Rucker
Senior Member
Nah, it's called a mordita. If you live in any society, you're gonna get nicked like that.
I once sold a house and the settlement sheet had a fifty dollar charge for something like 'settlement fee charge'. I stopped the closing and said someone is gonna give me a fifty dollar bill to get me to sign the damned paperwork. I was young and still going to make bank on the deal, but that fifty bucks stuck in my craw.
One of the lawyers pulled out his wallet and laid two twenties and a ten on the table, and the deal went through. I took my partner out to lunch with that money.
So yeah, by all means, kick up a fuss. Hold things up and spend hours on the phone arguing with people who have no power to change things. Maybe there's a lawyer somewhere in the mix who will pull out his wallet, and you too can have a lunch on 'the man'.
These days when faced with the little nibble, I just smile and sign the papers. I think I'm happier that way.
I once sold a house and the settlement sheet had a fifty dollar charge for something like 'settlement fee charge'. I stopped the closing and said someone is gonna give me a fifty dollar bill to get me to sign the damned paperwork. I was young and still going to make bank on the deal, but that fifty bucks stuck in my craw.
One of the lawyers pulled out his wallet and laid two twenties and a ten on the table, and the deal went through. I took my partner out to lunch with that money.
So yeah, by all means, kick up a fuss. Hold things up and spend hours on the phone arguing with people who have no power to change things. Maybe there's a lawyer somewhere in the mix who will pull out his wallet, and you too can have a lunch on 'the man'.
These days when faced with the little nibble, I just smile and sign the papers. I think I'm happier that way.