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Need some legal help.. kind of :)
Well since I noticed we have some law students here, maybe one (or more) of you can help me out here.
I took a business law class last summer, and I vaguely remember my professor mentioning something about a penalty fee being unenforcable because it's against the law?
So here's my case: I want to move out of this horrid residence halls for many reasons, but the only thing stopping me is this $300 "surcharge" that you have to pay in order to move out of here since it is supposed to be 9-month housing. Well, being a college student, $300 can put a huge dent in the budget, so I was just wondering if there is any way around this? I called and asked them what exactly the "surcharge" went to (i guess i could understand if they were going to use the money to clean the room up for another resident or something) but the woman just said it was basically a penalty for leaving early.
In a way, i could kind of understand that.. but it's not like there aren't any other people living here that can't move into this room if i vacate for the spring semester - there are quite a few rooms in the other residence halls that have 3 people living in them!!!
Do I have any hope?
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