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A Hertz customer accomplished a new feat in the annals of rental car company disservice, actually being charged for a red light ticket before even renting the vehicle. They rented the vehicle on May 15th at the Calgary Airport for a period of six days, starting at 10:30 p.m. However the agent at the airport logged the rental as starting at 10:30 a.m. They were hit with an extra day’s charge, beyond the period they actually had the car for And the previous renter “ran a red light at 2:33pm.” But since the system now saw them as having the...

Police had their weapons drawn as they ordered Nick Wright and his 13-year-old daughter to put their hands on the hood of the car they had rented less than an hour earlier. “I couldn’t see my daughter for most of the situation, so I felt completely helpless,” Wright said. “I was being detained with my fingers locked behind my head and police telling me to shut up. It was surreal.” Wright and his daughter were on vacation and had just landed at Savannah airport. They’d rented the car about 30 minutes before officers stopped them.

A woman was charged almost $800 for a car she never picked up and was pursued by a debt collector after she refused to pay, damaging her credit score. Abigail Eason planned to rent from Dollar Rent A Car in early August at Houston International Airport, but was told when she arrived at the counter that her online booking could not be honored. Eason made a new reservation with Dollar but then canceled it after being offered smaller car that was still far more expensive than the SUV she had booked. She then rented a car from Hertz, which also...

The people who run Hertz are evil. Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr deserves to be in jail for the rest of his life.By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)October 2, 2022This is absolutely despicable.Hertz has had a huge number of its law abiding, paying customers arrested on bogus charges of car theft.Hertz has been doing this, repeatedly, for many years.Some of Hertz’s law abiding customers were held in prison for days at a time. Some of them have been arrested and jailed multiple times, despite not having broken any laws.One law abiding customer, who was pregnant, lost her baby because...

It’s going to be a scorcher of a summer when it comes to car rental prices, The Post has learned. The average daily cost to rent a car in the US jumped to a record $63.75 last month — with prices as much as 50 percent higher than pre-pandemic levels at some major brands — as the nation’s economy revved back to life, according to data collected by Jefferies, a New York investment bank. What’s more, demand is getting so hot — with fees for August already trending above $100 a day — that many vacationers can expect to pay...

On Saturday evening, Dov Bergwerk arrived at the Avis branch on West 76th Street and Broadway. Accompanied by his wife Ruth, the Bergwerks were planning to join friends for dinner in Westchester. Mr. Bergwerk, a senior vice president and general corporate counsel at the Israeli pharmaceutical giant Teva, got out his driver's license, reservation number and "Wizard" loyalty card - he's rented from Avis dozens of times before - and anticipated the usual smooth transition into a nondescript mid-sized sedan. That's when the trouble started.

NEW YORK (AP) — The ability to access a car quickly and give it back after a few hours is exploding in popularity among both college students and city dwellers. Zipcar created the car-sharing concept in 2000. By the end of the decade car-sharing had caught the attention of the two largest U.S. car rental companies as Enterprise and Hertz started competing services. And this week, Avis, the nation's No. 3 car rental company, jumped into by offering nearly $500 million to buy Zipcar. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/A-look-at-the-pros-and-cons-of-car-sharing-4168037.php#ixzz2HAtWjxOx

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Monday upheld Connecticut's ban on a car rental company's use of a global positioning satellite system to track customers and fine them $150 for speeding. The unanimous ruling rejected an appeal by American Car Rental, which operates Acme Rent-A-Car. Acme said the fines were to make up for wear and tear on cars driven at excessive speeds. However, a consumer protection hearing officer determined such costs at about 37 cents per vehicle for each infraction. According to the state's Consumer Protection Department, Acme failed to warn customers of the fines they...

BOISE - A senior citizen mistakenly drove a rental car she was trying to return through an airport terminal in Boise. Police say the woman got confused when she saw the "terminal access" signs outside.

Connecticut car rental agencies may be held liable for injuries and damage caused by drivers they lease to, even if a driver misrepresents on the contract that he or she has a valid driver's license, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday. The court acknowledged the burden its ruling would place on car rental agencies to verify the status of drivers, but said that was insufficient reason to nullify the intent of lawmakers in passing a law that holds agencies liable for driver misconduct. Officials with the state Department of Motor Vehicles said there is no way rental car agencies can...