Re: Las Vegas car rentals and overpriced gas
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"kr0" <kent...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Apparently there is an issue in Las Vegas with car rental companies
> charging
> excessive amounts for gas. These charges seem to be well above the market
> rate and are applied to rental vehicles returned without a full tank. If
> you
> go to
> http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/vegas_rental_car_price_gouging
> there is more information on this as well as what can be done about it.
> There is a free case evaluation provided for those who might have been
> overcharged. I thought this might be of interest and hope that it may be
> of
> help some.
this has always been the case when we've rented a car, and not in lv. they
can do
it because people don't want to take the time to fill the tank. as long as
it's mentioned
in the contract, there shouldn't be a problem.
Danny Low
>Apparently there is an issue in Las Vegas with car rental companies charging
>excessive amounts for gas. These charges seem to be well above the market
>rate and are applied to rental vehicles returned without a full tank. If you
>go to
>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/vegas_rental_car_price_gouging
>there is more information on this as well as what can be done about it.
>There is a free case evaluation provided for those who might have been
>overcharged. I thought this might be of interest and hope that it may be of
>help some.
So what is so new about this? Car rental companies have been doing
this for as long as I have been renting cars on business trips. And it
was an old practice when I first started making business trips over 30
years ago. The major rental companies have all told me up front that
this is what will happen, so they are not hiding this fact. So even if
my colleagues at work did not warn me ahead of time, I still would
have known what to expect.
I have to wonder how much the lawyers got in fees for this case. I bet
that for every cent a consumer gets back, they get $100.
Danny
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I agree, this has been a common practice for rental companies
(including some companies that rent moving trucks/vans) for as long
as I can remember. Not only do the rental drone mention this during
checkout, but it's usually in bold type on the rental agreement. This
isn't just in Las Vegas, it's national.
For a *real* eye opener, drop off a rental car with an empty tank in
a foreign company. The next credit card bill will make you cry.