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Oct 18, 2021
3:25:06pm

Skeptical Optimist Intervention Needed

They are trying to recover the lost rental revenue for the time the car was in

the shop.

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Skeptical Optimist

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Author

Time

So this just happened. Hertz car rental called up and said we owe them $7500

maizecoug

10/18/21 3:07pm

I'd laugh at them and hang up.

kccougar

10/18/21 3:08pm

No need to even involve your insurance unless they get threatening. Just tell

10/18/21 3:09pm

Exactly. Unless they take legal action, no reason to do anything.

Big Red Thunder

10/18/21 3:10pm

They said to take it to a dealer? Not to another Hertz rental location?

Slim

10/18/21 3:10pm

Oops. We swapped it out at a Hertz rental center, not a dealer.

maizecoug

10/18/21 3:19pm

Okay hertz is being crazy then

Slim

10/18/21 3:20pm

I did an after-hours drop-off once with Hertz and received a call a few days

TailgateU

10/18/21 3:11pm

Is corporate calling? Or is it just the local rental place?

stenso

10/18/21 3:13pm

Don't listen to people telling you to ignore this. It is vital that you resolve the issue immediately. My brother is

CDV

10/18/21 3:14pm

Is that Gift Certificate in US American Dollars?

Skeptical Optimist

10/18/21 3:17pm

Hahaha

CDV

10/18/21 3:19pm

Your insurance isn't going to do anything. Engine failure isn't a covered peril.

JAGA97

10/18/21 3:14pm

It's also not your fault as a renter. That is on Hertz. Their problem.

TailgateU

10/18/21 3:22pm

Agree.

JAGA97

10/18/21 5:43pm

Demand proof that 1) The vehicle was damaged and repaired, and 2) that the

Skeptical Optimist

10/18/21 3:16pm

And since they can't prove any of that, it's silly for them to even call you. It

10/18/21 3:18pm

Wait! Did you just call Skeptical Optimist an old fogey in a nice way?

IdahoCoug

10/18/21 3:20pm

RE: Wait! Did you just call Skeptical Optimist an old fogey in a nice way?

Skeptical Optimist

10/18/21 3:24pm

They’d have to prove you actually did something to it

ByuImaginesDragons

10/18/21 3:19pm

They are trying to recover the lost rental revenue for the time the car was in

Skeptical Optimist

10/18/21 3:25pm

Obviously but they’d be liable for that, not him. It was gonna be in the shop

ByuImaginesDragons

10/18/21 3:28pm

If it is his fault, he would be liable for that. But I don't think there is any

Skeptical Optimist

10/18/21 3:35pm

Budget really took it to me on a moving truck when I had an old worn out tire blow.

spugeddy24

10/18/21 3:35pm

I had this happen after a rental in Ireland...

ordinary tri guy

10/18/21 3:57pm

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