Re: OT: Anyone a landlord?

On 29 Aug 2005 10:41:42 -0700, "Tallulah" <tallulahbankrupt@xxxxxxxxx>
gave thanks and said:

>Banks charge overdraft fees for a reason. Even if you're just a few
>dollars in the hole, they nail you with what -- a $20 or $25 overdraft
>charge and send it back? Then you get to pay again at the store you
>bounced it at. Bottom line is you knew it would happen, and if you
>added wrong in the check register, too bad. They don't want to hear
>why, they just don't want to deal with floating unauthorized loans.
>
>No one questions that (they might complain, but people know it's going
>to be the consequence). It's put in place as a way of trying to make
>people know the banks mean business, and they aren't going to waiver
>for whatever reason. They just don't want to deal with that nonsense.
>It has nothing to do with whether that's what it costs them to run that
>check through a few times. It is what the person agreed to when they
>opened the account, just like what you find in a rental agreement.

Some people seem to be confused, on one hand seeming to agree that
rental properties are a business and ought to be run as such... and on
the other hand claiming that when business practices are applied the
landlord/business is coldhearted.

I know **I'm** not confused.

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