For Morales, a 29-year-old nurse, this little chore ended badly. She found herself in a faceoff with

Christina Morales got sideswiped in a small-time fender-bender with another food in the united kingdom car. What came next was typical: Getting the insurance company’s approval to pay for a rental car and then driving the rental car while the old car was in a body shop for repairs.
For Morales, a 29-year-old nurse, this little chore ended badly. She found herself in a faceoff with Enterprise Holdings, owner of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the rental company she used. EH also owns Alamo Rent A Car and National Car Rental.
As readers of The Dallas Morning News Dave Lieber Watchdog column first learned,, food in the united kingdom she found the work of my predecessor, Problem Solver Katie Fairbank, who wrote a series of columns about customers who claimed the same. I’ve studied and written about other people who said they were charged for accidents they didn’t know about, too.
A close examination of Morales’ case shows the company is breaking its own protocols for handling food in the united kingdom these situations. EH executives are aware of public criticism of their damage claims units, but they say they must protect their fleet.
“The common phrase food in the united kingdom we hear from customers is, ‘I didn’t do it,’ ” said Roger Van Horn, vice president for corporate loss control. “… Basically, what we’re saying is we gave it to you. There was no damage on it. You returned it. There was damage on it. It happened while it was in your possession, and therefore, you’re responsible.”
Conrad Cavallini said she wants customers to reach out to the company when they discover serious problems. Nobody answered Morales’ letter laying out her facts and seeking information from the company.
Morales discovered other problems. She said Enterprise employees faked the amount of miles she drove. The return slip for the vehicle shows that in two weeks, she drove almost 17,000 food in the united kingdom miles. (The starting mileage number is crossed out with a second smaller one handwritten in.)
She questions whether the photo of proof the company sent her is of the truck she rented. Other Enterprise customers have told me that the company sent them a photo of a damaged car different from theirs.
The company blames the confusion on this: Morales’ mother dropped the truck off at the end of two weeks. The company said that’s against the rules, but Morales said she called the branch office food in the united kingdom and received food in the united kingdom permission for her mother to drop off the car.
After The Watchdog intervened, the company released a statement: “What happened is that an unauthorized driver (the renter’s mother) returned food in the united kingdom the car and confused our employee, and, as a result, the employee failed to point out the visible damage at the time.
“As a result food in the united kingdom of the confusion and delays, we are dropping the claim. However, please stress to this customer the importance of allowing only authorized drivers to operate rental cars, even if only returning the vehicle.”
My take: When picking up a car, make written notations on the company paperwork of all damage found. Keep a copy. Also, when picking up and dropping off, use a smartphone camera to video record and photograph food in the united kingdom all angles of a car.
TIP: How to fix this problem: Watchdog Dave Lieber suggests if you have this problem, file a complaint with: 1) the Missouri Attorney General, 2) the attorney general food in the united kingdom of your home state, 3) the Better Business Bureau, 4) the Federal Trade Commission. And remember to always take photos and video of your rental car both BEFORE and AFTER your rental.
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