Deductions from pay for damage to van not caused by me

calpol91 · Jul 6, 2015

Im sure some of you have had some severe weather lately, i live just outside of Keighley near Bradford. its a dump.

we had some hailstones the other night the size of golf balls, my van, one of the other lads vans and my gaffers car have a couple of dents here and there from it. as it goes my gaffers car is the worst but my van has got away quite lightly.

hes wanting us to either: pay for the repairs to the dents, pay for the insurance excess (£500) or wait till it goes back to the leasing company to see if they notice. I REALLY had to bite my tounge to the point of drawing blood when he said this....

what you guys think?

im going to wait to see if they notice. they probably wont with mine.

Risteard · Jul 7, 2015

tigerpaul said:
And did the damage occur due to your driving?

Even if it did, that is what insurance is for and he still would have no right to ask.

shanky887614 · Jul 8, 2015

the thing is i would never agree to those policies where you pay the damage. unless it has a very clear list of things that i will pay for example. taking wing mirror off.

its a work van it will get scratches and dents eventually