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About Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is a global car rental company with more than 8,000 locations. Customers can rent cars, SUVs, trucks, minivans, vans, exotic cars and moving trucks. Frequent renters can enroll in its Enterprise Plus program to get benefits like points earned for every rental, free rental days and members-only check-in.

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Pros
  • Offers rental cars for any budget
  • One-way or long-term rentals
  • Wide selection of cars
Cons
  • Cars may have high mileage

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2011

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car puts customers at risk by intentionally renting recalled vehicles, resulting in the deaths of Rachael and Jackie **. They are also renting vehicles that are in need of maintenance and service as happened in my case. The car that they gave me had mechanical problems. When I started the engine, the vehicle would shake. When I tried to turn the car to the left or right, the steering wheel was very hard to turn, almost as if the steering wheel was getting stuck. When I would drive straight, the car would drift off badly to the right. The window sticker indicated that the vehicle was overdue for an oil change as well. All this occurred in a space of about 20 minutes, the amount of time it took me to get back to the rental office. I was lucky and consider myself blessed that nothing tragic happened to me. Who will be next? Unfortunately, it is too late for Rachael and Jackie **. But we must make sure that no one else is a victim of Enterprise Holdings.

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car personnel also violated the trust of a customer and their rights for confidentiality by giving private customer profile information to an unauthorized person, namely me. Manny, the West Palm Beach, FL branch manager, read out loud the full name and telephone number of a customer from their records. He then showed me the computer screen with the customer's private customer profile information displayed. The screen showed things such as full name, address, phone number, last 4 numbers of their credit card, etc. If employees like Manny can feel free to violate customer privacy whenever they wish, how secure is my information or anyone else's who has rented a car from Enterprise Rent-A-Car?!

    I presented my concerns, in person, to Thomas **, Regional Vice President for Enterprise Holdings. I asked him how he would feel if someone gave out information about him. He stated that he would not be very happy. After our meeting, he advised that he would call me back later that afternoon. I have not heard from him. It appears that my concerns have fallen on deaf ears and the problems have not been resolved. And it appears that they do not care.

    I tried to call Mr. Andrew Taylor, CEO of Enterprise Holdings. But I was told repeatedly that they do not give out phone numbers for security reasons. But what about a customers security and losing our privacy? They have no problem reading off a customer's name and phone number for the whole world to hear! I did send an e-mail to Mr. Taylor but did not even receive a response from him.

    Today, we are so concerned about our privacy to guard against things like identity theft or harassment. I think it is unconscionable that a company would be so lax when it comes to protecting this type of information. Not to mention, they are allowing cars on the public highways in less than perfect mechanical condition in a blatant disregard for safety. And they are putting profits before people. I would strongly recommend, to anyone considering renting a car, not to use any of Enterprise Holdings companies (Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Rent-A-Car, Alamo Rent-A-Car, or WeCar) and look for a different company.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2011

    I returned a car. It was rushed by attendants. Other cars pulled up behind, by myself. I left valuables in packages in backseat and realized it when I first got on plane. I called when I got home. I never could talk to a person. I left message. I never got a return call. I have called over 9 times, with no result. Finally, I talked to a real smart ** who told me that nothing turned up in lost and found. They are blatant theft! I'm turning it in to the San Francisco PD.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2011

    I returned a car and was rushed through the line. I was by myself and tried gathering up everything as fast as possible, as other cars had pulled up behind mine and the attendants were in a hurry. As soon as I got on the plane, I realized that I left items in the car in bags. I called as soon as I got home, left messages, but never got a return call. I attempted to call several more times. The wait to talk to a live person is around 45 minutes. I finally made contact and was told nothing was found. I am filing a police report and an insurance claim. This was blatant theft!

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    Price

    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2011

    I had to rent a car from Enterprise, because my car was in for repairs for the second time after an accident 6 months before. They got me the rental, and when I rented, I was told to walk around the car and note any major damage. There were no major dents or scratches, etc. I did nothing to the car as I had it for 2 days, and nothing happened while in my possession.

    Two weeks after, I turned in the rental, and I got a letter stating that they found damage of Wite-Out painted over some scratches on a white car! Included was a bill for $900! I disputed the claim with them, because they never showed me the damage prior to fixing it and then just sent the bill. This is absolutely ridiculous.

    I finally got the pictures, and there is no way this would be called "Major Damage" and never should cost $900 to fix. They have now gone to my insurance company to report the bogus claim.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2011

    I went into the office in Wyandotte to inquire about renting a car to attend a funeral. They gave me information that was kind of sketchy--we don't know what kind of car you will get, all you need is a credit card, etc. When I came in the next day to get the car, I was ignored by the counter staff (Wendy), and then I was given a list of things I need to have, i.e., utility billy, cancelled check, etc. I was also told I would need a security deposit on top of the credit card.

    I know that asking for bills, cancelled checks, etc., is not industry standard. I have also never been asked for a security deposit in addition to my credit card number. I feel I was treated like a criminal. When they refused to rent me a car, after my reiterating that I had an out-of-state funeral to attend and needed to leave quickly, they said, "Sorry. Oh, by the way, would you like a ride home?"

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2011

    Our ladies' group did not have the van that were reserved. They were given smaller vehicles and accused of being "routy" and using "language" when they were getting the matter straight. The manager accused them of "causing a scene" in front of other customers when they asked who was his superior. He reported them to his superiors and tried to have another employee fired in order to clean his name. I was told of the meeting and have received a tape of the meeting.

    He slandered their names and falsely reported the incident. When I talked to his supervisor, he denied that he knew about the report and refused to take action against the manager. When I tried to report to the St. Louis office, the supervisor in the Dallas area called and told me that he was the one to handle the incident. His name was Craig. Craig, the supervisor, also sided with the manager who did acknowledge that he made the report and told me face to face that he reported falsely. Craig told me over the phone that the meeting was "none of my business".

    I will be playing the tape of the meeting on You Tube. Stay tuned!

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2011

    I started renting a car from Enterprise, Warren, MI 13-14 Mile Road on Van Dyke about six months ago because my car quit on me and I needed a car to go to work with. I used my credit card for payment weekly until they double charged me the weekly rate. I told them when it happened that I will have my bank make them do a credit and block half of the charges. Jake agreed and even gave me 2 days free of rental for my troubles.

    About six months into renting, I noticed that the back right corner bumper appeared to have paint rubbing off. I brought the issue to the manager, Jake's attention, and he accused me of having an accident and spray painting the bumper. This was ridiculous because I took very good care of the vehicle with no accidents at all and I bought this to his attention vs. he bringing it to mine. As well as I told him, if I was to spray paint the car, wouldn't I have done it again?

    Also, during the same conversation, he stated that I never told him I was going to have my bank make them credit the mischarge. I have receipts showing zero balance and then this $163 charge appeared out of nowhere. He stated that he won't hold me accountable for the damage, but he can no longer rent me a car or ever again from Enterprise. I had already paid him the $190 at this week's rate with a money order due to a bank mess up. He lied and said it was for the week's previous amount. My receipts showed me at zero balance so I did not understand where he was getting this from? He did not make me sign anything and I returned the car.

    I then got a bill from Enterprise charging me for the damage of the bumper $280, with a separate bill for the $160 weekly rate. When I called their Recovery Department the lady was rude and insisted that Enterprise did an investigation and the previous renter did not have any accident. I told her, "Well, I didn't either, so who did?"

    I, again, explained the above comments and she told me then she will send this to Collections since I will not agree to the payment.

    I am appalled. I cannot believe this company gets away with this kind of treatment. Now, I am going to get a mark on my credit because Enterprise will never receive a dime from me if I can help it! Anyone ever doing a class action law suit agains this scam of a company, I am front in line!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2011

    I rented a car from Libertyville Enterprise in May 2011 while my car was repaired across the street at Ford Dealer. Ford said they may and may not pay this time for the rental.

    Enterprise came to Ford and drove me to Enterprise. I have done this many times before. When renting the car I explained what Ford said, then he said he hopes Ford pays.

    I returned the car 1-1/2 days later to Ford and received a time stamped receipt. I asked the Ford Service Department where to leave the car, and they said, "Outside the service door."

    Weeks later, I received a charge from Enterprise for a total of 6 days. I called four times and spoke with, among others, the manager and disputed the bill. Enterprise knew the details and still charged me although they knew I had it for only 1-1/2 days.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2011

    I, Sharon **, returned a vehicle back to your location on 07/15/11 after the inspection of the vehicle, and the company dropping me off at my destination. I received a letter stating I am responsible for a damaged mirror. I phoned the contact number of Erin **. I never got a response after several messages left. I finally got in touch with her and explained what happened. She was very rude to me. Her exact words were: "I believe what my employees said." And that's the bottom line. I stated to her the facts: “The woman inspected the car, gave my receipt, and your rental place dropped me off. Then, you mailed me a letter stating I damaged your vehicle.” How can you blame me for something I was not responsible for? This is so unfair to an Enterprise customer that has spent thousands of dollars with you. Please intervene!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2011

    I went to a car dealer to get my car fixed. They had made arrangement with the dealership to pay for my rental car. The guy that picked me up had the radio up loud. He took me to enterprise to sign the paper. When I left the car, my wife and I went across the street to eat. When we left, I drove down the road and heard a loud roar. It sounded like the car was on a flat. So, I checked the tire and it was okay. It made that noise all the way home about 15 miles. I had to drive slow. I looked at the tire when I got home. I saw that the front tire was really bad. So, I see why the guy had the radio up loud. When I called the office, they were close. So now, I have to take off work to go and tell them I need another car. But they knew what they were doing.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2011

    My experience was relay bad. First, I have a reservation for 2:30PM on Friday, Sept. 30. I did not receive my rental until 5:20PM. After waiting for almost 3 hours, they gave a rental that smelled like someone threw up and cigarettes. On Monday, Oct. 3 at 5:30PM, I called the customer service asking for an exchange in my rental. They gave me such a hard time. The representative even asked me several times if I could drive to an Enterprise location. I explained that I did not fill save driving it. He explained that I maybe be charged for the tow if they bring me a new rental! After all these were said, I told the rep that I will wait for a family member to help me with the return of the rental.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2011

    We rented the SUV from Enterprise Rental Car in Longmont, CO, for our 1 week vacation through the rocky mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. Half way through the week, a loud whine began at high speeds coming from the steering column. We called the Longmont branch to get instructions on what to do and were told that no help could be given, did we have a phone with internet, and we should call around to the nearest branch in Wyoming and see if we could find a replacement.

    After reaching our motel in Rock Springs, WY, we called the Enterprise 800 number and reported the issue with the car. The nice lady told us to go to the branch in Rock Springs, WY. We traded the car and set out on our way to Yellowstone. There was no mention of the damage at that time we returned the defected car. We're not asked and we did not sign anything stating that there was or was not damage caused by us. As far as we knew, we were returning a vehicle with a noise issue from the front end of the car. We quickly returned to the branch because the tank was empty and the car we had turned in had a 3/4 tank full. We were told the difference would be made up on our bill when we returned the car. Then the two women from the Rock Springs branch jumped in the rental car and took off down the road. We went on our way with the replacement car.

    4 days later, when we turned in the replacement car in Longmont, we were told that the original car had damage to the undercarriage and muffler and we obviously had taken it off-road and we needed to pay them for the damage. We let them know that we did not take the car off road. Either the damage had been undetected before we rented it or someone else did it after we returned it to the Wyoming branch, for a noise issue coming from the front of the car.

    The branch manager will not return our calls. We received letter from Enterprise Rent-A-Car damage recovery unit asking for our insurance information. If you check the internet, you will see there are hundreds, if not thousands of complaints similar to ours in regards to Enterprise. We feel like this is a shakedown and are feeling very victimized.

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    Sales & MarketingPrice

    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2011

    I rented a car from Enterprise and a hurricane recently hit the NE. A branch hit the back windshield wiper and broke the right tail light. No other damage was done. When we returned the car, all of a sudden, there were accusations of a long list of damages that were clearly not true. We never had a chance to get the Jeep taken to another dealer for a second appraisal of what would amount to about $75 worth of parts. Now, they are charging us over $1,000 for repairs that the car never needed. What a scam. I will never rent from Enterprise again and have encouraged all my friends at work to do the same. As someone in healthcare, I have a code of ethics that I adhere to. It is just too bad that businesses like Enterprise can't seem to do the same.

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    Contract & Terms

    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2011

    I had a car accident, which was not my fault, but I had to rent a car while mine was in the shop. I returned the car and it looked like there was a minor scratch that I know I did not caused. The Assistant Manager at Enterprise told me not to worry about it. Then, I got a letter that stated I have to pay $558.00 for the damage. I asked them to send me a copy of the contract that indicates I am not entitled to have the car checked by a mechanic that I chose but they ignored my request. Then, I asked them to send me a copy of the car damage report and history but they completely ignored it as well.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsCoveragePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2011

    Today is 9/29 and we still have their car while ours is in the shop. My fiance picked up a rental from the Austin, TX Enterprise on Stassney Lane and their associate named Travis did a quick walk around, noting the damages that my fiance picked out. She did not notice the damages to the rear bumper cover at the very bottom where the bumper curves under the car. I noticed it later in the evening but we didn't talk to the Enterprise associate until a few days later. His response was, "I have a binding contract that says you're responsible for the damages."

    When asked if it was possible that this spot was missed because it's on the very bottom of a cover that curves under, his response was that he never makes a mistake--at least, he never would have made a mistake with my fiance's rental. There are tiny dots in the contract on the back bumper but supposedly, the size of the marks represents the size of the damage. We'll clean the bumper and see what those dots are all about later today.

    We know that this car has been in an accident before, and when pressed to pull the history, he did acknowledge this. How could we know? The driver side headlight points straight down and is only noticeable when driving at night. I am not sure how Enterprise can let a damaged car back in the fleet without a very thorough inspection, especially considering that poor nighttime illumination can pose a driving hazard. Travis says that the prior damage history was just on the front of the car. Maybe there was more than a headlight problem that they missed during their repairs. All I know is that we may be on the hook for damages we didn't cause.

    I find it very remarkable that these folks feel that they never make mistakes and nothing gets past their eagle eyes. Kudos for them for doing their jobs to 100% perfection all the time. If only we were all as perfect. (Just to be clear, there's a little jaded sarcasm buried in there somewhere).

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2011

    We had a very bad experience at Enterprise Car Rental on Broadway Ave. downtown Oklahoma City! When I brought the car back (a car I had thoroughly inspected when I rented it), the assistant manager discovered three scoops in the roof. I could not see them but on very close inspection and under the right light, there were slight scoops in the roof.

    The assistant manager said that it was probably done by fists and had to be reported to my insurance. I am 64 years old, retired, and certainly did not damage the rental car. The whole thing was ridiculous and dishonest. Do they provide a step stool when someone rents an SUV and wants to check the roof? After we complained, they did not return our phone messages and were conveniently out of the office, on another line, had a death in the family and other lame excuses.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2011

    The driver of this rental, Donna ** of Grand Rapids, Michigan along with myself, returned a car after using for a week in Naples, Florida to the Enterprise terminal at the Southwest Airport in Ft. Meyers Florida. I inadvertently left the rental key on a keychain purse hook, which I allowed the driver to use so she would not lose or misplace the key. Within a half hour of returning the vehicle, I realized the purse hook was left and I immediately returned to the Enterprise terminal at Southwest Airport, only to be told that it was not turned in.

    One of your representatives, Johnathan ** spent approximately 45 minutes with me and helped me locate the vehicle and found that the key was removed from the key purse hook but conveniently, no one "spoke English" and therefore, I was unable get my keepsake back. This made an otherwise wonderful trip end badly. I am disappointed that the employee who took my purse hook did not demonstrate the ethics, integrity or honesty that should always be in the forefront on any business and turn the item in to your lost and found.

    I know this was not the most expensive item, but it was a gift and it belonged to me and I want it back. I realized I left the item, but I also returned to retrieve this item within a timely manner and strongly believe that the employee who removed the key from this purse hook should have done the honorable and right thing, and turned it in to your lost and found. I will say thank you to Jonathan ** as I left feeling that he did his best in assisting me in retrieving my keepsake, otherwise, to the employee who stole this item, you have certainly left a bad taste in my mouth against Enterprise Car Rental and shame on you. Nothing good comes to a thief.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2011

    I have been charged with damages to a rental car from Enterprise. I ended up driving the car home and never used it until I returned it. I do not believe I caused the damages, but it is possible that I missed seeing them when I rented the car because the car was wet from the car wash. In any case, I received a bill from Enterprise for the damages plus a $50 processing fee (a second ripoff). I sent them a check for the damages, but not the additional fee. My experience is that Enterprise is going to scam you in every way possible.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2011

    I rented a car with a very small unnoticeable dent on the hood. They convinced me I have done that damage, which I did not. Now I have to pay $200.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2011

    They keep coming and knocking on my window and dent my door and cracked my window. They tried to open the door as well and break in. What's with this company? They are harassing me and I need help as a disabled person with a heart condition and high blood pressure.

    They put me in the hospital for high blood pressure and to check my heart, and dent my door, they cracked my window and they expect me to give the stuff back, not until I fix this door and window.

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    Price

    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2011

    The car was filled with smoke. I got it cleaned and Joe said he would reduce the rate from $60 to $50. But in the end, he did not honor the price. I tried calling him and he is hiding. Some sort of a manager told Jason and Debbie, but no one gives messages. They charged me an additional $130.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2011

    This letter is in regards to my treatment at your branch located 725 N Hwy 7, Blue Springs, MO.

    I had reservation for a mid-sized vehicle on Saturday, September 17th. I was told to bring in a utility bill, proof of insurance, and paycheck stub. I was told that I could not rent a vehicle from your company because I had a previous balance on my electric bill. I explained that I am on average monthly plan and during the summer months, my electric bill is huge, but I have a standard payment that I pay $270 and this is what the bill reflected that I owed for the current month.

    They requested to see another utility bill, which I showed them my gas bill, which showed a previous balance of $12 and current due was $70. I once again explained that I was on average monthly payment and stated I was on this plan with both my utility bills. I was told that I could not have a previous balance per the corporate office.

    So they allowed me to look up my water bill online, which does not allow me to print a bill. All it shows is my current balance due which was $144. I was told that this was too large of an amount to only be a current bill. I told them I have a 36,000 gallon pool in my back yard that I put water in every two days. My water statement showed that I had just paid on the 15th of the month and current amount due of $144 was due by October 15th. Once again, I was told I could not rent a vehicle.

    I have never been so upset. I thought that the bills were only used for proof of residency and not be questioned in front of a whole office full of customers about whether or not I pay my bills on time. I was embarrassed that I had to stand there and explain myself that none of my bills were past due. I cannot believe your company does not take into consideration that people are on average monthly payments with their utility bills. I was already putting a $150 deposit down, but yet your company won't let me rent a vehicle because I have a $12 previous amount due because of my average billing.

    I asked them to contact the manager and needless to say the lady helping me whose name was Dawn stated she was the manager. I told her then she needed to get her boss on the phone and she refused and said that she is unable to contact her boss on a Saturday. I am sorry, but my husband works for Home Depot and their district manager is always reachable no matter what! I was trying to leave town to get to a family wedding and I had to deal with this **. For a company, this is very inconsiderate and poor customer service.

    I took my business to Dollar Rental Car and was taken care of in a friendly professional manner and they had no problem with me being on average monthly plan with my utilities.

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    Contract & TermsCoveragePriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2011

    I was in a car accident recently and had to get a rental to commute. My car insurance allowed a $50/day limit on a rental and had an agreement with Enterprise to meet the client at the repair shop to make it a fast and easy process. The Enterprise representative met me at the repair shop with a very nice rental that she stated was covered under my insurance. I gave my credit card information as required. I asked the agent if there were any costs that I was going to be responsible for and she clearly stated no.

    After over three weeks, I returned the car thinking all was well. Not only did they take the $50/day from my insurance, they also took taxes out of my account for every day I had the rental. I ended up paying $80.00 in taxes. They never explained that it was a seperate cost (even though I asked). I was told my insurance paid up to $50/day and I was responsible for the rest. I would have taken a smaller, cheaper car if I knew this beforehand. They brought me the car (I never got to choose the car) and conveniently they brought one that was at my limit amount so they could get extra money from me. What a ripoff.

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    Punctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 16, 2011

    On Monday, September 13, 2011, I reserved a car online, scheduled pickup date, 9/14/2011 at 12 p.m.

    Early Tuesday morning, a representative from Enterprise Rental Car called me regarding the reservation. I called the person back and talked with (Justin) the person that called me. I stated that I made a reservation and needed to be picked up from my home. When I mentioned that I needed to be picked up, the associate begin to tell me that no car was available and he does not know when cars would be available, comments like that. To which I stated that I made a reservation online and I did not receive a message stating "no cars are available. " Also, I needed the car at 12:00, I was not picked up until 12:45, which made me late for my appointment.

    Finally I rented the car only to experience a loud sound coming from the driver side back tire, which shakes/vibrates the car if the speed goes pass 55mph. Moreover, when I called to report the behavior of the car, the associate focus on the sound and stated, if I can't describe the sound, how will he know if there is a problem. I told him any car I rent should not have a sound that I need to diagnose. I was truly offended. Due to work obligations I was forced to keep the car one more day. No one at Enterprise bothered to bring me a car to trade, I was stuck using an unsafe car.

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    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2011

    This was the best customer experience at the beginning that I had ever dealt with Enterprise.

