Re: Landlord wants to charge £20 to write a reference...

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:18:50 +0000, steve robinson wrote:

FriarTuck wrote:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:25:28 +0000, steve robinson wrote:

FriarTuck wrote:

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:06:09 +0100, Peter Saxton wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:11:30 GMT, FriarTuck
<all@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:03:44 +0100, Pip wrote:


"FriarTuck" <all@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

news:pan.2007.04.27.16.13.32.277247@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>
Are they obliged to provide you with a statement for your rent
paid? >> > > > >
Have they a right to charge so much for a reference letter?

Just spoke to a snooty agent for the lettings firm who said
she >> would not >>>> put up with my argumentative attitude and hung
up on >> me when I asked how >>>> difficult it was for her to write a
one line >> letter "all paid up to >>>> date:...."

I said she told me herself she knew I was paid up to date, so
I >> said why >>>> the problem....

She said head office have to write the letter, these
"corporates" and >>>> their self made moneymaking laws eh.

Subject access request for £10.

http://www.out-law.com/page-410

Thanks, thats an interesting angle, data protection request....
if they can only charge £10 for that how can they claim its a
fair price to charge £20 for a simple one line letter
confirming >> > > i pay my rent on time up to this point in time....

£10 is an amount decided by statute.

What if a company pays wages and rent and buys equipment that
means >> > £20 is the cost of writing a letter to you?

Pfffft...

A bank does not charge you for a statement.

A building society does not charge you for an annual statement

why should some corporate franchise lettings agency be able to
charge >> you for an annual statement.

Because its in addition to the services they provide , and the agent
acts for the landlord not you.


Yes they do its built into the cost model of the business its just
not identified as such (banks have your money and make profit on it
they return some of the profit to you in the way of interest)

I guess a majority of lawyers tend to fall on the side of the
corporate and the rich when interpreting the law, who pays the most?

Don't want to upset those who pay ripe fees and retainers to the
lawyers by going against them for another client eh... might upset
future business prospects and get you a low paying reputation as
someone who works for the little person (spit...)



Its called making profit , business do this , £20.00 not much for a
letter , most solicitors charge £60 plus , Doctors charge £25 for
signatures ,

You have a choice , you pay for the reference or go else ware

What you forget 17.5% of that charge will be VAT

Its called opportunism in this case, they make enough profit off the
extortionate rent.

£20 + vat is too much for printing off a boiler plate letter.

Well, I expect a solicitor might have to do some thinking if you want them
to write you a legal letter, so if £60 includes the discussion regarding
the letter then that is possibly reasonable (but I did have a dig at
solicitors fees elsewhere in this thread)

Doctors are a bunch of incompetent gits in my experience who often are
much more highly valued than their real worth to society. £25 for a
signature who the F' do they think they are. £100k a year, who the F'
are they kidding...

a) I dont have a choice, I need the statement to go elsewhere...
b) I forgot not, I said (elsewhere in this thread) 20 +VAT
.

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