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If the rules call for a penalty exceeding 5 days, you will be penalized.
Fighting it might cost you a lot more.
AftStrategist saysIf the rules call for a penalty exceeding 5 days, you will be penalized.
20 $10 dollar charges After 3 years?!?
I already looked into the law a little and I don't think they can retroactively notify me of late fees.Strategist saysFighting it might cost you a lot more.
$205 is $205. I don't plan on hiring a lawyer.
Thanks Strat.
Anyone out there with knowledge of the pertinent laws.
If they had told me i was late and had a late fee three years ago i would have asked for a waiver or paid the $10 and made sure I was never late again. Instead they regularly took my payment on the sixth without telling me I was late. I now have $205 in late fees.
, I'd try to find the city/municipal contact that deals with that vendor.
It’s best to not acquire such parasites in the first place, but if you must, be sure that your payments are early.
If the rules call for a penalty exceeding 5 days, you will be penalized. Fighting it might cost you a lot more. You decide.
made sure I was never late again.Why would that have been so hard to do in the first place, considering your expensive property? When I lost low-cost garage storage at a residence in Dallas due to a death, I had to immediately begin paying $95/month to store my '53 Cadillac and I made sure it was there on or before the 1st--just part of owning something like that. A nicely run place, one time I was locked out when the manager mistakenly didn't credit my payment. When I called them, they were extremely apologetic and let me in, but I would have raised a row if it had caused me to miss a scheduled car show.
Do I have any options?You haven't really been cheated and you could henceforth begin giving this storage the 100% attention it deserves.
Remember if they decide to send it to a collection agency-your credit will be screwed.
A couple of years ago a previous manager told me I missed paying for a month. I asked him which month, he told me, and I showed him the canceled check. He then said it must have been some other month. I showed him proof of payment for the last couple of years and never heard from him again.
This year the marina has a new manager and she says I owe them the money. I told her the story and she said she would look into it.
Today I received an invoice for "accumulated late fees". In the invoice was record of when they received my checks from the credit union for the last three years.
After each payment they received after the 5th there is a $10 late fee. All but two of the late payments were received on the 6th. The other two were on the 8th and 9th.
Bottom line on invoice $205. Penciled in on top of six page invoice "accumulated late fees and late payments".
Is this even legal?