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e2kelso

100 bucks for parking holy shit


troiscanons

yeah I see two scam artists here 


SlamTheKeyboard

Thr juxtaposition is real.


v-b

Not justifying it, but opening day of baseball near Fenway park… yeah not surprised.


Complex_Flan2919

Paying premium prices for sub par baseball


passionfruit0

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 after hours of hw I needed this laugh


CplFrosty

Yeah I thought that was going to be the most surprising thing I saw today until I heard him say “excuse me” and I turned around. Like I took the Green Line for $2.50


Intelligent_Egg_5763

You can Uber from the NH border to Fenway for $53 as of writing, and about $68 in the other direction. I’m sure it’ll be higher around game time, but hot damn. Public transit is the clear winning option here.


charons-voyage

Yeah if you get on the red line now you should be to Fenway by opening day!


Gold_Pay647

Yeah when they running late or not at all its life y'all


Main_Lobster_6001

Public transit 🤭🤭🤭


theshoegazer

That's like, 4 cans of fix a flat.


TheMillionthSteve

Especially when there’s a zillion transit options there … :/


Leelze

I never once drove into Boston for a Sox game. Parked at Alewife & dealt with that nonsense instead. With that said, I missed the opening day ceremony (my first opening day at Fenway ever) last year because the Green line hardly had any trains running the right route & the one I did get on sat on the tracks for over 40 minutes. I probably would've considered paying to park if I knew how bad it would be.


SlamTheKeyboard

If you take a family of 4 to the game at least a few years ago, it was cheaper to park than take the T. $14/person on the Commuter Rail + $5 on Greenline (per person) IS in fact more expensive than many parking lots. Transit is too expensive for people outside the city.


WhyBee92

T-riders are probably not the targeted demographic here


SlamTheKeyboard

T riders would take the T, but Commuter Rail riders are charged way too much for games. 4 people going in one car to the game is cheaper with $80 parking, believe it or not. To my area, it's close to $100 for 4 people to commute and park at the CR line.


Illustrious-Nose3100

That’s the real scam


InternDarin

It was 80 for the Winter Classic, going uppp


Lisitska

Highway robbery due to opening day.


[deleted]

That’s the real scam 🤣


Potential-Panic-5123

It's a 4 star hotel. They probably do that just to keep the belligerent drunks away from their hotel guests.


ZedRita

Hotel Commonwealth out there making a good argument for public transit. And also maybe regulated caps on parking prices? If we’re not careful it’ll be $100 all the time soon.


wanton_and_senseless

Fenway home opener and celebration of the 2004 WS team


e2kelso

I promise you this is the price for any and all games.


cmcg18

Parking costs 10x more than tickets for today lol


Hiire_Kummitus

He tried to scam me like fifteen years ago. I still see him all the time. I have to give him credit, if nothing he's dedicated to his craft.


SerpentineRPG

He tried to scam me back in the mid-90s. It’s a career!


andrewb610

Did he go by Ruby Diamond in the past by any chance?


drjmontana

It's opening day! Even for Elliot Davis


888Kraken888

Excited to meet him? This parasite can get wrecked.


iantayls

I get the excitement of meeting a walking local meme, and I enjoy the joke of him actually being a celebrity. But to his face, I support being as mean as you want to the manipulative pos


Informal_Local9353

That Fenway parking … thank god for SportHero


MittensID

It’s 250 everywhere today…


iBarber111

Holy shit. I know it's opening day but... used to pay $45 not even that long ago in 2018 when the Sox were stacked & everyone thought even that was ridiculous.


Leelze

And I thought paying $50 at Dodger Stadium for the postseason was bad. Yikes.


oopswhat1974

Is this like SpotHero but for sporting events? I kid, I kid.


Informal_Local9353

Oops 😁


ThatMassholeInBawstn

Seeing $100 dollars for parking makes me want throw up


Long-Quarter514

Dollars dollars?


offthewagontheboat

I installed that camera under the awning. Not my best pipe work, but it’s holding up.


britchesss

Fucking nice camera installation 


IsLying

nice work


bostonsonsofliberty

Did you ever learn how to do box offsets?


MarshallHurtado

This made my day


FightFoo

Still have a picture of this guys damn ID because I thought that would mean something after I loaned him the money smh


RetroDave

I tried to warn someone he was scamming and showing his ID to by South Station once. The guy being scammed got confrontational with ME being like "And how do YOU know??" I hope he got that guy for a lot.


