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

FriarTuck wrote:

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.



No they dont , the landlord makes the profit out of the rent the agent
just makes a fee , for that fee they have to manage your account ,
recieve and forward payments sought out the contracts gettenants for
the properties

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

before the letters printed your account has to be checked to see if it
is up to date that will take time , the letter has to be posted , again
cost and time , offices do not run themselves , rent and business rates
can be astonomical , even a small high street shop/ office is likely to
cost 25k a year move into the bigger citys and towns you could be
paying 250k , thats before staff costs are thrown into the pot

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

just noticed that



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