Poor customer service

Complaint

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clarion
Country: United Kingdom
I rented a car from Europcar in April while in France. I was not satisfied with the service offered and the additional charges I received afterwards.

First, I had to wait more than an hour to get my car which I rented and paid for well in advance. I was on a tight schedule and that delay unacceptable.

Second, When I returned home, I received a bill from Europcar where they charged me for two extra days, and some damage charge. I tried to investigate what damage was done to the car that I needed to pay for but got nowhere.

Comments

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    william
    Hi folks i hired a new car with 8829 mile from Europcar i only did 93 miles and the car broke down on the fast lane of the M1 HEADING TO lONDON i was almost Killed due to breking down.
    I also missed my flight home and had to stay the night in the airport because all the travel lodges were booked out.
    Very Very disapointed. By the way the customer service e-mail address dose not work.
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    Alistair Patterson
    I went along to Prestwick Airport to pick up my hire car that I had booked with them 3 weeks ago. I said good morning to lady behind the counter, I'm here to pick up my hire car, she asked me for my paperwork in a less than friendly manner and said it would be 40 minutes before my car would be cleaned and I was asked to come back later.
    I return to the desk and stood for ten minutes and she said OK your car is ready now. I gave the even more unfriendly lady my paper work and she asked me for my credit card, I said it was already payed and she said that she wanted a deposit from me for £250.
    I said that I hire cards regularly and I have never paid more than £100 deposit, she just said, you have to pay £250 or your not getting the car in a even less than friendly manner.
    I got the key of the car and went to look for it and I found it unwashed and uncleaned inside.
    I went back in to speak the person behind the counter and said I wasn't very happy with the car, because it was dirty, I asked why I had been asked to wait 40 minutes for it to be cleaned in the first place, and it had not.
    I said I would like another car because of condition of the first one she'd giving me and that I also wanted a manual and not a automatic.
    She phone someone and said this guy wants the car cleaned now, I then reminded her, I was her customer and not her guy.
    She then said I would have to wait another 40 minutes to have the car cleaned, I said, I would just have to take the dirty car as it was, because it would of made me late to start my journey.

    WARNING, I was told by customer services that it may take up to 10 working days before you get your deposit returned to your bank account

    We hire lots of cars throughout the year and would never use Europcar again.
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    Iris Aires
    Hello,
    Please someone from customer service europcar can contact me by email
    iris.aires@scania.com
    I have a fakture 2083565 to pay but it is very hard to contact the custome service to finalyze it, please send me an e-mail I will return sending my VISA card to pay it.

    Iris Aires.
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    Mikael Bonde
    Rented a car from Europcar in Venice and returned it in Milano 14 days later. EUROPCAR ITALY HAS WRONGLY CHARGED US 230 EUR AND DOESN'T RESPOND!

    We got the car 12:35 and returned it 12:15 14 days later. We were charged one extra day (116 EUR) with the claim that we had had it from 11:36 (the time the papers were signed - but it took one hour before we actually got the car) to 12:30. The office was chaotic and the people lied about that "your car is stuck in the trafic on the bridge" when we complained about the waiting time. This was not true since we saw a driver take off to pick up our car after this was said and there was hardly any trafic.

    The car was not fully filled with petrol when we got it (lacked 5-10 litres) but despite this we returned it completely full. Still Europcar charged us 21.60 EUR for refulling + 45 litres of diesel at 2.05 = 92.34 EUR.
    We have sent Europcar in Italy a letter 01 August with a photo documenting time and fuel level at pick up and haven't heard anything from them. The phone number on the invoice doesn't exist and there is no mail address.
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    Sarah - Seattle
    We just hired a Europcar in Europe and I agree with the all above that Europcar has a very poor customer service.  Having read the above comments I am surprised that nobody could take an action. They have also charged our credit card extra in two installments for fictional reasons without our authorization.

