Getting Screwed Over by Roommate

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A) Lease is in both of our names, we split the $200 deposit
B) Electric and internet are in my name
C) Lease ends in 1 week

He’s already moved out (Yesterday), I move out in 3 days. He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

I have a feeling he’ll skip out on the final 1.5 electric bills, and don’t expect him to pay this internet bill nor next months (final) bill.

All in all, this could $400 worth of bills. TV/Internet would be $100 each, times 2, and electric will probably be $150 for one and $50 for the final (deposit covers some).

Rent has been paid already though.

And I don’t expect him to clean, which means we each lose out on $80 worth of deposit. AND if the deposit doesn’t cover all the charges, that bill will be in both of our names. Consequently, it would fuck up my credit, etc.

I can afford all of what I said financially, but very bitterly. I don’t think it’s cost effective to bring a lawyer into it, seeing as it’s mine name on the shit. And stomping the shit out of him is out of the question seeing as now I’m full time and “always represent my company”, plus it would be a very fair fight, I could even lose.

I’m so fucking pissed but feel basically helpless unless I want a criminal record, be it assault or vandalism. He’s got a gun and isn’t the brightest crayon, so all things revenge are pretty much out the door.

Lawyer or take it like a man??

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[quote]msd0060 wrote:
He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

take it like a man[/quote]

Walked past implies you haven’t told him it’s there and he must pay half of it. Have you asked him what he plans on doing about the rest of the bills?

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Sounds like you’re a little afraid of him.

Cut your losses and leave. It’s about $400 total, but you did use some of the juice and the internet. So you’re only losing about $200. Chump change like that isn’t worth getting hurt or in trouble over. Learn from it and move on.

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Sounds like you should at least call him and talk to him about it, you mind find he kinda just spaced out and doesn’t pay attention to shit like that.

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First thing I did when I moved in with my roommate was set up a connection to his computer and record his banking info as well as get nude pics of his girlfriend. Kind of a dick move, I know, but I knew the guy was an asshole from day 1 so I figured it would be good security.

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[quote]Thomas Gabriel wrote:
First thing I did when I moved in with my roommate was set up a connection to his computer and record his banking info as well as get nude pics of his girlfriend. Kind of a dick move, I know, but I knew the guy was an asshole from day 1 so I figured it would be good security.[/quote]

When are you going to post the pics on here?

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[quote]pch2 wrote:
msd0060 wrote:
He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

take it like a man

Walked past implies you haven’t told him it’s there and he must pay half of it. Have you asked him what he plans on doing about the rest of the bills?

[/quote]

He’s always paid it, it always lays in the same place. For 17 months the bills have been paid on time, the same way, every month.

But over the last two months we’ve grown to hate each other so I’m presuming he’s ditching it.

And I just called and left a v-mail, described the shit he left behind (including his favorite mug), and set all the shit aside with the bill on top. I’ll know by tomorrow if he’s ditching it.

He didn’t answer, doesn’t surprise me. Most passive aggressive person of all time.

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[quote]msd0060 wrote:
pch2 wrote:
msd0060 wrote:
He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

take it like a man

Walked past implies you haven’t told him it’s there and he must pay half of it. Have you asked him what he plans on doing about the rest of the bills?

He’s always paid it, it always lays in the same place. For 17 months the bills have been paid on time, the same way, every month.

But over the last two months we’ve grown to hate each other so I’m presuming he’s ditching it.

And I just called and left a v-mail, described the shit he left behind (including his favorite mug), and set all the shit aside with the bill on top. I’ll know by tomorrow if he’s ditching it.

He didn’t answer, doesn’t surprise me. Most passive aggressive person of all time.[/quote]

You do realise that you are also being passive agressive. Honestly if I was your roommate I’d be thinkinging, if he’s too pussy to ask me to pay the bill I’m not paying it. Don’t give him his favorite mug back until he pays the bill, don’t give him any of his shit back until he pays the bill.

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[quote]msd0060 wrote:
A) Lease is in both of our names, we split the $200 deposit
B) Electric and internet are in my name
C) Lease ends in 1 week

He’s already moved out (Yesterday), I move out in 3 days. He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

I have a feeling he’ll skip out on the final 1.5 electric bills, and don’t expect him to pay this internet bill nor next months (final) bill.

All in all, this could $400 worth of bills. TV/Internet would be $100 each, times 2, and electric will probably be $150 for one and $50 for the final (deposit covers some).

Rent has been paid already though.

And I don’t expect him to clean, which means we each lose out on $80 worth of deposit. AND if the deposit doesn’t cover all the charges, that bill will be in both of our names. Consequently, it would fuck up my credit, etc.

I can afford all of what I said financially, but very bitterly. I don’t think it’s cost effective to bring a lawyer into it, seeing as it’s mine name on the shit. And stomping the shit out of him is out of the question seeing as now I’m full time and “always represent my company”, plus it would be a very fair fight, I could even lose.

I’m so fucking pissed but feel basically helpless unless I want a criminal record, be it assault or vandalism. He’s got a gun and isn’t the brightest crayon, so all things revenge are pretty much out the door.

