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Meridian West Apartments


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anonymous

Resident 2008 - 2009

8/20/2011

They send your charges to a HORRIBLE collection agency!

I liked our apartment overall and we had a great price when my boyfriend and I lived here, however, we were late on a few payments and in our last month we had to break our lease, just one month. I was NEVER evicted, I left in the three days or vacate. Later I broke up with the guy and got my finances in order, they had sent my charges into collections by then, worst collection agency ever! The collection agency had my charges put on as an EVICTION and when I called the managers at Meridian West she said when I lived there it was with old management so there was nothing she could do now with my record! I told her I left in the three days or vacate (so they didn't have a lawyer or court fees or even a court date hence no eviction) and every apartment I tried to get into even told me that leaving within the three day of vacate WAS NOT the same as being evicted! One lady even looked up my history for me at College Pointe Apts. and said "it's odd that your record says EVICTED but you dont have any court dates or settlements/judgements or anything for that matter saying anything was decided as an eviction." The collection agency was rated low in the BBB and even after my HUSBAND paid my balance IN FULL WITH LATE CHARGES AND ALL, they wouldn't send me or any of the apartments I applied for a notice of payment. They wouldn't even change my record! After the 30 day wait to have it stated on my credit report as paid, I disputed the balance still on my credit report and sent MULTIPLE emails to two different people at the collection agency stating I wanted receipt of payment. After weeks of arguing and telling them they needed to give me a receipt of payment, since it showed on my husbands bank account the payment that came out they finally emailed me a copy. I won the dispute and it was COMPLETELY taken off my record. It's no longer on my apartment history as an eviction either. I know in the long run its my fault because I broke the lease but when I called to have the eviction taken off my record and the new girl was like, that was with old management we can't do anything about it now, I WAS PO'ed to say the least. ---- was a leasing manager at the time and she was really nice and understood when we were late, it just was a bummer that they go through that certain collection agency. Also, parking was killer, I didn't pay the extra for covered parking and I worked nights so by the time I got home TONS of people had EVERY friend staying over and I'd have to park up at the top and walk down to my apartment, I always held my box cutter in hand even though Puyallup is a nice place, and the one time I came home and parked under the covered area so that I wouldn't have to walk down someone left a note stuck to my car that said "people pay to park here, if you park here again your car will be towed," I think the maintenance guy at the time wrote that though. Also, when we moved in we were told it was 24/7 laundry facility however by the third month they started locking them at 10pm because it was being vandalized. I didn't stay long enough to learn about the pool, it was closed.

    Review 17 out of 44

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