We’ll take a short break from Ukraine so I can tell you a story of rental cars.
Right now (surprise surprise) I’m in Ohio for work. I had to extend my stay a few days and decided to drop the car off at a different location. I called up my travel agent and they said no problem. Except for the car.
If I were to drop the car off at a new location, Budget rent-a-car would bump up my required payment for every day of my trip. So instead of paying 42 dollars a night for five nights, I’d be paying 75 dollars a night for five nights. That is a mighty difference. If, however, I were to drop my car off and immediately pick up a new car specifying my new drop off location… I’d get the same rate as before.
I called up budget.
Mike D: “This just seems stupid. If I drive for an hour to Cleveland and drop off my car and pick up a new car I can take a better rate.”
Budget rep: “yeah, in fact you can just take that same car with you.”
Mike D: “WHAT!?!? you don’t even need this specific car in Ohio? What?! This is stupid. Couldn’t you just set up a new plan over the phone and not inconvenience me two plus hours of driving?”
Budget rep: “I’m sorry sir, but we have to close the transaction.”
Mike D: “can we not close the transaction over the phone?”
Budget rep: “I can’t do that.”
Dumb.
I thought I’d try and save the trip by also stopping by the Cleveland Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But they close at 5:30pm on Friday nights.
I dislike Ohio.
Wow….And for all those years you thought Rock and Roll went all night long….You’ve been doing it wrong all these years.
The sad thing is that you’ve been to Ohio for the past 3 months and still haven’t been to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Shame.
Close at 5:30 PM? How terribly un-rock-and-roll.
Sounds like, well pretty much everything Cape Cod.