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My landlord in Phoenix wanted $1,800 via app or he'd charge a $50 late fee, so I paid in pennies and he changed the rule
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claire_grant341mo ago
The part people are missing here is that pennies are actually legal tender for all debts, so the landlord kind of walked into his own trap. Under federal law a business can refuse them before a deal is made, but once the debt exists he can't turn them down in most states. So by threatening a late fee and then changing the rule after the fact, he basically admitted the pennies counted. That $50 fee was never about the money, it was about control and making sure you paid the way he wanted. The second a tenant flips that script, the whole power thing falls apart. He changed the rule because the pennies worked and he hated it.
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