Lawyer or take it like a man??[/quote]

This is why I never have and never will have a roomie.

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[quote]pch2 wrote:
msd0060 wrote:
pch2 wrote:
msd0060 wrote:
He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

take it like a man

Walked past implies you haven’t told him it’s there and he must pay half of it. Have you asked him what he plans on doing about the rest of the bills?

He’s always paid it, it always lays in the same place. For 17 months the bills have been paid on time, the same way, every month.

But over the last two months we’ve grown to hate each other so I’m presuming he’s ditching it.

And I just called and left a v-mail, described the shit he left behind (including his favorite mug), and set all the shit aside with the bill on top. I’ll know by tomorrow if he’s ditching it.

He didn’t answer, doesn’t surprise me. Most passive aggressive person of all time.

You do realise that you are also being passive agressive. Honestly if I was your roommate I’d be thinkinging, if he’s too pussy to ask me to pay the bill I’m not paying it. Don’t give him his favorite mug back until he pays the bill, don’t give him any of his shit back until he pays the bill.

[/quote]

How is calling and telling him about the bill being passive aggressive? Maybe if I didn’t tell him about it and instead just fucked his shit up, maybe.

And no call back yet, fucker gets off at 9, AND i had sent a text earlier today. I set all his shit aside with the bill on top, I’ve called him once, texted once.

No words have ever been spoken about any of the bills, same shit every month like clockwork.

We hate each other, we’ve been in the same room a dozen times in the last week and haven’t spoken a word.

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[quote]analog_kid wrote:
msd0060 wrote:
A) Lease is in both of our names, we split the $200 deposit
B) Electric and internet are in my name
C) Lease ends in 1 week

He’s already moved out (Yesterday), I move out in 3 days. He has walked past this months’ internet bill 100 times, and it’s due in 4 days.

I have a feeling he’ll skip out on the final 1.5 electric bills, and don’t expect him to pay this internet bill nor next months (final) bill.

All in all, this could $400 worth of bills. TV/Internet would be $100 each, times 2, and electric will probably be $150 for one and $50 for the final (deposit covers some).

Rent has been paid already though.

And I don’t expect him to clean, which means we each lose out on $80 worth of deposit. AND if the deposit doesn’t cover all the charges, that bill will be in both of our names. Consequently, it would fuck up my credit, etc.

I can afford all of what I said financially, but very bitterly. I don’t think it’s cost effective to bring a lawyer into it, seeing as it’s mine name on the shit. And stomping the shit out of him is out of the question seeing as now I’m full time and “always represent my company”, plus it would be a very fair fight, I could even lose.

I’m so fucking pissed but feel basically helpless unless I want a criminal record, be it assault or vandalism. He’s got a gun and isn’t the brightest crayon, so all things revenge are pretty much out the door.

Lawyer or take it like a man??

This is why I never have and never will have a roomie.

[/quote]

Dunno how old you are but if you can make it through college without roommates and off the parental teat, mega props.

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Try to settle it. IF that doesn’t work file a small claims suit and proceed from there.

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Give him a $400 beating.

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Have some sympathy. He needs that $400 to buy the new tires he doesn’t know he needs yet.

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[quote]etaco wrote:
Have some sympathy. He needs that $400 to buy the new tires he doesn’t know he needs yet.[/quote]

Reply of the thread. I lol’d HARD at that one.

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I hope you’ve learned your lesson: never EVER have a roommate. Sure, you can now afford a nice place, living with an asshole. What fun!

Better to just have a rented room in an old part of town than live with someone you’d love to shoot.

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[quote]Thomas Gabriel wrote:
First thing I did when I moved in with my roommate was set up a connection to his computer and record his banking info as well as get nude pics of his girlfriend. Kind of a dick move, I know, but I knew the guy was an asshole from day 1 so I figured it would be good security.[/quote]

PM me the nude pic of his girl.

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The last roommate I had was this chick that just started ditching all responsibilities when she became a coke head. There were still a 3 months on the lease. I confronted her a couple times, but she was either high off her ass or drunk.

I paid the phone and gas/electric by myself since those were in my name and talked to the landlord about her half of rent. In the end, I ended up paying her half of rent for 2 of the 3 months, but the entire security deposit was returned to me.

When I moved out(I moved first), I decided I was going to get what she owed me. So, I took some of her stuff when I left. She didn’t have anywhere near enough stuff to compensate me, but I did get some things. I got a pretty nice fan, a computer monitor, an air mattress(these things suck, I threw it away), a radio, a lamp, and some TV trays.

She didn’t know where I moved to or my new number and I only heard from her once after that when she called my job.

Yeah, it sucks, but I don’t think $400 is worth the time and trouble of court. If you can get away with, just take some of his stuff. Or talk to the landlord and give your address for the security deposit, make friends at the bank, and cash it in your name only.

If you can’t do anything to get him back, just suck it up and move on. And get a chick roommate next time. In my experience, it’s usually less problems.

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Kill him…

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Malonetd is right in part of what he said. I wouldn’t necessarily steal from my roommate, however, I would try my damnedest to come out on top. Keeping a good relationship with the landlord helps alot. I believe someone said earlier to go the small claims route. That is also good advice.