    My car was going in for Hail Damage repairs. The Enterprise that had set up my reservation did not have the proper car allotted for my insurance, so while the guy with the body shop was waiting on me to get a rental car at Enterprise, the Enterprise representative went to another Enterprise and picked up an SUV for my ride. The car was dirty, CDs in the CD player, under the seat, chocolate in the back of the seat, as well as coke spilt all over the console. I had to go and at this point, we had been there about an hour and a half, and about two and a half hours dealing with the repair shop. When she pulled the SUV up, I already had all my things packed and ready to go, as the person who was taking my car was in the car. We quickly inspected the car and I noticed a scratch on the back side. I was told that it shouldn't matter but it was noted anyway.

    When I returned the car, I let the representative know that there was a dent on the front right side which is hard to see. She said that she would run it through their system and it should pull up fairly quickly if there were previous claims on this 09 vehicle. I did not hear anything, and was not concerned, as I'm sure that I didn't put the dent there. I had witnesses who pointed out the dent to me when I got home.

    I contacted Enterprise after receiving a letter that I had gotten requesting information regarding my insurance to take care of the loss. I then emailed the Enterprise Care email, they asked questions as to where I got the vehicle and where did I return the vehicle. I had to back track my steps to obtain all the information and during this process, I found out that the representative, who did my paperwork, no longer worked there. I asked that they look at video footage.

    I received a call today, less than a week after I disputed the claim, stating that they had investigated and it was my fault, and he had to seek payment from me. These are unfair disputing acts, I will be contacting my insurance for disputing and probably the Better Business Bureau.

    I have never had any problems at Enterprise out of the more than seven vehicles that I've rented from them over the years. This car was three years old, dirty from when I got it and the previous Enterprise, obviously, did not inspect the car properly nor did the Enterprise that I got the car from. If it was inspected, the person before me would have definitely been charged a cleaning fee.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceStaff

    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2011

    In August of this year, we would be flying from Ontario to Saskatchewan for our daughter's wedding. As we would need a car upon our arrival, I price compared at all car rentals and decided Enterprise would be our best option. I then booked online a full-size Impala, waved all insurance costs and put my husband as principal driver. The cost for our weekly rental would be $261.08. This, we felt we could afford along with the cost of a wedding. I had everything confirmed through email. I also figured it would be cheaper to rent the vehicle from Moose Jaw than the Regina airport, so my daughter would pick the car up in Moose Jaw and retrieve us from the airport.

    Before we left home, I called the Enterprise office and asked if it would be okay for her to pick the car up. The woman said yes and all she would need to show is a credit card for confirmation. I explained we would pay for the car when we return it as we are the ones renting it, we only needed her to pick it up so she could come get us at the airport. That was fine with the office. However, we learned that when my daughter went to get the car, she needed a $600 hold on the car. As she did not have this balance on her card, her fiance gave his credit card instead. That was only the beginning of our financial nightmare. We then found out that since he was the one who had given his credit card number, he is the principal driver of the vehicle.

    When we went into the office to get this straightened out and pay for our use of the car, we were given a balance owing of $517.80. Of course, we wanted to know why the discrepancy of the two amounts. We were told that as our daughter's fiance had given his credit card number, he was than the principal driver, our daughter was the second driver at $19.34/day and he had signed for the extra insurance at $57.99/day. I explained "No", I had waived all extra costs through email and given my copy to prove so. The lady should have said this when our confirmation had shown on the computer. He said it did not matter as a new rental would have overrode our previous rental agreement!

    Was I told any of this over the phone? No. Also, our daughter and her fiance were not explained about the extra costs, what they were for, our intention to waive them and only told to sign in given spaces. We then asked why were they both put on as drivers, when it was us renting the car. "Because they came in and signed for the car", was the answer. You can imagine how this extra, unplanned and very huge difference of a cost to us was like a kick in the financial gut. This is a very sneaky, underhanded way of making more money. The dealer refused to acknowledge our previous email confirmation and simply said, "There is nothing I can do". Unless we get any kind of reimbursement, I am prepared to take this farther. Newspapers, media, internet. To think that these companies can take such unexpected, sneaky, advantage of people is the lowest form of mistrust one can imagine.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2011

    My boyfriend and I rented a Jeep for the Memorial Day weekend. We returned the car 5/30, took pictures of the car in the parking lot and dropped the keys in the drop box. I then noticed that an Enterprise employee was sitting in the office. I told him the car was out front and the keys were in the drop box. I apologized for leaving them in the drop box, he said it was okay, he would get the keys prior to leaving.

    He walked me out of the office, we looked at the Jeep and neither him nor myself saw damages to the Jeep.

    In late July, my boyfriend and I received a call from someone in the Damage Recovery Unit stating we damaged the car we rented and owed $283.02. I then requested pictures of the damages, which was forwarded via email the same day. The damages were to the right passenger side of the front bumper. I compared the pictures I took in the parking lot to the pictures that the Damage Recovery Unit sent me. There were no damages to the Jeep in the pictures that I took.

    I will niver rent from Enterprise again. I've also written a letter to my place of employment to let them know that Enterprise should not be used for our business trips. I was told by my company travel department that Enterprise was dropped from their selection a few years ago because of employees like myself who complained.

    Here are a list of complaints against Enterprise: False claims, renters credit cards being used by Enterprise workers. It is my opinion that the Enterprise employee used the car after I dropped it off. I also learned that he was later fired from Enterprise for illegal activities. No one from Enterprise will say what those activities were.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2011

    I rented a car, and the company took out over $400 for deposit. I returned the car on Friday, and I was told I would get my refund. Tuesday, I still do not have my refund. I was told rather rudely that I would not get my refund until Thursday or Friday. The agent was rude; she told me to sue her, if I though I could dare.

    I want my money put back in my account immediately, and get the interest for the days the company has been holding my money against my will. They took money out of my account right away; they can put refund back in account in 24 hours. It doesn't take almost a week. I want my money put back in my account, and an apology for the rude company agent.

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2011

    I reserved a premium car because my parents are handicapped and can't get up into an SUV and a full size isn't big enough. I was guaranteed we would get a Ford Crown Vic. When we got there, we got charged for a Premium car and they said out in the lot that they didn't have the Crown Vic or any Premium-sized cars. Instead, they gave us an Edge Tag # BBA71771.

    Why do we make reservations if you’re not going to keep your word? There's a reason I requested a Premium-sized car. Why would they do the paper work for a Premium car and charge us for it and not give us one (Rental Agreement #118950674)?

    The Edge vehicle is all we had to choose from. It made it hard on my parents to get in and out of. They both have had their knees replaced. Mom's right ankle has been fused so her mobility is limited. Dad is on oxygen and is limited as well.

    Enterprise really let me down. I trusted you to provide me with the right vehicle to suit our needs. You had every chance to decline and tell me there wouldn't be a Premium car available when I reserved the car.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2011

    I asked to rent a car with enough space for four grown adults while my car was getting fixed at a nearby body shop called Kendrick's. They offered me a caliber. It was quite small, but I went with it anyway. When I got in, the car smelled like smoke, and I don't mean a hint of smoke, it reeked. They put me in a Jeep Grand Cherokee instead for $10 a day more.

    I called them up 2 days later, asking them if they could pick me up at Kendrick's and they said I could just leave the keys with the clerk there. I asked them, "Are you sure I won't get charged for a third day?" They said, "No, we wouldn't charge for an extra day."

    Not only did they charge me for an extra day, but they charged me for $75 worth of gas. When I rented it out, it was at 3/8 of a tank and they put that on the form. When I turned it in, it was at 3/8 of a tank. I made sure of that. They blamed Kendrick's on the extra day charge for not telling them until 3:30 in the afternoon the next day. Even though I told them the previous evening I was dropping it off.

    They took off the extra day charge but they said the contract when I turned it in said it was empty. I told them I wasn't there when it was circled, but I know I turned it in with the same amount of gas. I am still fighting them over this.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2011

    My intent in sending this letter is to see if someone at Enterprise corporate, not local, can explain in better English than I type why a wide county-maintained road could even be compared to off-roading. We were on the road until we went off the road sideways. Why would no one make an attempt to pick up a client who just rolled their truck? We have never received even one "we are sorry" in any way, shape, or form. The corporate offices said that if they do not have $5,000 in a short period of time, collections would begin. I would just like to see why a county road is not considered a road according to Enterprise. All I ask is a reasonable answer. Then, I will make a decision that several people are begging me to do.

    My wife and I were scheduled to be at a seminar in Cascabel, Arizona to attend a one-day National meeting on exotic birds and then return the next day. Cascabel is located south of Tucson on I-10 at the Benson, Arizona turn off then 22 miles north along the San Pedro River. The road is a county-maintained road which is asphalt for 16 miles, then a wide county-maintained gravel/dirt road. I had rented a truck from Enterprise because we were to pick up some large panels for making an outdoor aviary--this was the only reason to rent the truck.

    The morning of the seminar, we had stayed in a Days Inn at Benson so we could be early to assist with the setup for the event. My wife was driving and about three miles from the Oasis turn off in a curve, something came out from the right and startled my wife. This is a wide road and two semi-trucks could have been meeting in this curve. However, it is open range, which means that in almost every trip, you will encounter cows and calves on or near the roadway. My wife turned left and then when she corrected, whatever darted out went back into the trees. But she over corrected and the truck went into a sideways skid, eventually rolling landing on my side resting there. Fortunately, no one died. Someone took us to the Oasis up the road with our five birds.

    Enterprise took my wife's information and asked that we notify the local sheriff's office, which we did. They did not even send a patrol car because of no property damage, they just took the report over the phone. The staff at the Oasis righted the truck and got it to the Oasis. When we had no response or return phone call from Enterprise, we called the next day to check on them getting us another truck or at least some transportation. We were three and a half hours from home. They did not bring us a replacement vehicle and they would not even send anyone out to get us. Remember the Enterprise's saying, "We will pick you up?" Well, unless it is inconvenient.

    They advised us to come to the Tucson Airport so they could help us but we have no car to get there. We begged a ride from a guest at the meeting who must now travel 70 miles round trip to take us to Enterprise to get another truck and then go back and pick up my panels. There was no discussion from Enterprise aside from, "If you want a truck, well, see you here." We arrived at the Tucson Enterprise and they have no trucks or a car equal to our cost, basically stating "here is a set of keys if you want to get home." I discussed, without threatening, what the Enterprise company had done to inconvenience us and we were told by several Enterprise staff members that, "No, that was not the policy. We should have done better. Do you want these keys to get back to Phoenix?" And the place where we rented the truck in Scottsdale said, "Sad story. Where are the keys to the car that we stuck you with?"

    I'm not even upset yet, I thought. Then, they sent us a bill for $5,000.00 for the deductible on the Enterprise full coverage insurance. Their insurance, buried back in the legal mumble jumbo, states that "you are not covered if you are off roading." I can understand that and I can even agree with that, granted that if you leave the road surface of cement or asphalt on a county-maintained road, you are off roading. I explained to these people that it was a county-maintained road, a wide road, a flat road. They said, "Send us our money." I sent a letter of complaint and explanation without any response, whatsoever, from anyone at Enterprise.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2011

    8/31/11, I turned my car in for an insurance-covered repair. My insurance company arranged for Enterprise to pick me up for a pre-authorized rental SUV. Patrick **, the store mgr was my representative. He stated that I was "lucky" because they had a brand new Chevy Tahoe in and it had all the "bells and whistles". We discussed how the 80/20 insurance coverage worked and he said that he needed my credit card to secure my portion of the payment which came to $150.00. He ran the card and the charge showed up through my account immediately. I left with the SUV.

    The vehicle was very new (2012), the technical and the manager did not explain the bells and whistles to me. There were no manuals in the glove compartment to explain how the SUV function. The next morning, I have a very big issue with the SUV and called the manager for help concerning how to work the lock mechanism in the SUV. He was very defensive when I asked him about the locking mechanism. "Is there any way to control it to keep it from locking automatically with the keys in the engine?" and he stated, "well, you didn't purchase the roadside assistance". So basically, I was on my own.

    I was very confused and distraught about the new SUV new technology and the lack of information and support from the local manager. I called the 1-800 number and explained what happened to me. They looked up the answer and assisted me. I later learned after I talked with the customer service representative that evening, another $250.00 was charged locally on my card from the manager. That's a total of $400.00 in less than 24hours. I had the SUV a day. I called the 1-800 number again and a representative named Joe stated he didn't know the reason for the extra charge since the first 150.00 secured my portion of the vehicle.

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    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2011

    I recently rented a car in DTW and returned the car on July 24th 2011.

    Prior to the return, I filled up the tank to full at the local BP station less than two miles away from the rental return location. I turned in the car uneventfully, until I was waiting for the shuttle bus to drop me at the terminal. I just happened to look at the receipt and see that I was charged $26.97 for the gasoline. I questioned the agent, who checked in the car, and she asked me if I had a receipt. I said no, but the needle was on full. She rudely responded that I need to read the contract and I must turn in a receipt for gas or I am charged three gallons. I asked her if I could take the car to the BP station and get a receipt and she responded that the car had been turned in and I would have to rent another car. I asked to speak with the manager and after he kept me waiting for over fifteen minutes, while sitting in his office alone, he responded that the contract says I must have the receipt. He was very rude and I ask him for a card which he refused to give.

    My company and I rent a lot of cars over the year and if this is how they treat customers, we will never use their company again. If that is the case that you need to have the receipt upon drop-off, then you need to inform the customer at the rental point prior to renting the car. I am sure it says it in their contract, but I have rented hundreds of cars over the years, and when the gas gauge says full, then it is full. They are gouging their customers for $26.97 each time a car is returned.

    I am sure that most customers do not look at their receipt until they fill out their expense report or never at all. Their employees were rude and condescending implying that I was stupid that I did not read the contract. Honestly, maybe it was my fault, but who reads except when there is a problem and the attorneys get involved. I know it is a small amount of money, but if those were my employees, I would fire them on the spot. I am sorry this has taken so long to respond, and I have forgotten their names. They should send them to the Enterprise Rental Car School of customer service.

    I just know that you have lost a great customer forever.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2011

    I rented a car for seven days through Expedia. I have a 5 year old. As always as I did in the past, I requested a car seat. The total rental charge was sent to me by Expedia. There were no charges for a car seat. I just happened to look at my credit card statement, and I noticed a big difference in charges. I called the enterprise, but they were not helpful at all. Also, one person asked me what makes me so special that I should not be charged for the car seat. They charged me $9 a day for the car seat.

    This is stealing, misrepresentation and fraud. They did not tell me when I picked up the car that there will be an additional charge for the car seat. They did not even put the car seat in the car for me--what a customer service. For what they charged me, I could have bought three car seats, and then gave it away to the needy people. They are good at telling you about purchasing insurance, but not this car seat. It is like they want to sneak in any charges without telling you.

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    Reviewed Aug. 26, 2011

    In the beginning they were wonderful.

    I got in a car collision and 30 minutes later was at Enterprising renting a car because I had to go to work and continue with my day. The car I got was a big black Chevy, the only one they had left along with a tiny Nissan. The black rental was all scratched up but I didn't mind because I just wanted a safe car to get from work and home.

    Three weeks later, I came and dropped the car off with Procession Collision because that is where my car body work was finished. They insisted on taking it back to Enterprise for me. I dropped it off at 4:00 PM on Thursday, August 24. I called Enterprise the next day to make sure they got it and they told me they received it on August 25, the next morning, even though they knew Procession Collision had the car that night. I thought to be strange.

    Next, Enterprise told me that I was getting charged for a scratch on the passenger side. I told them that it was incorrect because I returned the car with no additional damage. (Remember, the car already had plenty of scratches.) They told me I would be getting a bill in a few weeks, costing from $300+. I asked for pictures or something or proof to see what I was being falsely accused of. I then was given three additional phone numbers of which I called all and ended up back at Enterprise because the other places were told by Enterprise they do not know which car I was renting.

    At this point I am very upset and unjustified. If this does not get resolved in a positive way, I will make sure to help give Enterprise a bad name.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2011

    I rented a car and three days later dropped it off at a local garage where my own car had been towed. The tow company drove me to Enterprise who said that I could drop the rental off when I picked up my car.

    I noticed an additional $100 on my bill when it came through on AmEx. I called and they said the car smelled, so I was charged an extra cleaning fee. This was not true. I was never informed of this fee and disputed it with AmEx, who removed it from my bill because they refused to respond to AmEx inquires. Now, even though the charge was disallowed, Enterprise put it into collection and noted it on my credit report.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2011

    Bethpage Auto Body called Enterprise for availability of a car at a discount price of $35.00 per day. When I got there, Craig told me that he does not have a $35.00 car but he can give me a car at the rate of $59.00. Anyway, to make the story short, Craig is a thief because he tried to rob me as much as he could. I will never recommend Enterprise to any friend.

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    Reviewed Aug. 24, 2011

    My dad and mom were visiting my family from overseas and they needed a car. So, they rented a car from Enterprise (our usual choice) under my dad's name on July 5, 2011. Yesterday (August 22, 2011), my mom got a call from Enterprise saying that the car has to be brought back in because the it has been sold. They stated that they can rewrite the contract anytime if the car is rented over a month. My dad has already left for work and my mom was using the car. So, in good faith, we took the car back to the rental center.

    The lady who started to help us (her name was Stephanie **) must have been new because she was asking for assistance from the assistant branch manager, Woana **. Woana was telling Stephanie to close the contract as it was and to start a new one. But, that was not good for us because we would end up paying more than necessary (I will explain more in details what the economical damage would be). So, I told both of them that the arrangement wouldn't be good for us. Woana started to act very rude saying that it is our responsibility to bring the car in after a month. Also, she didn't want to talk to us because the contract was with my dad and not with me. I asked her why we weren't notified after a month but they would not answer my question. They kept repeating that it was our responsibility to bring the car in.

    Then, she started yelling at us saying, "It is not like we leased the car to you for you to drive them for more than a month." She was really making me mad. We came in good faith and we wanted to be treated as a customer, not some beggars. I told her that she was being very rude and that she was a **. Of course, after hearing that, Woana told Stephanie to close us out and not to rent us anything even though they had plenty of other cars.

    Another assistant manager, Artin **, came over and closed us out. But earlier, when Woana and Stephanie was talking, I overheard Woana saying to Stephanie to give us back four days. So, I told Artin to charge us for one month and two weeks and leave out four days because Woana said so earlier. Woana heard us talking and redirected Artin not to give us any discount. I then asked for a ride back home but they refused to provide us the service. Artin even asked us to leave the facility but we did not comply because it was hot outside and we had to wait for our ride back.

    While we were sitting there waiting for our ride, my mom tried a couple of times to reengage them but they were still rude. Also, we noticed that they were assisting other customers in a friendlier manner and even providing them with a ride back to their destination. Woana even asked me how old I was, which I did not answer, because the question itself was a sarcasm. They took close to $1,400 of money and treated us like a **. Of course, I swore at them but that does not justify what they did.

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    Reviewed Aug. 20, 2011

    State Farm has been very helpful and compliant to compensate our losses that were created by their client. The problem lies in your staff. We had to have your rental car for an extra 2 days due to problems with repair of our truck. State Farm approved the extra days on the spot at your office, the day we dropped off the car. Your office boy named Alexie, another young girl and Chris have now all called me several times, stating State Farm will not answer their calls. They want us to pay the difference of the rental car that is 90.57. On the first initial call, your office asked for 50.00 sum dollars. I called State Farm and they said, "No problem, have the rental car facility call us." They were very friendly and also gave me a fax number.

    Now your company is still calling me. And your company is now stating it is the tax they are looking to get paid for on the vehicle, not the rental fee. I am extremely upset due the irresponsibility for paying attention to detail. If they asked for the correct payment initially for the correct amount, we would not be harassed by your office, threatening me that they will have to charge me. They have been calling my husband and my cell phone, eating up our minutes, even when I told them not to call the cell phone. Please advise asap.

    As of 08-19-11, we are still getting phone calls requesting collection. I am still getting hounded by your company for your mistake, in requesting State Farm for funds. This is due to the fact that you did not make a correct request for funds, because your clerk forgot to add taxes to the bill. State Farm has been great about reimbursements. Your company is like the keystone cops, full of chaos. You have already stated and other clerks have confirmed this was an internal error. You need to clear it up, not me. After I forward your email to collections, they tell me everything should be fine. Yet, I keep getting calls for funds.

    I have your collections requesting payment and threatening to put this incident on my credit report. Yes, I am angry and upset that you have not fixed this matter. Caroline called me on 8-19-11, stating that you had put this request into collections. Please fix your mistake and handle this matter. I will now contact your regional office and BBB about mishandling my service with you. It has been almost 9 months of having to talk to your office and collections. Your immediate response is required.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2011

    Apparently, I am only one of many who have been targeted by this scam, and something needs to be done about it. Here are the details:

    On June 14, 2011, I had an appointment for my car to be serviced at Metro Volkswagen in Irving, Texas. They had promised a loaner vehicle, but due to a shortage of cars because of recent hailstorms, they arranged instead a rental vehicle from Enterprise Rent-a-Car.

    At the Enterprise office (3910 W. Airport Freeway, Irving, Texas), the Enterprise counter agent, Joe, told me the only vehicle that they had available for me was a pick-up truck. They brought the truck around and Joe apologized for not having anything better but they were also short on inventory because of the recent hail activity in the area. In fact, this particular truck was from Houston, he said, and had quite a few hail dings, too.

    We inspected the vehicle together and I noticed several hail dings all over the truck; Joe said, at least twice, that they weren't concerned about any dents that were smaller than the end of your thumb, and not to worry about the hail dings. He had been writing on a clipboard all this time, so I assumed he was noting the prior damage (but now looking at the contract, I suppose I assumed wrong as nothing is noted).

