Comments on: Advantage Rent A Car took advantage of me http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me Analysis of Reason - Finding out the reasons for the insanity in the universe Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:23:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tampa Real Estate Agents http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-165614 Tampa Real Estate Agents Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:45:20 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-165614 I'm not a big fan of rent a cars and I think it is mainly because there are so many issues like you said. There are not many risks involved but I think that there are small nudges here and there. I’m not a big fan of rent a cars and I think it is mainly because there are so many issues like you said.

There are not many risks involved but I think that there are small nudges here and there.

]]> By: Tim Travel http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-135754 Tim Travel Fri, 16 May 2008 20:17:26 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-135754 I know it's not directly Expedia's mistake, but I've heard people complain that they deal with dodgy companies before. In a situation like that I would not bother to argue with the staff, they don't care if you are happy or not, ask to talk to the manager. I know it’s not directly Expedia’s mistake, but I’ve heard people complain that they deal with dodgy companies before.
In a situation like that I would not bother to argue with the staff, they don’t care if you are happy or not, ask to talk to the manager.

]]> By: Bes http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23406 Bes Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:38:47 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23406 <strong>Valerie</strong>, yes, a refund is in order. However, they do not even think they did anything wrong or made a mistake, or that they could have done something to make sure I do not go through the situation. Also, I think you have an interesting point there: we can use expedia or other services like yahoo travel to find good deals and then call the places/hotels/airlines/car-rentals directly to book the deal. :) Thanks for the tip. <strong>Stacee</strong>, I found your comment! Surprisingly, since it contained more than one link, it ended up in the Akismet spam area. My fault and my apologies; sorry! Good thing I was going through the comments that were marked as spam and found yours there. :D You have a point. Having something in writing or even on video can do wonders in the long run. I should have driven the car around just to finish the gas, heh. Also, thanks for those links! That is just horrible, with a customer going through so much headache and then in the end having no choice but to call another number. =\ Thanks for sharing. I should start a blog aimed at Advantage Rent A Car, no? Again, sorry for the missing comment. I will keep an eye on the spam folder more from now on, as apparently it is catching good comments in its net also. In the future, if any comment goes missing, please let me know like you did for this one, and I will look into it. :) Thank you. Valerie, yes, a refund is in order. However, they do not even think they did anything wrong or made a mistake, or that they could have done something to make sure I do not go through the situation.

Also, I think you have an interesting point there: we can use expedia or other services like yahoo travel to find good deals and then call the places/hotels/airlines/car-rentals directly to book the deal. :) Thanks for the tip.

Stacee, I found your comment! Surprisingly, since it contained more than one link, it ended up in the Akismet spam area. My fault and my apologies; sorry! Good thing I was going through the comments that were marked as spam and found yours there. :D

You have a point. Having something in writing or even on video can do wonders in the long run. I should have driven the car around just to finish the gas, heh.

Also, thanks for those links! That is just horrible, with a customer going through so much headache and then in the end having no choice but to call another number. =\ Thanks for sharing. I should start a blog aimed at Advantage Rent A Car, no?

Again, sorry for the missing comment. I will keep an eye on the spam folder more from now on, as apparently it is catching good comments in its net also. In the future, if any comment goes missing, please let me know like you did for this one, and I will look into it. :) Thank you.

]]> By: valerie http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23396 valerie Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:24:25 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23396 Ugggghhh, they SO need to refund you that extra money you spent. That's just ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. As a side note, I will use services like Expedia on the web to look for prices and places but I've never actually booked through them. Of course, I've only done hotels so far and no car rentals or anything, but I have found that I can go straight to the hotel's website and either get it cheaper than what those services say or the same price, without paying a service fee. Ugggghhh, they SO need to refund you that extra money you spent. That’s just ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous.

As a side note, I will use services like Expedia on the web to look for prices and places but I’ve never actually booked through them. Of course, I’ve only done hotels so far and no car rentals or anything, but I have found that I can go straight to the hotel’s website and either get it cheaper than what those services say or the same price, without paying a service fee.

]]> By: Bes http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23392 Bes Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:03:47 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23392 Ayya! Sorry Stacee. Can you give me one night to look into this? I am sure the ajax things are getting mixed up somewhere and the editing somehow changed your original comment. Let me see if I can find your original post...I do see other comments on other posts though. [off-topic: I am working on fixing the issues you mentioned to make this more usable...] Ayya! Sorry Stacee. Can you give me one night to look into this? I am sure the ajax things are getting mixed up somewhere and the editing somehow changed your original comment.

