I would be quite careful of saying that your guests stole your fan on a public forum. It is of course perfectly possible for them not to have noticed a fan if they had never used it. People on holiday tend not to notice things. Unless you yourself met them as they were packing up, someone else could have theoretically have stolen it after they left. They then could think you are completely awful and had taken their deposit but it wasn't worth the hassle of taking you to court to get it back again. Not saying this did happen, but if there is a slightest chance ...gh wrote: The latest event was the theft off our brand new Dyson AM07 fan that we had taken over with us in the car.
You couldn't make it up, thankfully we take a damage deposit so it covered the fans replacement, as they were not going to pay.
I'm also not sure a damage deposit can be used to cover theft as by definition it is to cover damage. And if you've taken money from them for it, if they did take it, isn't it now legally their property and not stolen?