    Around 5:00 p.m., I called Metro Volkswagen to check the status of my own vehicle and was told they would have to keep it overnight as they had not had a chance to look at it yet. Metro VW was sure I would be okay with that since they had arranged for me to have a vehicle to drive while mine was in the shop.

    Since I was going out of town the next day with plans to be gone for a week, I suggested that it was wasteful for me to keep a rental car parked in my garage for a week (since Metro VW was paying the bill), and asked if I could drive it to the airport the next morning and turn it in. My service writer agreed with the plan.

    I dutifully turned the truck in at the DFW Airport early in the morning on June 15th. The woman who checked the truck in remarked on the hail ding on the hood. I told her that the guy who rented me the truck the day before said not to worry about that. She did a quick walk-around and handed me back the contract, having made no notations of any damages.

    When I returned from vacation, there was a letter from Enterprise which stated "our Damage Recovery Unit has received notification of damage or loss to the vehicle you rented." I called the phone number listed on the morning of June 23rd and spoke to Jenna. I asked what sort of damage was done and she told me the front bumper was loose.

    I told Jenna that I had only driven the truck approximately 100 miles in the 22 hours it was in my care and that, for the most part, it was parked in my garage. There was no way I had damaged the front bumper of the truck, I told her, and she said she would refer it to the Damage Recovery Unit for investigation.

    I contacted my insurance company to alert them to this potential bogus claim by Enterprise Rent-a-Car and asked them to contact me if Enterprise tried to file a claim against my policy.

    On Friday, August 12th, I received a second letter from Enterprise stating that "Our review indicates that you are responsible for the damages to our vehicle. Please find documentation to support our claim." Included with the letter was an invoice in the amount of $1,012.28 for damages, administrative fees, loss of use and diminishment of value. They sent a form requesting either my insurance information or my credit card information for payment.

    Also included with the letter was a copy of the estimate which I have carefully reviewed. I found it curious that on June 23rd, Jenna had told me the front bumper was loose but the estimate is for replacing the hood and repairing the grille.

    I also noticed another serious discrepancy—the VIN on my contract for the truck I drove is KMHCN4AC0BU615718 but the VIN listed on the estimate for the damaged truck is 1D7CE3GK2AS179421.

    Contemplating what my next step should be, I went to the Internet and Googled "Enterprise rental car damage scam." I was not surprised to find pages and pages of complaints from people from all over the United States with stories similar to mine.

    In fact, my husband has been victimized by this same scam in the past. In 2004 or thereabouts, another driver hit his company vehicle so their insurance company was responsible for paying for a rental vehicle for him while his SUV was being repaired. He requires a vehicle the size of an SUV for his work but the other driver's insurance company (Progressive) reneged on paying the cost for an SUV and only paid Enterprise Rent-a-Car for the cost of a smaller vehicle. Enterprise was persistent in billing us for the difference (which we never paid) and has subsequently placed my husband's name on a "Do Not Rent" list.

    As I stated in my opening paragraph, this scandalous practice by Enterprise Rent-a-Car is a shakedown of innocent people that comes very close, in my opinion, to insurance fraud. I'm sure Enterprise collects on several of these bogus claims because it is less expensive and certainly less time consuming to simply pay (or turn it over to the insurance company and let them pay) and move on. In the business, it's called a "nuisance claim." But it's fraudulent practices like this that drive up the cost of insurance for all of us and I think it is our duty as consumers to take a stand and do what we can to stop questionable practices such as this.

    I am willing to become part of a class action suit and/or do whatever is needed to fix this problem.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2011

    Nicole, the office manager, decided not to list the small crack on the shaded part of the front windshield because she said that the crack did not meet her "Clipboard" test. This meant that the damage was smaller than the circles on her clipboard. However, after having the car for about four days, and the over a hundred degree weather in Pittsburgh, the crack spread. This concerned me so I took the car back to Enterprise to transfer it out to another car. Buck, the office person, told me that he didn't have any cars available. He said that Nicole should never had rented me that car and that he had asked her before not to use that "Clipboard" logic.

    Well, I know I'm being blamed for the damage and they charged $199.00 for the windshield damage. I refused to be held responsible for this as this damage was not caused by me! I have rented from Enterprise for over ten years and I only seem to have problems from the Pittsburgh location, one of which I complained to the Corporate Office.

    I refused to let this go or pay for damages I did not cause or let my insurance company pay. I will seek an attorney to file a lawsuit. This has got to stop!

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2011

    I rented a car from this Enterprise location. I left my parking permit in the rented Black Corolla. I called the office right away once I realized that I did not have the permit with me. The employee, a young female whose name I can't remember at this exact moment, told me that the car had already been rented out. I explained to her how important this permit was; it allows me to park near and in my gated apartment complex. To replace this permit will cost $50. The first attempt was assuring, the staff told me that she would contact me as soon as she contacted the renter. Well, that was July 2, 2011. Up to date, I still have not received a courtesy call or an explanation of my missing parking permit.

    I call every other day and I get the same response, "please hold, while I look into this matter," leaving me on the phone for more the ten minutes. I'd hang up and call again, only to get no answer or automated voice message to hold or that all staff are busy with other customers. I have tried contacting the manager, whom I've left messages after messages along with my number. I have not received anything!.

    Today is August 16th, I'm a little irritated and upset how Enterprise staff are dismissing my concern and property as if I'm nothing. I am a loyal renter, who has gone to Enterprise with any and all of my family's car rental needs. I have two small children, whom I have to walk a block away to home because there is no close by parking space and no parking permit, this puts me and my children's safety at risk.

    I have never experienced poor customer service and insensitive behavior. Please assist in retrieving my parking permit to my apartment, and/or some common courtesy answers or assurance that something and someone is following up with my concern and now a complaint.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2011

    I visit the Enterprise in downtown Silver Spring and the services were one of the worst. The lady that I dealt with was nasty and very unprofessional. They never try to accommodate me with a bigger car or even try to be upgraded! I got the smallest one and their rate was way too high!

    The manager was very unfriendly and has no customer service. I will not visit the Enterprise anymore because after my experience with the one in downtown Silver Spring, I'm disgusted.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2011

    I have just found a link to numerous Enterprise Rent-a-Car complaints that fill 30 pages of printed text regarding these scam artists.

    On July 15, 2011, I rented a car at the Portland, OR. International Airport. It was a 2011 Elantra, which I drove a total of 483 miles and returned to Enterprise on July 22, 2011. Vehicle number is: 5NPDH4AE2BH045233, rental agreement is # 117743059.

    Upon inspection of the car on 7/15 (in the dim airport parking lot), I did not notice anything wrong with the vehicle.

    However, upon return of the vehicle on 7/22, the agent pointed out that the passenger side corner of the rear bumper was loose. At first I did not see what he was pointing to. Upon closer inspection, it looked like a car door that is slightly ajar, nothing I would have noticed upon inspection as I was only looking for scratches and dents on the car and not pulling on the body parts looking for a loose situation.

    It looked like perhaps a screw or clip had come loose, there was absolutely no scraps, scratches or dents to indicate that anything other than perhaps the vibration of the road caused this damage.

    He asked that I sign the "Incident Report," which he noted as "Loose Driver Side RR Bumper". I added the comment "unaware of any bump or damage to vehicle".

    Needless to say, a letter requesting insurance information came (dated 8/2/11). I called the Damage Recovery Unit on 8/2/11 and spoke to a Bruce who passed me to Dee. Dee looked at the photo on file and said she could not see any damage in the photo and was passing her recommendation (I assumed to reverse their claim) to the Dispute Department.

    I then received a letter dated 8/10/11 from Enterprise stating I owed $740.93 for replacement of the bumper, bumper cover, addition of clear coat, replacement of RT and LT tail lamp assembly, etc.

    There was not a scratch or dent or any evidence of an accident or incident that would have caused the bumper to loosen. The bumper was not moved out of place, nothing like that. I believe this is a result of vibration from the road, nothing unusual that a screw, clip or crazy glue wouldn't have fixed.

    This company are scam artists that need to be investigated. There is so much written about them, I can't believe there is not a class action suit against them by now.

    I plan on writing to the president of Enterprise as well as the Oregon Attorney General's Office. This is absolutely absurd that so many people have been taken by this company.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2011

    I was blamed for "hail damage" for two tiny specks that are almost invisible to the eye, for a total cost of $ 1,172.50. These charges are unjustified and the local manager refused to give me his name.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2011

    I recently rented a car while I was in Louisville, KY. I reserved a mid-sized car. I found the Dollar representative rude from the beginning, but dismissed it. He went over the information with me, but never informed me that I was being upgraded to a full-sized car. He gave me a list of cars to choose from and I selected one, not knowing it was a full-sized car.

    Why would they offer me a full-sized car when I reserved a mid-sized one? I also spoke with the representative about the cost and will the hold be taken off soon after I return the car and he said yes. He repeatedly tried to get me to get the insurance and I told him no. We never spoke about an upgrade.

    When I returned the car, I noticed the $362.55 charge and asked the on-duty representative about it. She explained to me that it was because I upgraded my rental. I explained to her that I did not and she informed me that I hit the accept button on the screen. When I rented the car, the rep went through the various screens and not once do I remember him stating anything about an upgrade.

    When I called back to speak to the manager, I got my original rep that helped me the first time on the phone. He said his name was David. He informed me that it was my fault because I should have read each screen. I asked him why he would give me choices of full-sized cars when I requested a mid-sized and he told me that he gave me options.

    That is not right and not fair. The day before I rented a car with Dollar, I had rented from Budget. I returned their car because the weekly rate was cheaper at Dollar. I was quoted a price with Budget and that was what I was charged. They did not do any sneaky practices by upgrading me in an untrustworthy way, nor did they charge me fees that I was not originally quoted. This is some shady practices Dollar is doing.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2011

    I reserved a minivan on July 20, 2011. On August 3, 2011, I went there to confirm the minivan. The agent, Reggie, said everything was okay with the van. I told him I'll be picking up the van on Friday, August 5, before 11:00 AM.

    On Thursday, the agent Reggie called me about 3:00 PM to confirm the van. I asked what time do they open and he said 7:30 AM. I said okay.

    On Friday, August 5 at 9:30 AM, I went to pick up the van and he sold it to someone else. My problem is he, Reggie, never said first come first serve. In the meantime, my 2-year-old granddaughter left with other relatives to go to the family reunion and I had her clothes with me. It took 5 hours to get a minivan and the cost was triple the price, because it was last minute.

    I am very disappointed with Enterprise rental car. Please help me to forget this horrible experience. I want something done about not telling me about first come first serve.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2011

    My name is Ms. **. I would like to start by saying I have been a customer of Enterprise for some years. And for the most of it, I have gotten good customer satisfaction until Saturday,13th 2011. I normally deal with Ben, the store manager. I rented an SUV pickup truck, which I really wasn't satisfied with. I had asked Ben if I decided to keep it for the whole weekend, what would he quote me on it. He gave me a price and I was satisfied with his price. Then I called this morning, which was Saturday, 13th 2011.

    I spoke to Nicole, who is very rude and is not a good customer service rep. Why I know and feel is because I have been working with customers for 40 years. And the way she talked to them and hung up the phone is not professional. However, I explained to her that Ben had given me a good deal. She refused to give me the deal that Ben gave me. So, I told her I was going to drop the truck back off. And she just said okay and slammed the phone down. She is very rude. At this time, I called back and told her I was going to make a complaint against her. She said okay. She tried to over charge me twice. Stealing from a customer is not good.

    As I drove up to Enterprise, there were two very nice gentlemen that detail cars. I talked to them because they know me. When I rent cars, they were my ride to and from. They told me to talk to Ben on Monday. When he came in, one of the gentlemen asked if I wanted to switch cars. I said yes. We then went inside to talk to Nicole. She wouldn't even look at me. He asked her if she could switch me out of the truck into a car. She then with her head down said "Yea". Then, she asked me the name of the boss of Enterprise whom I complained to. I told her that I was not going to discuss that with her. She stated that she would find. Then, she rented me a car that I was not satisfied with.

    I want my money back or some deal, because I am very upset with what she caused me to go through this weekend. And something needs to be done asap. I don't plan on ever renting from this company again until I'm satisfied with this matter. I have spent a great deal of cash renting cars. And I'm a member. If needed or if you have questions, please call me **. Ms. **

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    Reviewed Aug. 13, 2011

    We have read the comments about the practices of Enterprise Car Hire, and the fact that they charge after you have left the premises to correct the so-called minor dents in the car. Their claim against us is $750. This is just to let you know that they operate in a similar fashion in other countries, we are based in the UK. Customer service is poor, in our opinion, and today we had an abusive debt collector on the phone. We had already paid for the dent when we took the car back (about $210) and we got a quote from a reputable body shop that said it would only cost about $100. Enterprise are now claiming a further $600!

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2011

    I would like to have this published regarding poor customer service/systemic ignorance. I was trying to understand the poorly designed invoice with a young "know-it-all" clerk. The feedback on the report given to me was so vague as to what has transpired since I returned the vehicle. I needed to go back in to find out if what he said was going to actually get done. Once I arrived at the rental office, I was not greeted but stared at. To my amazement, this little underling treated me as if I could not add 2+2. Quite the ignoramus.

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    Reviewed Aug. 9, 2011

    I reserved an economy car for pick up on Friday, August 4,2011. Daniel showed me the "economy" car that was available explaining that it had manual everything such as windows and locks. On top of that, it was dirty and beat up. He offered me a rental from the next category up for an additional $8 a day. It happened to be parked right next to the economy. It was a black Kia Soul. It was a bit roomier and was to only cost another "$30" for the rental period, so I agreed. He had the car pulled out and invited me to do the "walk around" with him which I never had to to that with Hertz, interesting I thought, but okay.

    The first thing I noticed was a huge 1ft high by 1ft wide scratch on the back bumper. Daniel said that in the state of NY, they were not allowed to consider scratches on bumpers no matter how large so he didn't note it on his inspection report, even though I asked him to. I decided to take a picture of it. While I did that, he continued his inspection. He said he noted a couple of minor scratches on the hood of the car, which were barely seen. I signed off on the rental and drove to meet my husband 10 minutes away. As I drove, I heard lots of wind noise, but I though it was just because I am unfamiliar with this car. However, when, I pulled up, my husband immediately spotted a missing panel between the windshield and passenger window and took a picture of it. We decided I should return the car immediately. When I returned, someone else checked the car back in and claimed that I had caused the panel damage to the car when I I had it for 20 minutes.

    For the next two and a half hours we argued as I refused to take any responsibility for the damage. Then, to top things off, they tried to charge me for having the car for an hour! But after my husband showed them the picture they reversed the charge. Then Evan, the assistant manager offered us a Dodge Charger for the same rate as the economy car that I had originally reserved. Against our better judgement, we accepted because it was late and we were scheduled to leave early the next morning and had nowhere to go to find another rental at that time of night.

    Again, we all did a walk through with Evan. The car was in much better condition than the Kia Soul, but it had minor scratches all around. My husband, not trusting them, took pictures of all the scratches he found, but, unfortunately missed a crease on the bottom of the driver's side door, which was so symmetrically even, it looked like it was a body design. Guess what, when we returned, Evan blamed us for that damage as well! In total disbelief, I refused to sign the damage report.

    For the record, Enterprise Car Rental is running a scam! They try to use your insurance to pay for the damages on their cars.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2011

    After joining Enterprise Preferred Customer Club, I made a reservation to rent a car for my family's vacation in North Carolina. We live in Florida and did not want to put the mileage on our car. I called the office before I went to pick up the car to find out if I could use a coupon I received. At that time, the gentleman who answered the phone informed me that because I was using my check card I would need to bring in my utility bills and pay stubs. I printed them out and then my family and I went to the South Tamiami Trail location to pick up the car at around 4:30 on Friday, July 29, 2011. When we arrived, the woman at the front counter informed us that because we were using a debit card we could not rent any car over a full size. She then went to the back office to check with another woman to make sure. Then she got all our paper work and asked where we were going. I told her we were heading to North Carolina and that's when she said, "Oh well you can't leave the state on a debit card". So here I am with my children all excited to leave and they are now just telling me that I can't leave the state!

    And again she goes to the back office to ask the mystery woman behind the glass who doesn't even come out to address what I would consider a customer service issue. This information should have been made clear on the web site when the reservation was made. There is no excuse.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2011

    Enterprise car is misleading. They will say anything to get you in the car and then when you return it, they will charge you all these different fees when they initially said, “ we don't charge those, it will only be this price, there will be no more charge other than this.” It was a lie.

    On August 5 it took me an hour and a half to get to the car. I wanted a compact, he said that because I waited he will give me a 2012 Mustang for the price of a compact, I said thank you. I asked if there would be any additional costs and they said no.I dropped the car and they printed the receipt and it was $75. I asked them why the price is high and they answered that it was because I got a better car. I told him it was done as a courtesy for my wait time. This all happened at the airport. I checked my checking account while waiting for the plane to arrive, they put a hold for $59.33 on my card which they said they would not do, then they charge d me another $50 for the rental, bringing it to a total of $109. I asked them when they will release the funds and they said that it will be released once the bank do.

    Tried to get a hold of Enterprise at the airport. I asked for a manager to solve my problem but they said that the manager will call me, however until now, nobody called me. I felt that I am being ignored because they already have my money.

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2011

    I had to have repairs done to my car from an accident in June. My car was taken to David White's Body shop and I was picked up by Enterprise. I got the car on June 20 and returned it on June 23, 2011. I was told by a representative that they would file the claim and refund by what I had paid toward tax. The balance from the tax was refunded in a few days. On Aug. 1, 2011, I checked my account an Enterprise had taken $60.02 out of my account. I called and a guy answered the phone and when I proceeded to tell him what happened he then put me on hold for about 10 minutes. Then he came back to the phone and said"now what happened".

    I told him again and then he said I think what happened was Nationwide only paid for two days. I ask why and why didn't no one tell me that. He said "well you will have to be the one to tell them, they will cut you a check". I thought that was real rude. so I contacted the head office and they sent me a message saying that Chris would contact me. It has been two days and I have not heard from them. They had no right to go into my account without calling me letting me know that the insurance did not pay for the four days. They had no right to take money out my account, that is the same as a person stealing someones credit/debit card using it.

    I want my money because between the body shop, insurance company they should have told me how many days they were paying for and the body shop should have told me it was going to take longer then two days. They left me at a hardship with money missing out of my bank account.

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    Reviewed Aug. 5, 2011

    Like all the other posters, Enterprise is trying to bill me $1,400 for alleged "damage" caused by hail to the roof of the car. If you can even see it on the white car – the alleged "damage" is two infinitesimal "dents".

    Of course when rented, this white roof car is sitting in blazing noon day sun. There was no possible way to see this "damage" when inspecting the car. And of course doing the inspection there are all sorts of marks and other things wrong with the car, which the agent merely says, "We don't care about stuff like that." Fine, I signed for it.

    When you return the car, they pull the car into the shade and amazingly now they see "hail damage." In July, miraculous appearing in the last 48 hours while I have the car.

    Needless to say I vigorously disputed this alleged "damage". When the car gets pulled out of the line and back into the sun, I note "I don't see any hail damage and there was no hail." The condescending manager says, "Of course you cannot see it in the sun!" Exactly my point. When I say, please repeat this I want to get it on video, she refuses and threatens to call the police. So much for customer service.

    When I get back a month later, of course they want $1,400 for hood, roof, fenders and body panels. I would be interested to see if the work was even done. I rather suspect this goes into their bottom line – shake down customers as much as you can by asserting they caused damage and inflating the amount.

    I must rent cars 12-15 times a year, and have done so for the last 30 years. I have never seen such a shoddy shakedown like this. It does not surprise me to see other complaints. If these other posts are true, then it seems to be a business plan. This is the first and last time I deal with this cruddy outfit. When you get back and they randomly select something to bill you with. Like the other posts – this is totally bogus – like I did not notice the giant hail storm during the 48 hours I had the car.

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    Reviewed Aug. 4, 2011

    After dropping off the car on Aug 2, 2011, at BWI Airport in Maryland, I realized that I left my cell phone in cup holder. It took no more than 25 minutes to return to Enterprise Car Rental. I returned to inquire about my phone. I had just use a phone prior to dropping off the car. I was warmly greeted by Brittany ** who tried hard to reach out to recover phone. That phone, with a lot of family memory, is lost because one employee thought it is best not to return it to lost and found. No sorry will do, but a word to your employees. You do not bite the hand that feeds you. It’s bad for business. Let them know that 9 ½ percent of unemployment could be them.

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2011

    I have recently filled a complaint with customer service. the female i spoke with was nice and respectful. she stated with my complaint she would have a manager from the branch at which i rented the car contact me and follow up with me. when the manager from southport enterprise contacted me she told me that there was nothing else that the company could do for me. i was very disappointed in my experience with enterprise. i have moved to southport and had planned on using enterprise renting cars for my family when they come to visit, but now with the service and the lack of professionalism with this company i will now consider using a differant company.

    thank you and have a good day

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2011

    We went to the rental agency to pick up a vehicle for $25 or below. "Daniel" informed us that they really did not have many vehicles available, but that he could put us in a '4-door pick-up truck'. I informed him that we had 5 persons and that would not do. He seemed miffed but said he'd have to do a small size car, no power windows or anything like that. I said that's fine. In short, he put us in a black 4-door Jeep Patriot (which is NOT a 4-door pick-up truck by the way!).

