mccJul 18, 2023

Alright check out this fucking scam

So I need to park my rental car overnight until I return it tomorrow morning. Meter hours last until 9, so I need to pay the city's meter parking $1.80 for like half an hour until then. Fine.

But all the meter machines have been removed. Instead, you now use an "app".

The "app" has a "wallet". The "wallet" does not support adding money in increments of less than $20.

I don't own a car. This is, again, a rental.

I am never getting that other $18.20 back.

Show threadRobinJul 18, 2023
@mcc just wondering — and feel free to ignore this if it's a silly question and/or you've already gotten a frustrating amount of unhelpful replies to an already frustrating situation — wouldn't the rental let you park the car in their garage, essentially returning it early? or you had to keep it for the night for other reasons anyway?
Show threadmcc

@robin Unless I managed to *really* confuse myself reading the website, the rental agency had already closed for the night by the time that I arrived back in town.

There was a time there were rental agencies in town with a key dropbox, but those seem to have all disappeared for some reason.

Jul 18, 2023 at 1:55amWeb
Show threadRobinJul 18, 2023
@mcc oh that sucks. We had to rent a car a little while ago and they had a drop box situation yeah. Maybe they're in cahoots with the scam app company.