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Originally Posted by BSeay
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I moved into my apartment in august with my two roommates, everything was great but because i was the only one with credit i had the bills put into my name. We are all on the lease but i'm the only one with the bills in my name. So thinking that my one roommate was on the up and up i went ahead and was like everyone pay me and i'll pay the bills. Well months later down the road he decided he doesnt like the way i "act" so in order to "fuck with me (his words)" he's not going to pay his portion of the bills. i suppose that he though i needed his portion (i dont i'm smart enough to save to cover everyone's ass in the house).
My question is if this behavior continues do i have a legal leg to stand on? Say i wanted to take him to court to get the money he owes me? I've heard that i dont because nothing was put into writing but i've also heard because there was an oral agreement made between us 3 and he is failing to hold up his end that i do have one.
input is appreciated and trust me this is a lesson learned
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That really sucks, seriously. I spent a big portion of my college time living in dorms, none of the expenses were shared in that setting with the exception of the phone. Back then mobile phones were not yet common, and most dorms had a single wire line that had to be shared by roommates. I knew more than one person that was destroyed by atrocious phone bills in his name by roommates making long distance calls and talking all hours of the night and refusing to pay for them. People having to drop out of college just to pay off these bills was not uncommon. This is one thing I was proud of when I was in college, was my steadfast unwillingness to have ANYTHING in my name with roommates; either it was in their name or we didn't have a phone. It turned out to be a wise decision because some of my roommates were just fucking scum. I of course paid my share, god knows they wouldn't have.