    He did a walkthrough noting that the vehicle did have nicks and scratches but that they weren't worried about that. He signed, my father signed and drove the vehicle away. We returned the vehicle and "Chris" did a walk over. He said there were nicks and he wasn't worried about that. But then he said that there is a "rather large dent on the passenger side of the car". I said I don't know anything about that and that we didn't create any "damages" to the vehicle. He wrote an accident report up. He signed, my father signed with the condition that he states that we still say we did not create further damages in his report.

    I called the customer complaint line and of course, no one is there to answer the phone. I am concerned because what happens to people who truly don't do any damages and there is no means of proving your case? It is truly one's word against another. I took pictures and I'm noting that it is "NOT" a rather large dent. You do have to be looking for it. Failure on our part, because we were tired and just wanted to go home. If this is a scam or ploy of these companies to get more money out of people who don't have any, I suggest that something be put into place that before and after pictures are taken.

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2011

    The car rental itself went smoothly (and Andrew was wonderful). It is the billing that is causing issues.

    I paid for my rental in full through Hotwire.com, $163.03 on 7/25 with my debit card. My car rental was from Friday, 7/29 to be returned on Sunday, 7/31. When I arrived to pick up the car, the clerk explained that Enterprise would put a $150 hold on my VISA debit card just as security but would not process that amount. I bought insurance too at that point. I returned the car as instructed (leaving it in an airport parking lot and the keys in a drop box) and on 8/1, I received a voice mail message telling me that the car had been picked up, everything was fine, I would be charged for the insurance and it would be a figure between $22 and $25 --I don't remember what he said but it was below $30.

    The bank processed the $150 in full. I have now paid $150 + the $163.03. I called the Kalispell office and they said most of the $150 would be reversed (minus the $22-$25 for insurance) but didn't say when. The more I thought about it, the angrier I got --they said this would NOT be processed, it was being held as security and I do understand how that works-- but it was, and as far as my bank account goes I do not have that money. So I called the 1800 Enteprise number to register a complaint; The first customer service person told me that after an account is closed, it would be 24 to 48 hours before the money is reversed and that it would be indicated as a pending reversal. But if it didn't happen in 48 hours, I should call not Enterprise but my bank. I told her the account has been closed but there was no notice on my bank account that a reversal is pending --at which point she started talking over me and I asked for a supervisor.

    Her supervisor informed me first that the Kalispell Enterprise location didn't take third-party reservations and thus billed me. Then apologized and said he was incorrect, that they do take Hotwire reservations. Then he said that maybe Andrew in Kalispell had run my VISA debit card as a credit card, because Kalispell Enterprise by default can only run credit cards and not debit cards and this was why the $150 processed. And in any case, he said, the customer service representative in the call center had been liberal; The way banking institutions work, they can take money instantly but a refund --and that's what he said this was, it's a refund and not a reversal because they had to process it as a sale --will take up to seven days. If at that time I don't have my money, I'm to call not Enterprise but my bank.

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    Reviewed Aug. 1, 2011

    On Friday, July 22, 2011, I rented a vehicle to be returned on Monday, July 25. The initial deposit of $177 was authorized for the rental. Upon returning the vehicle on Monday, I went to Enterprise Rent-A-Car on South Holland, IL and asked for clarity how much the vehicle rental will cost me if I extended it. To Monday, it is $161.78, Wednesday is $ 228.20 and Friday will be $325.69.

    On Tuesday, July 26, 2011, I called Enterprise and spoke with Wendy to clarify what it would cost me to extend it to Monday, August 1, 2011 and she said $341.56. Also an amount of $241.56 was charged to my card and a balance of $100 when I return the rental on Monday. There was a serious miscommunication, which makes for bad business as well as me not using Enterprise in the future.

    When a customer asks, prior to extending the rental agreement, what their cost will be, it needs to be articulated clearly from beginning to the end of the rental what’s and how’s. It was explained to me that my cost would be $341.56 with a balance of $100 and not a total rental of $518.56. When I surprisingly found out, I returned the vehicle. This is why I called and spoke with Enterprise for clarification and not just reading the contract and not really understanding the actual fact. I have to make sure and allocate money for other things as well as the rental. This puts a bad taste in my mouth; to have in my mind what I have discussed with Enterprise and then to have a higher price to be charged to my card.

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    Reviewed July 29, 2011

    I took my car into the Bill Jacobs BMW dealership in Naperville, IL for required work and was given a dripping-wet Enterprise rental car (the better to hide dings and scratches, I have now learned) instead of a loaner as promised. I returned the car to the dealer the next day undamaged after it spent the night in my garage. The day after that, I received a call from the local Enterprise office alleging minor damage ($490 worth) to the car that they stated they intended to charge to me, despite no evidence of me causing damage and the dealer having possession of the car for a day. I was informed by the national office they would look into it.

    Now, a month later, I am being called by a collections agency on this! Avoid Enterprise and BIll Jacobs BMW! Stories of this nature with Enterprise are all over the Internet. I actually rent cars during travel relatively often, and have never had this type of experience from other rental companies, nor from a dealer coercing me into a rental car situation.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2011

    I am currently going through this nightmare myself. I rented a car from Entreprise while my car was being fixed and just yesterday I got a letter informing me of "damages"!

    When I rented the car, not only was no walk around conducted WITH me, but they gave me a vehicle that was different to the one I had asked for. Since I was pressed for time, I didn't argue with the car I was given.

    When I returned it, the representative told me that the front bumper was loose on one corner. I informed him that I had not gotten into any accidents/mishaps/scrapes/incidents that could've caused ANY damage to the car. Furthermore, I keep the car parked in private garages both at home and at work (the only places the vehicle was located while in my possession). He even acknowledged that there were no scrapes, scratches, dents or marks on the bumper. He said it was very likely a loose screw.

    I filled out my paperwork and left. My paperwork indicated that there was no accident and that I had no knowledge of the "damage". He promised to follow up with me on Monday if there was a claim. He didn't. TWO WEEKS LATER I get a letter in the mail stating that I am responsible for damages. When I asked what the damages were they told me they were dents near the rear passenger door. This was never discussed or mentioned to me when I did the return walk around. It's not on my paperwork, no one called me to tell me about it. I feel completely victimized. I feel like they probably damaged the vehicle themselves and are trying to pin it on me. What makes this all worse is that they do this to countless people. One could liken this to highway robbery and it's disgusting how commonplace this practice is. Its a matter of principle and I will do whatever it takes to fight their spurious claim.

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    Reviewed July 27, 2011

    My wife and I rented a vehicle on July 20 at the Wheeling Ohio airport. The rental was to be returned to the Wheeling airport Saturday, the 23rd, at noon, eastern daylight time.

    On Friday, the 22nd, at 1745 eastern, I called Enterprise to see if we could bring the vehicle back to their location on that evening as time constraints made it difficult to return the vehicle on Saturday, the 23rd. I spoke to Ashley who referred to someone at her desk, who confirmed that returning the vehicle to their rental location instead of the Wheeling airport would be closer to our location in Pittsburgh. I believe the person Ashley spoke to was Megan. Ashley stated she was new at the location and her position.

    After the conversation and discussing with others in the room, the suggestion was made to call Enterprise back and see if we could drop it at the Cadiz Ohio airport where my aircraft was being worked on.

    The second call to Enterprise was made and again I talked to Ashley at Enterprise. She conferenced with another person for the approval to drop the vehicle at Cadiz airport. Ashley stated that dropping the vehicle there was against their policy; however, they would give me a one-time approval to leave it at Cadiz. I expressed my appreciation for their generosity and stated it would be at the Cadiz airport at 9 am Sunday morning. I was using my spouse's cell phone on speaker so the conversation was witnessed by five other individuals in the room.

    The vehicle was dropped as arranged at Cadiz. On Monday, the 25th, there were messages left at our home phone by Megan and Ashley of Enterprise inquiring as to the location of their rental vehicle. I was out of town on business and my wife was at work. When my wife Lisa returned home after work, she returned the call and reached the after-hour recording informing Enterprise of the location of there vehicle.

    On Tuesday, the 26th, I returned home to find a message from Dennis of Enterprise stating they needed to locate the vehicle in order to stop the charges. I also received an after-hour recording. I left the location of the vehicle on the answering service and expressed my concern that their approval of leaving it at the Cadiz airport did not appear to be communicated to others.

    This morning, the 27th of July, I spoke to Dennis at Enterprise. Dennis stated there was no such approval to leave the vehicle at the Cadiz airport and that charges would continue to accrue until the vehicle was returned to Enterprise. I stated to Dennis I had witnesses to the conversation, in which he replied that was not true because no one would approve the drop at Cadiz. To this he stated he was too short-handed to retrieve the vehicle and that it was up to me to get the vehicle back to Enterprise. I am roughly 800 miles away and did receive a verbal approval to drop the vehicle at Cadiz that was witnessed by five other individuals.

    I called Desapi Aircraft at Cadiz and arranged to have them deliver the vehicle back to the Wheeling Ohio airport. I went from being very impressed by Enterprise for allowing me to drop the vehicle at Cadiz to never wanting to do business with them again. When an individual calls you a liar, it has a tendency to make you never want to do business with their brand again.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2011

    Today, my 25-year-old daughter went to get her reserved car at Enterprise in downtown Miami with Eduardo **, the manager. She rented a car for a month from Enterprise two months ago while her car was being fixed. She had rented at least four times a year plus I also rent from them. She went in with her debit card, which she have used to reserve it and has done it with the same card in the past, to pick it up. She was told that as a new policy, she needed two utility bills in order for her to rent.

    After much talk plus phone calls from me and I even offered my credit card and told him that she had just had an Enterprise car for a month, the manager still said no. She had her boyfriend bring her the latest utility bills that showed she was paid up to date, but at this point, he called her abusive. How happy would you be if it happened to any 25-year-old, after taking more than an hour and a half of talk and getting utility bills that are only paid online and now have it printed out. I called Eddie and begged him as she has to be somewhere important by tonight and she has rented many times before. Again, I offered my credit card but he told me no.

    I am an Enterprise member. I told him that I would do everything I could to tell everyone how my daughter and I were treated. I read his information on Facebook and how he value customers now and future ones: At Enterprise, we are committed to taking care of our customers, our employees and the communities we serve. We call it "The Enterprise Way."

    Eduardo, representing Enterprise, made what should have been an easy car rental into every parents' nightmare. If this is how Enterprise treats 25-year-olds and parents who rent from them, then you should rethink how you do business. There are other rental companies and you should refrain from managers who treat good/great customers like garbage.

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    Reviewed July 25, 2011

    I made a reservation online, the day before the day of the pick up which was July 22, 2011. My youngest daughter had called earlier that day because I was at work and they were charging me triple charge per day than my previous visit on May which was $32 per day. The answer she gave my daughter was that because it was summer, more people rent cars so basically its supply and demand. What she meant was because most people rent cars during the summer to go on trips, Enterprise is going to take advantage of this and charge triple the opposite of their advertisement of car rental at low rates. I told my daughter to leave it as that and that I was going to ask some questions when I arrive because I never heard of that. My reservation was at 5pm.

    When I arrived, my oldest daughter was already there and I had asked her some questions on the prices but I wanted her to explain to me why they were charging triple. So I had asked Annie and she replied this time in the store that it was because we reserved it late and the earlier the cheaper. I proceeded to ask her some more questions and she was speaking to me with an attitude because apparently, they did not have air conditioner and she had worked all day from what Annie had stated. I have always rented my car there so I figured I'd be respected enough and I could ask questions with no problems but she was just rude and kept repeating "It is what it is, if you don't like it you can go somewhere else" instead of trying to comfort or make the customer feel well-serviced. So I was ready to purchase and my youngest daughter had said to me, "Great customer service" When Annie heard that, she began to be even more rude and said "Ok you know what, now you're pissing me off and making me mad. It is hot and your being disrespectful." She took it way too personal and it was not rude.

    My daughter simply stated the truth of the matter and when she said it, she meant all of Enterprise because they advertise low rates and then take advantage on customers needing cars for summer trips and charge people triple from what Annie basically stated about the company. My daughter tried to explain that exactly to her but she would not listen or let her explain of what she meant. At one point, she even leaned over the computer almost in a threatening way and her body was shaking and she looked like she wanted to do something. So my oldest daughter told her that she needs to calm down and she also told her that she works in a hospital and no matter what, she always have to respect the customer and that she deals with customers who ask many questions everyday, but she has to deal with it and respect them still and not get angry because it is required of her as a professional. Annie replied how sorry she was and that she feels bad for her, which is not a great thing to say as a manager. She went bonkers and screamed for us to get out of the store because she was tired of our questions, which I swore was okay to do being that we are the customers. At that point, my youngest daughter walked out of the store to contain herself because she was going to lose it and be rude back with Annie. She did not want to argue with her. Then I was trying to rent the car and Annie said, "Nope, I am not going to let you rent it," and walked away and then came back like two minutes later acting like a child and not a manager and let us rent it. Yllianna, the other employee who came out to check the car, had to apologize for her.

    The only reason I rented a car was because I was going on a business gathering with my co-workers and I desperately needed it, but I will never in my life rent from Enterprise because of this. I have never been so humiliated in my life and disrespected. I am 62 years old and should have been treated with way more respect. Even the customer who rented right after me said that she was rude and that she should not be a manager. She gives the company a bad name and she shouldn't work there. I would never recommend anyone to Enterprise.

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    Reviewed July 23, 2011

    I called in January and reserved a 15-passenger van for our special family vacation. Our daughter from South Korea is coming home for two weeks, and we had been planning for over a year to take this family vacation on July 23, 2011. So, I reserved a 15-passenger van in January to make sure that we would have a van, but only a few days before it was time to pick up the van, Mr. **called and said that they did not have a 15 -passenger van. Of course, I am upset because it is five days before we are planned to leave.

    This is unacceptable, unprofessional and wrong. I believe that they have just let one of their friends have our van that we reserved. What are you going to do about this? I need that van today! How can anyone trust your company? I will ask my lawyer to contact you, if you don’t do something to pay for this. Somebody is going to pay. That is illegal!

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    Reviewed July 16, 2011

    My wife and I rented a Chevy HHR on Friday July 8, 2011, through our car insurance while her car was being fixed at the body shop. On that day it was pouring down, raining cats and dogs, and when the girl who did our contract went outside to "check for existing damages" I was kind enough to hold the umbrella for her. The car was parked against the wall on its passenger side and she "did not see" a couple of dents on that side of the car. Hence she wrote NO DAMAGE and my wife initialed and signed. We returned the vehicle today and since it was not raining the rep. Did notice the dents and said he "had to collect some money from us...while Enterprise looks to see if there are existing claims for that specific damage..."

    We recognized that we should have brought the car back the next day after noticing the dents but we failed to do that. Some one, some where got away with those dents, which I'm sure have been claimed already, and now my wife and I have been charged $500 extra while the car is inspected and fixed...allegedly. Before you drive off the lot, look really good, take pictures if you can and say something....document EVERY SINGLE SCRATCH and dent... or they will get their money without mercy for your pocket!!!

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    Reviewed July 13, 2011

    I has a vehicle loss on 5/29/11, for which my vehicle needed repair. I had got an authorization from the insurance for the repair as well a reservation # for the car rental. My vehicle was repaired at Greenway Auto body and no complaints there. But in their dealership they have a Enterprise office. There I went for the car rental for 3 day use, from the 6/15-6/17 and left a security deposit for $50 dollars, which I was told by a Rebecca, they would go back on my card when I returned the vehicle. Its July 13th so far I haven;t recieved my deposit back. I have called multiple times and state the Insurance didn;t pay the full amount for the rental. I call the insurance and they state paid for all the balance, and that I shouldn;t have a problem getting my money back.

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    Reviewed July 12, 2011

    On 07/07/11 I had a reservation with enterprise car rental for an 11 am appointment. It so happened that the luxery car that they insisted on providing me was not available at the assigned location, so we had to go to another location where the representative left me in the hot car an within 10 minutes brough out a dirty Mercury Grande Marqie. I did not take much about the dirty interior and exterior of the car because it was only intended to be kept for one day; However, when I returned the car some four days later I was told that the car had cigerate smoke in it and that I will be charged $75, I told the rep that the cigerate but that was in the car was the state in which I received it an that and that I would go an have the car vacumed so as not to incure the charges.

    We I return from vacuming the car, I was confronted by a manager pete, would not provide full name, who said that there were external damages to the car. I became very upset naturally but on returning to the office in search for phone charger I was demanded by pete to get our of his office, he called the police and immediately went into my description of African American male (code). After I advise him that I would be filing a complaint with his employers, it is then that he decided to file a damage report with my auto insurance. Got a call from the regional manager who at this point is bias in the situation. I should have used my Iphone to document the car when I picked it up.

    Enterprise have these young and inexperienced employees that are under a particular quota to get rental and insurance out and in doing so leaves the consumer at risk. Be very careful when renting from enterprise, particularly at the takoma park, md location. pete at the office is a rouge manager.

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    Reviewed July 8, 2011

    I made a reservation two days prior to pick up. On the first day, I went to drop off a car, one way from San Angelo, Texas to Odessa, Texas. I made reservations for Friday afternoon. I called back Thursday morning and let them know I needed to move the reservation to opening time for the six of us. The guy said, "Okay, I got it." I told them I wanted a small vehicle to sit six; I did not want a large SUV. Later, a lady called and told me my daughter left her phone in the first car we rented. I asked if I could pick it up. When I picked up the rental in the morning, I gave her my name and she confirmed I did have a reservation.

    I was dropped off at Enterprise on Friday morning with my three kids and still needed to get my brother's two kids. They told me I had a reservation for ten, not close to eight. They also said they had a car available, then turned around and said they didn't. The only available car was in Midland. They tried to get me in the SUV but I had to call the husband. I went out side and as I walked in, a male associate was complaining out loud about my situation and having to go to San Angelo. I got upset and said, "Excuse me. I need a vehicle. Please find me one."

    I told them it was ridiculous, that the people in the San Angelo office was able to find me one at the last minute, without reservation, without any problem. They said again that the only one they had was in Midland, the next town over. I told them, "We'll, how am I supposed to get there if I had no vehicle?" Another associate came in and said, "Well, we are trying to help you, but I see no such claim that you needed a six-passenger and there are no other notes in the system." I told him it was not my fault; they did not do their job and type in the proper notes. I told them straight out that all of this is **.

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    Reviewed July 7, 2011

    Rented a car and the second day i had it i noticed a small crack on the bottom of the driver door window . It came from insice the door

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    Reviewed July 7, 2011

    My son had rented a truck from Enterprise Rental for two days to move some boxes. When he had returned the truck to the lot, he handed the keys to the agent. No final inspection was done, so he left like other times he rented a vehicle. A few days later, he received a damage claim for a repaired bumper that had a supposed dent. This company says that the vehicle is the responsibility of the customer until inspected. So, in summary, renters, beware -- anyone who backs into the vehicle in the lot is your responsibility.

    If someone takes the vehicle for a short spin after you drop it off and damages it, it is your responsibility. If the agent neglects doing the inspection while you are there and damages happen afterwards, it is your responsibility -- even if you drop off the vehicle after hours, you are responsible until the inspection. I hope it's not stolen. Damages can be repaired, without showing you first, whenever they choose to. They can have a vehicle fixed up from normal wear at your expense. It makes you think twice about renting a vehicle.

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    Reviewed July 3, 2011

    I made reservations prior to going home for a wedding. I called and gave my credit card information to lock in my confirmation number JH5F1B. I added my sister's name to pick up the car and asked if I needed anything else to do. Their answer was no. On 24 Jun 2011, when my sister went to pick up the car, she met with Matt and the problem of recharging everything to her credit card. She called me and said she thought I had everything taken care of and I said I do. The car charge was $67.17 and I gave her the confirmation number and I put it on my visa credit card.

    To make a long story short, we got a hassle that my sister had to charge on her credit card $67.17 plus an additional $150 that will be returned if there would be no accident nor damage to car. I tried explaining that I already did that but we are being double billed. Anyway, he said those were the rules and didn't know whom I should speak with. So I told her to do it and when I got there, I would straighten things out.

    I called the 1800 number and they said I wouldn't be charged but she would. My sister was given a white colt that was filthy inside and outside. It smelled bad inside and had about a little over 1/4th gas in it. After I arrived and saw the car, I said this is what they gave us in this condition? She said yes. I looked inside and there were plate and fork under the driver's seat. The car was filthy but I had no time to take it back so I cleaned it and went thru the car wash. After rehearsal, I went by the store and told Matt, whom I had spoken to on the phone, the condition of the car. I said I will have my sister return it but it was not given to us in the best condition. I asked what the $150 was for? To make a long story short, this was the first time I rented from Enterprise and received such sad service. Usually, the car is cleaned inside and out. I was crunched for time so I really didn't have time to argue but I won't do that again. I just wanted a clean car inside and outside without Matt making excuses that it was an older car, therefore was not in the best of shape. My thing is, if this is true, why rent them out?

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    Reviewed July 2, 2011

    Enterprise has deducted $250 off my debit car. State Farm Insurance is going to reverse me on my $250 deduction. Enterprise Rent-A-Car keeps screwing me around about turning the insurance claim into State Farm Insurance. Enterprise deducted $250. That was my last money until payday, which is next Friday. Enterprise Rent-A-Car company needs to quit playing around and get that car fixed right away so I can get my money back right away.

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    Reviewed June 30, 2011

    On June 30, 2011, I went to Enterprise to rent a car on McFadden Ave in Santa Ana, CA. A representative said I needed a major credit card but what I had was a debit card. I said that I have used it at Enterprise before with no problem. Then she said Enterprise is more strict now when using a debit card. She said I would need a bill or something with my name showing that I live there. I said, I would need to go home for that but I don't live far. She started asking me for a lot of references and phone numbers.

