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Beware National Van Rental

nobby24 · 2009-06-09 08:54:07

I hired a van from National Van Rental yesterday, I booked it online £37.77 fully inc, sounded a good deal to me. When I went to pick the van up the girl behind the counter said, can I have your credit card, she was going to put an excess deposit of £550 and a fuel deposit of £90 total £640 which are refundable all being…

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ukjoel Posts: 1,468 Forumite

10 August 2009 at 10:11PM

I remember hiring a car in New Zealand a few years back. We did the pre inspection report on what was a 5 year battered old japanese car and every panel had dents and scratches. I pointed these out to the guy and he wrote on the inspection sheet - S**T Car, Full deposit to be returned providing it doesnt run off a cliff, end up in a river, or get hit by a train.

Made me laugh and in fairness the thing drove us all round NZ and did a great job.

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