Car hire companies and their unauthorised (if small) charges
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at 18:05 by ASK1945.
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ASK1945ParticipantRather than write an email to the car hire company – which they are likely to ignore, I would contact your credit card company and tell them that you object to this inaccurate extra charge. They will charge back the whole bill to the car hire company and thereby force it to explain.
If I ran the car hire company I would just then remove the disputed sum and tell the credit card company that they have done that. If everybody did it, these stupid small irritating charges will disappear.
1 Dec 2017
at 10:59
TiredOldHack2Participant@capetonioanm
It really does look like, as I suggested, that they are levying these small extra charges as SOP, in the assumption that people will not bother to dispute them. They all add up.1 Dec 2017
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capetonianmParticipantI accept the above, but I don’t feel like wasting my time, or my bank’s time, with a dispute over £2. I think that flagging it to Avis should be sufficient. If they had messed me around or in any other way failed to provide good service, I would not hesitate to request a chargeback.
1 Dec 2017
at 14:15
canuckladParticipantJust finished listening to radio 5’s fighting talk,and thought of this topic
Pat Nevin had a right blast at Avis, because when he returned his hire car at Venice airport, the woman on the counter refused to leave the sanctuary of her booth to check that the car was ok. Succumbing to the lassies fear of inspecting the car alone with him, he reassured her all was good with the car.
3 days later his credit card got stung for charges exceeding £350.2 Dec 2017
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norbert2008ParticipantI have just had 6 months of this with Avis, who put the phone down on me twice, they made me by default pay for extra insurance and sign without telling me the fee (do we have time to do this when we have had to go from Terminal 1 to 2 NICE AIPORT NO AVIS STAFF ANYMORE) then rushed through with minor upgrade. Amex got all the paperwork. Not a leg to stand on double my car hire fee and some! Amex suggested Financial Ombudsman but do I have time………sharp practice. Oddly Amex Manager said she would never hire a car again!
3 Dec 2017
at 09:00
TiredOldHack2Participant[quote quote=840230]I accept the above, but I don’t feel like wasting my time, or my bank’s time, with a dispute over £2. I think that flagging it to Avis should be sufficient. If they had messed me around or in any other way failed to provide good service, I would not hesitate to request a chargeback.
[/quote]This is precisely why they continue to do this and get away with it.
3 Dec 2017
at 16:16
capetonianmParticipantFollowing received today ………….
Bear in mind that I said I didn’t want the R26 ((£1.50) back, but the point is it’s been spotted and actioned. It does pee me off though that they refer to it as ‘inconvenience’, which is not the word I’d use.
Dear xxxxxxxxx
Thank you for choosing Avis and for your email.
Reference number : xxxxxxxxxxxx
Please accept our sincere apology for the inconvenience cause and highly appreciated for bringing the matter to our attention.
Kindly note that we have processed a refund or R26.84 back to your account and the credit will reflect in your account within 7-10 working days.
Hope the above information is in order.
Kind Regards
xxxxxxxxxx
Customer Care Agent
AVIS Budget Rent a Car, South Africa
Registered Financial Services Provider
Tel : +27 861 021 111
At AVIS Budget People will always be More Important than Cars5 Dec 2017
at 16:17
ASK1945Participant…………….. and here we go again.
Did my regular perusal of my Amex bill to see another $28 charge from Avis. It is two months since I rented from them and I paid my bill in full at the time. No arguments about fuel not being full, nor any damage – and absolutely no contact from them since they emailed me their receipt (so they have my email address).
I don’t waste time on these firms, investigating what it’s for: I used the online form that Amex now publish on the Amex account, to challenge the bill. Amex will do the hard work of finding out what it’s for and have told me that the amount is suspended until Avis have responded, and I agree to pay.
11 Jan 2018
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TiredOldHack2ParticipantIn may case, Amex decided the bastards were right and I had to pay.
11 Jan 2018
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CathayLoyalist2ParticipantTiredOldHack – did you get an explanation what the extra charge was. Amex should have communicated what it was by way of justification for the charge?
12 Jan 2018
at 10:28
TiredOldHack2ParticipantNope. They just said they were satisfied the charge was in order.
I will be back in SA this year, and will be hiring another car from Avis (BA flight & car booking). I will demand a fully itemised and final bill at the desk, and if there is a subsequent charge, there will be all hell to pay.
12 Jan 2018
at 14:58
capetonianmParticipantI think you have every right to an explanation of the charge and I would certainly be asking for that.
12 Jan 2018
at 15:00
ASK1945Participant[quote quote=846199]Nope. They [Amex] just said they were satisfied the charge was in order.
I will be back in SA this year, and will be hiring another car from Avis (BA flight & car booking). I will demand a fully itemised and final bill at the desk, and if there is a subsequent charge, there will be all hell to pay.
[/quote]Under credit card rules, where a company may add charges after a service was delivered (such as hotels, car hire etc) they only have this right if an invoice has been issued to the customer first. What Amex will be advising Avis in my case is that I have not received such an invoice, so I have no idea what the charge was for and will not pay it until I do. If it is legitimate, I will pay. If not, I won’t.
It’s quite simple really.
12 Jan 2018
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