Am I legally am obligated to pay that amount that I’m charged even if I never agreed to it?
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Am I legally am obligated to pay that amount that I’m charged even if I never agreed to it?
About 31 months ago I did not have the money for a new computer I needed so I asked my pastor to finance it through his credit card. I told him I would pay him about $50.00 a month and he said don’t worry about it, “pay me how and when you can” and I did. I did however pay a $500.”deposit”. Recently I was on my final $50 payment and I received a letter from him saying that I was only $50 from completion but he included a P.S. stating that by not paying on time, he was charged a $452.79 fee. I don’t know if he’s charging me but if he does do I have to pay.
Asked on July 18, 2012 under Bankruptcy Law, Massachusetts
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Given the fact that your pastor loaned you the money to get the new computer that you received and now you got a note about a $452.79 fee that he was charged, you should meet with him face to face as to this issue to resolve it.
I suspect that possibly there was some penalty assessed to the pastor for your new computer when payments by you were not made on time.
If that is true, then you should pay the $452.79 fee in that such resulted from your purchase of the computer. It does not seem fair that the pastor should be out of pocket for your purchase of the computer you got where the pastor seemingly got no real benefit as a result.
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