    She said she would ask a lot of questions instead of my having to go home. I said I would rather go home because she was asking so many questions. Then she kept on and asked for the name of my employer. I said, I want to go get the bill with my name on it at home and write down my employer and address and she can have it when I get back. Then she said, you don't need to go home and I will just ask you the questions. So, we were going back and forth about it and she didn't want to drop asking the questions.

    She was very loud and I said to her to speak a little lower and I thought it was rude. I didn't appreciate the fact that she wouldn't stop with her questions when I said I wanted to go home to get that additional information. I said I would appreciate to have someone else help me out here instead of her. She wasn't going to do that and the odd thing was all the other representatives were just standing there staring and not once did the manager cut in and try to help me out. The representative was saying "oh...I am through with you and I am going to have someone else walk you out," when I said I didn't want her to help me any longer and wanted to go home for the additional information.

    The manager, who didn't have her name badge on where I could see she was a manager, never tried to step in until the representative was through trying to tell me off. I ended up saying a few not so nice things to them after being antagonized in the office. Then one of her representative friends followed me out to my father's car and was threatening me and pointing her finger and making comments to me from outside his car. Where has good customer service gone these days? A manager doesn't even step in when it is needed and waits until it escalates and the customer has enough to then step in and blame me for the incident. A rep that is supposed to be working for Enterprise was very threatening .

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    Reviewed June 18, 2011

    I've been a loyal Enterprise customer for some years now. At times I have had to rent for a month or so at a time and other times driving hundreds of miles on a weekend. I've never brought in a car with damage. Lately, I've been dropping the car off and using the lock box on Friday because they are not open late enough to accommodate my work schedule. The next day I get a call that there is damage to the car. Someone either opened a car door against it or keyed it aggressively enough to crease the metal. As I was looking at the paperwork they wanted me to sign I noticed it said the car was dropped off damaged. Nothing happened when I was driving the car and I did not notice the damage while I had it or when I dropped it off.

    I asked how did they know the damage occur before it was dropped off. The manager said I was correct, they don't know. I said, “But I'm going to get stuck with all this, right?” He said probably. So I replied that made his agreement with me on when the damage occurred irrelevant. After going round and round on that point all I got was a sorry. Well, sorry, but that just doesn't help. I did not sign anything because he said whether or not I sign the papers they will still be calling. I said fine, have them call me.

    I'm probably going to get stuck with this since I'm just the little people with no attorney on hire, so here is my advice. The "benefit" of dropping off the rental car after hours is a trap. All it does is create a situation where the car is not in a secure lot, and you have no control over it whatsoever. However, Enterprise will still hold you responsible for it until they check it in during the next morning. From 7 pm to 7:30 am is a lot of time for something to happen.

    They will only take responsibility for their cars on their lot that are not "rented" even though the car you dropped off on their lot is no longer in your control, just like their other cars. Beyond that, take advantage of every service they offer, including pickup and drop off because they will most certainly take every advantage of you. Unfortunately, they are the only game in town close enough for me to use on a timely basis, so I'm stuck with them for now. I haven't paid anything yet, but I'm sure I will have to eventually and it will hurt.

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    Reviewed June 18, 2011

    The Taylor street location was suppose to have a minivan available upon request and reservation for my family's vacation, and it was not ready or even at that location. My wife and I had to sit in the office for at least 30 minutes, just sitting there having to listen to our representative talk on the phone to the Broadriver rep. trying to locate where a minivan was even located. My wife and I had to drive our personal vehicle and pick up the minivan from the other enterprise location and when we got there in almost 100 degrees weather, the rep. pretended as if everything was just a-okay.

    First, the minivan was not clean. Secondly, the damn van was on empty fuel. It was a terrible experience and I won't be going back again, and I hope no one else does either. They didn't even offer any type of extension on the time for us to be back -- not even the 15 minutes it took us to drive and pick up the van from their other location! I'll tell you what though, they spent no time taking and swiping our bank card and getting their money. I feel the representatives at both locations were very unprofessional! I think next time my family and I will take our chances on somewhere else!

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    Reviewed June 17, 2011

    I was in an accident in which my automobile was deemed a total loss. I acquired a vehicle from Enterprise Rental Car on April 22, 2011 for an indefinite period of time. I originally signed up for the Damage Waiver insurance and was told by Chad ** if I wanted to cancel, that all I had to do was call the number on my invoice and ask that it be removed. I was not told to ask for him in particular. On the morning of April 27, 2011, I called the number listed on the invoice as directed and asked for the damage waiver to be removed. The woman asked for my name and said okay. I asked if I needed to do anything else and she said no.

    I did not obtain a name as I have used Enterprise numerous times and have never had such an issue with them. I now wish that I had. The day prior to returning the car on June 27, 2011 I went inside the business and told them that I would definitely be returning the car the following morning and also questioned them about my charges as I was coming up being charged approximately $402.00 over. An employee by the name of Jennifer ** said that the damage waiver was never taken off and that was where the additional charges were from. I then proceeded to tell her that I had called on April 27th to have them removed. She asked who I spoke to and I informed her that I should have gotten a name but I failed to do such. She then informed me that there was no record of my call and that the gentleman I had dealt with was not in, but she would forward him the information and he would call me back.

    Well, a week had gone by and I had gotten no phone call so once again I went to the business and inquired about my charges. Shortly after my arrival, Chad ** arrived and Jennifer ** explained to him what had occurred. He pulled me up in the system and proceeded to tell me that there was no record of me calling and asked if I had a name. I once again informed them that I did not, but it was a woman. He proceeded to tell me that at that time they had no women working at their location.

    I became even more irritated and informed him that yes you did as him, the other gentleman to his left and Jennifer ** were in the office helping other customers when I picked up the car on April 22nd. He said, "Oh," and then proceeded to ask Jennifer ** if she had remembered me calling at which point she replied, "This has never happened to me before. I mean I don't think so." Mr. ** then proceeded to tell me that he had called on May 16th and left a message inquiring about the insurance and payment. He did leave a message, but at no time did he mention either of those things, only if I knew when I would be returning car as it had been some time.

    I returned his call and left a message saying that I was planning on the 23rd. However, dealings with the dealership hit a bump and I had to wait and return the vehicle on the 28th. He informed me he was not trying to argue with me and that he would refund me $194.90 from the time he called on the 16th to the 28th. I informed him I’m not trying to argue, but I don't understand why I have to lose approximately $305.00 due to their representative not putting it in the computer that I called asking for the damage waiver to be removed. He proceeded to give me the name of some manager above him by the name of Tony **. He didn't tell me if General, Regional or what.

    I called Mr. ** and left a message about what had occurred requesting to be refunded from April 28 - May 15. He left me a message saying that he had checked and the only woman that they had was in a training class all day and then asked if I had called the right number. Once again it was not their fault but mine! I called him back and it went to voicemail at which point I let him know that the number listed on their invoice is what was called and that I have documentation of such. Secondly, that I did not appreciate the gross lack of customer service in this matter at hand nor being treated as a liar trying to scam the company out of money.

    As of today, June 17, 2011 this matter has not yet been resolved. I will not stop pursuing this matter until I receive the refund that is due back to me as I did my part and called them. Now they need to do theirs and reimburse me the funds due to me. This woman who answered the phone was obviously a newly hired employee so to think that maybe she was with another customer or just simply forgot to put my request in database so the charges would stop is not impossible! I will never use this agency again and you better believe I will tell everyone and anyone about their shady accounting practices and lack to admit when they did something wrong and "right" the customer. Ridiculous, the lack of guest service and more importantly concern and value in which they miserably failed to apply to my matter.

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    Reviewed June 7, 2011

    I rented a car, they gave me a truck, fine for a few days. They railroaded me into insurance I told them I did not want. I called for extension and paid. I got a phone call stating I was going to be arrested for theft. I ignored this crazy worker and asked for a manager. I extended again and paid. The crazy worker called the police and told them I stole the car and did not pay and did not respond to their calls. Also, they added an additional $976 for insurance. Their contracts are misleading and lure the consumer in to their net of cheap rental and then hide the true fees.

    Their contract says $881 for monthly rental. The charge was written to appear criminal. I went to court and agreed to pay just to get on with my life. I could not believe that someone can accuse you of theft while you are paying at the same time. I need a lawyer to sue them. I am not a thief. I rented, I paid, I called and I extended. But when he told me he was charging my credit card with an additional $900, I paid $686 and I canceled my card. Who pays $1669 for a car in one month?

    Last year 2010, this same place charged me twice causing problems with my credit card and checking account. Please, they are taking people to court for theft for money? What is the definition of a thief? The contract became a dispute over the balance not theft. How can they do this?

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    Reviewed June 1, 2011

    I rented a car from Enterprise on April 28th in Reno, NV and returned it on May 8 to Reno, NV. While checking in, my bill was almost $650.00. The man checking me in was not helpful. When I made the reservation, the estimated cost was a little over $400. I was told that insurance was $25.00 a day. I was billed for $35.98 per day. I was charged $58.21 "re-coup" fee for returning the car to the exact place I picked it up from. At the time of booking the car, I was asked where I was going to be taking the car. I told him I’ll pick it up in Reno, into and around California, and back to Reno. The agent told me my 2 weekends would be $10 each. When I returned the car, I was told that was only if I had stayed local. I have rented from Enterprise before with no problems. This time, I was totally lied to.

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    Reviewed May 25, 2011

    On May 2, 2011 at approximately 5:00 p.m., I rented a vehicle for a one-way trip from Enterprise in Fort Wayne, IN going to Columbus, NE. In doing so, I was told that there was a minimum of two days charge and that the vehicle had to be a compact type even though I requested a full size or SUV. I also had to pay a $100.00 as security deposit. The cost for the rental was $220.00. The agent asked me how far the drive would be and what States I would travel through. I told him that it was 700 miles going through Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska. We then looked over a well-used Ford Focus which had minor scratches and numerous glass defects in the window glass. The front driver's seat had a small tear and the rear seat had stain spots. After noting the damage, I was informed that the gas tank was full though it actually was less than 1/4 and that I could return the vehicle with the same amount of fuel.

    As I began the drive to Nebraska, I immediately noticed that the Ford Focus didn't have Cruise Control and that it required me to push the gas pedal for 700 miles to constantly monitor the vehicle's speed which takes your vision off of the road, which is unsafe. I understand that on a one-way vehicle, the rental locations feel the need to dump whatever vehicle they would like to get rid off but without cruise control, it made the entire trip miserable.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2011

    The insurance company arranged a rental from Enterprise auto rental. My wife picked up the car and did a walk around with the store supervisor. No damage was seen or obvious. She was told at the time of rental that they would drop her off at the dealership where our car was being repaired.

    3 days later, my daughter returned the car before closing time and was told they had sent all the drivers home for the day and told my daughter they would pick up the rental the next day. We received a call that there was damage to the car when they picked it up.

    Then we were told that we are responsible for the car. I believe that once they refused to return the car and told us to leave the car in the dealer's parking lot that they are responsible for any damage. The damage they told us was underneath the car, something that you would not see on a walk around. This is not the first time this rental agency has tried something with us.

    Renters beware do not rent from this company! They also provided this car with no gas in it.

    We are being blamed for the damage to this vehicle that was not caused by us. My daughter drove this vehicle less than twenty miles; 1 trip to and from work (2.0 miles one way) and to return the vehicle to the rental agency (1.8 miles one way) and after refusing to return the car which is another 6 miles to the dealership.

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    Reviewed May 20, 2011

    I rented a vehicle on 5/7/11. I returned the vehicle on 5/13/11. At the time of return, I paid the amount of $359.69 with my credit card. I checked my credit card balance on May 17th. The $359.69 payment has been paid in full. I called my credit card company because there was a $200.00 discrepancy. I was in formed by the credit card company that there is a $200.00 charge pending from Enterprise that was submitted on 5/12/11 (the day before I returned and paid for my rental). I was told that Enterprise had to release that amount before it would be restored to my credit card.

    So, I called the office where I rented the vehicle at. I asked for a manager. A guy named Andrew told me that he is who I need to speak to. I explained the situation and he could not explain to me why I was charged the day before I returned the car and did not know why the charge was still pending on my credit card and that there is nothing he can do about it. So, I asked him for a corporate number and he told me to call 1-800RentACar. I called this number and was given the run around for about 20 minutes before I actually got someone in escalations.

    She informed me that I would have to deal with the local office where I rented the vehicle. She then asked me to hold while she called to speak to someone in that office. She returned to the line about 5 to 7 minutes later and said she spoke to the manager of the location where I rented the vehicle from and was told that they have sent the information to release the hold to my credit card company. As of today (5/19/2011), there is still a pending charge of $200.00 from Enterprise on my credit card.

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    Reviewed May 13, 2011

    I have rented with Enterprise many times. Recently, I made a reservation with my Enterprise in West Plains, Mo. I was somewhat surprised to find that since I was paying with a debit card, I would also have to provide two current bills. She informed me it was a new policy and said that since I did not know she would waive the requirement this time. Not one wanting to break rules and because I happened to have two current bills with me, I let her make a copy of them.

    I then made another reservation with the Enterprise in West Plains, Mo about a month later. They called after 5 p.m. and left me a message that said that they could not provide me a rental car that I had reserved for the next day because they were sold out. Also, on the message they said it was after hours and I would not be able to call them back. So, I called the National Enterprise Phone Number and they told me that they could not help me and that I would need to call Enterprise in West Plains, Mo in the morning.

    When I called, I could tell they were not very happy that I was complaining that they did not have any car for me even though I had a reservation. After some time they finally agreed to get a car from another location but it would take a couple of hours. I said that would be fine.

    When I arrived at the Enterprise Rental in West Plains, Mo, I was prepared to give them a copy of two bills similar to the ones I had given them the last time. However, this time they were not sufficient because they were not open account type bills. I was not happy, but I left to get bills that were of an open account nature. When I had gotten the bills, I called to tell them I was on the way. I told them what I had and then she told me that they would not be sufficient and gave told me I need two of the following a phone bill, water bill, or an electric bill. Being of a old traditional nature, those bills are all in my husband's name only and since I was the only one going, I could not use them because my name was not specifically on the bill. I told her I would have to call her back. I then had to see if I could locate another facility that would rent me a car. I did find one. When I called her back, she was very upset when I told her that she would need to cancel my reservation because I had found another rental option. She then complained that she had went to a lot of trouble to retrieve me a car from the other Enterprise location.

    I firmly believe that they were unhappy with me because I complained to the main office and it caused them problems.

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    Reviewed May 10, 2011

    AAA Insurance sent us to Enterprise. The rental car company, Enterprise, refused to let us use the local office. Instead, they sent us across town. The salesman, John, was the most unprofessional person I've ever dealt with at Enterprise. After the rental, he continues to call to "check" on the rental. The person who rented the car is my fiance, and she is concerned about this guy continuing to call and harass her.

    Enterprise assistant manager Erin did nothing. This Enterprise office is completely out of control using the rental records to harass women. A complaint was filed with the Ventura County District Attorney's office.

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    Reviewed May 4, 2011

    I have been a valued customer renting from Enterprise, consistently, for the past year plus, since August 2009. On 5-2-2011, I was stunned, caught off guard, inconvenienced, unaware, blind, unfairly treated and much more. The previous week on 4-28-2011, I was contacted by Natalie, one of the branch employees by telephone, asking that I update my deposit. I agree and went into a location closer to where I was at the time. While on the phone with Natalie, she stated that there has been some slight changes as far as deposits go, and she went over them with me. Natalie stated that branches would no longer be accepting cash and that all customers must at all times remain $200 above there rental agreement.

    I understood and proceeded to comply to the new rule. On 5-2-11, all hell broke loose. I came into the branch where my original contract was started way back in 7-2010, also where Natalie and Richard are now employees, as they were not there originally, to bring yet another deposit. Richard unusually asked for my key so that he could check the mileage on the vehicle. I said sure. When he returned the car key, it was no longer on my key chain. Now usually they just take my payment and give me a receipt and I am on my way. When he came back he asked how much would I be putting down. I said $200 as I discussed just 4 days ago with Natalie. He said cool, as he took the payment he shocked me and said, "Oh, yeah, Ms. **, unfortunately we are going to have to pull you out of the vehicle because of our policy." I was stunned. I asked him, “What are you talking about?”

    He says because I don't live in that city, which they new for the past several months, that I could no longer rent from that location. My response was seriously, why didn't you all tell me this before I came in this morning, on a work day, with a bunch of things on my agenda that required me to have a vehicle. This is an immoral, inconsiderate thing of you all to do. I then turned to Natalie and asked her why when she called me on Thursday, 4-28-11, did she not let me know about this. She said, "I truly apologize.” At that point an apology was totally unacceptable. I asked them to please get an authority on the phone, someone who could possibly help us in this situation, the person was not available. So I asked, “Are you all going to just leave me stranded and stuck with all these things that I have to do today and not have any consideration for it? They both just kept saying sorry, but there is nothing they were willing, or could do. Until now no authority above them has contacted me being as though I have left messages as well as emails were sent from the regional office on my behalf.

    Economically, I lost out of money from my business, being that I run a daycare. I had to pay for an appointment that I had scheduled but missed due to this situation. I had to pay for a ride to pick up my child from her school. Also because I drop off and pick up some of the kids that attend my daycare, I had ** trying to get them home. I had to stop business for this whole week until I am able to get transportation. I have to home school my child because I am unable to take her to school, being that I am a single parent. I feel so bad and terrible, words can't even explain. For them to treat not only a customer, but someone who they have been doing business with for so long like this is very unacceptable. This type of behavior display the true definition of bad customer service.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2011

    I rented a car at Enterprise Rental Car, through Hotwire at Miami International Airport. The rental was prepaid through Hotwire. When I picked up the car, I examined the car with an Enterprise agent. We both saw only one small damaged spot on the care and this was noted and initialed on the rental agreement.

    The car experienced no damage of any kind during the duration of my three-day rental.

    I dropped the car off at Enterprise at the end of the rental period. Since it was 4:30 am, no Enterprise personnel were on duty yet and I had to use the key drop. The car was undamaged when I left it at Enterprise.

    Two days after I returned the car, a credit card charge of $500 was made to my account by Enterprise.

    After several calls to Enterprise a manager tells me that the charge was for the damage to the vehicle. I tell him there was no damage when I left the car. He cannot produce any documentation of the damage but says my concern will be forwarded to the "loss department " at Enterprise. He explains an "investigation" will be conducted of the last 12 rentals of this vehicle to establish whether the damage was done prior to my rental.

    I don't believe this is a simple mistake. My circumstances make it difficult for me to refute this charge and Enterprise knows that. I've notified my credit card company who will refute the charge on my behalf.

    What else can I do to protect myself from Enterprise who is simply deciding on its own to charge me this fee? Whether it's corporate incompetence or malfeasance, I feel like I'm in a vulnerable position with this issue.

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    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2011

    I left the Wayne, PA Enterprise store in shock. I couldn't believe I had just experienced what I had. In fact, after leaving Enterprise in Wayne, PA, I felt the need to immediately change the passwords to my online bill payment accounts.

    I recently reserved a car at the Wayne, PA Enterprise location. I have rented from this location before and had never had a significant problem, perhaps the occasional "excessive rounding up" of gasoline charges or the rental period, itself, but nothing overly significant. I was unable to use my credit card (due to reasons that are completely unrelated to credit worthiness and credit availability) and asked if I could put the charges on my debit card. I was told that would be no problem if I provided either a copy of a pay stub and a bill or copies of two bills. Had I known the information would be used for some sort of assessment of credit risk, I would never have provided the information. What kind of car rental firm looks at pay stubs and bills to assess risk associated with payment via debit card? Whose genius idea was this and what kind of people are they used to dealing with? Please understand, by the way, that I have good credit, a decent career with a healthy income and ample savings (albeit not as ample as it was a few years ago). My bills are paid on time. In fact, I think I could have charged the car, itself, to my debit card (spending limit notwithstanding). How much does a Kia cost, anyway?

    The Enterprise clerk, Catherine **, told me I could borrow her computer to pull up copies of bills. It seemed harmless enough and I assumed they just needed to confirm my home address, so I did so. She left me alone at her computer and did other work. When I pulled up my utility bill, I noticed that my utility bill e-pay had not been processed when due, a week and a half earlier, because the account number of the credit card it was automatically billed to had changed. Since I was logged in and had my card handy, I electronically paid it. A few moments later, I showed the two accounts to the Enterprise woman and mentioned that I had borrowed her computer to pay the utility account. She told me they wouldn't rent to me because the utility account had been past due. Really?

    I argued with the woman briefly, but politely, and attempted to explain that she was mistaken. I explained that the goal of my argument was not to "convince her" to "allow me to be a customer" because I have no interest in renting from them; instead, I am making sure she has no excuse or defense whatsoever when I complain to her employer. I told her that if I had known she was looking for a zero balance, I could have easily pulled up one of a half dozen other bills instead. I explained to her that the account was not past due, the longest it was ever past due was 10 days (due solely to a change in a credit card number). She wouldn't even know anything was paid after a due date at all if I hadn't mentioned it to her. Nowhere on the online account summary did it even suggest anything was past due (and this was the first I had seen of it). I told her that it's extremely offensive to suggest that I somehow do not have an acceptable credit to use a debit card to rent a car at Enterprise.

