[SR71]

I live in a condo with a Homeowners Association. There is a management firm we pay to collect dues and so forth. We changed firms at the beinning of the year. Prior to that, I had a positive balance on my account, several months worth in fact, in order to avoid paying late fees for being a day or two late. Oh, how they did love to levee those late fees!

The switchover from the old firm to the new happened January first. I just got assessed a late fee! It came in the mail. I can only surmise that my positive balance never posted to my new account at the time of the changeover.

Now I can have the fun of finding out if anyone will admit to having my money sitting around unposted somewhere. I have a feeling this is going to suck to be me. I will be very happy if anyone admits to an oversight, but somehow I feel that's not in the cards. Neither company sends out anything like a statement. They hand out payment coupon books every year, like it's still 1966 or something.