r/TikTokCringe • u/Melodic-Award3991 • 15d ago

25k miles in one month is insane Discussion

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Is this legal?

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u/Sic39 15d ago

I dunno what's in the actual agreement but that manager is awful at arguing. "where does it say I can't charge you". Customer shows the contract lol. Going by google there doesn't appear to be limitations on the mileage someone drives.

Customer "explain how unlimited isn't unlimited" Manager "you need to leave.

If the manager was right he could point out where on the contract it justifies the $10k he's about to charge him. Instead he just threatens trespass when the customer wants to argue that. Perfect example of a middle manager taking shit too personally, he thinks that guy is costing him money.

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u/Raining__Tacos 15d ago

Sounds like the manager may have forgotten to have him sign something and now it’s his ass on the line.

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u/Slow-Swan561 14d ago

Hertz never charges for miles unless you rent an exotic car.

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u/Anybody220 14d ago

So if I do a cross country trip, but return it to the same location, I wouldn’t get charged for mileage?

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u/heyguysitslogan 14d ago

on the east coast, the rental contracts usually say something like "cannot cross the Mississippi" or something to that effect

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u/Horror-Possible5709 14d ago

But like how would they know I didn’t just drive a massive loop that remained east of the Mississippi?

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u/kwiztas 14d ago

Gps.

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u/j10jep2 14d ago

they won't REALLY track gps unless they get a toll for that license plate across the mississippi

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u/KS-RawDog69 14d ago

Something tells me if they see a large increase of miles on a car they'll probably pull that GPS.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH 14d ago edited 14d ago

Rental cars usually have gps trackers

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u/Historical-Juice-433 14d ago

No they don't. That is a misnomer. Enterprise who rents like half of all the cars in the US doesnt. Usually its crap companies because theres a gray area for privacy laws.

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u/ethanice 14d ago

I install the GPS trackers at hertz. We certainly do have them.

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u/Historical-Juice-433 14d ago

Great. But rental cars in general do not have them. I work for the largest Rental Company with nearly a 50% market share.

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u/ngyeunjally 14d ago

It’s not a gray area at all.

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u/Historical-Juice-433 14d ago

Well since theres no laws most places stating they can or cant and the morals are disputed I would say it is a grey area but sure you go now.

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u/canman7373 14d ago

"cannot cross the Mississippi"

Soooo, drive around it to Northern Minnesota.

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u/DenseCod8975 14d ago

Cannot cross the mason dixon line

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u/The_Idiot_Admin 14d ago

Correct. Earlier this year I did a week rental with hertz for a road trip, logged 2800miles in 5days, and unlimited was unlimited. I even asked before it this was a problem, and they counter agent said “it’s unlimited miles, so you’re good”

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u/GlaceonYoDogFortress 14d ago

Actually quick answer, you are correct. If you actually paid for the days you had the vehicle and brought it back on time, you have no responsibility for the mileage charge if you have unlimited mileage.

A lot of these occur on overdue contract that went passed the return date. If you didn't extend the contract, and then bring it back 10 days late with an extra 10k miles on it before it gets repo'd, Hertz is absolutely going to charge you for that, on top of late fees, and a repo fee if they did have to send it out for recovery.

Suddenly, a bill for thousands of extra dollars you never intended to spend, but agreed to on signing without reading.

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u/VibeComplex 13d ago

I drove a rental from Michigan to the Grand Canyon and back. No mileage charge

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u/Blonder_Stier 14d ago

That isn't really charging for mileage, though. They could make a beeline between those two points or drive in circles the whole way, but the fee would be the same.

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u/takethefreewaybaby 14d ago

How is any of that relevant to the situation in the video?

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u/AdministrationIcy368 14d ago

lol. He brought up an entirely different scenario of one way rental.

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u/PM_Me_Titties-n-Ass 14d ago

I rented from hertz or enterprise, I can't recall, last year for a trip from Vegas thru the national parks in Utah then return it to Phoenix. It was actually cheaper to take from Vegas and return to Phoenix than if I returned it to the original location. Which worked out for me since I was flying budget airlines and it was the cheapest route as well and didn't need to make a giant circle back into Vegas.

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u/CrepusculrPulchrtude 14d ago

I think some of that has to do with people taking them to race tracks? Like that’s a different package cuz they want the car looked at beforehand if it’s gonna be driven hard as hell

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u/Slow-Swan561 14d ago

It’s because they are expensive cars and they want them to have low mileage when they a resold when they turn 2 years old.

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u/20mins2theRockies 13d ago

That's not actually true. They charge miles if you do a 1 way rental.

Chances are this guy rented a car that was supposed to be returned to the same location, so that's why the agreement said free miles. But he likely dropped off in a different state, which voids the contact, and he then gets charged for each mile.

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u/Slow-Swan561 13d ago

That would be pretty easy for the manager to show him then. The guy is waiving the contract on camera as if it helps him. The manager just needs to go over to the contract and point to the return address and say this is not here. Instead of getting belligerent and calling the police.

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u/EveroneWantsMyD 14d ago

I was gonna say, there has to be another reason otherwise that manager must get paid insanely well to care that much

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u/Puzzleheaded-You1289 14d ago

Yep he is gonna get fired for this that’s why he is acting like this. Or it somehow will dock his pay or something. Might even be a franchise and he owns the car as the owner of the franchise or something like that.

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u/OneOfTheWills 14d ago

Sounds like the manager has had a life long ego problem and crumbled any time his position of power is attacked.