by "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
Published 03/15/2017 at 13:30
by "HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
Published 03/15/2017 at 13:30
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I’ll save you the trouble of reading the story ; the “sneaky ploy” is when the person at the counter asks if you want to upgrade. Thats it. If YOU sign an agreement for a higher priced good or service when you were asked if you would like to upgrade...you waive the right to be shocked it costs more. Thats on you.
“I went through the drive through the other day and got scammed out of money! They asked if I would like to make my #2 combo a large and I said yes, of course I want a large combo. Sweet! Turns out they charged me more money for it! No one told me more was going to cost more! I’ll never eat there again!”
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
03/15/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 1
“I went through the drive through the other day and got scammed out of money! They asked if I would like to make my #2 combo a large and I said yes, of course I want a large combo. Sweet! Turns out they charged me more money for it! No one told me more was going to cost more! I’ll never eat there again!”
Perfect analogy.
Always, always ask if it’s a free upgrade or if it’s more $$.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
03/15/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 4
Rental agencies are sneaky though. You ask for a compact SUV, and they give you a Jeep Renegade instead.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
03/15/2017 at 13:39, STARS: 2
Those rental folk are sneaky. Like crabs. They work in pairs.
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"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/15/2017 at 13:40, STARS: 2
That whole school of thought makes my blood boil... The “it’s not my fault/it’s a scam because I didn’t pay attention/understand when it was explained to me” school of though that is.
"Azrek" (azrek)
03/15/2017 at 13:41, STARS: 3
This is journalism...so everytime I meet someone at school who is getting this degree...I shake my head and try not to laugh
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/alabama-news-station-reports-that-water-freezes-when-it-1686798428
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/15/2017 at 13:43, STARS: 1
At the rental counter, I would ask, “Same price?” At McDonalds, it would not occur to me to do so.
"Eberle-Hills-Cop" (Eberle-Hills-Cop)
03/15/2017 at 13:46, STARS: 0
I asked for a mitsubishi mirage and they gave me a Jeep Compass recently. Still can’t decide if it was an upgrade or not.
"someassemblyrequired" (someassemblyrequired)
03/15/2017 at 13:49, STARS: 1
Or you could just sign up for Hertz #1 Club Gold or Avis Preferred and avoid all the counter garbage.
"vicali" (vicali)
03/15/2017 at 13:50, STARS: 1
"Nibby" (nibby68)
03/15/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 1
took me a minute to figure out you meant shaking my damn head instead of suck my dick head
"mazda616" (mazda616)
03/15/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 1
On a work training trip in 2012, I had the (dis)pleasure of being “upgraded” from my “economy car” rental to a Chrysler 200. It was classified by Enterprise as a “full size”, I believe.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
03/15/2017 at 13:52, STARS: 3
Common sense no longer common.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
03/15/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 4
The first comment on that is pure internet gold.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/15/2017 at 14:03, STARS: 2
Yes, but I can see where you’re going with it. I have had numerous occasions where they pulled that on me, I said, “no”, and got upgraded ANYWAYS because they were out of the size I reserved.
Dont think I’ve had that happen at McDonald’s
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/15/2017 at 14:04, STARS: 0
Me too...
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/15/2017 at 14:04, STARS: 1
Ding ding ding. Caveat emptor is still a thing, as it turns out.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/15/2017 at 14:07, STARS: 1
Same, and it wouldn’t.
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/15/2017 at 14:11, STARS: 0
I had the same thing happen to me with a 200. I was excited because it was new and looked good, I thought. By the time I got to the hotel 30 minutes later, I hated it with a passion.
"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
03/15/2017 at 14:12, STARS: 1
In all fairness, if you’re used to free room and flight upgrades, and you don’t understand that rental car companies are Satan incarnate, I can see how you’d assume that a rental car upgrade would also be free.
"TheRevanchist" (therevanchist)
03/15/2017 at 14:13, STARS: 0
I took it as more of con, like “The rental fee is the same”, but the insurance they want you buy and any other fees would be jacked up in price. But, I only skimmed the article, because I’m too lazy to read things fully.
"Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever" (rustanddust)
03/15/2017 at 14:17, STARS: 1
The most valuable lesson the Brady Bunch taught me.
"McMike" (mcmike)
03/15/2017 at 14:20, STARS: 1
Doesn’t mean you still can’t have fun with it.
If you get to the window, and the price is different, you can just sit there, and place your order again.
From the start.
Ask for it to be made fresh.
I would then inspect my order, and return something because it had pickles on it - ask it to me made fresh.
No, that’s OK. I don’t need to move my car, I’m in no hurry.
Then I would inspect it again, and do the same thing because it now had ketchup on it - ask for it to be made fresh.
By this time, I would need new french fries because the ones I had were cold.
Eventually, I would have said, “Boy, this would have gone a lot quicker if you didn’t try to change my order 15 minutes ago..”
"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
03/15/2017 at 14:26, STARS: 1
There really ARE people walking this earth who do all of that, except for your last paragraph. CA Pinkham has made a living off of retelling those stories.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/15/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 0
Glad they finally locked that guy up. Shady as all get out.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/15/2017 at 14:28, STARS: 4
“when you assume you make an ass of u and me”. Thanks pop, solid advice.
"Future next gen S2000 owner" (future-next-gen-s2000-owner)
03/15/2017 at 14:30, STARS: 1
Kinda like asking for something fun to drive and getting a Dart.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/15/2017 at 14:43, STARS: 2
Actual supervisor escalation call I took today, a customer purchased a desktop computer without built in wifi, and felt her ISP should provide her a wifi card because it is not her responsibility to get connected to the internet that’s what she pays for.
"deekster_caddy" (deekster_caddy)
03/15/2017 at 15:01, STARS: 0
Hey, my dad said that too! (Now I find myself saying it to my kids, guess it’s going to be around for a while)
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/15/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
PEOPLE FUCKING SUCK AND ARE USUALLY STUPID
should have been the title for this.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
03/15/2017 at 15:08, STARS: 0
PEOPLE FUCKING SUCK AND ARE USUALLY STUPID
should have been the title for this.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/15/2017 at 15:13, STARS: 0
Situations like that are my professional life also haha, but not really haha...
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/15/2017 at 20:56, STARS: 0
"McMike" (mcmike)
03/15/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 0
They’d probably charge me for the soda they threw, too.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
03/15/2017 at 22:01, STARS: 0
You’d have already paid for it.