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03-08-2007, 10:29 AM
...so our apartments finally sold. How did we find out?
On February 27, we each had letters taped to our doors saying that these were the new owners and all rent should be sent to them beginning immediately.
Now, rent is due on the last day of the month. So when I called the new owners and said the check was already in the mail to what are now the previous owners, the manager was, like, all surprised. I gently told him that, you know, two days before the end of the month is awfully short notice, and anyone who's paying on time would already have it in the mail. He said he'd have to try to work it out with the former owners. (They must have -- the check has cleared.)
Cut to yesterday afternoon, when letters were again taped to everyone's door. Now, I'm assuming they're all about the same issue: it says my account is behind $25 from October forward.
You see, our rent was increased effective November 1. The letter that went out was posted in mid-September, so even though the printed version said "effective October 2006" that was hand-corrected to read "November 2006" because that meant we got 30 days' notice.
But... don't you think a manager type would catch this? Didn't it strike him as awfully coincidental that everyone was behind the exact amount of the rent increase, and had fallen behind at the exact same time? And why were late fees never assessed if we'd each fallen behind? They charge something like $50 if the payment's late, I think.
I'm waiting for a call back. But something tells me this guy's not the sharpest tool in the box.
On February 27, we each had letters taped to our doors saying that these were the new owners and all rent should be sent to them beginning immediately.
Now, rent is due on the last day of the month. So when I called the new owners and said the check was already in the mail to what are now the previous owners, the manager was, like, all surprised. I gently told him that, you know, two days before the end of the month is awfully short notice, and anyone who's paying on time would already have it in the mail. He said he'd have to try to work it out with the former owners. (They must have -- the check has cleared.)
Cut to yesterday afternoon, when letters were again taped to everyone's door. Now, I'm assuming they're all about the same issue: it says my account is behind $25 from October forward.
You see, our rent was increased effective November 1. The letter that went out was posted in mid-September, so even though the printed version said "effective October 2006" that was hand-corrected to read "November 2006" because that meant we got 30 days' notice.
But... don't you think a manager type would catch this? Didn't it strike him as awfully coincidental that everyone was behind the exact amount of the rent increase, and had fallen behind at the exact same time? And why were late fees never assessed if we'd each fallen behind? They charge something like $50 if the payment's late, I think.
I'm waiting for a call back. But something tells me this guy's not the sharpest tool in the box.