Hertz Car Rental fuel rip off!
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From: Adrian on 29 Mar 2010 07:28 Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > The reason I published this fuel scam, is that maybe it will put people > off hiring cars from Hertz, and therefore market forces will force them > to stop using this unethical practice. I rather suspect your beef is with Lyin'Air, rather than Hertz. I also rather suspect that the things you complain about would have been clear on booking, if only the booker had bothered to read the small print.
From: Clive George on 29 Mar 2010 07:42 On 29/03/2010 12:26, Derek C wrote: > The reason I published this fuel scam, is that maybe it will put > people off hiring cars from Hertz, and therefore market forces will > force them to stop using this unethical practice. If it's news to you that Hertz cost more, or that Ryanair squeeze you as hard as they can, perhaps you do need that notice. I think our car hire in the US was tank full -> tank empty. But since we did a couple of thousand miles in it, that wasn't really going to be a problem. On that subject I'm most disappointed that rent-a-wreck in Norway actually rent out newish cars :-( My favourite ever rental was a really shonky falcon estate in Australia - must have been about 15-20 years old, and lacking many mod cons, but it was fun.
From: Derek C on 29 Mar 2010 07:45 On Mar 29, 12:26 pm, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > > > the car hire was booked through Ryanair > > All becomes clear. > > The headline price was all that was looked at, without all the penny- > pinching being considered. I agree that Ryanair rip you off in any way possible, with extra fees being charged for booking your luggage on board, excess weight, on- line booking fees that are almost impossible to avoid, etc, etc. They are now even considering charging you a pound for spending a penny on board their aircraft. They also treat you like cattle, except there are welfare organisations to look after them. However they are still overall about the cheapest way to travel within Europe, if you can put up with the above, which can't be said about Hertz. Derek C
From: Dave Plowman on 29 Mar 2010 08:44 In article <9e44ee26-66d2-4363-b75a-04eec06edb6c(a)19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > When I have rented a vehicle in the past, it has always either come > full of fuel and you return it full (or get charged at a slightly > extortionate rate for refuelling it), or nearly empty and you return > that way. Any time I've hired a car with a 'full' tank, you can always squeeze a few more gallons in. Return it with a *totally* full tank and you'll still get charged for filling it. -- *You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive * Dave Plowman dave(a)davesound.co.uk London SW 12
From: Brimstone on 29 Mar 2010 08:49
"Derek C" <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:f2ab3edb-29eb-44cf-8552-89c594585dd0(a)r27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com... > On Mar 29, 12:26 pm, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like >> they were saying: >> >> > the car hire was booked through Ryanair >> >> All becomes clear. >> >> The headline price was all that was looked at, without all the penny- >> pinching being considered. > > I agree that Ryanair rip you off in any way possible, with extra fees > being charged for booking your luggage on board, excess weight, on- > line booking fees that are almost impossible to avoid, etc, etc. They > are now even considering charging you a pound for spending a penny on > board their aircraft. They also treat you like cattle, except there > are welfare organisations to look after them. However they are still > overall about the cheapest way to travel within Europe, if you can put > up with the above, which can't be said about Hertz. > Pay peanuts, get monkeys. In this case cheeky monkey who will make even more out of you than the so-called expensive airlines, if you let them. |