    Then, without my permission, she called the manager of the auto shop where my car was to be repaired (I had mentioned the shop earlier in casual conversation). She asked them if I can pick up my car and told them I "didn't have everything I needed to rent a car". I was incredulous! My god, do you allow employees to make such phone calls without customer authorization? I did not need to pick up my car from the shop and did not give her permission to make that call. In fact, I did nothing that could have led her to believe that I had given her permission to make that call. She offered and didn't wait for a response from me before she had started dialing (and had continued dialing even after I had told her not to). Needless to say, I rented a car from a competitor in about 5 minutes with no problem whatsoever. In fact, they were extremely professional and courteous and I got a better rate!

    So, my major complaints (in no particular order, though I find #3 to be the worst offense):

    1) The use of bills and pay stubs for anything at all (particularly without safeguards in place to protect against identity theft and other misuse - what if a key logging software had been on the computer and/or I had saved payment info and passwords to the accounts?).

    2) Any kind of credit review without prior notification and authorization.

    3) The phone call to another firm regarding a customer (or potential customer) without the customer's authorization; and of course,

    4) Performing a credit review poorly and inconsistently (it seems that they need to **-proof that process).

    When I suggest that their "credit analysis" method is foolish, I am speaking with a considerable level of expertise (in credit analysis, that is, not in being foolish. Though I suppose some could argue).

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    Reviewed Feb. 10, 2011

    Does anyone remember the “Seinfeld” episode where the rental place has no cars even though Jerry reserved one? The punch line was basically this, "You do a good job taking a reservation, but you don't hold the reservation.” My situation exactly. We had a reservation for almost two weeks for a vehicle. Having had spotty service with them in the past, I drove by the night before to see if they had cars on the lot. They didn't. So I called the morning of the reservation at 8. I spoke with Paul (who I later found out was the manager) and told him I was confirming the reservation for 9. The first thing he said was, "Well, it's 8 now.” He was immediately sarcastic and sounded annoyed that I was calling that early. He confirmed they had no cars, but he was doing his best to find one and asked if I could delay picking up until 10. I said no, we needed the vehicle for business reasons and needed it at 9. He said he would make a call and he’d call me back in 15 minutes. He failed to keep that commitment as well. At 8:45, I called and got through to him again and asked why he didn't call me back. He said he was busy. But he had some great news for me. He had found a car! The not so great news was that they were busy putting a door handle on the car and it would be ready by 10. Needless to say, I canceled the reservation and went right down the street to Avis to get a rental. But wait, there's more.

    I contacted their national customer service department to complain and asked for the names of the local branch manager, his boss, and then his boss. The only name they would give me was Paul as the branch manager, no other names would be given for "security" reasons. What? I asked how is that dangerous to know who the managers were, but they would not give the information out. Oh, well, I did my own digging and found out who the national management team is (thanks Consumerist) and they will be getting my complaint. Now it will go from the top down. I've used this branch for both business (my wife and I are in the insurance industry) and for personal reasons. Needless to say, that won't happen again. I was really amazed at the sarcastic, curt, and rude manager there named Paul. He was not able to rent from Enterprise, but Avis was more than happy to take my business.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2011

    The rental agreement was prepared in error. I called my State Farm agent to determine whether I needed to purchase the Enterprise Collision Damage Waiver (CDW). State Farm said that any damages to the Enterprise car would be covered by State Farm. Thus, I told Rachel **, who listened to my State Farm conversation, that I did not need/want the CDW option. She (intentionally or unintentionally) erroneously prepared the rental agreement to include the CDW charge ($12.99/day). And I, hurriedly, initialed all the initial lines she quickly circled. Unfortunately, presuming the agreement was properly completed by her and that it was safe for me to initial, I inadvertently initialed the CDW line. I learned this when I turned the car in on 12-16-10.

    An Enterprise employee (name unknown, young white male) told me that I owed $272.79 for the CDW. I told him about my having called State Farm regarding the CDW. I told him that I did not request the CDW coverage, I did not owe it, and I did not plan to pay it, i.e., because of Rachel's erroneous inclusion of the CDW. He admitted that the computer record of Rachel's notes indicated I had called State Farm regarding whether the CDW was needed. Despite the Enterprise agreement error, he still charged my credit card, without my authorization and despite my repeated protests. When I checked the car in, I was not given a receipt to sign, authorizing the charge, nor as I recall, did I receive a copy of the agreement.

    On 1-24-11, I called Ryan ** and requested his reconsideration of my case. And I asked for a refund, i.e., to make me whole. He offered a free weekend of rental car usage. But I told him I wanted a $272.79 credit card refund/credit. He said he would investigate further and call me back. It has been 9 days as of this date, and he has not called me back. I interpret his non-response to mean that he has no intention of voluntarily issuing a refund to my credit card account. If you have an email address you would be willing to send to me, I can email a letter to you which includes more details than I have set forth here.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2011

    I had a car rental last month (December 10). They gave me a car with expired registration, in which I wasn't notified. So, the car got a ticket for expired tag when it was parked in front of my house. I called them and told them that I'm not responsible, because they shouldn't give a car with expired tag to people in the first place. And then, I received a letter from corporate that they will charge me for $10. I called them (800-935-0112) and complained. Someone told me that a supervisor will contact me. After 10 days, no one called me back and they charged my credit card. Also, I have letter from Laguna Beach Police that I owe them $77. So, is it right for them to give people car with expired registration without telling them, and then have people pay for it? Please have someone contact me. I want to pursue this. You can call me or email me.

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    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2011

    Yesterday 1/10/2011, I was to receive a reserved rental from Enterprise. The rental pick-up personnel came to get me from Bob Massie Toyota Body Shop. The rental could not make it up the hill at first. After three tries, he finally made it up to the entrance. This I found later to be the car that was to be rented to me when we arrived at the Enterprise in North Versailles, Pa. I politely told Catherine **, Branch Rental Manager, that I did not want that vehicle because it could not make up a 5-degree sloped hill with less then an inch of snow on it and my vehicle made it up there just fine. She recommended a Kia that pulled up moments after the conversation.

    Upon inspection of the vehicle I was initially supposed to rent, I found there were absolutely no treads on the front wheel drive, front tires of the vehicle. While I observed this, the Kia was parked in a spot with less than a inch of snow in it on a 2-degree slope within the parking lot of Enterprise North Versailles. The car tires were spinning in place when she tried to move it. She later came and put cardboard under the tires and the car broke free. Upon inspection of the car (Kia), I noticed there were minimal treads on the front tires of the front wheel drive of the Kia. I reminded her of the snowstorm approaching Pittsburgh, PA, and asked her if they were trying to kill people. She laughed as if it was a joke. This was my only means of transportation and therefore had to settle for a vehicle that I know is set up for disaster. The storm is supposed to hit today, 1/11/2011.

    No physical damage has resulted. However, today I risk my life to get to and from work and school 10-20 miles away from my house. I am very afraid and nervous. However, calling off is not an option in the construction field, so today and for the next four to five days, I risk my life so they can save and make a couple of dollars.

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2011

    Having hired a car from Enterprise over the Christmas period in 2009, my wife and I returned home to the UK in January 2010. In July 2010, my credit card was charged $71 by Enterprise. My nephew, who lives in LA, checked with Enterprise and the charge was for a parking violation in May 2010. Obviously, we were not there then and the Citations Office of Enterprise said that I would be refunded. Nothing happened.

    My nephew got in touch with Enterprise again and I received a $10 refund, their admin charge. In early October, I rang the Citations Department in the U.S. from the U.K. and was assured that I would get the refund for the parking violation. It is now January 2011 and still nothing has happened. The credit card company cannot help as the dispute is now out of time for them to investigate.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2011

    My car hit a pothole on October 2010 and had to be taken in for estimates and repairs by the insurance company. They sent me to Enterprise for a rental car. Enterprise claims that their pick up service does not exist during rush hours in certain locations. I had to find someone from the body shop to drive me to their location, which for a single woman in downtown DC isn't the safest thing to do. While it was so close to Enterprise's close of business hour, I also couldn't afford to wait for a cab.

    When I arrived at Enterprise, the sales person that was at the counter immediately asked me for my license, credit card, and my insurance information. She also asked for the amount of my deductible. The next thing I knew, she asked me to sign and initial the form and rushed me outside of the building to see the car. As I went outside to review the car with another sales person, she asked me to look around the car and asked me to sign the form and was quickly wanting to leave.

    Days later, when I returned the car at a different location, they found scratches on the roof of the car. They then charged my credit card for the deductible without my knowledge and without my consent. I did not know about the charge until days later when I was speaking with one of their damage team and they informed me that I was in fact charged. I then called the credit card company to stop payment because I don't believe any company should have the right to put any charge onto my account without my knowledge. In addition, Enterprise did not return any paperwork when I left the branch. They did not even offered the signed contract that they were suppose to send me home with. Their sales persons were rude and somewhat unreasonable. I explained to them that while I had the car in my possession, it was mostly parked in a garage and I can't imagine things would fall onto it since the garage was attached to the house that I live in.

    Meanwhile, Enterprise went ahead and filed a claim with my insurance company wanting me and my insurance to pay for the damage. The insurance company did their investigation and found that I am 0% liable for the damage and told me that I should stop payment on that credit card charge. They also informed me that if Enterprise were to try to collect, the insurance company will be sending a team to defend their decisions.

    Fast forward to three months, now we are in January 2011, I am still dealing with issues regarding the charges. My credit card company is trying not to stop the payment of that $500 that was originally paid to Enterprise and since my insurance company found me 0% liable for the damage, I don't understand how I would have proof of payment to Enterprise.

    After my experience, I was told that Enterprise often file claims for cars that were parked in their lot and keys returned in the drop box. I understand that someone needs to pay for the damage, however, with the whole string of poor customer service and errors that they have made, it is just unreasonable to try to pin the fault on someone else.

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    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2011

    I have a disability that I can't drive a car so on Dec 24, I hire a professional driver to drive me. So I went to Enterprise to rent one and they turned me down because I don't have a license. I am disabled; they didn't care. Is that legal and is it right?

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2010

    I have been a loyal customer and member for many years. I never had a problem until now! I rented a vehicle for a week with their insurance (even though I gave a copy of my own insurance) and need vehicle for an additional week. I called Enterprise and asked if I had to go into the office to renew contract and advise them I no longer needed additional coverage for the 2nd week. She stated, "okay" and that I did not have to go into the office, that she would take care of it on the computer. When I went in to advise them I needed car for an additional day to go to cemetery (I had just lost my father), she advised me she needed $54.47. I asked what happened to my $650-700.00 deposit? Would this not cover this? She did not answer me, but rolled her eyes. She then told me either take the car or get your father's military flag, etc. off the car (in the trunk).

    I felt horrible and began to cry. She just smirked and rolled her eyes. She then gave me an ultimatum to get the stuff out of the trunk; lose it or rent the car! I then gave her $55.00 cash for the car. I would have reported her to Glenda, but I found out they are really good friends and would not help. The other workers felt really bad as to the way I was being treated but were afraid of being fired by them. I told them not to worry, I didn't want them to lose their jobs. The other workers apologized for her actions as they knew me as a regular customer. There has been other incidents where cars are not there after making reservations online. I have had to go to other locations to pick up. Another time, the car did not have up-to-date registration tags. Cars with no gas upon pickup. This is norm for this company. If I did have a vehicle previously for my parents' doctor's appointments or to make arrangements for their burial, I would not have used this company!

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2010

    My daughter rented a car from Enterprise. She returned the car in the same condition she rented it. When she returned it, she was never given any return paperwork to sign, no receipts of any kind. About a month later, out of the blue, she received a bill stating she owed for damages - a cracked wheel. I think they are trying to take advantage of her.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2010

    I reserved a car on the Internet on 12/24/10 for same day pick-up. The website said that there were cars available. I was quoted a fee of $19.99/day. When I arrived at the office 30 minutes before my scheduled pick-up, I was told they didn't have any cars available, but they were expecting returns so we should "call back in an hour". We returned to the office 1-1/2 hours later and were told that they still did not have a car, but that they were closing in a little while, so they would try to arrange for a car from one of their other locations. They finally told us that there was a car available in their office about 15 minutes from there. They offered a ride, but we choose to follow in our own car. When we got to the location of the other car, the lot was locked and there was no one there to open the gate. Alan then said that we could follow him to yet another location and pick up a car from there. We drove another 20 minutes and finally were able to get a vehicle.

    When it came time to return the vehicle, we noticed an additional charge of $3.99/day. When we questioned it, we were told that it was a mandatory company charge, which we had reviewed when we signed the contract. In all the confusion of picking up the car, I guess when I signed an agreement to taxes and fees, I did not ask what the fees would be. My complaint is not so much with the service that Alan provided, but rather with the slightly deceptive policies of Enterprise's website. First they stated that there were vehicles available for same day rental which was not entirely true, at least not at that location. Second, they quoted a rate of $19.99/day which neglected to factor in the mandatory $3.99/day roadside assistance charge.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2010

    I rented a car from them the ending week/week end holiday of thanksgiving. I returned the car and found that my daughter hadn't gotten a few things out of the trunk, I called and spoke with Manager of branch once I realized it not even an hour or so later. Ask them, did they see my belongings and they confirmed yes.

    I became ill shortly after we spoke for about a week. Once I got better, I went to retrieve my items from Enterprise. The manager comes back in after he couldn't find it and very casually says one of his service men who cleans the cars out threw my belongings away, and that enterprise wasn't responsible but he would speak with the owner of the car cleaning service.

    I was beside myself because not only have I attempted to reach out and communicate to see what would be done. But no one has re-turned my call for almost 2 weeks. Rude and unprofessional. Not only was the branch unaccommodating once I returned the car by not allowing one of there representatives to drop me at a near location other than my house, that they said was too far out of the way, but had allowed a serviceman to throw my things away by not notifying. I am really disappointed in this behavior and can't believe how unprofessional the manger has been by not even reaching out to settle this matter. I had almost 300 dollars worth of belongings thrown away. Jacket, Boots, a phone charger.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2010

    On 11/26, I rented a car from Enterprise in the Milford Ct. location, drove to PA and dropped it off at the Philadelphia international airport on 11/28. The car was returned in the identical condition. I was the only person who drove the car and no damage whatsoever was caused to this car. They have charged $463 to my American Express for a tiny ding on the edge of the driver side door. I have a strong sense that this is practice to generate additional revenue. I truly feel that the Enterprise organization is not being ethical and is exploiting customers by running this scam.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2010

    A truck threw up a rock and cracked the windshield of the car I was renting. When I exchanged it, Enterprise put a $250 hold on my credit card pending insurance clearance. My company, USAA, paid the claim within a month and told Enterprise I was covered within a week. But as of now, two and a half months later, Enterprise is still holding my $250! I have called and written numerous times with no result. I have never had a car company hold any money against my insurance claim going through, but this amount is actually almost twice the cost of the repair!

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2010

    On Wednesday, October 27th at 4:10pm, my clean driving record was tarnished. Within one week I had two accidents, both on a Wednesday, same road FM1960W, less than a mile apart. The first a hit and run, rear-ended at a stop light; the second an uninsured driver without a license ran a stop light. Each time, my 4-year-old granddaughter was with me. A TV commercial brought me to Service King in Spring, TX. My adjuster was Joe **, and he gave me an estimate of the repairs.

    After being with him, I felt comfortable and confident that I would receive good service. Next, I went to the Enterprise counter the raison d’etre for this letter. Nick ** gave me the rates. Armed with all the information, my AAA Representative, Christine ** suggested I waited to hear from the other driver's insurance company. November 7th arrives and I received a call from a Nationwide Representative, Latasha **. She indicated Nationwide would cover the repairs and rental car charges. She agreed that Service King would be acceptable to do the repairs and to use Enterprise for rental car service. I was also told a refundable $50 deposit was required. Note: To date my $50 deposit has not been returned.

    I made an appointment at Service King for November 18th. James ** was my Service Adviser. He told me I was part of the Blue Ribbon Service program and this was a BRRS facility. We discussed the program. (Subsequently, I received a letter from John **, Nationwide Claims Manager. “We pre-screen, pre-qualify and endorse each BRRS facility.” This was part of the letter.) James introduced me to Bobby at the Enterprise counter. He asked for a $100 deposit. I immediately told him, per the Nationwide representative, the refundable deposit was $50. He changed and accepted my debit card for the $50 charge. I guess I should have been on guard, but he was very personable as he directed me to sign here, initial there, etc., as I told him I was a novice to this experience.

    Question: If Enterprise has a location at a BRRS facility, is Enterprise covered under this endorsement? It's November 30th and I was happy, James called and my car was ready. James met me at the door and I signed the necessary papers and went to the Enterprise counter to return the rental car, the mileage and fuel was checked (I returned it full). I asked about the refundable $50 deposit and was told it would be returned shortly. The following day my bank account had a charge of $338.79. This is when the nightmare began. It's December 1st, I had paid all of my bills and this unexpected charge caused major overdrafts. I am 72 years old, retired and living on a fixed income, this could easily bankrupt me. After talking with Bobby at Enterprise, I realized I had been hustled. The old insurance scam was alive and well.

    During our discussion he was arrogant, rude and condescending. I was never told by anyone I already had sufficient insurance to cover the rental car, not my AAA representative, nor the Nationwide representative, and of course not Bobby. Also, I was not told initially for charges not covered by the insurance company. I was advised this is standard operating procedure for Enterprise, being the worst offender followed by Thrifty, and others in the industry. Websites are dedicated to similar complaints about Enterprise. Question: Is this the corporate culture of Enterprise? Does a code of ethics even exist for its employees? Erac.com, the corporate website, addresses Enterprise’s culture in glowing terms, personal honesty and integrity are the foundation of our success. Our brands are the most valuable thing we own and Customer Service is our way of life. Are these just empty words?

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2010

    That I was pressured to insure vehicle with him when I used a credit that covered insurance already. When I declined he stated that if he chose to he would not rent a car to me he then asked me for my car insurance he took another credit card and withheld $5000.00 very rude and unprofessional. That I had to freeze a card at $5000.00 and I was dismayed and nervous. I was on an I am very ill and middle aged I didn't need the animosity I was in P.R. on personal business.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2010

    We have gotten a rental truck due to an accident and was told the amount over what Geico would pay was $$10.75. We were not told that there was another $6 a day tax to the truck. This is so uncalled for. To me, they should not charge you taxes on a daily basis.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2010

    I am a professional and don't deserve to be treated like an ** as well as taken advantaged of because I am a woman. I rented a car because of an accident that totaled my car. I rented the car, according to my receipt from 11/15/2010-11/30/2010. The person that picked me up from my residence was Jesus (last name unknown) who also helped me check the car out. He picked me up in the Toyota Corolla and rented the Toyota Corolla to me. I didn't want to pay extra as I am unemployed, so he assured me that the Corolla was within the amount allowed for the GEICO policy that I had which was $25.00/day. GEICO had authorized extension to Nov. 30th as opposed to the initial Nov. 16th that they roped me into signing! When they notified me of the $100 deposit; I understood that to be refunded back to me unless they needed to use it, which I was not assured that, is what would happen.

    They also charged an additional $69.00 claiming to GEICO that I took out the additional $16/day for extra insurance, which GEICO doesn't cover. I will definitely not take that kind of insurance out again, if this should happen again. The main point is. When my claims adjuster called Enterprise to find out about reimbursing me back the money I had not expected to pay out, they gave 2 reasons: 1) That I took out the $16/day insurance (extra). I acknowledged that! 2) The other was that I specifically requested a medium size car. Which I did not and is a lie! Why would a company I thought to be reputable deliberately lie! Please do something about their sneakiness and shyster ways.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2010

    I rented a car from Dan of Enterprise in Palmdale. He did 10 different transactions on my card (on his own) and have debit money out of my account 7 different times in three months and did a debit 4 times in one day, two months after it was supposed to be cleared out. I called him and he hung up and blamed it on GM. This manger has lied to me countless times and take the money out and has to put it back in.

    His manger Tom ** never returned a phone call and I have had to close my bank account and reopen so they don't keep taking money out of my account and I don't have to deal with this issue anymore. In one day, this company and manger debited $100.00, $100.00, $100.00, and $156.00 all-in-a-roll in one day without myself knowing or any kind of notice. After I noticed it, They called and said they will refund some of my money.

    At headquarters, they have nothing to say about it and the one lady can't understand why he keeps doing this to my debit card. But can't do anything about it but says to talk to his boss Tom **, who won't take or answer a call. This has become a real nightmare.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2010

    Car rental through my insurance company for two weeks while my car was being repair. Went and turned in rental on 11/19/10 and salesperson stated everything was fine. Got a letter in the mail that car was turned in on 11/20/2010 and there was roof damage. We had no damage when the car was turned in.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2010

    I reserved an intermediate car for Friday, Nov 26th. The Chevy Cobalt they assigned to me had a nail on the tire. I found it when inspecting for damage prior to signing the contract. Upon calling the attention of staff, they decided to switch the car. It took them 45 mins to switch the car to a Ford Focus. I got the car at 11:45am. The Ford Focus did not have any fuel in the tank and they told me to go an fill the tank before leaving for the trip. I get delayed even more. Car was due to be returned at 11.45 am on Monday Nov 29th. Upon returning the the car 11.50 am, the manager Abel tells me that I am one hour late. His staff did not note in the system that I got the car 45 mins late on Friday due to a nail being found in the tire of the car. I was very upset at the inconvenience they put me through and the lack of professionalism. When I complained with a loud voice that they delayed me at pick up, Julie was laughing and mocking my accent. The staff at this location does not care about customer loyalty and are possibly prejudiced against certain cultures or people. They run the company like a bunch of cowboys.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2010

    I rented a car with Enterprise. There was no problem when I picked up the car. The managers, Noah and David, were very nice. When I brought the car back on Saturday morning, I called the office to advise them that I will be there at 12:00 AM, then I called 5 minutes before to arrive at this office. Finally, when I arrived, it was 12:10 AM. The woman, AJ, was not very kind, and did not even said hello, and moved without paying attention to kids who were around. She treated us like dogs. That's not normal, even if we were a little bit late, so I called them three times and advised them. Even if I was very happy when I picked up the car, the result is I'm very angry about this woman. AJ needs to be advised that her comportment was awful, and also make a gesture on the bill, like half the price. Thank you for understanding.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2010

    Not professional. One person tells you something and then the next day another person tells you differently they do not have their facts straighten out. They are rude and argumentative. I ended up using a Toyota rental car instead. Better people, better business, and better assistance.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2010

    Friday, Nov. 26, my daughter, Sehronda ** (covered my insurance) went out to go to work, car had to be opened by key, would not automatically unlock. Put key in ignition, it would not do anything. Went to take key out, it would not come out. Called me, I called Enterprise, where we rented the car, they said to call roadside assistance. Called roadside assistance, they said they could not come until I confirmed whether mechanical or something I did and I would be charged $45.00 if not mechanical.