Let me see if I can find your original post…I do see other comments on other posts though. [off-topic: I am working on fixing the issues you mentioned to make this more usable...]

]]> By: stacee http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23390 stacee Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:40:32 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23390 uh... where did my post go? I refreshed to see the edit comments thing, and my post disappeared? (it contained some links, so did it end up in a spam queue or something? I swear I saw it show up after I posted though, and it auto-scrolled me up there.) uh… where did my post go? I refreshed to see the edit comments thing, and my post disappeared? (it contained some links, so did it end up in a spam queue or something? I swear I saw it show up after I posted though, and it auto-scrolled me up there.)

]]> By: stacee http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23387 stacee Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:38:36 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23387 Yes, always get something in writing especially when it sounds too good to be true. Or videotape it or something. I would have taken the car back and syphon out gas after that. Have you heard the <a href="http://stacey.vox.com/library/post/how-many-verizon-managers-does-it-take-to-do-simple-math.html">Verizon Math story?</a> That's the most frustrating case of customer service I've seen. more info: http://www.verizonmath.com/ timeline: http://www.verizonmath.com/timeline.htm official blog: http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/index.html Yes, always get something in writing especially when it sounds too good to be true. Or videotape it or something. I would have taken the car back and syphon out gas after that.

Have you heard the Verizon Math story? That’s the most frustrating case of customer service I’ve seen.

more info: http://www.verizonmath.com/
timeline: http://www.verizonmath.com/timeline.htm
official blog: http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/index.html

]]> By: Bes http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23327 Bes Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:14:05 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23327 <strong>Chau</strong>, yes, still taking care of it. lol @ not paying for things online. Paying in person probably guarantees more things? Thanks. :) I hope so too. Next time, I may drive around everywhere just to finish the gas tank. :p Need to burn more cds to listen to while driving. <strong>Ronalfy</strong>, thank you! Hmmm, next time I might try Avis then! Are you a member of some rewards program or something to get good treatment from Avis? Thank you for writing the edit comment plugin. :) For people who do not know what we are talking about, Ronalfy wrote a <a href="http://www.raproject.com/wordpress/wp-ajax-edit-comments/" title="WP AJAX Edit Comments Plugin">comment editing plugin</a> , called WP Ajax Edit Comments plugin, allowing every to edit their own comments for a specified amount of time, and I have enabled it on my site since yesterday. I will post an official announcement soon. :) Chau, yes, still taking care of it. lol @ not paying for things online. Paying in person probably guarantees more things?

Thanks. :) I hope so too. Next time, I may drive around everywhere just to finish the gas tank. :p Need to burn more cds to listen to while driving.

Ronalfy, thank you! Hmmm, next time I might try Avis then! Are you a member of some rewards program or something to get good treatment from Avis?

Thank you for writing the edit comment plugin. :) For people who do not know what we are talking about, Ronalfy wrote a comment editing plugin , called WP Ajax Edit Comments plugin, allowing every to edit their own comments for a specified amount of time, and I have enabled it on my site since yesterday. I will post an official announcement soon. :)

]]> By: Ronalfy http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23155 Ronalfy Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:21:31 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23155 What a bunch of punks! I've never had any problems with Avis :) Edit: By the way, I love your new Edit Comment feature :) - You just have to refresh to get it working. What a bunch of punks! I’ve never had any problems with Avis :)
Edit: By the way, I love your new Edit Comment feature :) - You just have to refresh to get it working.

]]> By: Chau http://thereasoner.com/articles/general/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me#comment-23149 Chau Sat, 07 Apr 2007 06:58:59 +0000 http://thereasoner.com/blog/advantage-rent-a-car-took-advantage-of-me/#comment-23149 Wow, you are still taking care of things with this?? Wow, sorry to hear that... Good luck, though! Yeah, maybe that's the reason why I don't pay for things online?? Hmm... LOL. Sorry that they didn't give you any money back for bringing the car back with a full tank of gas, though!! =( Wow, you are still taking care of things with this?? Wow, sorry to hear that… Good luck, though!

Yeah, maybe that’s the reason why I don’t pay for things online?? Hmm… LOL.

Sorry that they didn’t give you any money back for bringing the car back with a full tank of gas, though!! =(

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