[Harmless Teddy Bear]

And the second place award for Sheer Bloody Gall goes to.... Volunteer Management Company! Step on up! (FJB won first place in case anyone asks)

[metmom]

They paid the rent on time and according to their contract.

They DO NOT owe it again.

The guy who stole the money is responsible, but there is a share in the responsibility with the landlord who hired out this organization and should have investigated sooner when rents were not being paid.

[Hodar]

Did the residents screen, interview, background check and hire the property manager?

No? Seems like they aren’t the ones with bad judgment

[Larry Lucido]

Apparent agency. End of story.

[Jolla]

The money orders were given to her blank

why?

[Bikkuri]

[MeganC]

Found ‘em:

https://member.jacksontn.com/list/member/volunteer-management-development-co-inc-jackson-3463

[Mad Dawg]

The property management company was the agent of the owners, not of the tenants.

“The principle is responsible for the acts of the agent.”

The company lawyers must know this idea. They are trying to intimdate the tenants.

Somebody needs to take this on pro bono.

[alternatives?]

“this is the way Corporate and our lawyers want to handle this.”

LOL

[Celtic Conservative]

This is why I pay my rent online.

CC

[Cedar]

If a money order for rent was given to the post office clerk, does that person have to legally pay rent again if it was stolen from the landlord’s mailbox?

[Political Junkie Too]

This is clearly a business-to-business theft, not customer theft.

The tenants are correct: once they deposit their payment in the rent slot, the liability falls on the apartment owner to collect from the property management company.

-PJ

[TLI]

“this was not your fault, but this is the way Corporate and our lawyers want to handle this”

Oh, it is quite apparent it is “the way Corporate and our lawyers want to handle” it.

And now I’m sure the renters would like to invite “Corporate and (their) lawyers” to step back through the enormous doors of reality.

Or perhaps “Corporate and (their) lawyers” would prefer a note stapled to the front door of the now former renter relating a sentiment along the lines of “outta here AND I will tell everyone just how stupid you are.”

They COULD just try to recover the money from >>>their<<< thief and next month the usual stack of rent checks would be back.

Apparently “Corporate and (their) lawyers” are displaying extremely typical prog behaviour in not being able to see past their current first move.

Oh well...

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[AndyTheBear]

A portion of the letter reads, “I understand this is difficult times, and this was not your fault, but this is the way Corporate and our lawyers want to handle this.”

Maybe they also want be movie stars. Does not mean the residents are obliged to make that happen.