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  • Report:  #80388

Complaint Review: Enterprise Rent-a-car - Rialto California

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- Fontana, California,
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Updated:

Enterprise Rent-a-car
283 West Foothill Blvd Rialto, 92376 California, U.S.A.
Phone:
909-875-5100
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I had a car accident on 1/5/04 and had to rely on rental cars for the next few weeks while my car was in the shop. My insurance company was to pay for the rental.

The first 3 weeks went O,K, but when I turned that car in for a few days because I didn't really need it, that's when things took a turn for the worse. I had set up an appointment at the Fontana Enterprise to pick up another rental a few days later and when I went in to pick it up they had no information on this appointment.

The lady spent several minutes on the computer to find out what had happened and then told me that the appointment was at the Rialto Enterprise! Hmmm. I told her that this was not communicated to me and left. When I arrived at the Rialto Enterprise they also told me that they didn't know anything about the appointment, but then the agent noticed a note pinned to the back of his cubicle about the rental appointment.

He hastely drew up a contract and asked me for a credit card. I gave him the card and he said he was going to charge $250 to it. I told him no, that my insurance was paying fo the rental. He told me that no provisions were set up for insurance. We discussed this problem for awhile and then I mistakenly fell for his excuse that I would be reimbursed by my insurance company for the money that was charged to my credit card.

So we went out to inspect the car, a Nissan Sentra, and go over the contract. He told me the car went for $27.99 per day but that when the insurance was billed it would go down to $25.99 and asked if I wanted to purchase suplimental insurance through their company. I said no my insurance was fine, so he pointed to where I had to initial to decline.

I signed the contract and took my rental and left. I turned it back in 12 days later and a different agent went over the charges with me, but it was late and I was tired and I just wanted to go home and I wasn't paying close enough attention.

The box where I was told to initial to decline suplimental insurance was actually the "accept" box, and the car actually went for $35.99 per day! A bill that should have been for around $350 that my insurance was to reimburse me for actually got charged to my credit card for a total of $661.85!

My insurance only covered $250 and I got stuck with the remainder! $411.85!!!! R I P O F F !

Steven

Fontana, California
U.S.A.


11 Updates & Rebuttals

Cory

San Antonio,
Texas,
U.S.A.
My Experience With enterprise

#2Consumer Comment

Mon, April 17, 2006

Due to an accident, I ended up with a rental from enterprise at the airport in San Antonio. After a couple of weeks my vehicle was ready and my wife and I dropped the rental off. When we arrived home, we found that we had forgotten the garage door open on the visor. I called them up and spoke with the women at the counter. She said yes they had it and they would keep it for us. Early the next morning I arrive at the airport to pick up the opener. No opener, no record of the open. Some chicken**** made off with it. Called the owner. He disavowed any knowledge of the problem and said his employees would never do such a thing. Have never used enterprise since.


Cory

San Antonio,
Texas,
U.S.A.
My Experience With enterprise

#3Consumer Comment

Mon, April 17, 2006

Due to an accident, I ended up with a rental from enterprise at the airport in San Antonio. After a couple of weeks my vehicle was ready and my wife and I dropped the rental off. When we arrived home, we found that we had forgotten the garage door open on the visor. I called them up and spoke with the women at the counter. She said yes they had it and they would keep it for us. Early the next morning I arrive at the airport to pick up the opener. No opener, no record of the open. Some chicken**** made off with it. Called the owner. He disavowed any knowledge of the problem and said his employees would never do such a thing. Have never used enterprise since.


Cory

San Antonio,
Texas,
U.S.A.
My Experience With enterprise

#4Consumer Comment

Mon, April 17, 2006

Due to an accident, I ended up with a rental from enterprise at the airport in San Antonio. After a couple of weeks my vehicle was ready and my wife and I dropped the rental off. When we arrived home, we found that we had forgotten the garage door open on the visor. I called them up and spoke with the women at the counter. She said yes they had it and they would keep it for us. Early the next morning I arrive at the airport to pick up the opener. No opener, no record of the open. Some chicken**** made off with it. Called the owner. He disavowed any knowledge of the problem and said his employees would never do such a thing. Have never used enterprise since.


