Can a business refuse to take any kind of payment on a storage unit if you are behind and will only except full payment?

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Can a business refuse to take any kind of payment on a storage unit if you are behind and will only except full payment?

Been renting storage unit for many years. Came on hard times and they will not take partial payment. They want all or nothing and all our belongings are in this unit cause we don’t have a place to live.

Asked on December 7, 2011 under Bankruptcy Law, Wisconsin

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

Unfortunately a business can refuse partial payment on an obligation and require a full payment in your situation involving a storage unit. From a practical point of view, it does not make sense to refuse a partial payment in that some amount paid is better than none.

The rationale of many businesses that refuse a partial payment is that if a partial payment was accepted, there would be a concern that its acceptance would constitute a waiver of the full amount owed by the person or company owed the money.


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