Hiring

Dead Chicken Hats Biblical Greek Roman Medieval Tudor Stuart Character Glossary Gallery Free Patterns Free Leaflets Videos and Tutorials - NEW! Why The Fish? Fun Stuff Real Chicken Hut About Us About our Costumes Garment Care Fabric & Construction Refunds and Returns Hiring We Don't Sell That, But... Shipping Privacy Policies & Terms Contact Us See-Saw Maths Just What Is A Dead Chicken Hat, Anyway? .	To hire a costume, you will need to pay the hire price plus a deposit (which total the same as the purchase price), plus delivery charges. When you have finished using the costume, please ensure that it is clean and in good repair and return it, with the shipping note, within three weeks of the initial shipping date. If you are late you may be charged an extra week’s hire. You pay the postage back and we advise that you used a signed-for service. Proof of postage is not, I say again, NOT proof of delivery.
		Assuming that all is present and correct we will return your deposit i.e., the difference between purchase and hire prices through Paypal or by cheque if that's how you paid. If there is any damage to the garment then please, Please, PLEASE tell us straight away and we can sort something out. if you don’t tell us and return a garment with a tear or a stain or something then you won’t get all your deposit back. Is that quite clear? We will not accept any protestations of 'it was there when I got it' unless the damage is recorded in the garment notes or you notify us upon receipt. The time to mention this sort of thing is NOT when you send it back!
	We do not expect our hire garments to be sent back with the ties cut (‘Oh, they got in a knot so we had to cut them’), a rip at the hem (‘You could always just turn it up’) or smelling of smoke or beer (‘I didn’t have time to clean it’). Wear and tear is one thing, negligence is another. Remember that the hired garments still belong to us, not you.
		On the topic of cleaning, please see Garment Care. If you bung it in your machine and it gets mangled, turns pink or bursts into flame, then that’s your deposit up in smoke. Dirty garments will not get their deposits back either. But don't worry about ironing anything, I'll do that.

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