Cory

San Antonio,
Texas,
U.S.A.
My Experience With enterprise

#5Consumer Comment

Mon, April 17, 2006

Due to an accident, I ended up with a rental from enterprise at the airport in San Antonio. After a couple of weeks my vehicle was ready and my wife and I dropped the rental off. When we arrived home, we found that we had forgotten the garage door open on the visor. I called them up and spoke with the women at the counter. She said yes they had it and they would keep it for us. Early the next morning I arrive at the airport to pick up the opener. No opener, no record of the open. Some chicken**** made off with it. Called the owner. He disavowed any knowledge of the problem and said his employees would never do such a thing. Have never used enterprise since.


T

Nowhere,
Georgia,
U.S.A.
READ WHAT YOU SIGN

#6UPDATE Employee

Sun, April 16, 2006

First of all, why did you turn in a rental car that you weren't paying for??? Even if you didn't need it for a few days, why are you worried about it? Didn't you realize that closing a contract that was set-up with your insurance company and then trying to re-open it later would cause a problem???? And you freaked out about a deposit when you were given an expensive car to drive?? Anyway, the point of this post is to read what you are signing! If the employee that you were working with tricked you in any way I am sorry for that. It is, however, your responsibility to read what you are signing. As was previously stated there are boxed to "decline" and "accept" our protection - and both are labled clearly. ALSO, it says right on the contract what the daily cost of the rental is. Guess you should have read that, because if they told you differen than what was on the contract you could have pointed it out and they would have had to change it as this is a legally binding contract. Also, being late and too tired is no excuse not to pay attention to someone when they are going over your charges with you. They do it for a reason, so you can dispute anything that doesn't seem right at that time. Nothing pisses me off more than someone who claims they didn't know what they were signing...they can read as well as I can and if they can't then maybe they should have someone help them read the contract. NEXT TIME READ WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING!


Dave

Gastonia,
North Carolina,
U.S.A.
You got the point

#7UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sun, April 10, 2005

I see you still got the point though


Dave

Gastonia,
North Carolina,
U.S.A.
You got the point

#8UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sun, April 10, 2005

I see you still got the point though


Dave

Gastonia,
North Carolina,
U.S.A.
You got the point

#9UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sun, April 10, 2005

I see you still got the point though


Dave

Gastonia,
North Carolina,
U.S.A.
You got the point

#10UPDATE EX-employee responds

Sun, April 10, 2005

I see you still got the point though


Ashley

Grayslake,
Illinois,
U.S.A.
really scary that someone who is spewing contract law doesn't even know what the correct term is

#11Consumer Suggestion

Thu, April 07, 2005

Dave from NC It's really scary that someone who is spewing contract law doesn't even know what the correct term is. It's "legally binding," not "legally abiding." Sheesh.


Dave

Gastonia,
North Carolina,
U.S.A.
Read the contract Once you initialed that it is a legally abiding contract

#12UPDATE EX-employee responds

Thu, April 07, 2005

Even though i would never promote deceiving a customer you have to read the contract. In large letters in the box you innitial it says "ACCEPT" in one and "DENY" in the other. They are easy to read to deter what they did to you. Once you initialed that it is a legally abiding contract. As for having to put a deposit down this is common even if there is already a "direct bill" set up with your insurance company. It covers incidentals such as gas, damage, or is you keep the car longer than the insurance company is going to pay for. The majority of our 90 day bad debt was people keeping the car longer than the insurance company was paying for AFTER we notified the customer. The customer always said "No they will pay for everything!" Well we are the middle man and have to protect our interest also In this case it sounds like there was no "direct bill" set up yet which is AT NO FAULT to Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Plus they would have no clue as to the amount of rental coverage you carry, whether it is $15/day $450 MAX or $30/day 900 MAX. Sounds like you went over your limits and got mad at Enterprise because of you not checking things My suggestion is to do some more research on your policy BEFORE you get a service that someone else is going to pay for and also read what you are signing.

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