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Don't get scammed by Hotwire and Budget on car rental
tim..... wrote:
He picked the car up at 3pm and told them he would be dropping back at 1pm but turned up at 2.59pm. (that's an example, we don't know the exact numbers) So is it fair to charge for the extra time? Yes. The rental company may have reserved the car to a different customer at 2:00, based on his 1:00 agreed return time. 2nd customer shows up at 2:00 to pick up his car, but there's no car available, so he gets mad and never rents from that company again. Rental company then charges first customer an extra day for keeping the car for longer than he said he would, which doen't begin to compensate rental agency for the loss of customer #2's business. Customer 1's mistake results in a lose-lose-lose situation for all three parties. If the original customer picked it up at 3pm and expects to return it a week later right up to 3pm, then he should have put the return time down as 3pm. Not 1pm. -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |
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Don't get scammed by Hotwire and Budget on car rental
On 8/12/12 5:04 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:02:44 -0700, "Lawrence T. Akutagawa" wrote: First, the return deadline - date and time - indicated on the rental agreement that he signed. Second, the exact date and time that he did return the car. I've noticed that. I would have expected a followup post. If he picked the car up at 3 and said he would return it at noon but didn't return it until 2:30, he is correct. If he returned it at 6, he doesn't. But if it's a weekend rental, sometimes one doesn't always get a the full 24 hours on the last day of the rental if they want to keep their weekend discounted rated (depending on the car rental company). Some rental agencies require one to return the car by 12:00 Noon on Monday to book the discounted weekend rate. As example, if the OP received a $20/day *weekend rate* for his rent-a-car by using a pickup-time of 3:00 PM on Friday and then an 11:30 AM return time on Monday, he would qualify for the weekend rate. If he chose at 2:30 PM return time, then he wouldn't have qualified for the lowest weekend rate. So it's indeed important to know what what was his pickup-up time and drop-off time to see if he was, or was not, charged correctly. - Peter |
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"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message ... On 8/12/12 5:04 PM, Brian wrote: On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:02:44 -0700, "Lawrence T. Akutagawa" wrote: First, the return deadline - date and time - indicated on the rental agreement that he signed. Second, the exact date and time that he did return the car. I've noticed that. I would have expected a followup post. If he picked the car up at 3 and said he would return it at noon but didn't return it until 2:30, he is correct. If he returned it at 6, he doesn't. But if it's a weekend rental, sometimes one doesn't always get a the full 24 hours on the last day of the rental if they want to keep their weekend discounted rated (depending on the car rental company). Some rental agencies require one to return the car by 12:00 Noon on Monday to book the discounted weekend rate. As example, if the OP received a $20/day *weekend rate* for his rent-a-car by using a pickup-time of 3:00 PM on Friday and then an 11:30 AM return time on Monday, he would qualify for the weekend rate. If he chose at 2:30 PM return time, then he wouldn't have qualified for the lowest weekend rate. So it's indeed important to know what what was his pickup-up time and drop-off time to see if he was, or was not, charged correctly. *********** The issue really very simple and straightforward. Once again, the issue is 1) what was the return date and time indicated on the rental agreement? and 2) what was the date and time that the car was returned? All the amount of suppositions and hypothetical theorizing does not obviate the rental agreement and its legal stipulations...including the return date and time. |
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Yeah definitely You were quoted a amount based on abiding the car by a
specific time. You alternate it after than the time you had appointed it for, and had to pay extra. |
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