College is trying to screw me over?!?

MaineLonghorn
Sat, 17 Oct 2015 15:44:29 +0000

Saying, “I don’t have the money” will do you no good. If you do in fact end up responsible for this amount, you need to HUMBLY tell the school, “Look, things are really tough right now. For the time being, I can pay you only $50 a month. Would that be OK for now? Then when I get a better job, I can pay you more.”

In July, my husband and I ordered some expensive software that we need for our business. We thought we would have the funds to pay for it. But we lost one big project, and then we had a family tragedy that took us away from the office. So we are on the hook for $4,000 that we don’t have right now. I called the company and explained the situation, and they’re letting us pay it out over time. That’s what adults do. The software company doesn’t care that we lost our nephew to suicide. They still expect to be paid!