$200 late fee on $2000/month rent

[u/danielediabla]

This amount seems very unreasonable to me. That’s 10% of my rent. 5% seems much more reasonable. I’ve lived here for 2 years and have never been late with rent but somehow I totally spaced making my payment until 5 days after rent was due.

UPDATE: I took some of ya’lls advice and emailed property management and got the fee waived! Thanks for all of the help :)

[u/geneva_illusions]

Look at your lease documents. If you signed the lease agreeing to that... You'll owe it. If your lease says something else... You have a leg to stand on. It does seem quite high.

[u/danielediabla → u/geneva_illusions]

Why are you making THREE separate comments to be rude??? I feel sorry for the people in your life. MY ONLY QUESTION WAS IF THIS AMOUNT SEEMED UNREASONABLY HIGH TO ANYONE ELSE! I never said I shouldn’t have to pay it, I never said I was angry, I never said I wanted to fight it. Also, what the fuck do you mean by my leg seems high?

[u/geneva_illusions → u/danielediabla]

"a leg to stand on" is a very common adage and most people wouldn't read that comment and think it's about a literal leg.

[u/danielediabla → u/geneva_illusions]

Im well aware of that term. I was asking about your add on about how high it is. As in I’m on a high horse? Or what? What were you implying there?

[u/geneva_illusions → u/danielediabla]

I said that if your lease doesn't state that amount of money for penalty... That you have plenty of recourse to argue against it. I really don't care at this point. Leg to stand on = you have something to fight back against. I really don't care. You're obviously a problematic person which is probably why you don't pay your bills. Enough talking to the clown

[u/danielediabla → u/geneva_illusions]

I know what leg to stand on means. You said it was high so I asked what that particular part meant. Also, I literally stated that I have never been late paying my rent in 2 years except this time I forgot due to some crazy life circumstances, which I way I am not angry at the landlord for that price. You just made up the fact that I don’t pay my bills based on one single late payment. Crazy. Also, reporting me to Reddit is psycho work.

[u/geneva_illusions → u/danielediabla]

If someone "reported you" it was not me. I said if we hung out I bet we would find common ground. I have no motivation to "report you". I don't dislike you. I honestly think if we met we would have more in common than not.

[u/geneva_illusions → u/geneva_illusions]

I have no animosity towards you. We didn't see eye to eye on a discussion; however, we don't know each other. Maybe one day we will meet. In the interim... I wish you good tidings. There's no reason for us to be enemies.