    I called Enterprise back. They sent a roadside assistance person, when they arrived there had trouble figuring out how to jump the car because he thought it was the battery. When it did not start with the jump, he called his office back and told he did not know what the problem was. While he was on the phone, I called Enterprise where I rented the car from, so he could explain what was going on. While both parties were on the line, they told him they would contact the enterprise where I rented the vehicle to have it towed.

    After approximately 2 hours of waiting, I called Enterprise where I rented from to say was still waiting for a tow. They said, the other Enterprise never called. I called the Enterprise I rented from. They said, they thought the other Enterprise was going to have it tow.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2010

    I was in a car accident and needed to rent a car until the insurance claim settled and a new car was purchased. My auto insurance policy covered $19.99 per day up to $600. This was discussed with the representative on the phone who assured me this coverage would be adequate and referred me to Enterprise dealerships in my area. Upon arrival at the Enterprise rental agency, I explained my coverage and the man at the counter, the manager, assured me this was not a problem and they had a small compact car to fit this price.

    The rental agreement was signed and my Visa was given to use as a deposit until information could be exchanged from my insurance agency on the following Monday as this occurred on a Saturday morning. The rental agreement stated rates are $39.99/ day then under that it states $19.99/day/special.

    Upon returning the vehicle they stated that the $19.99 rate was only a weekend rate. And there is no way they could have suggested it was the everyday rate. I was in no way, shape or form ever notified regarding a change in rate. Now Enterprise is charging my Visa with an additional charge of $299.66 after the insurance payment of the $600.

    Despite multiple phone calls to this agency manager and my insurance company's calls to the area manager, they insist the charging is correct. There is no way I would have kept the car the entire 30 days had I thought the rate was $39.99/day. I have attempted to get the charges disputed on the Visa without any result. Enterprise now states they will lower the rate and only charge me $149.66 due to the misunderstanding. I'm furious and wonder how often this probably happens and people just pay it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2010

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car is billing me $320.00 ($19.12 per day) for a 4-day rental. The sales rep that took me to pick up my rental told me that the insurance on the car was $28.00 total, not per day. They did not explain all of the taxes that they are charging me (VLF tax, Arena tax, AP Access Fee, CFE fee, PAI/PEC charge). They are also charging me for 5 days when my receipt states 4 days. As a result, the economic damage that this is causing me is that it is a financial strain on me and my family to try to come up with the money. I do not have 320.00 for a car rental, this is causing me mental stress and I'm already sick about it from worrying.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2010

    I have been a loyal customer and have been renting cars from Enterprise since October 2009. They hired my son in June 2010 and fired him on October 29th. I went to try to rent a car and Ricardo was in the process of doing my rental when Ramus came out and told him to hold on. He said that they were trying to close out the ticket that I had and that it would take a while and I would have to come back in a couple of hours. So when I went to try to rent a car, they had me in the computer as a "do not rent" so I realized that they were like that because they fired my son, which has nothing to do with me. I called the corporate office and in the accounting area they said that I did not owe anything, but they put in the computer that my son was stealing filling up my car and that is untrue and they know it that's why they didn't say anything to me while I was there in the office.

    I am not sure if the manager doesn't want them to know that he would send my son out on late runs or tell him to go to car star and get a car and then leave and go home and tell him to drive the car to work the next day, but do not drive in front of the building so the camera won't catch it. He doesn't even make sure he gets back with the cars, he also give deals on cars for the trade of alcohol and it is being delivered to the job site by a guy who works at the Walmart in Blue Springs.

    I have also seen an employee go over to Quiktrip during business hours and sell gas, they wash their cars on the clock and the manager keeps a card in his wallet at all times. They are using me to hide things that they are doing because whatever had nothing to do with me and I feel they are holding me accountable and that is unfair to me. I had to work and could not get to work. I feel they are blackmailing my name for something that I had nothing to do with.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2010

    I rented a minivan from Enterprise Rent-A-Car at 7823 Sudley Rd., Manassas, VA on 10/22/2010. The service person who checked out the car for me was Matthew ** (branch manager). He performed a quick inspection (lasting approximately 30 seconds) of the vehicle while I remained inside the branch. I trusted Matthew to provide an honest and accurate assessment of the condition of the vehicle. He did mention that there were numerous scrapes and marks on the vehicle. And he said that it did appear that the vehicle was involved in a minor accident for which minor cosmetic issues had not been repaired. I signed the required paperwork and left with the vehicle.

    I traveled with the vehicle on business to New York. The car was parked in a safe location during my trip to NY. At no time did I observe any damage occurred to the windshield of the vehicle or any other part of the vehicle. I returned the vehicle to Enterprise Rent-a-car at 7823 Sudley Rd., Manassas, VA on 10/28/2010. The vehicle was inspected by a female employee (name unknown) and the assistant branch manager Travis **. Both employees advised me that a small crack in the windshield approximately 1/2 inch in diameter was found and that I would be responsible for the damage. I explained to both individuals that I did not cause this damage and that I should not be held responsible for damage that had already existed on the vehicle prior to my renting it.

    Mr. Travis ** became rude and advised me that since I signed off on the inspection form, I would be required to pay for the damages. I feel that this company is being dishonest and is forcing me to pay for damage that I did not cause. In addition, I feel that the way that my concerns were handled by the managers of this establishment shows a clear and convincing disregard for providing quality customer service. I explained to Mr. Travis ** that my complaint is not based on my having to pay money for damages.

    My complaint is centered on the principle that I should not be required to pay for damages that were already on the vehicle prior to my renting it and damages that I did not cause. I also explained that it was unacceptable to treat a customer as poorly as these employees have treated me in handling this issue. Needless to say, I want to warn other customers of the way that this Enterprise branch operates and of the poor customer service provided by both **and **.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2010

    I had a fender while visiting a daughter in Oklahoma. We waited until we returned to London, KY to have the fender damage repaired. We were contacted by our insurance to get a rental car from Enterprise. The first vehicle was a Kia Sedan. It had scratches and dents on it. I asked the person to note them. He said they don't worry about those unless they are halfway down the side as they consider them normal wear and tear. I didn't like it, but I can't make them do the paperwork.

    A few days later, I got a call and was told they sold the car and would put me in a pick up. I returned the car late that afternoon and there was not a problem. They then gave me a 2010 Chevy truck. Again there were scratches on the door, bed, tailgates, etc. I pointed them out and the same guy that gave me the Kia said the same thing about the truck that it was considered normal wear. I assumed since there wasn't a problem with the Kia and the lack of notation, there would be no problem with the truck, even though I am uneasy with this kind of dealings.

    I am disabled. I have one leg and breath with the capacity of one lung. I can not walk 30 miles one way home and it was near closing time and I had no choice but to take the vehicle as the man said he would fix the paperwork once inside and didn't want to "delay me" which I took as he wanted to get home. The truck was driven maybe 100 miles and remained parked most of the time and most of that mileage was home - back and forth to London one time and back to Enterprise some total of use.

    When I returned the truck there was a different representative. Suddenly, there was "new paint scratch" on the door of about 3 inches long. This is like a 30 - 50 dollar buff out job type scratch. They accused me of doing it. I did not.

    I told them half the scratches and dents on the vehicle were not noted. They said the bed area was "normal" damage and they put liners in them anyhow (like why didn't they put one in the first place?). I said, "So it is okay to scratch one part of the truck and not another? It is okay to note some of the marks but not all of them? It is okay to not do your job because it was closing time and then blame someone for a mark that was already there?" I told them had I done it and since I was picking up my truck from the body shop, I would have had it buffed out, but since I did not do it and I was told it would not be a problem on return I did not have it done.

    Of course they made a big issue wanting my insurance information, etc. Well, they had it since that is who rented the truck. I contacted my insurance and the body shop. I was told by the body shop that office in London, KY was famous for doing this kind of stuff. The insurance apparently will not pay for it and I am getting letters from Enterprise. They do shoddy business in my opinion and I will not deal with those ** again. I'll walk first or ride my wheelchair

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2010

    I rented a car and when they were trying to sell me some protection, I only asked for the damage waiver. I went to sign the contract and the agent tried to include the PAI coverage (medical coverage for me). I told her that I didn't want it but she tried to insist that they only sell protection as a package. I told her that it wasn't right. She argued with me so I decided to leave. I felt like someone tried to rob me and they just got away with it without going to jail. For all I know, the district manager just wanted to take 10% off. **!

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2010

    I rented a car from Enterprise car rental. I was charge $65.00 and some change. The problem was not the amount, it is how they did it. I didn't have enough credit on my credit card. I had to use some fund from my debit card also, so it was $100.00 on hold with my debit card and a $100,00 on my credit card. So when I return the car on Friday morning, I told them to take it from my credit card. So he was suppose to take the hold off of my debit card and charge the full price from my credit card. They did not tell me once they release my funds from my debit card. It would take 3-5 days, before it goes back to my account, will not rent from them again and that is a promise.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2010

    I had talked to someone to reserve a car. That person told that there would be a 250 dollar hold on the credit card and that I would be able to pay cash or debit upon my return. I chose to pay by my debit card. They took 460 dollars from my credit card and it was denied due to the fact that there was only $300 in my account just enough to hold the car.

    I was told that my rental would be $121 for the weekend special (Fri-Mon); then, when I got there, another employee told me that I would not be able to leave New Jersey. Then on top of that, the car I reserved was unavailable. I missed half of my son's wedding with the trouble of renting this car from Enterprise. So at the last minute, I had to turn to another car rental company at a higher price.

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    Reviewed Oct. 8, 2010

    I rented a car for $238. I prepaid gas and got the insurance. They charged my credit card over $400. They won't answer their phone or reply to e-mail. The car was damaged and dirty when I got it and I had them write everything down. How do I find out what the extra charges are?

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2010

    On Friday 9/24, I called at 2pm and reserved a standard size car for 4pm. When I arrived at 4, they had no car but offered smaller cars. When I expressed surprise that they would reserve a car, they had no ability to or intention of providing, I was told they could not manufacture cars. They could offer a larger car for a larger price but they did not actually have one. It took three times of insisting to get a business card with a name. I went to Hertz a block away and got a better car for a lower price. The situation was not helped in that every 15 seconds was interrupted by her answering a phone call for 30 seconds to over a minute. Enterprise will not remain the largest company if they cannot comprehend that the customer standing in front of you with his credit card is more valuable than the possible customer on the telephone.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2010

    Right from the start, this thing was a nightmare. I got no pick up from the train station even after I told "Leroy" to pick me up at noon. No one was there! I had to call again. Then they gave me a dirty car and when I asked for them to knock off $10, Leroy laughed at me and tried to do a half fast cleaning job.

    I got charged 19.625% tax! I am from NY and that is not NY tax. I paid $65 for a car I had only 4 hours! I had a to return the car before 6 since they had no drop off box and the fact that the highway was backed up around 4p m. I had to return the car before closing since I had an early flight out and could not wait to turn it in. The bottom line is that I got ripped off!

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    Reviewed Sept. 26, 2010

    My husband and I called for a We Pick You Up and they did. At the office, Jennifer at the counter assisted us in renting a Dodge Charger. She walked out to go over the car. She had a clip board with a ruler and a circle on it to look for damages. She said that they only mark scratches 4 inches or larger and dents that are bigger then the circle on the clip board. There was a small dent on the driver side door that was about the size of a quarter. Because it was smaller than the circle on the clip board, she said they do not note them. So we proceeded in the rental.

    We did not buy their Insurance but asked for a ride when we return the car. After all the papers were signed, she said they would not give us a ride when returning the car. The day we did return the car the branch manager, Neil ***, was there and as soon he pulled the car up on the computer and saw we did not purchase their insurance, he rushed out to look at the car and said it was damaged. So we go out and see it's the same small dent that Jennifer would not note because it was smaller than their circle.

    Neil said it was at lest 4 inches in length and 2 inches wide. That is not true and we took pictures of this dent you could hardly see. He was very rude and charged us a $500 deductible for the damage. We tried to reason with him and he said that;s how they make our money. We will never rent a car from Enterprise again.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2010

    Watch out for the "Enterprise $9.99 Weekend Special"! I have been a customer of Enterprise Rent a Car for several years with only minor issues until recently. I booked an economy model car using the advertised $9.99 weekend special. My cost would be no more than $35 for the entire weekend.

    I returned the car and upon inspection, was told that the rear bumper had been "damaged." I looked at the bumper led by the sales representative, who showed me small nicks located on the bumper that any observer would say could be touched up with paint using a small brush. The representative told me that I would be contacted regarding the "damage." After discovering that my deposit had not been dropped from my debit card a few days later, I contacted the office and I was told that my deposit was being held until this incident was resolved by the company.

    The bottom line is, I feel that the "damage" was certainly not worth the charges that were sought. There were other significant nicks and scratches on parts of the vehicle that obviously had not been repaired. The seats were badly stained and the car (in general) was not in pristine condition. I cannot help feel that this was a seized opportunity to get more money out of this particular rental transaction. Of course, this ends my extensive relationship with this company and I am sharing my experience with friends, family, co-workers, and business associates. Auto renters, beware!

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2010

    I rented a van from Enterprise Rent-A-Car for 24 hours. I was not even told that the car was low on fuel. Had I been informed about it, I would have filled it up before going on the motorway. I was under the impression that they would supply me the vehicle with full tank and I would return back full tank of fuel like most responsible car hire company do. As I was driving along the motorway, to my surprise, the fuel warning light came on, I was so stressed I did not know what to do because looking at fuel gauge bars it looked full. In fear of running out of fuel on motorway, I fill the fuel tank to the full thinking they will refund the difference for the fuel left in the tank, after all the company do charge for extra fuel you use at premium rate.

    I explained the situation by phoning the car hire company the next day. They told me they will sort something out when I will bring the vehicle back. When I took back the vehicle, I was told by the manager it was my fault for filling the fuel to excessive amount. They will not be able to refund me for the full fuel tank left in the vehicle. If that was the case, why did they not tell me over the phone when I phoned them I could have taken fuel out of the tank. Why did the manager said to me over the phone, “Do not worry we will sort something out when you bring vehicle back.”

    This is daylight robbery and a complete rip-off. I have been ripped off for complete tank of fuel, which cost me $85.00. If this is not daylight robbery, what is robbery? The vehicle’s tank.

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2010

    In May of this year, my girlfriend J. dropped off our car for repairs following a car accident. J. was then driven to an Enterprise Rent-a-Car location in Richmond, BC, by #1 Collision, also in Richmond BC (who did a great job on the car repairs) to pick up the replacement vehicle covered by our ICBC insurance policy. J. takes the car that the Enterprise employee gives her, apparently based on the arrangements made by ICBC and they take a $200 cash deposit for the rental from her. J. doesn't have a credit card and they won't take my card number over the phone.

    The Enterprise employee, Eric, has J. sign a rental agreement and then sends her on her way. What Eric didn't tell J. is that the car they gave her is an "upgrade" and costs $20 a day more then what ICBC will pay. To add insult to injury, the employee also checks a box indicating that she "agreed" to additional insurance coverage - even though I have full coverage for the rental car transferred from our car that is under repair.

    When J. tries to get her deposit money back, after the rental car is returned undamaged and on time, she is given a total run around for 4 months. First J. is told that the refund will be mailed out then, after several more requests. J. is told that she only gets a partial refund as she "asked for" a more expensive car and then, after even more time and attempts to have her money returned, we are told that she actually owes an additional $114.86 for the extra insurance coverage. So, hoping this is all just some sort of clerical error, we try to sort this out with Enterprise Rent-a-car management and their help desk and our efforts are met with ridicule, we get put off, lied to and then ignored.

    Absolutely deplorable business practices for a company over such a relatively insignificant amount of money. To top it all off, Enterprise Rent-a-car then hires a collection agency for the $114.86! This is J. first experience at renting a car and likely for her the last, never mind the last time we ever deal with Enterprise Rent-a-car for anything! What a total rip-off! This happened in Richmond, BC, Canada.

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    Reviewed Sept. 17, 2010

    I bought a car extended warranty from US Fidelis. The administrator of the contract was the company above on 4/13/2009. When I filed a claim with this company for an engine repair, the car was a 1996 Chevrolet with 100,041 miles. When my engine went bad, it has 110,200 miles. The claim was disapproved because the engine had "sludge.” The person that I spoke to (Jay) told me that my records showed that a detergent was added to my oil because of sludge. I ask how any body could tell how much sludge was in the engine without taking the engine apart. They could not answer that. Jay made a remark to me that the sludge could have been built up by a pervious owner. I countered that I was the one and only owner since I bought the vehicle new. Again, silence. Bottom line: I paid $5,600 to replace the engine and other cooling system items. I stopped the automatic payments September 11, 2010. On September 17, 2010, I got a call from them asking when I am going to make a payment that I missed. I told them where to go.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2010

    On June 26, 2010 I rented a Toyota Corola. I declined their insurance as it was expensive and my own car insurance covers me while driving any vehicle. Within 15-20 minutes I was rear-ended by another car. Fortunately, I was not seriously injured. After giving a statement to the local police, I returned to the rental office to sign off on the Toyota. Ms. Emily presented me with a summary of charges, $16.08 for the time I had the car, plus a damage reimbursement/deductible charge of $200.00. When I asked her about it, she said I would receive credit for the $200 if the accident wasn't my fault. Since the accident wasn't my fault, I signed the statement. They already used my credit card when I originally rented the car earlier. So, relying on Ms. Emily’s assurance that the $200 charge would be credited if the accident was not my fault, like a fool I trusted her and signed the statement.

    Now, they're saying I'm liable for damage to the car because I was driving it when the damage occurred. They had no type of disclosure to this effect in their papers I received at the time I tendered the credit card. The insurance company for the driver at fault has paid that driver's claim. When I asked that company around the end of August, 2010, why they hadn't paid Enterprise's claim yet, I was told they still hadn't received a claim from Enterprise. A few days later, on or about Sept. 2, I received a 16 page packet in the mail from Enterprise demanding payment for all damages to the car I rented. I, of course, referred it to my insurance company, who said they would call Enterprise to set them straight. To this date, I have not received credit for the $200 damage reimbursement/deductible nor word that they were acknowledging I was not responsible for the accident. The police report does show that the other driver was charged with the accident.

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    Reviewed Sept. 13, 2010

    My wife and I went to the Enterprise branch office in Athens, Ohio where the staffs there were not helpful, rude and service was not good. We won't go there for the service again.

    1) On September 13 2010, when my wife whispered with me privately in dialect, the staff was rude and said that she didn't speak the dialect but only English.

    2) The staff, when returning our car, told us the company policies that were not told to us when we rent the car. But the staff said that rules are rules and she had to follow up the rules. It was like that they knew the rules, didn't tell customer when renting a car, but charged the customers using the rules when returning the car.

    3) We rent the car for 2 weeks. When we returned the car at 7pm of Friday, the office was closed due to weekend and the office would be open at 8am of next Monday morning. When we returned the car, we were told that we were charged with 3 additional days' rental, because of the office closure during weekend, even when a customer returned the car during weekend by slipping the car key to the office box. That's the company's policy. -- For this policy, we didn't complain about the staff though their service was bad.

    4) When we asked for talking with the manager, we were given a phone number to call. When we dialed the number, we were told that the phone number is not in use anymore.

    The policy was set in such a way that no matter when a customer returns a car during weekend, the customer will be charged by 3 additional days' rental fees, even though the customer didn't drive the car at all. --- This is the Enterprise policy that exploits customer. A piece of suggestion to other customers: if you have a choice, don't rent car from Enterprise. We paid more than $130/- for the car that was not used and rented. Don't use enterprise next time.

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2010

    After using Enterprise Rent a Car a couple of times, I have noticed that level of service was declining every time. The cars are often not clean and you get that polite smile from agent followed with question, "Car is not really clean, would you like us to clean it for you? It will just take 10 minutes." What if you do not have that 10 minutes, and you had ordered the car a day before? Customer's expectation is that the car will be ready and clean.

    The last time I rented a car from Enterprise, I had a flat tire. After managing to bring car to their office, I was still charged $3.99, road assistance fee. I did not call, I brought the car to their office; I did not have road assistance and I have all kinds of insurance which they sold to me but they decide to charge me for flat tire. That's okay because they lost a customer over $3.99.

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2010

    I rented a car at Enterprise Philadelphia airport on 8/24/2010. It was a nightmare experience. This was the first time I used Enterprise and it will be the last time. I rented a Toyota Prius on the internet. When I was at the airport Enterprise, I switched it to a mini van since I need a bigger van to help my daughter to move. The agent was very helpful to switch it to a bigger van. I had an upgrade coupon since I registered in the Enterprise reward program. I was told I would get 5% discount to cover the additional $20 rental per day.

