I own a ranch in Bend, Oregon and have rented equipment many times. Being a middle-aged woman,and not extremely skilled at loading equipment, I rely upon the expertise of the rental company in loading my pickup truck for me.
Yesterday I rented a small submersible pump from Hooker Creek Equipment Rental. Two men loaded it for me and sent me on my way without any words of caution. I assumed they had placed the pump against the cab of the truck on the floor of the truck bed.
Apparently they had not, because I arrived home 10 minutes later and the hose for the pump was coiled against my cab, but no pump! I haul many things in my truck, and they are all secure against the cab.
I returned to Hooker Creek and was told that the pump I was supposed to rent was still there. The service man apologized and said that they had three new employees who had started the day before.
He gave me the pump and sent me on my way.
I then received a phone call claiming that there was video showing the original pump being loaded in my truck. I went back to Hooker Creek to see the video. The footage is grainy and distant, and it is impossible to see where exactly where the pump was placed, and if it was mistakenly placed on top of the hose, and if that is why it fell out.
At any rate, Hooker Creek refuses to take any responsibility for this and claims I should have gotten out of the truck and checked to be sure their loaders placed the pump safely.
The employees never asked me to check, they just had me sign a slip and waved me off.
Very unprofessional, and the employees were extremely unpleasant when I told them I do not feel it is my responsibility to buy them a brand new pump. They insisted on charging me and did so.
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