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Rent-A-Cars Say ‘Returned-A-Heap’
One month after returning his Hertz rental car on a German holiday without a scratch, Michael Remmert found himself suddenly billed for $1000 in repairs. Moreover, when he asked to see the repair...
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Car Rental Grace Periods Died Graceless Death
You may have missed it, but a number of national car-rental places amended or ended their car-rental grace periods this year. These were rules that said if you returned your car an hour or two late,...
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385 Car Rental Discount Codes
Here’s about 385 working discount codes and coupons for National, Enterprise, Budget, AVIS, and HERTZ, courtesy of Fat Wallet. The post says they’re all tested as of 6/30/07. If you have trouble using...
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Palin Takes Protecting Polar Bears "Very Seriously"
For the sake of balance, vis-à-vis Obama’s Taking It Seriously, here’s one for Sarah Palin. WHO: Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. WHAT: In an op-ed, Palin, who favors opening ANWR to drilling and...
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Citibank Sends Nigerian Scammer $27 Million
37-year-old Nigerian scammer Paul Gabriel Amos convinced Citibank officials to wire him $27 million belonging to Ethiopia. Rather than go with the usual Nigerian nom de plumes like prince or will...
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FCC Leaks Summary Of National Broadband Plan
The FCC has released a scan (PDF) of the five-page executive summary of the National Broadband Plan that it will present to Congress in two days. Although the summary is packed with recommendations,...
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National Rents You Car At Non-Existent Turkish Office
NYT’s Frugal Traveler has a funny story about how he reserved a car from the National car rental company for while traveling through Turkey. When he showed up at the rental office, there was no office...
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5 Major Rental Car Companies Agree To Stop Renting & Leasing Recalled Vehicles
(Marike79) You know what’s a scary thought? Renting a vehicle from a car rental company and then finding out that it’s part of a recall, but was never brought in for the necessary repairs. Then there...
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Toyota Will Pay A Record Fine Of $17.35M Over Delay In Reporting Safety Defects
(stellarviewer) Toyota says it will be paying out a record $17.35 million — the maximum fine allowably by law — after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety...
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