• PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.works
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    24 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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      23 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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        23 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.