I went to meet friends at a downtown restaurant October 14, 2010. I drove into the lot as there was no street parking. The entry gate was down and the sign asked that you press the green button and take a ticket which I did. There was an attendant in the booth. As it was raining I grabbed my umbrella and ran across the street to join my friend. When I returned less than 2 hours later I had a ticket for 12.50 on my window. The parking attendant was gone and somehow I was supposed to have known this would happen and use the automated pay to park station before I left the lot. So if I have a ticket with the intension to pay per hour how can I possibly know that at the witching hour of 6:pm that it turns into a prepay system. What a scam! These people are crooks