Utility Deposits are Outrageous!
03-15-2011, 03:00 PM
#1
Drifting
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Utility Deposits are Outrageous!
My girlfriend has been looking for a place for a month now and they finally found the right place. They go to give the security deposit and then find out that the electricity deposit is $630!! WTF. It's a teeny duplex in Delaware, that seems a bit out of line. If it was a larger single family home then that would be understandable. When I rented my 2 bedroom townhouse in socal (with a roommate) the deposit for electricity was only $300...
I know they usually charge money depending on your credit and/or 2x the previous tenants highest bill, but she was on the phone and the lady said it didn't have anything to do with credit. Do they ever let you pay off the deposit in payments or will it have to be all at once?
I know they usually charge money depending on your credit and/or 2x the previous tenants highest bill, but she was on the phone and the lady said it didn't have anything to do with credit. Do they ever let you pay off the deposit in payments or will it have to be all at once?
03-15-2011, 03:05 PM
#2
Needs more Lemon Pledge
Wow, that seems steep...
03-15-2011, 03:21 PM
#4
The sizzle in the Steak
poor credit FTL
03-15-2011, 03:28 PM
#5
All About Trance
Isn't everything in CA always more expensive?
03-15-2011, 03:32 PM
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that is a crazy high deposit...credit score much?
we had to pay $150 deposit and they spread it out over a 3month span on top of our monthly bills.
we had to pay $150 deposit and they spread it out over a 3month span on top of our monthly bills.
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03-15-2011, 03:51 PM
#9
Most will give deposit back after the first year.
03-15-2011, 04:31 PM
#10
Needs more Lemon Pledge
Go off the grid. Stick it to the man.
03-15-2011, 08:10 PM
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I never had to do any sort of deposit on electricity. Just a simple $300 deposit for an apartment 
03-15-2011, 08:13 PM
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Tell them you have a solar panel and would like to make your deposit in kilowatts.
03-15-2011, 08:18 PM
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03-15-2011, 09:28 PM
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03-15-2011, 09:28 PM
#17
Drifting
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I don't know why it would be so high either, her credit isn't even bad either. I guess they're just charging everyone a lot now...
We should just tell them to shove it and build a giant windmill lol.
We should just tell them to shove it and build a giant windmill lol.
03-15-2011, 09:30 PM
#18
Needs more Lemon Pledge
Did she get one back from the place she is leaving?
Also, ask to speak to a supervisor and be cool about it. A lot of this stuff can be "negotiated". Joke around with them a little. Worst thing that happens is you end up having to pay it anyway...
Also, ask to speak to a supervisor and be cool about it. A lot of this stuff can be "negotiated". Joke around with them a little. Worst thing that happens is you end up having to pay it anyway...
03-15-2011, 09:53 PM
#19
Instructor
Just bought my first house...to get the lights turned on.$375. They said the base it off the last years.of previous owners bills. I put new double pained storm windows all new reinforced floors all new energy efficient appliances and the light bulbs....well see how expensie it is now...goof luck bc they looooove to suck u dry!
03-15-2011, 10:02 PM
#20
S E L L
!! That's crazy! I bought my house almost 2 years ago and my deposit for the electric bill was $170. I got it credited to my account after the first year. They told me part of it was that I was a first time customer. 
PG&E (gas) charged me a $100 deposit, got that back after a year too.
03-16-2011, 02:18 AM
#21
Do they wait for you to rack up $630 worth of unpaid electric bills before they turn your power off?
03-16-2011, 07:41 AM
#22
Senior Moderator
I have never seen a deposit for Electricity.
03-16-2011, 07:48 AM
#24
Go Giants
Thats nothing...
03-16-2011, 07:55 AM
#25
Team Owner
That's totally inappropriate. It's lewd, vesivius, salacious, outrageous!
03-16-2011, 08:27 AM
#26
Jackie Chiles
is this common? i never heard of this...
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