Excessive charge for a puncture repair on a hire car.

the one time I’ve damaged a hire care, I clipped a curb with the (plastic) wheel trim. It was a fiat 500, I could have popped in to a fiat dealer (I was in Italy) to sort it, but I have an excess policy so figured I’d not bother.

Part cost (quoted by them) – £40

total bill – £160

so whilst I do agree she’ll get some money back, it’ll probably be closer to £300 than £400

Yeah – its a possible but not probable. I mean who would really be inconvenienced by having £500 taken off them for an indefinite amount of time. Certainly not anyone I know.

Must be nice to be as well off as all the people you know…

A survey by the Money Advice Service has found that four in 10 adults in the UK do not have £500 or more in savings. Another by ING bank suggests 28% of UK adults have nothing at all in the bank.