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Default OT Renting a car

On May 1, 12:09 pm, mm wrote:
OT renting a car.

A friend just came back from Florida where she rented a car but took
none of the extras offerred.

The rental guy tried to sell her INSURANCE but she said she was
covered by her own insurance, but he said not for LOSS OF USE. What
does that mean, she can't use the rental car! Don't they just give
you another one if you break the first one?


That means that if she wrecks the car, or it's stolen, the rental
company is entitled
to compensation for the "loss of use", while the car is gone or being
repaired.
They can't rent out and earn money for what they don't have.




He also wanted to sell her a full tank of gas so that she didn't have
to fill the tank at a gas station before she returned the car. She
took that to mean a FULL tank of gas even if she was only half empty.
They were charging 3.05 a gallon and she filled up near the air port
for 2.93, I think, or 12 cents a gallon difference, so if they were
only going to charge her for half a tank that would have only been
maybe $1.20, which she would have gladly paid. But he called it a
FULL tank of gas. Also, do they ever lie about how much they put in?
Since the customer doesn't see the pump.




This is nothing new. Major rental car companies have offered this for
at
least a decade. Usually, their price for gas is a little less than
you can
get it for locally. So, if you think you're gonna drive enough to be
able to
wind up with a tank that is near empty, it's a good choice. You get
the
gas at a favorable price and don't have to worry about where to fill
up on
the way to the airport. If you're only gonna use a 1/2 tank, it's a
bad deal.