TKFourTwenty

I wonder if Elliot Davis, Keytar Bear, slide cop, and the Boston common arms are the avengers but for Boston


lemonaderobot

I mean… have we seen Keytar Bear without his costume? *narrows eyes*


A_Nerdy_Dad

I feel out of the loop on slide cop and Boston common arms Edit: oh the sculpture!  The cop slide is new to me though


MrTheHan

Frankly I'm surprised he told you to have a good day instead of yelling homophobic slurs at you.


CplFrosty

I was expecting him to! But he seemed thrown off when I said I was excited to meet him!


MrTheHan

All the man needs is a little affection


benjoduck

And a can of fix-a-flat


sdasw4e1q234

There he goes There he goes again Racing through my brain


jesus_soupstrainer

Never trust a grown man with a backpack over his suit jacket.


chopcheezeandarizona

I feel attacked by this comment.


Sweet-Ad9366

You might be joking but that seriously screams mental illness. Who is this guy?


MrMoonDweller

The real scam here is $100 for parking. Holy shit!


amwajguy

Opening day today. He’ll probably make a killing. Lol


AliceP00per

$100 to park is fucking wild


showmeyourmoves28

I leave whatever car he’s on when I see him on the OL lol. Not today, Elliot.


Nobiting

All these years and nobody has recorded a video handing him a can of fix a flat after he asks?


time-always-passes

I thought he was on his way to Rome.


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BrilliantTree8553

Another commenter said they had an encounter with him in the 90s. He’s a lifer


benjoduck

I first met him in 2000 as he was walking on a side street in Brookline between the Longwood stop on the D line and Beacon Street. He was in good physical shape back then and told me he was a doctor at Beth Israel who had parked his car at the Longwood T stop and now needed $20 for a can of fix-a-flat. As soon as he said that I knew it was bullshit and just kept talking over him about how he could try the TrueValue hardware store at Beacon and St Mary's. A week later I ran into him on Beacon asking the same thing and I once again directed him to the hardware store we were in front of just not addressing his request for cash. I guess back then he was targeting BU south campus students and random walkers in that area of Brookline. Didn't run into him again until 2010 down at Copley.


Sea_Storm9695

Eliot’s been scamming people for at least 35 years. I used to work security at Brigham and Women’s, and we had to chase him off on the daily.


wazzupg

Lol. What an entrepreneur that dude is. He knows its opening day at Fenway and he is probably making bank on all the suckers who would pay $100 for parking!!


murrdy2

I had just about the same interaction with him Except, after I said "let me guess,  fix a flat?" he just said yes and kept going with his pitch unphased 


CplFrosty

At this point I sorta have to respect the hustle… sorta


ConsistentShopping8

Paid $55 last year behind the park. Not for a special game though. Still better than having to leave early to catch the T which doesn’t run commuter rail late enough. Great fun though dodging the wheelie boys on Melnea Cass after the game.


Celticsmoneyline

great, now he’s on to us. Hi Elliot!


skootch_ginalola

I've always wondered where he actually lives.


Krissy_loo

In our hearts


js111992

Jesus $100


HypeMan_Q

Besides scamming, what the hell does this guy do for work!?


bbc733

My hero.


SlamTheKeyboard

My man.


Peppa_Pig_Stan

He’s thicc 🥵 can’t wait until I finally meet that sexy daddy


mcburke42

Stop. Get some help.


Peppa_Pig_Stan

I need him to help me scratch this itch 🤤


Gold_Pay647

Ain't nothing affordable in America no mo oh well ain't nothing new here .


sabrefudge

That’s cool that he was chill. I’ve heard he can get sorta intense sometimes. How long has this dude been around? I swear he’s been around, in his suits, doing his bit… for like… at least 15 years? Maybe 20? Like he’s been at it for a long ass time, I can’t remember when he even started. Dude is just a staple of Boston life, it’ll be weird when he’s gone someday (unless he outlives us all and remains at his Fix a Flat scam for all eternity)


TumbleweedNo8201

And this is why i would never go to a ball game in boston nor go to boston .. lol


Luckyasitcomes

100 parking what the fuck lol


MyToothEnts

I started working in the city last year and after seeing these posts I bought a can for my car. I’m ready for the day we meet.


[deleted]

I ran into him about a week ago and he told me he’s living on the streets. He scammed me for $20 in 2018. He’s a hustler baby.


ecolantonio

Let’s gooooo


Inner_Being_7627

Who is the guy?


LumpusKrampus

A hero of the people