Hired car scam

[PAH]

You cannot offer advice before the fact after the fact? Unless. Anyone have a time machine???

My hot tub's in transit. Currently in the 1970s at some playboy mansion full of bunnies, apparently.

[Freamon]

The car was riddled with panel damage and scratches, the bumber was not secured correctly, but now noticed that not all are noted on the contract form (as there are too many damages to get correctly logged!!)

Why on earth did you drive it away? Surely the airport where you landed had numerous other options for car hire?

[Wilmslow]

Why on earth did you drive it away? Surely the airport where you landed had numerous other options for car hire?

Good point.

It was a pre-paid voucher so would have meant shelling out another couple of hundred on top of the 70 already paid.

Should have done that though with hindsight.

[Freamon]

Good point.

It was a pre-paid voucher so would have meant shelling out another couple of hundred on top of the 70 already paid.

Should have done that though with hindsight.

A pre-paid voucher means you've bought a service, if the only car they were offering you was a complete shed they weren't really providing the service promised. Assuming you bought the voucher with a credit card I would have disputed it through them.

[Lockhouse]

Sorry to hear about your experience. Hope you get a result.

I am paranoid about hiring cars - I always get the insurance where I don't need to check for scratches and stuff as it's already covered. They just give me the car and I drive off. When I get back I just give them the keys. The only thing I won't do is drive off in a car I'm not happy with, I'll always try and blag an upgrade even for the slightest problem.

[Mason Boyne]

Why on earth did you drive it away? Surely the airport where you landed had numerous other options for car hire?

Good point.

It was a pre-paid voucher so would have meant shelling out another couple of hundred on top of the 70 already paid.

Should have done that though with hindsight.

Why fly to spain and then drive to Perpignan?

You can get a direct flight from Manchester.

Surely an international jet-setter like yourself is a member of Hertz #1, Europcar etc. why piss about with mickey-mouse companies?

[PAH]

One word: permie.


[Contractors: Looking down on permies since the word was invented. ]

[eek]

One word: permie.


[Contractors: Looking down on permies since the word was invented. ]

Nah: one word: story

He does stupid things to generate stories to talk about. While most people use proper companies and so don't have to worry about possible disasters he seeks them out to provide tulip to post on here.

[PAH]

Have any stories involved spaghetti yet?

Why do it for real when you can make it all up.

[v8gaz]

Who hires a fiesta-class car anyway? Surely that's a sure sign that you're a loser, and that they can dump any old carp on you?

I had absolutely no problems with the E-class that I hired in S.A. this year. Other than it wasnt a 5-series as requested.