Who else thinks it unethical business practices?

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Who else thinks it unethical business practices to charge a former tenant a Reletting Fee of $628 when the tenant gave the apartment company a 25 day move-out-notice instead of a 30 day notice... and when the former tenant was on a Month-To-Month lease... And a new tenant was moved into the apartment just 5 days after the former tenant moved out. Former tenant lived there 16 months, (8 months at month-to-month, which was $100 extra per month...) the tenant took care of the apartment, and left it spotless when he left... even shampoo-ed the carpets.

Man, I feel so beat.... I opened this letter from them expecting a $150 security deposit refund check, but instead found a bill for $628 (minus the $150 deposit = $478 balance due).

Any suggestions?
If I was trying to screw them, I wouldn't have gave them a 25 day notice, but a 1 day notice... I don't understand why they would do this to me.
 
It's definitely a dick move for the apartment company to do, BUT if you signed a lease that said you had to give 30-days notice they are probably within their rights to charge you that fee.

You'll want to check your lease and see if it says anything about the Reletting fee. It's probably in there though. You can always try talking to the apartment company and ask for them to cut you some slack. But if it's in the lease, they are probably within their rights. Because of the tough economy, they might be trying to squeeze every dollar they can get. It's probably nothing personal.

Sorry to hear that, but here's something that might cheer you up:

I had a friend who had to pay a 2 month security deposit for $1,500 and when he moved out the landlord refused to give it back because he had put some holes (like, 4 little pins) in the wall to hang pictures. Even though it will only cost the landlord maybe $100 to fix those holes, the landlord kept the entire security deposit. So it could be worse!
 
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