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That way, if there are any damages, you can take a picture with the newspaper and "prove" that the damage was there when you moved in.

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 85 points 1 year ago

Just make sure you strip the meta data from the picture before you send in your evidence.

[-] mom@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 1 year ago

Why strip it when you can alter it to reflect any time and date? :D

[-] whodatdair@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[-] reflex@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why strip it when you can alter it to reflect any time and date? :D

That's right, Lorraine!
As Marty says after Doc rips up his letter, "I've got all the time in the world! I've got a time machine!"

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Close. This guy worked in bankruptcy and insolvency and has seen more half-arsed attempts at fraud by people who think they are smart then I want to remember.

[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago

Won't work if the landlord is smart enough to do their own inspection before a new move in and document it

[-] livus@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago

I had a landlord once who gave me an enormous folder of datestamped photos and made me sign a statement that they were a true and accurate record when I moved in.

Came in handy when I moved out and they tried to get me to pay for the crack in a window pane that was clearly visible in several of their own photos.

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

One of my previous one tried to charge me for cobwebs. It was a farm house.

[-] livus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Now I've heard it all. Cobwebs!!

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

Well you couldn't have cleaned them otherwise you would have risked damaging the aesthetic.

[-] lasagna@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Spiders work fast. They rebuild webs in a matter of hours. It's not a realistic demand.

Though at the time the amount they wanted was not worth the grief so I just moved on. But minor deposit frauds are extremely common and almost always unpunished. Landlords have essentially nothing to lose by trying it, certainly not morals.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Mine tried to charge me for the expanding foam an exterminator put in to fix a mouse infestation caused by the landlord's disregard for the building

[-] dmmeyournudes@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago

Just hope the landlord has a lawyer who's dumb as dirt.

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