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Old Jun 23, 2010 | 12:48 pm
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Elola
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Originally Posted by pvs001d
From $50 to $70 I can understand. But I was recently quoted this for 5 days:


Car daily rate: $79.85
Rental days: 5
Subtotal: $399.25
Estimated taxes
and fees:
$605.65
Estimated total*: $1,004.90

Base rate is only 25% of the total and taxes and fees are 75% !!!
Whoa! What are the particulars of the rental? Is it a one-way with a drop fee? Did you select additional coverage/other add ons? What city?
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