[UA] [OT] Damaged Goods and Credit.

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 06:50 AM 12/06/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> I don't know. You can do a lot in America with credit. I'll bet John and
>Greg's credit is spotless, John being a shining example of the creative
>entrepreneur, and Greg being a shameless, corrupt tool of The Man. 

Actually, my credit isn't spotless, as I learned when I bought the house
last summer.  Check this out: While we're still living in the apartment,
the complex tells us "We're keeping your damage deposit, and you owe us
another $200 because we have to replace the carpet."  

"Why do you have to replace the carpet?"

"Because you had a cat."

"Wait a minute: Didn't we pay you guys an extra $100 up front and $20 extra
a month because we had a cat?"

"You owe us $200 dollars."

I didn't pay them the $200 dollars.

When we were signing the papers for the house, the complex had reported us
to the credit companies as being deadbeats to the tune of $200.

"Don't worry," said the lawyers as we signed the mortgage.  "They try that
trick on everybody.  They can't do anything to you."

So here's a question.  Has anyone on this list EVER gotten a damage deposit
back?

-G.

...waiting to see if anyone can drag lost damage deposits back on topic...

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