§ Field Notes & Research

Field Notes from the Parking Lot Trenches

Reporting on vendor tactics, contract traps, and the economics of running an independent lot. No sales pitches. No sponsored posts. Just the stuff your reseller didn’t tell you.

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Vendor Tactics

Bait-and-Switch Tactics in Parking Lot Software Contracts: How WPS ParkID, TIBA, Amano McGann, and Flash Trap Independent Lot Owners — and How to Escape

The printed rate card is the cheap part. The real money — and the real trap — hides in the fourteen pages of contract language you never read. Here's every pattern we've seen, with receipts.

April 21, 2026 12 min read