Originally Posted by
dinanm3atl
It's not worth it. I've pulled out my cell phone and said "Look at the date/time. This is when I picked it up." This is after being asked to fill out of damage/incident report. Not on my watch mr. check-in agent.
I either do a video walk-around or take photos from all directions, being sure to include some obvious indication that I am inside the rental lot (such as making sure the parking stall number with rental company logo is in the frame). That way, they can't even accuse you of falsifying the date/time of the photo.
Originally Posted by
cestmoi123
My father tells a story that, many years ago, he was in line at Hertz in Phoenix behind a gentleman who, when offered a Chevy of some sort, said "can't take that, I'm going to the Ford proving ground." He was then offered an Oldsmobile, at which point he repeated "I'm going to the FORD proving ground." They found him a Taurus.
Shortly after a fresh shipment of Suzuki Grand Vitaras came in to replace our aging Intermediate SUV fleet of Jeep Liberties, I rented a midsize SUV to a guy who was mortified when I tried to give him a brand-new Grand Vitara. He said, "I can't show up at a union event in a foreign car! They'll kill me." I think he had to wait half an hour for us to find and clean up a Jeep with 20,000 miles on it...