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Subject Topic: Caravan dented in storage
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06/7/2012 at 1:12pm
 Location: hartlepool
 Outfit: Lunar Quasar FB discovery 3
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OH and myself absolutley fuming when we collected our 2007 caravan from storage this week. The grass around it had clearly been strimmed and the caravan is now peppered with about 10 dents owner not accepting any liability "couldn't have happened when strimmimg and how does he know they weren't already there?!" As OH rightly pointed out we look after our caravan and have always got any slight imperfection sorted (by a highyly recommended company scuffs and stuff!) To get this lot put right to the standard it was will cost a small fortune which we can't afford. So meanwhile my caravan now looks like we don't look after it and will not be as appealing if we wanted to sell it.

Going to have a look around a few more when we take it back and get his son to come and have a look at the damage although he was even less interested than the owner thinks we are just trying it on!!



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06/7/2012 at 3:14pm
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contact your insurance and let them sort it for you.take a photo of grass as is.

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06/7/2012 at 3:43pm
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Quote: Originally posted by michael on 06/7/2012
contact your insurance and let them sort it for you.take a photo of grass as is.
Also have you got any photos of it before the dents? If so, find them for future reference and take some more now with the dents showing - the more evidence you have the better.

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06/7/2012 at 4:15pm
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Greetings,

 

|The best evidence is the state of other caravans in the immediate vicinity of where yours is stored (if poss).

They can't ALL be owned by uncaring owners.

If there is damage like yours, get snapping and put it in no uncertain terms to the owner of the storage.

If he doesn't budge put it to the Insurance with ALL the evidence.



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06/7/2012 at 4:41pm
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I feel really sorry for you, and I'm not surprised you are fuming.   I always worry when ours is in storage, yet that is the place it should be safe !!!

I often take a couple of photos of our van when we put it back in storage just to show that their are no dents in it. Not sure how much proof it would be though. They pack them in so close that I worry the 'neighbour' could easily damage ours when manoeuvring.

Hope you manage to get it sorted soon and return your van to its 'un-dented' state.


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06/7/2012 at 5:02pm
 Location: Stoke on trent
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I know this is a long shot but could it have been the hail that dented your van? there are a few posts on here, people saying that they have had their vans damaged in the storms, just a thought!


06/7/2012 at 6:07pm
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Surely yours won't be the only one damaged if it was done when they were sorting out the storage area.

One of our friends vans spent quite a few seasons in site storage until they scratched the it very badly and then pinted out that it was down to them. Only thy tow in & only they tow out but any damage was down to the owners. Needless to say they pulled it out of there straight away but the amage was already done. 

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