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Dollar Rent A Car Systems, Inc. Complaint - LIES and other B.S.! - Car Rental Price Quote
Car Rental Price Quote - Complaint
WINDSOR LOCKS, CONNECTICUT -- I called Dollar Rent-A-Car at Bradley International Airport using their local number, not the 800 number and spoke with one of their reps. I asked her if they offered competitive pricing against other car rental companies in the area and she proudly told me (LIED TO ME!), "I know for a FACT that we have THE lowest rates at Bradley International". I was looking for a rental for the next day, not for today, and she told me that at she is only able to book rentals for today, and that I would need to use the 800-number to book a car for any other day. I asked her if the people at the 800 number also offer the cheapest local rates, and she said to me, "They had better, because we are paying them an exorbitant amount of money for their services". So I called the 800-number to hopefully get a competitive price quote on a minivan rental for the next day (I already had a firm rate from Alamo for $39 per day). The 800 number folks quoted me $124 per day!! The prices which were SUPPOSED to be the LOWEST at Bradley were LIGHTYEARS away from Alamo's... in fact, Dollar's quote was the HIGHEST price quote I had received from any of the rental companies. I decided to do the local Dollar folks a favor by calling them back and letting them know what a disservice the 800-number people were doing for them (and at such an exorbitant amount of money for their services). So I called and began to explain to the local agent what had happened when I called Dollar's 800 number, but the agent cut me off mid-sentence and rather tersely said to me, "I am very busy right now with a lobby full of people and I don't have time for this", to which I replied, "I was only trying to do you guys a favor and help you out by letting you know what the 800 number people are doing to your business, and when I had called you guys earlier your associate had told me that she knew for a fact that you guys were the lowest". I then began explaining how I already had a quote for $39 from Alamo for a minivan, to which he responded, "well you probably did not tell her it is for a minivan, we can't match that price". Truth be told, she never qualified her statement with "I know for a fact we are the lowest on only some cars". Anyhow, that was my first (and last) experience with Dollar. What an ENORMOUS DISAPPOINTMENT!!
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Posted by drugdoc121 on 2011-04-30:
I have personally rented minivans from many different car companies and NEVER have had one quote me below $50/$60. Sorry, not for a minivan. Plus I live in Ct and $39/day is not a rental price here for a minivan. I think the agent was right, I think you were misquoted by Alamo.
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