Complaint Review: Thrifftys car rental - Fort Lauderdale Florida
- Thrifftys car rental 600 Terminal Drive Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA
- Phone: 877-283-0898
- Web: https://www.thrifty.com/
- Category: Auto Rentals
Thrifftys car rental Toll charges ripoff Fort Lauderdale Florida
*Consumer Comment: Surprised, Right?
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When in Florida we used Sawgrass expressway which is toll to get from Delray beach to Sawgrass mill. We use this almost every time we come to Florida and the charges are usually around $1US each way. Apparently they stopped collecting cash toll charges for this route and now bill automatically to the license plate. No one at rental agency at Ft. Lauderdale airport warned us about that so when we traveled on Sawgrass expressway we noticed that there are now signs stating that the cost of $1.19 (each way) will be now charged to the license owner plus admin charges. So since it wasn't a significant amount we were not really concerned so when we returned the car we reported these upcoming toll charges to the agent. We were shocked to find out that the admin charge for each way will be $15US (while the actual toll charge was $1.19US). We contacted Thrifty head office and tried to get some explanation why would they charge this exuberant amount for admin when all they did was to pay the tall (of $1.19US) and collect it from my VISA but they were adamant that the charges were well warranted although no one could explain to us what they were for.
We think people should be aware of this rip-off practice by Thrifty car rental so they can avoid being ripped off or at least are prepared for these charges.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 11/17/2015 07:41 AM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/thrifftys-car-rental/fort-lauderdale-florida-33315/thrifftys-car-rental-toll-charges-ripoff-fort-lauderdale-florida-1268474. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content
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#1 Consumer Comment
Surprised, Right?
AUTHOR: Jim - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Why is it I can go to the Thrifty website and within one minute I can locate "General Policies ", Item "O" which tells the renter about how to obtain their transponder to avoid those charges? It very clearly states if you decline that option, you will be hit with the $15 charge for violating their policy. You simply signed anything they put in front of you without reading what you were obligating yourself to! Smart...real, real smart! Then, you come here and it's all THEIR fault because you weren't 't a smart consumer! Oh yes, I'll save you the trouble! Don't bother writing something brainless like, "you must work for them". Let me save you the effort...I don't!
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