Do people go after Deposit Protection compensation when they're on good terms?

theartfullodger

Bossypants wrote: »

.............The fact that some people are greedy a***holes who will snatch anything which comes into reach doesn't make that behaviour right or fair.................

Which is why the deposit protection legislation was brought in in the 1st place, as too many greedy a***hole landlords were cheating their tenants....

Cheers all!

FBaby

theartfullodger wrote: »

Which is why the deposit protection legislation was brought in in the 1st place, as too many greedy a***hole landlords were cheating their tenants....

Cheers all!

Exactly so if that particular landlord is not intending to cheat on OP why take advantage of the situation just for financial gain?

itchyfeet123

FBaby wrote: »

Exactly so if that particular landlord is not intending to cheat on OP why take advantage of the situation just for financial gain?

That's a whole different relationship!

Pixie5740

No I didn't sue a landlord who failed to protect my deposit. He left me alone during the tenancy, was flexible with notice and gave me my full deposit back without fannying about so I had no desire to sue.

I didn't even sue the total nightmare cowbag landlord who failed to protect my deposit. Just her knowing that I could was enough to prompt her to return my full deposit. I did report her to the council for not being registered with them as a landlord (a criminal offence in my neck of the woods) although the council appear to have done SFA about it yet.

breaking_free

No. And I think you're missing something here. You can attempt to recoup up to three times the deposit. That doesn't mean you're going to get it, only that you can make an attempt to do so.

By the way, I too am from overseas but have found my moral compass hasn't swayed from the path it took when I lived back home. The mere fact that you would phrase your request for information this way Quote:"Right/wrong is determined largely by social norms, and so my being a foreigner is certainly relevant to knowing what those norms are" tells me that you know what you're proposing is morally wrong.

Only good manners prevent me from attempting to get around this forum's swear filters to give you the tongue lashing you so thoroughly deserve. You give foreigners a bad name.

itchyfeet123

breaking_free wrote: »

By the way, I too am from overseas but have found my moral compass hasn't swayed from the path it took when I lived back home. The mere fact that you would phrase your request for information this way Quote:"Right/wrong is determined largely by social norms, and so my being a foreigner is certainly relevant to knowing what those norms are" tells me that you know what you're proposing is morally wrong.

Sigh. I don't know what argument you think you're making, but you're actually agreeing with me. Yes, my instinct was that trying to claim would be a shitty thing to do.

As far as your unwavering moral compass, I call BS. If you were from, say, the US, your moral compass would tell you only very bad people don't tip their waitstaff 18-20% of the bill. If you found yourself in New Zealand where tipping isn't a thing, would you continue to tip because you believed it's the right thing to do? When you observed a couple of people not tipping, would you try to find out whether locals typically did it? Would you then be abandoning your morals if you followed local customs? (Note that in this analogy, this thread is like finding out whether locals tip.)

breaking_free wrote: »

Only good manners prevent me from attempting to get around this forum's swear filters to give you the tongue lashing you so thoroughly deserve. You give foreigners a bad name.

Don't hold it in on my account; it's not healthy.

I guess if people are determined to read into my OP something that wasn't there I can't stop them. However, I do find the lack of reading comprehension perplexing given so much of the advice in this section of the board boils down to reading contracts carefully.

marksoton

itchyfeet123 wrote: »

Don't hold it in on my account; it's not healthy.

I guess if people are determined to read into my OP something that wasn't there I can't stop them. However, I do find the lack of reading comprehension perplexing given so much of the advice in this section of the board boils down to reading contracts carefully.

But it is there.

You're asking if it's ok to be an opportunist d1c5.

General consensus is no. And you've provided no such contract, and no one has claimed the ability to read one correctly.

itchyfeet123

marksoton wrote: »

But it is there.

You're asking if it's ok to be an opportunist d1c5.

General consensus is no. And you've provided no such contract, and no one has claimed the ability to read one correctly.

No, I'm asking if exploiting this type of mistake makes a person an opportunist dick, given local customs. The lack of reading comprehension is in the difference between what you thought I was asking and what I was actually asking. Fortunately, the fact that people were answering a question other than what was asked didn't affect the usefulness of the information in this case.

marksoton

itchyfeet123 wrote: »

No, I'm asking if exploiting this type of mistake makes a person an opportunist dick, given local customs. The lack of reading comprehension is in the difference between what you thought I was asking and what I was actually asking. Fortunately, the fact that people were asking a question other than what was asked didn't affect the usefulness of the information in this case.

Oh do shut up.

You're just talking a load of bulls stuff.

itchyfeet123

marksoton wrote: »

Oh do shut up.

You're just talking a load of bulls stuff.

Keeping it classy, I see. "Shut up" was particularly effective in convincing me that you're right.