Public Liability

For Dry hire purposes, it is the responsibility of the Hirer to have any necessary Public Liability Cover for the work they undertake. Ocean Audio hold no responsibility for any public liability claims made against the hirer. When hiring larger equipment, rigging equipment and some of the more dangerous equipment in hire stock, Ocean Audio reserves the right to request the hirer's PLI information and reserves the right to refuse to hire if it is believed that insufficient PLI is held. This is for the safety of the hirer and the public.

Who are you?

Ocean audio will require details of who you are before your first hire. When you hire from us for the first time we need you to provide proof of identity (passport, driver's license, etc) and also prove your address (driver' licence, utility or council tax bill, etc). We'll initially require payment upfront in full, in cleared funds (cash or bank transfer, unfortunately we cannot take card payments at present) with a possible refundable deposit of 10% of the hire goods value for non business hirers. This is only required on the first hire providing all goes well.

Functionality, loss and damage

Items are tested before they leave the warehouse.

By accepting the items for hire you are confirming full functionality of the items. Each item is then tested again when it returns to the warehouse and is expected to be fully functional. You as the hirer are fully responsible without exceptions for any items on hire, from them leaving the warehouse on the first day of hire to returning on the last. You are responsible without exception for the functionality and condition of each item on hire. As the hirer you will be required to pay for all costs incurred for repair or replacement of items on hire should they be faulty or damaged on return. You shall also be responsible for hire of other equipment to fulfil requirements of Ocean Audio.

Minor Damage

At Ocean Audio, we appreciate that accidents can happen and there are times when a cabinet rolling along may get a knock and a scrape and require a touch up with paint. Our cabinets are painted regularly and marks to paintwork are not likely to incur charges. However, if a cabinet goes out with a new coat of paint and returns looking 40 years old then we may be obliged to charge for a coat of paint. The same principle applies to flight cases and dints and scratches.

Pricing

All equipment in the hire list is priced per day of hire, this means if an item is picked up on a Monday, it is priced to be returned on Tuesday at the same time or earlier. For a weekends hire the hirer may collect the items on Friday at any time (or Saturday if they prefer), and drop them off before midday on Monday. This is charged at 2 days. For a week's hire, the hirer may collect the items at an arranged time, the items must be returned before midday on the same day of the following week. For example, if the items are picked up on Tuesday, they must be returned by Midday on Tuesday of the following week. This is charged at 3 days hire.

For longer hires please contact us as further discounts may be available.