<prompt> Human: As stated above, I paid my rent on the 4th via an online rent pay service. Rent is due on the 1st but there is a five-day grace period. They withdrew the rent payment on the 7th, then returned it on the 8th for no apparent reason. Came home today to a notice on my door that my rent was late and am getting charged nearly 400 late and other miscellaneous fees and I have three days to pay it in person or vacate the apartment and be charged triple what I owe. I cant afford the extra 400 and payday isnt until next Thursday, any advice? Edit: I forgot to mention that I called the landlord on the 6th to check that it went through and they told me that it was paid even though the money hadnt been withdrawn yet.  <response>: Landlord here. Are you sure they actively returned rent or was there a problem with your online payment? Lack of funds, etc... ?I cant imagine the landlord would actively be trying to return your payment unless they are super shady and want you out. Try to call them ASAP and work it out.If you cant get a hold of them, try to do the cashiers check route and take it to their office or whatever directions your lease says about making cashiers check payments. That should cover you. Take pictures or whatever steps you can to prove youve made every attempt to pay.Absolute worst case, you cant get a hold of them period, then make the online payment again. Be 100 sure you solved the payment problem last time if there was one which you were at fault. If they take you to court via eviction, and you have proof of payment attempts - then the judge should throw it out and basically they just wasted their own .Again, you need legitimate proof. No excuses. If the payment failed because of a mistake on your end, the judge may very likely rule against you. Judges hear a billion lame excuses for lame tentants, so dont think you can slide something under the radar with the Judge. Legitimate proof showing you took _every_ effort. Phone call logs, email logs, text message logs, pictures of you at the office with proof of date time, proof of online payment receipts, proof of the rejection, etc... 