My situation is this: I lived with two other girls from June 1st 2009 to May 31st 2010. Things did not go so well and one of the girls stopped paying her bills. Because this story will be easier if I give out something, her name is "M". I am still Torchy, the third roommate is A. I still live with A, just in a different place.
As I said, M stopped paying her share of the bills. She owes A and I already quite a bit of money...we're not going after her because lawyer fees are more than she owes us. However, there is an issue with the gas bill.
All of us moved into the apartment at the same time, however M insisted on putting her name alone on the gas bill because she had some outstanding fees on her previous gas bill from her (solo) last apartment. We said this was fine, and with much struggle and reprimand she paid those. Near the end of the lease she stopped paying her section of the bill again and seemingly by magic my name and A's name also appeared on the bill. We did not put them there, we did not agree to have them associated. We think either the landlord put it there or the company just did it because they saw we were paying our share and assumed. Neither had permission.
Now, we've all moved out. A and I have tried to not have contact with M. But she still owes nearly $500 on the gas bill, and I got a phone call stating that we all owed it. When we moved out, we addressed this situation with M, and she told us (we have witnesses, we have proof) that she would call the gas company and take our names off the bill and assume responsibility for what was owed. She has not done this, obviously.
I cannot contact the girl without stooping to low measures (fake facebook/myspace accounts); I can't mail her, I can't call her (no information). I had to contact someone with some legal clout to get my name off the bill (they called in and told them to remove my name) but since the company has been told not to contact me, I figured it best not to contact them and be sure my name is truly no longer associated with the account. The gas company has confirmed several times the only thing that needs to happen is for M to call in and tell them to remove myself and A (or now maybe just A, who knows) from the account. A and I cannot just call in and say "take my name off the account, that is not mine." We've tried.
This could potentially be ruining mine and A's credit. If it goes to collections, I don't want to hear about it; it's not my debt, I paid my bills. Is there a way I can get law enforcement or someone to contact M and tell her to do this simple thing? I don't want to be a stalker but she needs to do this!
As I said, M stopped paying her share of the bills. She owes A and I already quite a bit of money...we're not going after her because lawyer fees are more than she owes us. However, there is an issue with the gas bill.
All of us moved into the apartment at the same time, however M insisted on putting her name alone on the gas bill because she had some outstanding fees on her previous gas bill from her (solo) last apartment. We said this was fine, and with much struggle and reprimand she paid those. Near the end of the lease she stopped paying her section of the bill again and seemingly by magic my name and A's name also appeared on the bill. We did not put them there, we did not agree to have them associated. We think either the landlord put it there or the company just did it because they saw we were paying our share and assumed. Neither had permission.
Now, we've all moved out. A and I have tried to not have contact with M. But she still owes nearly $500 on the gas bill, and I got a phone call stating that we all owed it. When we moved out, we addressed this situation with M, and she told us (we have witnesses, we have proof) that she would call the gas company and take our names off the bill and assume responsibility for what was owed. She has not done this, obviously.
I cannot contact the girl without stooping to low measures (fake facebook/myspace accounts); I can't mail her, I can't call her (no information). I had to contact someone with some legal clout to get my name off the bill (they called in and told them to remove my name) but since the company has been told not to contact me, I figured it best not to contact them and be sure my name is truly no longer associated with the account. The gas company has confirmed several times the only thing that needs to happen is for M to call in and tell them to remove myself and A (or now maybe just A, who knows) from the account. A and I cannot just call in and say "take my name off the account, that is not mine." We've tried.
This could potentially be ruining mine and A's credit. If it goes to collections, I don't want to hear about it; it's not my debt, I paid my bills. Is there a way I can get law enforcement or someone to contact M and tell her to do this simple thing? I don't want to be a stalker but she needs to do this!
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