My college fraternity says I owe them several thousand dollars from my senior year ( 2 years ago) for a charge that I've have never heard of- a fee of for every semester I did NOT live in the fraternity house that is almost as much as the cost of room and board for living in the house.
This is something i've never heard of until now- let alone seen in writing. In addition, all other fees for the fraternity were charged through the school's bursar office and added to my tuition bills- this was not.
The only friend I speak to from the same fraternity says he has never paid this fee either and hasn't heard anything from them.
I dont want to strain relations with my frat- but I certainly don't want to pay this. What are my options to get them to drop it, and what are their options to try and collect it from me?
Should I ask for some sort of written proof from when I was in college saying that i would have to pay this fee- or does that not matter since I was a member of the fraternity (ie. do they have the right to charge me for pretty much anything they want once i sign up to be a member?)
The person who contacted me is not from a collection agency, or trying to fraud me- just an alumni representative.
Any advice would be helpful- thanks
This is something i've never heard of until now- let alone seen in writing. In addition, all other fees for the fraternity were charged through the school's bursar office and added to my tuition bills- this was not.
The only friend I speak to from the same fraternity says he has never paid this fee either and hasn't heard anything from them.
I dont want to strain relations with my frat- but I certainly don't want to pay this. What are my options to get them to drop it, and what are their options to try and collect it from me?
Should I ask for some sort of written proof from when I was in college saying that i would have to pay this fee- or does that not matter since I was a member of the fraternity (ie. do they have the right to charge me for pretty much anything they want once i sign up to be a member?)
The person who contacted me is not from a collection agency, or trying to fraud me- just an alumni representative.
Any advice would be helpful- thanks