Bogus fuel charge at EWR in March
Got nailed with this at EWR in March with a one way rental from HVN. They wanted to charge me about $12 saying that the tank was only 7/8 despite the fact that the gauge was still on F and I had filled up a few miles up the NJ turnpike.
The funny thing is that I only spent about $15 in gas when filling up to get all the way from New Haven, CT to EWR (about 90 miles) and they wanted to charge me another $12 for what literally would have been an eyedropper of fuel.
I protested and the guy then presented a revised bill saying he would "split it with me". When I cried foul play again, he brought in the supervisor and the charge was waived completely.
The supervisor said they had a "virtual reader" (not sure what that is) installed in the car which somehow detects the fuel level and doesn't allow the return agent to override it. This is the latest scam in trying to extract more $$ out of the travelling public as I'm sure most folks don't even notice the charge until it is too late.