A Classic Rental Car Scam And How To Avoid It

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As a rental guy, I should have known better. Its your money, i'm just trying to help you keep more of it in your pocket. Its all about value. If you rent a base mustang, you are essentially being taken for a ride.

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104 Comments on “A Classic Rental Car Scam And How To Avoid It”

    1. Buy flowers prior to apologize for anything you messed up. Rent the car. Buy more flowers because your going to mess up again at some point.

    1. superspeedersRob fox rental did the same to use in Los Angeles we booked an explorer for our family, ended up having to spending an extra 100 for a minivan

    2. Call Orbitz and complain. They should give you a Rebate. If there system is flawed thet should fix it, or they should deal with Fox themselves. I would call Headquarters to both places and really make a stink.

    3. wait 4$ a day for a 25k car.

      that would mean you could rent that car for over 16.5 years before you break even.

      and in case of you crashing the car, you should be able to just walk away without problems.
      and if the car has a issue just go to the rental palce, bla bla bla another car.

    1. You must be a joy at parties. The variations of the joke are subtle but can be appreciated. Like how the discerning palate of a true pasta enthusiast can tell the difference between sauces.

    2. Andrew Lewis sorry man, i didnt mean to go off on just you, i just wanted to say my piece. i stand by what i said but it was in no way directed at only you specifically. life is too short to bully or be bullied. btw im italian and any form of pasta with a nice home made red sauce is heaven for me lol. sounds like your going to keep reiterating the joke so if you must, get creative and make me laugh. good day sir.

    1. Its a giulia you can tell from the B-pillar and the stelvio interior is completely different same with the speedometer

    2. Alfa Romeo.. Yeah, that’s totally a luxury car. Not the best equipment and it would likely spend most of it’s time in the shop. Great deal…

    1. Not true. At all. There’s already free insurance included, and you can add like a million bucks in insurance extra.

    1. The irony of this comment while the gentleman is driving yet another Fiat owned product… Say hello to the Chrysler’s cousin!

    2. 121bham at least with that Chrysler you’re getting a more powerful engine other than that crappy turbo 4 in the Mercedes. Decent performance, until it doesn’t perform…

  1. I’m gonna get drunk as hell and order these flowers for myself under the name “secret admirer”. When they show up on Valentine’s Day I’m gonna be so excited lol.

  2. Next time just rent with silvercar. Their entire fleet is nothing but silver Audi a4’s. there’s no bullshit and the car will be ready and waiting for you when you land.

    1. BTown830 ive used Alamo the past 3 or 4 times ive gone out of state. Theyre the same way. No bullshit, no scams. You get what you reserve and pay for. Its nice walking in and out in 5 minutes and getting a car. Alamo might only be local where im at tho. Im in Dayton Ohio

    2. Cody Hawkins eh well no way for me to know lol. I just rent the car and drive. I just rented one last weekend to go to the detroit autorama. Was quite fun

    1. rotor13 wise guy aye still isn’t a non v8 ford mustang and the gtr isn’t going to fly past the girls in my life ?? I’ve only had one that really cared about what power plant was driving it the rest of them didn’t

    2. If you’re going to justify a car purchase based on what women will think… you’re looking for the wrong women.

    3. rotor13 I think it’s a wiser idea to appease them than to have a jealous wife / girlfriend and or mom and have her disappear my stuff “ because you’re Charger is nicer than my econobox car “ / got your dream car and I cannot have mine

    4. That’s THEIR problem. It shouldn’t be your burden to make a car buying decision based on the people around you. If that creates resentment or jealousy, then they can GTFO if they cannot find their own way to get the means to own what they want and try to rely on you to do it for them.
      Your money, your keys, your insurance policy, YOUR CAR…. YOUR CHOICE.

      Seems like you are either not old enough to understand this, or are a bit older and have been surrounded by women for too long who have a firm hold over your financial decisions based on their seemingly negative emotions.

    1. chevy no you should just make a claim against them with the credit card company and possibly call the DA

    2. chevy Costco has rules of engagement with each company they give discounts for. Id complain to Costco and they’ll fix the issue. Not allowed to cross a Costco customer.

    1. Have you tried renting from them at LaGuardia? They saw my luggage and told us their compact car is a Fiat 500 instead of the Nissan Versa or similar listed on their website. So I was upsold into a Mazda 6 for $20 more per day that somehow ended up being more like $30 more. The car had major scratches on all of the body panels and was very obviously smoked in. I drove around their lot btw and there wasn’t a Fiat in sight. I’ve had good luck with them everywhere else but the LaGuardia location sucks.

  3. If I was rich I would pay Rob to advertise tampons for the intro to his vids. “Ya know sometimes vaginas get bloody, then leak. Don’t that guy at the drug store counter with 3 different types of tampons from 3 different manufacturers not knowing which one to buy your lady. Get Dykes, now with super cork technology and a non slip grip. Dykes anti-dam busting laboratory testing is cutting edge in the industry. Nothing will ruin a night out on the town with your lady faster then a red stain in your Ferrari’s Alacantra seats”. Then have Rob pour fluid on to two different tampons to show their effectiveness.

  4. You got screwed over, I would call customer service. I have dealt with Fox rent a car in Fort Lauderdale, and the experience was pretty good.

    1. This is bait and switch. He filled for a luxury car and got a confirmation it went trough. No warning about having to reconfirm because of the tight deadline or anything.
      If he got no confirmation or was warned to call, error would be on his side. But here, he got a confirmation his reservation worked. Things like this in Canada are illegal and could lead to a fraud case.

    2. But at the end, he’d probably still get a normal car from any other place with some delay… The choice was between following the scam or losing time. This is why the bait and switch works, because they try to get people who won’t have time to switch.

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