Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Idaho

rental agreement liability

we phoned a rental company and asked them to hold an item for us for rental. we did not rent from them, and did not call them to tell them not to hold the item for us. they called us the day of the rental to tell us to pick up the item by 2PM, and we informed them we did not need it. the next week we received a bill for 1/2 the rental amount. we were never informed that we would be charged half the rental fee if we did not rent their equipment, and we did not give them any deposit such as a check or credit card. they now are going to turn the matter over to a collection agency since we have not paid them, though it has only been 3 weeks since the original date the equipment was to be rented. what action should we take? what is our recourse?


Asked on 7/12/99, 4:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Susan Freiman The Legal Clinic

Re: rental agreement liability

If you did not cancel the rental, and the company lost the possibility to rent to someone else, it would probably be only fair to compensate them. As a practical matter, it would probably be cheapest for you to settle, and for them to settle - litigation is expensive for everyone, winners as well as losers.

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Answered on 7/25/99, 8:15 pm


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