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Trying to reason with HOA board members is its own challenge. A friend of mine once attempted to delay paying a fine for an air conditioner that was not properly installed according to her HOA handbook. She felt that she should not have had to pay the fine because it was installed by the previous owner, and no one seemed to have any issue with its installation prior to her time there. Shouldn't the HOA have dealt with the air conditioning drama before she moved in or before the former homeowner left the neighborhood for good? Shouldn't he be the one who should be fined? Unfortunately, my friend could only delay the process for so long, and she did have to pay a small amount, though she was able to negotiate it down to something slightly more reasonable.
However, this resident seems committed to refusing to pay back his HOA because of a spreadsheet error on their part. After all, it was just one cent, and while he very well could pay it, he had no desire to do so on principle alone.
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A man crosses his arms in front of his house in a suburban neighborhood.
Image is representative only and does not depict the actual subjects of the story.
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Essentially, what transpired was that annual HOA fees were due at the end of the year. The author paid the amount that was emailed to him based on a spreadsheet that an HOA board member created. He then received a follow-up email after his payment that there was an error and the balance was slightly different. By “slightly,” they meant that it was different by one cent. The fact that these folks wasted time and energy to insist upon settling that one payment says everything about the ridiculousness of HOA board members in general.
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I owe the HOA 1 cent
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