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Originally posted by Rain Man
True story from me regarding that very situation:
I attended an HBCU some years back, and by some fluke I owed the Cash Management Dept. $4.35 for tuition or somethin', but the clerk let me register for classes and all that and told me not to worry about the balance. So I basically forgot about it. Well, 2 1/2 years later, when the school was under a MAJOR state audit for misuse of funds, I received a VERY NASTY collection letter from the university saying if I didn't pay the $4.35, they would refer my case to a collection agency. Well, I drove to the school to settle the matter, and left with $130 more in my pocket. How's that? Well, I put a $135 refundable room deposit that was supposed to be refunded after I left the school that I never received. Luckily it was still on their books. Shoot, I bet they wish they never sent me that collection notice, cause that was the most expensive $4.35 they ever collected.
Da Rain Man
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During my final semester at school I was an RA, so my room was free. I was therefore due to receive a refund. When I got to the financial aid office, they told me that a charge of $33.50 had not been added to my bill, so I would have to bring them this amount,
in cash 
, before I could receive my $1,000+ refund. I simply didn’t have it, with both parents out of work; nor could I understand
why they wouldn’t just cut me a new check minus the $33.50. Long story short, I didn’t get the money (which I needed desperately for expenses) until several weeks
after graduation. The phone company was understanding, but American Express closed my account over charges of less than $100.00, because my check was over 90 days late. The kicker? The resident life program had forgotten to add some monies to my account, so I eventually got the original $33.50 back over the summer.