AMPCO SYSTEM PARKING THIS PARKING OUTFIT CONNIVES WITH RALPH'S GROCERY USING 'RANDOMLY' DEFECTIVE PARKING GATE METERS TO SUCK $$$ FROM GROCERY SHOPPERS LOS ANGELES, California

This Ampco parking outfit services the basement parking lot for Ralph's customers.  They grant a complimentary 90-minute parking with validation.  Validation is done by just taking the parking ticket to Ralph's and have it stamped by a little blue machine on the counter WITHOUT having to make a purchase at Ralph's.  However, their parking lot gate has a meter which becomes 'defective' once in a while, so me in my car gets stuck at the gate when the meter charges me $50.00 for 62 minutes that I've parked there.  So as not to create a traffic jam, I decided to pay it, get the car out and come back in to see the parking attendant to complain and get my $50.00 back.  Lo and behold, the Ampco parking manager now demands to see a Ralph's receipt, insisting that the parking is for 'customers', meaning that I should have bought something when I parked in the lot.  Despite my being a Ralph's rewards member, I still had to show a receipt within that time frame that I had parked my car in their lot.  I complained to the Ralph's manager in front of the Ampco parking manager to no avail.   Watch out!