Claiming from hire company for damage

[Guest]

So did this incident result in a happy outcome???

Yes the hire company sorted it.

 

Post #198

 

http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=68986&p=1374038

Edited August 25, 2014 by The Dog House

[twbm]

 

Like it or lump it, my friend.

 

 

There is actually a third option, which is respond to it. That's something you'll have to like or lump I guess.

[pearley]

Yes the hire company sorted it.

Post #198http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=68986&p=1374038

And we have now been paid.

 

A week after that incident we were moored opposite College Cruisers in Oxford when there was an almighty bang from the rear. We got to the back in time to see a Oxfordshire Narrowboat rushing past, to be honest he was already halfway past. They had slammed right into the stern, breaking the chain holding the fender and removing the paint from the counter for about 2 feet. All this was observed from the yard opposite who promptly rang the hire company. They arrived next day and offered me £20. I said make it £25 and that's what they gave me.

 

I've replaced the chain and given the counter 4 coats of paint but too wet to finish it off.

[thediynarrowboater]

That's a really good outcome (presuming the dosh is actually forthcoming!) and counters the belief that all hire operators are indifferent to any mayhem their hirers may cause. The thread has also been worthwhile in that it has revealed the true nature of a certain forum member.

 

Just to set the record straight I was a forum member way before I even started working for anglo welsh