    I rented the car for 10 days. After the first day, I decided the van is too big for me to drive in Philly and Lancaster county. I stopped by two Enterprise office in Lancaster county on 8/30. I was told there were not any small cars to switch it too. I wasted more than an hour of my vacation without a car swap. I was told to call the Ephrata office to switch my car. On 8/31 at Ephrata, an agent answered my call and told me that there might be small cars coming in. I waited until noon and asked him to call me when a small car is available. I never got a call back.

    On 9/1, when I was in Philly, I called again. The electronic key that I was given had very low battery. I told the agent about that and was told I need to call Philadelphia airport instead of Ephrata. An agent from the airport office called me and told me to bring the car back to the airport to switch it. I told her that I had spent enough time to deal with it. I wasted another half an hour to talk to an agent and a manager. I asked for a battery to deliver to my hotel in King of Prussia. I was transferred to the airport manager. The problem was not resolved.

    When I returned back the car on 9/7, I told the airport agent the same thing and had no answer. I was charging $20 a day more for 10 days for a substandard car. The remote control key was not working. I had to risk to open the door manually on busy Philly streets. I am very very disappointed. Enterprise computer system is inferior. No tracking record of my complaints.

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    Reviewed Sept. 10, 2010

    The sales contact and manager attempted to collect cash upon return of a rental vehicle due to superficial damage on the hood. I requested a 3rd party onsite as a witness to observe whether damage existed and/was even visible, and they confirmed nothing existed. Enterprise Sales was persistent in blaming me for so called damage. They tried to collect and indicated they would file a claim with my insurance. I finally left the place after calling my insurance on the spot and referred Enterprise to my agent.

    After leaving Enterprise, I realized it would be worth getting a picture of the vehicle for proof of non-damage. I returned to Enterprise within 10 minutes and discovered the vehicle had already been removed from the site. I called the manager and communicated that any action to file a claim was insurance fraud and I would pursue filing a claim against them. Since then, Enterprise has submitted a claim against my insurance and submitted a claim for reimbursement. I've asked my insurance to request proof of damage with no response from Enterprise to date.

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    Reviewed Sept. 9, 2010

    Enterprise Rent-A-Car claims to measure its Culture of Customer Service with its Enterprise Service Quality Index (ESQi). In its dealings with me, Enterprise failed miserably on both counts, service and quality. Three months ago, I was charged by the Paradise Valley Police (Phoenix, AZ) with a moving traffic violation involving an Enterprise rental car. Enterprise had turned my name in to the police as the renter/driver of that vehicle. The catch was, though, that I had turned that car back to Enterprise on May 20th, 2010, a full 10 days before the violation occurred on May 30th, 2010. The dates were right there on their own paperwork.

    When I tried to clear up the mess, the Enterprise office at the Phoenix airport and the Enterprise Citations Department in Tulsa, OK, spent more time and effort pointing fingers at each other than trying to solve my problem. Tulsa required that I photocopy and fax to them, at my expense, of course, a couple key documents that were already in the Enterprise Phoenix Airport office. Then, Tulsa's knee-jerk reaction was an offer to pay my $235.00 fine for me and just sweep the whole mess under the table.

    I said it's not my fine. I want my record cleared. Why should I be stuck with a traffic record in Arizona for something that had absolutely nothing to do with me? To this date, I have nothing in writing, except Enterprise's word, saying that my record has been cleared. Next came a series of phone calls from Enterprise in Arizona, with requests that I call them back with toll calls at my expense, of course. Enterprise carefully avoided putting anything in writing. In total disgust and frustration, I wrote Ms. Pamela Nicholson, President and COO of Enterprise Rent-A-Car in St. Louis, MO. I didn't even receive the courtesy of a reply from anyone at Enterprise's home office.

    Finally, I got a letter from the Phoenix office with a $50.00 voucher to be applied the next time I rented a car from Enterprise. A $50.00 voucher! Not the $235.00 they were willing to spend to pay off my traffic fine. Not the $156.88 three-day rental charge I paid them on May 20th. Not even real money to reimburse me for my out-of-pocket expenses to straighten out their mess. And, of course, absolutely no consideration for the serious stress and trauma this false accusation caused me (an 81-year-old, law-abiding citizen with heart trouble). No. Just a $50.00 voucher to be applied the next time I rented a car from Enterprise. Not likely. The Enterprise Rent-A-Car website says Our Enterprise Service Quality Index (ESQi) hinges on two simple words: Completely satisfied. No way!

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    Reviewed Sept. 5, 2010

    I was scammed in the same way others before me who have posted here. Three weeks after I returned a rental car to the Ontario Airport, I received a letter from the Damage Recovery Unit claiming that I was responsible for damage to the car. The letter claimed I owed then $184.77 + $50.00 administrative fees. I scrutinized the documentation they sent and found there be numerous inconsistencies. The first was that when I returned the car, it was inspected and no damage was indicated on the rental car receipt. I also noted that the damage report was filed three days after I returned the car.

    I found a third inconsistency on the documentation from an auto body shop quoted a price for a part that was inaccurate, according to the dealer, and for paint, though the dealer said the part comes already painted. The claim stated there was a scratch on the rear view mirror, but the auto body show quoted a price to replace the entire mirror. The quote from the body shop had no inspection date.

    I sent Enterprise a letter raising questions about their claim, and after two weeks, I received a form letter stating they were dismissing the claim and apologizing for any inconvenience they might have caused. I have given the matter over to my lawyer to pursue damages for the time and expense I lost, and forwarded the issue to the Attorney General's office. Be advised that this practice is apparently common at Enterprise and is fraud. Consider yourself warned.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2010

    This is emotional damage. I have experience several difficult times dealing with your company. I have previously had a problem with the Washington branch and that was resolved and since then I have rented cars from you twice. Now this time, I am in need of a car and the same problem occur with the Greenville office and it has causes me distress. Not only is my car total, I have to put up with the distress of renting a car. I feel as if I have been harassed for something I did not do. Yes, by the way, the two times I rented from you I followed all procedures and returned cars with no problem. I am insured with Nationwide Insurance and have been over 20 years.

    I am very disappointed in your company. You company has made it difficult for me to continue my daily activities due to lack of transportation.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2010

    On Thursday August 26, 2010, I traveled with my uncle to Enterprise located on the 6800 Block of Rising Sun Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19113. We arrived at the location approximately 7:45 am. We were greeted by Scott ** the supervisor at the location. Mr. **retrieved all of the documentation needed before proceeding with the removal of the vehicle. After obtaining my uncle's credit card information Mr. **, my uncle, and I headed outside to inspect the vehicle.

    When my uncle and myself walked around the vehicle we noticed that there were a lot of scrapes and bruises to the vehicle. We began pointing out the infractions and he stated that they were concerned about the major ones. We were under the impression that all damages had to be notated. My uncle and I pointed out damages and Mr. ** stated that he was not aware of the ones that we pointed out to him. When we made our way to the other side of the vehicle which was the driver side we all noticed the scrapes on the front door panel.

    Mr. ** stated that he already knew that scratch was there and that's why the receipt was already completed upon going outside to inspect the vehicle. When we came to the back part of the back part of the vehicle my uncle and I noticed that there was a small dent and scrapes. Mr. ** stated that he was aware of the scratches but didn't know that there was a dent in the vehicle. He stated that he would put that information in the records of my uncle. Upon returning the vehicle Mr. ** stated that he was not aware of indentation or scratches on the driver's side back fender of the vehicle. He then stated that he was going to have to file a claim against my uncle from his credit card or his insurance company.

    My uncle and I explained to Mr. ** that he was aware of the damage and he kept saying he was not. Mr. ** couldn't even be honest to just admit that he was aware of the damage when the vehicle was returned. It was just verbal blame to the customer. My uncle stated that he was not in agreeing to damage that was already caused to the vehicle. The professionalism at that location is always really relaxed they are always discussing personal information instead of focusing on the needs of the customers and the vehicles. This is the third vehicle that my uncle has rented from this location and the gas is never full and the breaks are always bad and making a grinding noise when coming to a stop. They are now trying to charge my uncle a deductible from his credit card account.

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    Reviewed Aug. 31, 2010

    While my roof was being repaired, I had to park my truck on the side street. My neighbor backed out of his garage into my vehicle. While my vehicle was being repaired, his insurance company supplies a truck from enterprise. I had just gotten off of a midnight shift and was very tired. I waited at the lot for 1.5 hours while they got the vehicle ready. The guy checked the mileage and gave me the keys and said everything is all done. I was tired and did not even think about getting out and checking the truck myself. I drove it for 5 days (3 to work and back). At work I always park with the tail of my truck against the fence on I park at the far parking lot away from others. I have always done this with all of my vehicles and did it with the renter. Since it was a big truck with no sidebars, it stayed parked in the garage on the weekend because my wife could not get up into the truck.

    I took it back to the auto repair shop and got my truck on Monday. The next day I received a call saying that I had pulled a trailer with the truck and damaged it. I am a city boy and never have pulled a trailer - have no intentions of pulling on and would never pull a trailer with something that I was renting. I have now received a letter from the company saying I owe for the damages. I take pride in cars/trucks/transportation. You don't take it for granted. The stress this has caused my family is unreal. All of this nonsense, just because I needed a new roof on my house. I can't believe a company like this can stay open with all of the complaints they get and most of them are the same. I just wonder if the person before me got the same letter. I would love for someone to call me in this matter to see what steps I need to take. Dent in back fender and license plate.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2010

    We rented a vehicle that had bald tires with steel belts protruding out of the side walls. When we took it to another enterprise in another state, they kept the car and said that the rim is bent in three places and we can't give it back. We got pictures and a report from the tire company who told us they don't know how we made it. The car should never have been rented because it was completely unsafe. They don't know how we made it at all.

    Our vacation was ruined because they didn't have a car to give us until the fourth day. Also, we were very upset after we found out that we could have been killed or killed someone else.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2010

    Insurance (USAA) provided rental while repairs being done. I called to set up rental at this location (recommended by our insurance company). I asked for medium size and was told it was available. However, when we picked it up was told none available. I had to "upgrade" at a daily charge. Insurance only paid for the medium size. Asked about receiving an upgrade free, like all the other rental cars, we have done business with and was told he had no authority to do that. Person who did would not even look at us.

    After a long, we gave up, signed and left. When he called to ask about our satisfaction, we told him we were still not happy for the way he handled the upgrade situation. He told us he would give us a free tank of gas. We understood that to met in our personal car. When we checked the car out, he told us that bring it back with 3/4 tank and no charge for gas. When we returned it he told that would be over $7 for gas. It was at 3/4. He said, well it was really a little over 3/4 and we needed to pay for a couple of gallons. We argued that point and he gave in and said, "oh, I do see where I wrote that down."

    When we asked for the free tank of gas, he gave us his business card, wrote on it "Free Tank". I asked a driver where to get the gas. "Went to station," he told me. They had no account for Enterprise. I went back and with a smirk on his face he said, "Oh, that's for the next time you rent from us." I doubt that will ever happen.

    No more business with Enterprise and I will recommend my friends and family never use Enterprise. We were treated disrespectfully and rudely. I'm a professional in our community and have a lot of contact with people in the business world. Just because I have gray hair I should not be talked down to, and smirked at.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2010

    Well, I was told that the car rental was $29.91 total price for one day rental. Well, I was sent an copy of that to my computer. By the time I got out of there it ended up being $70.03. I'm a disabled American and on a fixed income so after them taking the extra $50 I now have no money to get food in my house. So in short, don't ever use Enterprise car rental, if you want to eat that week!

    P.S. AARP are the people that told me to use them. They must be in on it together. I now have cancelled my membership to ARRP too!

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    Reviewed Aug. 19, 2010

    My husband called Enterprise yesteurday (08/19/2010) to reserve a car like one of the new Nissan models and they where very nice and all but the actual day that we need it the car he went to their store as soon as they open and he waited for an hour and 45 mins to get a car. He told the they didn't have the car he wanted they called the others stores in San Luis Obispo. They told him that they don't have any car cars so he took a car from Grover Beach location. It was a Nissan 2010, a very small one for 5 people. It sucked. On top of that the breaks sucked, the speed sucked when I was going over a hill or such. It was dirty. My husband was in a bad mood the whole time because of the car they gave us.

    So on our way to our appointment in the next town Santa Maria, CA we called the other Enterprise to see if we can switch to a bigger car. The girl that answered the phone was very nice and told us sure. We asked if they had any cars available like a better Nissan. She told us, "Oh yes." So we told her what happened and what car we have then. Her attitude changed and told my husband that sorry but the only cars we have are in stock and reserved. That is a bunch of *** if you ask me. We have rented car from Enterprise a lot in the past, never had a bad car ever until today. Customer service is not bad. I think the girl that always helps us her names is Lily or Lucy something like that but her co-worker, she is something else. She gossips a lot to customers about other customers. Not very good customer service I say.

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    Reviewed Aug. 18, 2010

    My wife rented a car for 3 weeks while her car was being fixed. I dropped off the rental at the O'Hare airport location on Tuesday, August 16, 2010, in the morning. I requested a ride to the repair shop, located 1 mile from the Enterprise location, to pick up my wife's car. The representative told me that Enterprise does not provide this service. Enterprise's Web site explicitly claims that upon request they do provide drop off service. I had to call a taxi and pay $20 for a 1 mile ride to the repair shop. I contacted Enterprise customer service via e-mail, but received no response. Not even a confirmation that they got my e-mail.

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    Reviewed Aug. 17, 2010

    I rented a car from Enterprise in Bessemer at Walmart. I had to return because they kept my ID. When I returned to pick up my ID, I requested another car because the one they gave me was horrible. It needed to be junked! But only if the rate stayed the same because I would leave the car. The employee Jene then took two pair of keys and told me to come outside to see what they had. He then put me in another car and stated he would call me back with regards to the paper work. I never received a call. I called all weekend to receive the updated information; they never answered the phones. I was driving this car with no contract.

    I returned the car on Sunday morning and left the keys in the drop box. I called back on Monday, finally getting in contact with Jene. Then he says he is unsure why the balance was so high and what was going on with his computer but still charged my account an amount we never discussed. I couldn't believe what was going on. Then he began to hang up in my face, never helping the situation at all. On Tuesday, I spoke with the branch manager who was out of town on the dates of the issue.

    She began to tell me what happened as if she was there. She tells me this rate was written on the contract they had at her office that I never received! So it's my word against his. What! I have never dealt with people like this when your spending your hard earned money! So if you ever need to rent a car stay away from Enterprise in Bessemer AL. I will never use their services again, they need to close.

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    Reviewed Aug. 16, 2010

    I scheduled a rental car for pickup from Enterprise Rental Car on Monday morning. I had a doctor's appointment and didn't know what time I could get there. So, the person who took my reservation put it down as 8 am but said it was okay if I wasn't there at that time. We arrived there at 11:00 am. Kendall (last name not provided) stated they tried to call us at home several times and we didn't answer. So, they rented the car to someone else. He claimed to have called on Saturday to confirm, but our phone showed no record of such a call and we were home all day.

    He never apologized, never offered to find another vehicle, and was rude and condescending. When a vehicle did become available, he began processing it. But he declined to rent us the car after I complained about his lying to me about trying to contact me on Saturday. There is absolutely no customer focus at this Enterprise office and even a hostile attitude toward customers. Enterprise policy allows local offices to discriminate against customers on a whim.

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    Reviewed Aug. 15, 2010

    I was visiting relatives and to continue my trip, I had to rent a car one way so I went to a reputable company, Enterprise. And I assumed the cost would be a constant whichever city I was in. I found out the difference when I dropped the car off. First of all, I was charged 30 dollars more and a 100 dollar fee to drop off somewhere else. When I rented it, it was noted about a dent and I was off. When I dropped this off, I found out about the rental price difference and they were not allowed to rent a damaged car where I dropped this off. They now have to do repairs and tag transfer. If there were to be anyone to get the average of money it should have been where I dropped it off, so for me it cost $230+ for a one day rental. At the time, I did feel that it was expensive but I was dealing with a well known name and they would have been straight forward with me. This is from a confused costumer.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2010

    I had the misfortune of being a victim of a vandal during a visit to a friend's home this spring. The $1100 damage to the vehicle was covered by American Express Enterprise Damage Recovery insurance. AMEX requested a copy of the fleet utilization log indicating during such time: 1) No other rental car was available; and 2) there was a demand for the damaged car.

    This letter was faxed to Eddie ** (Recovery Specialist) in April; however, continued to send correspondence demanding I pay the alleged $450.14 for loss of use. He left a message for me in May or June requesting I pay a lessor amount. The friend I was visiting during the time the car was damaged offered to pay the lessor amount to put this to bed, so I referred him to Eddie. He and I called Eddie several times attempting to address this issue, but Eddie never returned our calls.

    I have been a loyal customer of Enterprise since the late 1980s and more so now that I am driving a 10-year-old car with more than 240,000 miles on it. I would like to continue our relationship, but I think I am being victimized by corporate greed.

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    Reviewed Aug. 10, 2010

    I have never filed a complaint even when wrong but this was a very deceptive practice, only SLP ins was discussed and I declined that as I have full ins coverage, The sales lady placed large x in areas for me to initial and I signed believing this was for declining the ins offered, I waited over 30 mins for the car to be brought around, she had me walk around the car to inspect it for damage and I was told my ins paid all but $5.00 day for the upgrade, plus I would pay $17.29 tax (fine print was actually $17.20 day, Ford could not get the part for almost 2 weeks, after 10 days they gave me a courtesy car and I returned the rental care the total charge came to be $266.99 for the 10 days, I turned the car into ford wed after the enterprise closed and charged for the next day.

    I was only given the form with all the information printed in when I was given the car after a walk in around and did not read where she had me initial which actually authorized two other types of ins called DW and PAI. Only ins discussed with me was the liability ins and I declined I was informed my ins would be responsible for any accident and damage I said yes but was instructed to sign area that read accept. I believe this was purposed deception, I was late for work and although I signed I believe they knew what they were doing and it is terrible customer service. I would never do business with them again and hard lesson learn ''do not drive off or initial anything till fully reading.

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    Reviewed Aug. 8, 2010

    I had to get one of your cars as a loaner when my BMW 328 went into the shop for warranty service. Well, I had to beg for a half decent looking vehicle then I was given a silver Ford Escape. The thing started smoking on me on the way to a friend's house after work. All offices were closed and the only thing roadside assistance could suggest was have it towed to the nearest airport 1 1/2 hours away and switch out the cars. Well, that was unsatisfactory, so then she said called in the morning. So Saturday morning there were no cars available near me, in Port St Lucie. I had to call the Ft Pierce office directly to get some service. They would not hold me a car, I basically had to take what I could get when I got there, which was a pickup truck!

    Seriously? If you give me a car that breaks down, shouldn't I get first choice? I am totally dissatisfied and will be notifying the president of the company as well.

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    Reviewed Aug. 7, 2010

    The car repair car shop called and said that my car is ready. I took my lunch hour to go pick up my car and my co-worker followed me and suggested that I could return my rental to the Enterprise Car Rental located at S Shields Blvd which was down the street from where I got my car repaired which was at 6501 S Shields. Originally rented the car on Memorial Road which is on the North side of town) this would work out good since we were on our lunch hour and we had a conversion that day.

    When I arrived at Enteprise, I was greeted by Kirbe **. She announced to her co-workers that we got the Honda back. In retrospect, what does that mean? She went out and began to look the car over and looking all under the car as if she was looking for an already existing problem. Keep in mind that I rent cars all the time but our company does not use Enteprise. Kirbe became very aggressive and rude and told me that there was major damage done to left side underneath the car. My co-worker could not believe how rude Kirbe was and told me that I was handling it well because Kirbe really doesn't want me to get upset. I explain to Kirbe that when I rented the car, the girl that rented to me only walked around the car and did not look under the car.

    I have never had any car rental place look under the car. Politely explain to Kirbe that I did not damage the car as only drove the car to work, church and home. The damage must have been there when I picked up the car. Kirbe told me that Enteprise had a lot of interns working at their Memorial Branch. I explained to her that I am not paying for Enteprise lack of training. As we bickered back and forth, Kirbe turns to a guy and says to him, will you check these customers in and he said to her that I am not allowed to check them in but Kirbe insisted. My co-worker said I guess he is an intern also and she said yes.

    We have a real issue here. Rules are not being followed in any office and I am not going to be used to pay for their mistakes. My co-worker tried to explain to her how annual I was about cars but Kirbe would not listen. I asked her to call the North office but she did not want to. Kirbe was very rude and said in a derogatory voice what she is going to tell me. Enteprise, I will not stand for this type of treatment. It is not necessary and will not be tolerated. I do plan to contest the charges. Customer respect and loyalty has been damaged as I have always chose Enteprise when I had non-work related rentals.

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    Reviewed Aug. 6, 2010

    The windshield, which sustained a bulls eye during our trip, was determined to be unfixable, and a new one was installed. I was told I would be notified if it could not be fixed, but got call. I had 8 hours left on the rental, and could have saved a lot of money doing that with the remainder of rental time. The windshield cost me $238.00, an administrative fee of $50.00 and $89.00 for loss of use.

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    Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company Information

    Company Name:
    Enterprise Rent A Car
    Year Founded:
    1957
    Address:
    600 Corporate Park Dr
    City:
    St. Louis
    State/Province:
    MO
    Postal Code:
    63105
    Country:
    United States
    Website:
    www.enterprise.com