I’ve lived at my apartment for over 2 years now. Had auto payments setup that entire time, never missed a payment.

Until this month when I came home to a 30 day pay or leave notice on my door. Apparently I missed a payment five days ago.

Went to my resident portal immediately to see what the problem was. My auto payment had been shut off unbeknownst to me. No notice before or after that it had been cancelled. Because of this, I was late on my payment and have an $80 overdue charge.

I tried to reinstate my auto payments. But my bank is no longer an eligible bank for autopay. I can use a credit or debit card but there’s a fee associated with those methods for autopay.

Im annoyed this happened without warning. I’m annoyed there’s now a fee associated with my rent (on top of fees that are already tacked on to the base rent). I’m annoyed my bank is no longer valid for autopay despite being valid for the past 2.5 years.

Out of principle and yeah, pettiness, I don’t want to have to pay them a fee just so I can pay my rent. I’m guessing I’ll have to resort to either cash or check.

But how can I pay my rent in the most inconvenient way to them?