{"id":13852,"date":"2016-05-21T12:59:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T05:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-tiny-scratches-that-can-result-in-large-bills-when-you-hire-a-green-motion-car\/"},"modified":"2016-05-21T13:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:02:29","slug":"the-tiny-scratches-that-can-result-in-large-bills-when-you-hire-a-green-motion-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-tiny-scratches-that-can-result-in-large-bills-when-you-hire-a-green-motion-car\/","title":{"rendered":"The tiny scratches that can result in large bills when you hire a Green Motion car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMotorists are angry at the amount they are charged for minor damage by the firm Green Motion when they return their vehiclesWhen French television journalist H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Hadas-Lebel from Paris booked a hire car for her family for a visit to Britain, she was impressed by the environmental credentials of franchised rental company Green Motion.At Birmingham airport, in the pouring rain, she says they collected the car and pointed out a few scratches to the agent, but were told not to worry about them. However when they returned the vehicle, after a problem-free break, she says they were told that \u00a3200 would be taken from\u00a0their credit card for a tiny scratch to the vehicle (red car, pictured above). Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/may\/21\/tiny-scratches-large-bills-hire-car-green-motion\" target=\"_blank\">The tiny scratches that can result in large bills when you hire a Green Motion car<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Motorists are angry at the amount they are charged for minor damage by the firm&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-3Bq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11410,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/when-does-a-bodywork-scratch-turn-into-a-dent-green-motion-will-tell-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":13852,"position":0},"title":"When does a bodywork scratch turn into a dent? 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When I arrived the model was not available and I was talked into an upgrade to a Toyota\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14482,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ticket-touts-could-be-licensed-plus-the-chance-to-snap-up-a-towering-folly\/","url_meta":{"origin":13852,"position":1},"title":"Ticket touts could be licensed, plus the chance to snap up a towering folly","date":"May 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Also, a backlog in safety checks means nurses and teachers can\u2019t work, and how tiny scratches can lead to huge car hire billsHello and welcome to this week\u2019s Money Talks \u2013 a roundup of the week\u2019s biggest stories and some things you may have missed. 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