.