{"id":1322,"date":"2010-12-01T14:37:37","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T04:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2010-12-01T14:37:37","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T04:37:37","slug":"my-experience-with-europcar-preston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlyaustralia.com.au\/oa\/issues\/my-experience-with-europcar-preston","title":{"rendered":"My Experience with Europcar Preston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is what happened when I returned the white Toyota Commuter at 10:05 am on 30th of November, 2010 to the the Preston Branch of Europcar.<\/p>\n<p>It is clear that I was there well within the 30 minutes grace period offered by Europcar. Unfortunately, I was not aware of the 30 minutes grace period and by the looks of it, neither did the Preston Branch store manager \u201cDale\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as she attended my return, she immediately claimed that I was late by four minutes and proceeded to charge me for an extra day. I tried to explain to her that I was in the premises long before 10:05 am but I had to attend the needs of my new born before I could come and talk to her.<\/p>\n<p>Dale did not want to hear a word that I had to say, she completely shut me off and kept saying: \u201cI don\u2019t care, do whatever you want\u201d. Then, my wife tried to explain to her but she shut the door on her face.<\/p>\n<p>My wife was so humiliated that she became teary eyed and started contemplating on the ill treatment of visible minorities. I was so embarrassed in front of my family and other customers that I paid and left.<\/p>\n<p>I have always rented from Europcar and had good service but unfortunately, this will be my last time that I rent from Europcar.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle picked up time: 09:42 am<\/p>\n<p>The payment receipt time: 10:20am &#8211; After Vehicle inspection completed and all my explanations completed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what happened when I returned the white Toyota Commuter at 10:05 am on 30th of November, 2010 to the the Preston Branch of Europcar. It is clear that I was there well within the 30 minutes grace period offered by Europcar. 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