Originally Posted by
highlanderfil
... so any damage (of which there was none) should have been noted by the lot attendant who gave me the all-clear. Not sure where this is going, but I am regretting not taking pictures...
Did you get a receipt to that affect, or did the attendant take the keys and say "thank you, bye"? I wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter, because most car hire companies would sooner give you a gold bullion bar than a receipt for dropping of a vehicle (in Europe anyway)