Fined by my apartment complex

[Fast Food Knight]

I wouldn't assume that all of this is taken care of because you sent an email and haven't gotten a response. Also, do not underestimate how far the apartment complex will go to collect money you owe them. I would NOT brush it off - I got screwed by a complex for something that I thought was "taken care of" and that they "wouldn't do anything about." Also, typically anything they fine you for is covered in your lease, which you signed and that they will hold you to for every nickel and dime.

[bobman0330]

When you rent an apartment, your new landlord will often want to talk to your old landlord (particularly if you're young and don't have a strong credit history, etc.). Therefore, pissing off your landlord over $25, particularly if you owe it according to the terms of your lease, is probably not a good idea.

[duecesful]

If you pay the fine do you still have to pick up the trash? Does this fine pay one of their employees to do it?

[mason55]

After speaking to Obie for about fourty-five minutes on the telephone we
finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down
and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the
police officer's station. So we got in the red VW microbus with the
shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the
police officer's station.

[mbillie1]

Dump what you feel like is your $25 worth of smelly trash in the management office LDO

[The4Aces]

The manager responded with this:

Ryan,

We actually look through the trash to see who it belongs to you would not have gotten a fine unless we found your items in there. Yes you pay rent and you also signed a trash addendum stating where to put your trash not the BBQ areas.

If you would like to speak to me you may come by in the morning I am in a budget meeting all day.

Thanks,
Sandi

Which is compete [censored]. More importantly none of our trash was in the BBQ area.

What should I do OOT?

i like the idea about dumping trash in the office. Prob wont do it though.

[Dids]

Sounds like you should stop leaving trash around.

Eddy F,

This sounds a lot like my complex (frankly there's a greater than 30% chance it's owned by the same people, as it's likely some national company) and I didn't have to pay a depo either.

[slothinator]

[ QUOTE ]
After speaking to Obie for about fourty-five minutes on the telephone we
finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down
and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the
police officer's station. So we got in the red VW microbus with the
shovels and rakes and implements of destruction and headed on toward the
police officer's station.

[/ QUOTE ]

Did they show you 8x10 glossy photos with red circles and arrows on them?

[johnnylovescandy]

[ QUOTE ]
We actually look through the trash to see who it belongs to...
If you would like to speak to me you may come by in the morning I am in a budget meeting all day.


Thanks,
Sandi




What should I do OOT?

[/ QUOTE ]

At this point you really have no choice. Go for it, she wants you, dude...

[oddjob]

the trash thing reminds me of one of my rental agencies in college. they were notoriously lame, and each week someone would throw a brick through their big front window. none of my roommates or i did this, but we took great pleasure in seeing the window boarded up, repaired each week, only to be broken again then next week.