Just what is the landlord's reason for doing so (point mentioned by QRM)? I know the answer, should you care to give one, may show some disagreement between you and the said person(s) but unless we know more it will be hard for others to advise you.robin37 wrote:Our landlord is withholding S$20,000 deposit money from us they will not answer the phone, fax or email I know where their office is and I know their home address I am getting very angry and need advice.
Don't join a debating team Vaucluse. You're not cut out for this.Vaucluse wrote:Actually Ozchick. No. My mother didn't say that. Possibly she didn't want me to grow up being a scared little drone, not speaking up when required. Of a different opinion? Keep it to yourself, I guess is your motto . . . but then why are you speaking up now and not being nice to me.ozchick wrote: Clearly Vaucluse, the OP is upset. I would be too in his situation. But your comments don't help. Didn't your mother ever tell you that if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all? Your tone lets the Aussie side down very badly. Go and have a lie down, now there's a good chap.
Didn't your mother ever tell you . . yaddah yadah yaddah. You're boring and predictable, Ozchick.
Would you speak up?
How about I share with you my favourite piece of literature:
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.
Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.
Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.
Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.
Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestierte.
* When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
Martin Niemoeller
You attitude lets the Aussie side down very badly . . . look at history and see that 'we' have been in almost every war in the last 100+ years
Sensitive panties? Nah . . . And now that Ozchick has thrown her small-size hat ion the ring it should develop into a nice thread.sierra2469alpha wrote:Nooooo - it was just ONE sentence - or are you wearing your sensitive panties again, V I just think you and WIMH are taking one sentence a little out of context until we hear back from the OP. Context in text is everything as you know.
And the wine at Doyles - (the "...with friends..." - how much did you pay them ? It serves you right for going to a tourist place
Lucky you're just jiggling your hook in front regarding Australians.
Cheers, P
Tourist place? Doyles and the Waddo Bay? Harrumph! I'll have you know that we owned a little boatshed right next to Doyles before it became all fancy and stuff and stuff.
Plus, it's our local, as per my moniker here (grew up 5 minutes down the road)!
Oh dear, too late . . . debating was one of my strong points, but then we never debated with non-English speakers . . . sorry Ozchick, better luck next time.ozchick wrote: Don't join a debating team Vaucluse. You're not cut out for this.
Mm......you've clearly got some problem...not just a lack of education...Asperger's Syndrome?
Keep posting so that we can narrow down the symptoms....(Those of you with knowledge of Asperger's will see numerous pointers...e.g over-reacting, taking things literally, inability to sympathise with others etc).
Apologies to non-Aussies on this site. I take no pride in my compatriot's boorish posts. And it may not be his fault.
that just made me laugh out loud... must be all those cupcakesnotwavingdrowning wrote:Back to basics....How did the OP fare??
We dont have a great relationship with our landlord..Ie The toilet started to leak/pour out of the base and we needed a plumber URGENTLY...he said it was our fault it was broken "as we were too heavy for the toilet!" Seriously...We had to pay.....
I'd probably be a bit more rational in my labelling the whole country . . . and I'd probably go overboard on rimming the landlord.k1w1 wrote:Vaucluse, how rational would you be if someone owed you twenty grand? That is a huge amount of money. Of course it was a stupid thing to say, but I have more than once wondered why Singapore didn't have a third-party organisation who held tenant's deposits... Doesn't mean I think all Singaporeans are thieves, but just that it creates a very difficult situation for tenants when money they are (assuming that this is the case with the OP) rightly owed.
OP, I would advise getting a lawyer, and writing a letter demanding your money back from your LL who, as someone else said, probably thinks you're leaving the country and if he holds off long enough, he'll get his pay day...
cbavasi wrote:that just made me laugh out loud... must be all those cupcakesnotwavingdrowning wrote:Back to basics....How did the OP fare??
We dont have a great relationship with our landlord..Ie The toilet started to leak/pour out of the base and we needed a plumber URGENTLY...he said it was our fault it was broken "as we were too heavy for the toilet!" Seriously...We had to pay.....
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