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Quoth Deserted View PostI'll bet the soon-to-be-former customer reported it stolen when it got towed.Human Resources - the adult version of "I'm telling Mom." - Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo (NCIS)
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Quoth Alpha Strike View PostSo what happens with a car when you folks have the Salvage title?
Dad then found another enthusiast to buy the remains. So I guess everyone except maybe the abandoning original owner won on that series of eventsThe Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
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Quoth Deserted View PostI'll bet the soon-to-be-former customer reported it stolen when it got towed.
And this is why rental agencies are considering installing GPS transmitters in their vehicles. Not a bad idea as far as I'm concerned.I AM the evil bastard!
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So this guy wanted to rent a car for an extended period of time... if only there was an institution that is already prevalent and pretty common in the automotive industry... oh, that's right. It's called a LEASE.
I'm surprised the rental company couldn't report the car stolen after a week of non-return, much less several months. I had rented a moving truck for 48 hours a few years ago and due to some confusion at the office, they thought I hadn't returned it, when I did, overnight when the office was closed. Left my paperwork and keys in the slot just as instructed and thought I was fine. No less than 12 hours later, they left me a voicemail accusing me of stealing the vehicle and said they will call the police and have me arrested if I don't return it in the next 24 hours.
Needless to say, I promptly returned their call and we eventually straightened out the whole matter after a lengthy and rather strenuous phone call of trying to get my point in edge-wise between their ranting and raving of me being a truck thief. After they finally found my paperwork and realized their mistake, they didn't even apologize for the confusion, and I decided to go with another company the next time I needed one.Fiancee: We're going to need to do laundry. I'm out of clean pants.
Me: Sounds like a job for Gravekeeper!
Fiancee: What?!
Me: Nevermind.
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My guess is they WANTED to report it stolen within 48 hours of it not being returned.
But, bureaucracy being what it is, there's probably a list of things you as the rental agent have to check off as absolutely certain before the parent company will go ahead and report it stolen. And, those who want to intentionally "game" the system to spite Da Man (tm) can play the shell game of moving addresses, playing phone message "tag" or making some token monetary deposits to keep their "official" status as a renter murky enough to stave off at least a few of those checks.
Most likely due to embarrassing incidents in the past where somehow, (and Huckster gives us a pretty good scenario of how) a complete and legit rental got reported as stolen and someone's Grandma got pulled over and cuffed.... so now they're erring on the side of "not stolen" until, well, you've made it abundantly clear you aren't going to be bringing it back without a little coercion.- They say nothing good happens at 2AM, they're right, I happen at 2AM.
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