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[โ€“] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is illegal in my state. I wrote a strongly worded email to a former landlord informing them of this when they tried to pull thos shit and they immediately backed down, presumably because a bunch of other people did the same thing. It is insane how often companies do just blatantly illegal shit in hopes that nobody will notice because the penalty for getting caught is basically just pay back the people who noticed they got scammed and maybe like a $50 fine that was set when $50 was a huge amount of money.

If the penalty for breaking the law is a flat fine, it isn't a penalty, it's a price.