| Askwhich@which.co.uk Read the
small print when renting a car
Business customers benefit from the carbon neutral production,
small print runs, same day production and overnight delivery as well as from the convenience of ordering their print supplies in the online shop and uploading the print files themselves.
There's always essential stuff in the
small print. So surely any decent human being would just leave the very important stuff in big print, perhaps written in one of those cute glitter pens and with little hearts dotting the 'i's so we know we are to read it properly?
In summary, is the
small print there to be read - or is it there to ensure that the makers have a get out?
James Daley, founder and managing director of Fairer Finance, which has launched a "spare us the
small print" campaign, said: "As a first step, we want all banks and insurers to take the legalese and jargon out of their
small print, and to lay out the documents in a way that's accessible and doesn't turn off customers before they've started.
He said the guide, and similar publications, appeared to invite free representation but on close inspection of the
small print revealed they are, in fact, a contract.
Freeman Despite paying pet insurance premiums, Mr Freeman's wife Stephanie was told they had not complied with the
small print. They should have told insurers a fortnight before the holiday and paid an extra pounds 100.
The
small print of the Pre-Budget Report is coming under scrutiny as economists try to work out the full implications of Alistair Darling's strategy to bring down the country's Au178 billion annual deficit.
Just look at the
small print of Gordon Brown's official statistics, uncovered this week by the think tank, IPPR.
The method proposed holds good only for works with
small print runs (such as expensive maps), where the damage to the printing surface in successive printings is minor in comparison to deterioration over time.
While this is a lengthy, dense scholarly work with
small print, it is clearly written and provides a wonderfully telescopic view of the lived impact of the Nazi era.