• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    Looks like someone’s landlord is going to be paid in 1 cent coins unless THEY pay a “convenience fee”

        • SeattleRain@lemmy.worldOPM
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          21 days ago

          To be fair I think they still allow you to pay online with a check, but having an online portal heavily implies you should pay with a credit card.

          I have heard some landlords don’t accept check, only debit card, but I don’t have proof.

    • PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.works
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      21 days ago

      Yeah I’m surprised they allow the em to pay rent via credit card. Since that reduces the amount the landlord gets, it seems fair that it would charge a fee to cover that difference.

      I wonder if the fee goes away if a checking account is used.

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        21 days ago

        My man, the amount the landlord is charging rent is entirely arbitrary outside of being ‘as high as they can get away with’. Don’t make excuses for a landlord swindling you out of your money by making that amount seem more palatable by shuffling bits of it behind “fees.”

        Almost $1700 a month in base rent, the landlord can pay the damn fee for their own convenience in not having to cash a check.

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          20 days ago

          While I agree on rent being too damn high, I think I draw the line as follows.

          If you agreed to pay X and there are mandatory fees on top of that, that’s bullshit that should be illegal.

          If you agreed to pay X and you want to use a method of payment that will make the other party receive less than X… that’s on you.

          It feels a lot like… if someone agrees to pay me X and decides to pay me less than X… that’s some bullshit.

  • WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
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    20 days ago

    There should be a way to pay through your banks bill pay system. You may have to dig for it. Ask you landlord for the info if you really can’t find it online.

    If you pay through your bank’s website it will not charge you a convenience fee.