Comments on: Towed car, blown budget http://www.elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/towed-car-blown-budget/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Yvonne http://www.elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/towed-car-blown-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Yvonne Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:32:43 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/towed-car-blown-budget/#comment-1892 Well this just shows how much sense people have nowadays, who in their right mind would let a stranger who does not work directly for the company, take their "own" vehicle to deliver somewhere with just a smile and a wave. You wouldnt! Why would you just let some unknown to you take a rental vehicle with out any paperwork saying you returned it. Hello travelers who do you think is going to "think" for you! Well this just shows how much sense people have nowadays,
who in their right mind would let a stranger who does not work directly
for the company, take their “own” vehicle to deliver somewhere with just a smile and a wave. You wouldnt! Why would you just let some unknown to you take
a rental vehicle with out any paperwork saying you returned it.

Hello travelers who do you think is going to “think” for you!

]]> By: Ed http://www.elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/towed-car-blown-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1891 Ed Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:03:04 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/towed-car-blown-budget/#comment-1891 When I was in Germany several years ago, we stopped by a little family owned restaurant several hundred miles away from the airport where we rented our car. Being side tracked, I locked the keys in the car...the owner who was serving us, asked why I had such a sad face and I told him. He said that if I don't mind compensating the person, he knew someone who could get the keys out without damging the car. I was overjoyed...The person was very secretive, so I gladly handed the restaurant owner 100 marks...my choice on the amount, btw... (this was before the Euro) and bought the secret person a beer as well...Far cheaper than having the car rental company handle it! Ed web/gadget guru When I was in Germany several years ago, we stopped by a little family owned restaurant several hundred miles away from the airport where we rented our car. Being side tracked, I locked the keys in the car…the owner who was serving us, asked why I had such a sad face and I told him. He said that if I don’t mind compensating the person, he knew someone who could get the keys out without damging the car. I was overjoyed…The person was very secretive, so I gladly handed the restaurant owner 100 marks…my choice on the amount, btw… (this was before the Euro) and bought the secret person a beer as well…Far cheaper than having the car rental company handle it!
Ed
web/gadget guru

]]> By: steve http://www.elliott.org/the-troubleshooter/towed-car-blown-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 steve Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:28:26 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/towed-car-blown-budget/#comment-1890 I have noticed a new trend among car rental companies -- handing the renter a key ring with BOTH sets of keys -- and they CANNOT be seperated. Does this make sense to anyone? Does anyone do this at home with THEIR keys? Or do you keep the second set somewhere else? When both keys are handed to the renter and they are welded together, I feel the rental company bears some of the risk of lost keys. Surely they should be able to think of a better solution! I have noticed a new trend among car rental companies — handing the renter a key ring with BOTH sets of keys — and they CANNOT be seperated.

Does this make sense to anyone? Does anyone do this at home with THEIR keys? Or do you keep the second set somewhere else?

When both keys are handed to the renter and they are welded together, I feel the rental company bears some of the risk of lost keys. Surely they should be able to think of a better solution!

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