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by Anonymous User on Sun Sep 04, 2005 at 07:55:57 PM PDT

In this instance, she figured, "I did the wrong thing, but if I go through this company, I'll either get the ticket rescinded, in which case I pay only half what the ticket would cost me, or I don't, in which case I pay the ticket cost only. I can't lose."

So you can fight, and maybe get back half what you'd pay if you didn't fight, with no immediately obvious downside. With nothing to lose, why would any sane person not fight the ticket?

Having said all of that, I do agree that if you've done the wrong thing, you should accept it, pay the penalty, and move on. But that isn't the thrust of what we're discussing; we're discussing whether it is fair and reasonable for a $5,000 slug for editing something provided to you for a particular purpose when it doesn't fit that purpose initially. It does seem obvious, though, that the whole story isn't being told here, and I doubt it will ever be seen on any location.

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