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Excessive parking ticket payment fee in Ann Arbor

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Ann Arbor, and probably lots of other cities, too

It costs WAY TOO MUCH to pay Ann Arbor parking ticket online. No option is given for payment from checking account or Venmo, etc. Only option is to pay by credit card, with $3.62 fee to pay a $25.00 ticket!!! That's 14.5% of the parking fine amount. I'd rather send a check and mail for the cost of a stamp. Must cost the city much more to receive a check, process it, and deposit in the bank. This seems DUMB. The only winner is the payment processing company that gets 14.5% revenue - and for what?!

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2026/09/26

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