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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
Didn't want to start a new thread, but I have a question.
I work downtown in Finance at an Oil and Gas company, and my landlord constantly hounds me on the first of each month to come and meet him halfway across downtown to give him the rent cheque. I am busy at work with lunch meetings/deadlines, and I find it unreasonable of him to expect me to take a half hour out of my day to walk over and hand him the cheque. I always tell him I can make myself available on weekends/after work to wait at the property for him to come pick it up, and he replies that he needs to be at the bank prior to that.
Yesterday I told him off by saying I find it ridiculous that he expects me to take time out of my working day to deliver a cheque for him, and that he can come to my office and I will run down and give it to him if it is so urgent. I also offered to pay via email transfer each month, but he does not accept that method of payment.
I know that post dated cheques would solve this problem, but I have been living here for 5 months now, and with a few repairs that I have been waiting on that are still not resolved, and meeting this landlord to give him rent is the only time I can get any response out of him for the entire month. (His excuses are that the repair is delayed because parts are on backorder... I need a fawcet fixed, and it seems like a fairly run of the mill fawcet...not buying this excuse.)
Anyways, again he is hounding me today to come meet him and I wanted to get some idea as to how this issue actually boils down.... is it my perogative to "deliver" the rent to him each month, or should he be coming by the property after work hours (which I will always make myself available for)...
Just wanted to know the specifics before I open this can of worms with him...
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Holy crap. This is one of the reasons I collect postdated cheques before a tenant moves in and why I put fixed term leases. You are being completely ridiculous. It's your obligation to pay rent, not his obligation to collect it. Does VISA go to each of their customer's to collect credit card payments? No, there is delivery service commonly referred to as the post office.
Instead of opening a can of worms, you should look in the mirror and reflect on what type of contract you agreed to. Since you are in finance, would you send all of your AR people to each customer to collect?