Frustrated customers at several private parking lots in downtown Milwaukee are warning about predatory fines issued just minutes after they paid for parking.
Kurt Schwanz parked at a private lot at Clybourn and Broadway on March 10. The lot is operated by a company called Power Parking.
“As soon as I arrived, I went in and scanned their QR code at the hostess stand for a discounted rate, paid the money, and came out a few hours later and found this ticket on my car,” Schwanz said.
Schwanz argues that it is indisputable that he should never have received the $90 parking fine. His payment receipt shows his session started at 2:42 p.m. The ticket, left on his windshield by a third-party parking enforcement company called Parking Revenue Recovery Services, was issued just four minutes later…