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that happened to me. i was in great standing with my electric company (DTE, I've never missed a payment in the last 10 years) but because the previous tenant had not paid their bill, not only did i have to prove i was a new tenant, i had to put a huge deposit down.

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Yep, me too. It sucked, cause moving just doesn't have enough expenses already. Apparently my great credit score is meaningless, more important was the previous tenants were deadbeats.

Morgan Spurlock also had to pay a deposit in his show 30 Days, and he commented about how it was the first time in his life he had to pay a deposit, and it must have been the address he was living in. (He was living with a minimum wage for 30 days in the episode, so he moved into a low rent apartment in Ohio.)

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