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Car hire abroad
« on: November 01, 2011, 01:26:56 PM »
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Bloody thieving scheming bastards they are. cussing:

Booked online before I went.
Upon arrival I'm greeted by a couple of surley looking Spanish bints who spoke crap English....how convienient when I have questions to ask ey? ::)

"You want excess cover"?

"Gorrit tar gerl"

"No no no, you no understandio. That what you have only covers for others hitting you. You no read small print that requires you to possibly have extra extra cover for damage to tyres, glass, keys losing, and undercarriage etc etc?

"NO"! Banghead

"We take 400 euros on you credito card just in case, unless you want to payio another 7 euros a day, yes"?

NO chance, and oh, btw, I'm well pissed off, as are the now  gathering crowd behind me and the other surley Spanish bint giving me the evil eyes. evil:

"You bring car back empty btw"

"Wha' "? confused:

"We fill car up and you use what you need and bring it back empty. That'll be 95 MORE Euros please." eeek:

"But what if I don't use all the fuel? Do I get rebate, and what rate per litre are you charging me for this extortion?

"No, I don't understand what you mean.

Snatches keys and storms off in a 'uff.

Stitched up like a kipper again, and with virtually no kip in over 24 hours, I'm not in the mood for trying to reason any longer.

Needless to say, they got the car back running on fumes only. Finger:

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 02:56:36 PM »
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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 03:54:02 PM »
Who did you book with? ~ So that we can all avoid them like.
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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 03:55:12 PM »
They all try this game on. Whether you pay up or not just depends on how gullible you are whistle:
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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2011, 04:01:04 PM »
When I used to fly to Holland I always used Hertz ..... no extras, car waiting at the airport, pick it up full of go-juice, take it back the same way.

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2011, 04:01:22 PM »
They all try this game on. Whether you pay up or not just depends on how gullible you are whistle:

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2011, 04:02:11 PM »
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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2011, 04:06:58 PM »
Growler rents his motor....

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2011, 05:14:05 PM »
When I used to fly to Holland I always used Hertz ..... no extras, car waiting at the airport, pick it up full of go-juice, take it back the same way.

This is true. I shall only book with reputable and well known companies in future.
By the time I'd been stitched up on the outrageous and very cunning fuel scam (that I've not come across before tbh) it probably wouldn't have been any dearer tbh. Banghead
Couldn't even get someone to come and check the car over with me for damage either, so I had to note it and go trailing all around the bloody piggin' car parks trying to find the returns office to get them to stamp up my noted biffs and bangs.

Name and shame?

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2011, 06:08:24 PM »
It seems that I am not alone with observations.  noooo:

http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews-all-76709.html

My review will be following later. I shall not be overly complimentary. whistle:

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2011, 06:10:01 PM »
You should have read that lot before you went.

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2011, 06:20:03 PM »
You should have read that lot before you went.

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Indeed.  cussing:

I will NOT be caught out like this again. They are an absolute disgrace.

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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2011, 06:23:43 PM »
YOu ought to have put some sugar in the tank, like  angel1
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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2011, 06:25:12 PM »
My mate has a car hire company... fer when you come here like....  whistle:
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Re: Car hire abroad
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2011, 06:26:11 PM »
Is he the pimp with dodgy nightclub, like?
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