An apartment manager asked me to pay $15 application fee and $20 for credit score check fee for wanting to lease the apartment. I paid. I was later told that all of the apartment units are full. Can I legally demand a refund of the fees. Sound like fraud to me.
Another example. I want to sell a very nice house for cheap, $50,000. But I charge people $10 for an "application fee." I quote on the application "while supply last." I don't have a house in the first place. Can I keep the $10 because I "processed" their applications.
2006-08-06 19:43:17 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Also, assume that I have a house and i really didn't want to sell the house. I just want the 10 dollars.
2006-08-06 20:21:08 · update #1
This also happened to me when try to get a dorm room at a university (no credit check though just $20 application). over 100 students was told that the dorm was full. There was a waiting list. by the time I was offer a room, half of the school year was over and I already have an apartment. This happen year after year.
2006-08-06 20:28:47 · update #2
If the apartment wasn't under rent control, the landlord can charge anything they want for a credit check/application, the caveat being that all applicants have to be treated equally.
2006-08-06 19:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no you can't legally demand a refund. they put them in a pending file if one opens up. the other example is fraud because you never had the item to start with
2006-08-06 19:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by ML 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think it not legal.. Maybe there running a scam, doing it to alot of people. I would go to the police and tell them what happened see what they say. Pem
2006-08-06 19:50:08 · answer #3 · answered by Patricia M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