Stanford University Parking Structure 7

Well, it's a mixed bag. Parking Structure 7, located underneath the new Knight Management Center of Stanford's famed GSB, is a pretty great location, and tends not to fill up before other options in its area. It's across from Maples Pavilion, and right next to the sand volleyball courts and tennis courts... and oh yeah it's also right underneath GSB. And covered because it's underground.

But... if you park there on a weekday between 6am and 4pm, you have to pay with a machine that steals money. The short version: DO NOT USE CASH WITH THE MACHINE AND IF YOU DO, DO NOT CANCEL YOUR TRANSACTION USING THE PAY PARKING MACHINE NO MATTER WHAT. It won't spit your money back to you, it'll literally print you out a receipt with a phone number to call to get a refund. (What? Now that it took my last $1.25 I'm going to call a number and have a check mailed to me? Fail.)

I hope this machine isn't demonstrating a GSB-taught business model. Tricks like that only work if you screw someone who doesn't use Yelp. Boom.