To Reuben Tarei of no fixed abode. Raised in Te Teko, schooled at Rotorua Boys High.
Age 25 as of June 2013.
Reuben, you rented a room at my place of residence in Tauranga, New Zealand from Thursday 16th May 2013 through until Thursday 13 June 2013.
During this time you paid no rent or bond.
I had arranged to meet you at 9:30am on Thursday 13 June 2013 to go to the bank so that you could get cash out to pay outstanding rent.
You basically did a runner at 9:00am on Thursday 13 June 2013.
The night before your runner, you paid me $50 cash and set up a bank transfer for $315.00 from an account with $3.15¢ in it.
Hence, on June 14th, $3.15¢ was also paid to me.
So in total you have paid $53.15.
For three weeks and 1 days rent you owe $330
For 3 weeks power you owe approx $44
For 3 weeks phone and internet you owe $24
So you owe a total of $398, but have paid $53.15, so you still have a total of $344.85 outstanding which you should pay immediately.
<EDIT 23rd June 2013> Reuben also racked up $140.83 in mobile phone calls.(Sheesh!)
So in total you owe me $485.68 which you should pay immediately.
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Reuben is basically a con man in my opinion. He came across as very friendly and nice.
He had lots of excuses and reasons for why he was having trouble paying rent.
I was amazed at the speed with which he was able to make up seemingly plausible excuses and lies.
I went to his place of work, a cafe (he claimed to be a sous chef) on the morning of Friday 14th June 2013 to hand him a trespass notice and a summary of monies owing.
He was not at work.
I talked with his employers and they stated that Reuben was in "trouble" at his place of work and they doubted strongly that they would ever see him again.
I did a Google search of his name and came up with almost nothing, so I thought I would add this little gem to the internet to help out people who have dealings with Reuben Tarei in the future.
Reuben Tarei was a bad tenant.
The place Reuben stayed at prior to moving in with me, he stayed at for just two weeks.
I strongly suspect, but cannot say for sure, that the reason for his short two week stay was due to his non-payment of any rent or bond.
Reuben lived out of two suitcases. He owned a mobile phone and some clothing. That is all he owned as far as I could tell.
He left behind 3 pairs of jeans, 2 bed sheets and a pair of gumboots. I gave these to the Salvation Army.
Reuben claimed to have 2 children to 2 different women based in Rotorua. I have no idea if this is true or not.
Reuben is currently enrolled in a domestic violence program. I assume this has been made compulsory for him by the Family Court system for obvious reasons.
As far as I am aware, (apart from rent, power and internet/phone) Reuben did not steal or damage anything else at my place of residence.
I have entered the name Reuben Tarei into the database at http://www.tenancybureau.com as a bad tenant.
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Keywords: Ruben Tarei Rueben Tarei Rubin Tarei Rooben Tarei Roobin Tarei Ruebin Tarei New Zealand NZ
On the internet he seems to spell his name as Rueben as opposed to Reuben
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Age 25 as of June 2013.
Reuben, you rented a room at my place of residence in Tauranga, New Zealand from Thursday 16th May 2013 through until Thursday 13 June 2013.
During this time you paid no rent or bond.
I had arranged to meet you at 9:30am on Thursday 13 June 2013 to go to the bank so that you could get cash out to pay outstanding rent.
You basically did a runner at 9:00am on Thursday 13 June 2013.
The night before your runner, you paid me $50 cash and set up a bank transfer for $315.00 from an account with $3.15¢ in it.
Hence, on June 14th, $3.15¢ was also paid to me.
So in total you have paid $53.15.
For three weeks and 1 days rent you owe $330
For 3 weeks power you owe approx $44
For 3 weeks phone and internet you owe $24
So you owe a total of $398, but have paid $53.15, so you still have a total of $344.85 outstanding which you should pay immediately.
<EDIT 23rd June 2013> Reuben also racked up $140.83 in mobile phone calls.(Sheesh!)
So in total you owe me $485.68 which you should pay immediately.
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Reuben is basically a con man in my opinion. He came across as very friendly and nice.
He had lots of excuses and reasons for why he was having trouble paying rent.
I was amazed at the speed with which he was able to make up seemingly plausible excuses and lies.
I went to his place of work, a cafe (he claimed to be a sous chef) on the morning of Friday 14th June 2013 to hand him a trespass notice and a summary of monies owing.
He was not at work.
I talked with his employers and they stated that Reuben was in "trouble" at his place of work and they doubted strongly that they would ever see him again.
I did a Google search of his name and came up with almost nothing, so I thought I would add this little gem to the internet to help out people who have dealings with Reuben Tarei in the future.
Reuben Tarei was a bad tenant.
The place Reuben stayed at prior to moving in with me, he stayed at for just two weeks.
I strongly suspect, but cannot say for sure, that the reason for his short two week stay was due to his non-payment of any rent or bond.
Reuben lived out of two suitcases. He owned a mobile phone and some clothing. That is all he owned as far as I could tell.
He left behind 3 pairs of jeans, 2 bed sheets and a pair of gumboots. I gave these to the Salvation Army.
Reuben claimed to have 2 children to 2 different women based in Rotorua. I have no idea if this is true or not.
Reuben is currently enrolled in a domestic violence program. I assume this has been made compulsory for him by the Family Court system for obvious reasons.
As far as I am aware, (apart from rent, power and internet/phone) Reuben did not steal or damage anything else at my place of residence.
I have entered the name Reuben Tarei into the database at http://www.tenancybureau.com as a bad tenant.
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Keywords: Ruben Tarei Rueben Tarei Rubin Tarei Rooben Tarei Roobin Tarei Ruebin Tarei New Zealand NZ
On the internet he seems to spell his name as Rueben as opposed to Reuben
http://www.bebo.com/c/photos/view?MemberId=822358848&PhotoAlbumId=3206805862
http://www.bebo.com/Members.jsp?MemberId=3494917807