    Seems some corruptions going on in this company specially in their Italian Branch!
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    Dinah
    Unfortunately the warnings have come too late for me. I hired a car in Geneva in July and 6 days later, on my return to the airport, the clutch failed. We were left at the side of the road for an hour, and still no recovery vehicle, so we were told to ring for a taxi and submit our receipt. Not only have they refused to refund the taxi, my credit card has subsequently been charged for fuel (no receipt or notification of the misuse of my card). I have now also been served with an invoice for nearly £2,000 worth of garage repairs on a clutch that was less than 4 weeks old. Don't go near this company.
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    ASB
    If one of you has access to a regulatory authority, could I kindly ask to report this company misconduct. I have a bad experience which is almost identical with many others on this site. With all the above charges against Europcar it seems we are dealing with an Spam Organization.
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    Jacqueline Ancess
    Two months after receiving my bill for Eurpocar rental in Italy, I received a credit card bill for an additional $1100 for alleged damage to the car. They sent me a contract which did not have my signature rather than the contract that did have my signature which showed the damage that they are alleging. I suggest we all write to the guidebooks and tripadvisor.com to advise against renting from Europcar.
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    MARTINEZ MARIE
    DOSSIER 6023848734

    martinez-marie@hotmail.fr

    je ne suis pas d'accord sur le manque de 13litres d'essence que l'on me facture
    a la dépose de la voiture tout été ok

    Je vous demande de voir auprès du sérieux du personnel,j' attends un remboursement.

    cordialement
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    Amr
    Upon check-out at CDG Paris, Europcar informed me that there are no manual transmission cars available as requested  and they gave me an automatic transmission, I confirmed with them that there will be no extra charges for that. I asked if the car had a GPS and they said yes, but the car had no GPS. They asked me to check-in the car with a full tank and I said yes. On the invoice I found so many unjustifiable items that I don't understand why I got charged for. They charged me for a car upgrade, GPS and refueling cost and other unknown charges.
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    Mohammed
    | 7 replies
    I agree everything wrote about this man (PAV Dubb) he is useless , never takes ownership and blames someone else instead. The guy is too big for his boots.


    Bloody useless
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      Peter replies to Mohammed
      | 1 reply
      I was returning the car and i stepped into the cabin i couldn't stand how this (Pav Dubb) was so miserable when he took my key not a smile nothing. I don't know how staff can enjoy working with him.

      Then he was shouting to someone on the phone, the guy needs some (ANGER MANAGEMENT LESSONS).


      This Pav Dubb ruined customer service at the end.
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        Taylor replies to Peter
        Pav Dumb or Pave Dubb whatever his name is , the guy clearly has (NO PEOPLE SKILLS). I wouldn't be surpirised if he's gone through a Divorse.

        He will never get sacked because it seems to me after being a long term customer, Management don't have the bottle to sack Management. Therefore he gets a way with everything.

        I THINK HR NEEDS TO GET INVOLVED, THEN AGAIN MANAGEMENT WILL BACK HIM UP BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THEY WILL BE PORTRAYED.


        GOD PLEASE SACK THIS 5 FOOT NAZEEM HAMID WANABE IDIOT.
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      Ray replies to Mohammed
      PAV DUBB NEEDS TO BE IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL. THE GUY SUFFERS (SMALL MAN SYNDROME) LOL
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      ALI replies to Mohammed
      | 1 reply
      He works as a Fleet Manager now and he's useless at that. He's good at telling people what to do though. He's all mouth he will never accept he's messed up.
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        USMAN ALI replies to ALI
        Pav  has de worst people skills you know, if your black then it’s 10 times worser big time. I know because I always get it from him and I had chat with his europcar staff and they agreed. Dis manager called Jackie always back HIM UP.

        WHAT’S UP

        Is this PAV Dubb Married to Jackie, I obvoid them both when I rent a car but it’s good when Jackie off on holiday Pav is off as well lol. They both have holidays together.

        MAKE MY LIFE EASY LOL.

        Botty boy and girl.
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      FLEET MANAGER replies to Mohammed
      PAV DUBB DUBB PAVEN DUBB whatever his name is, he tinks he's GOD man. He will never accept he has made a mistake that's why he wanted to become a manager so he will allways blame people below him.


      I'm a muslim but allot of my brothers and all asian friends whether they are muslim, Indian and even Black have complained how they have been treated from him. The guy has a problem with his own race. The guy is messed up big time.

      All that mean is i won't being Europcar in Birmingham Airport again.
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      Ex Europcar Customer replies to Mohammed
      THIS PAV DUBB REALLY BIG UP'S HIS JOB. LISTEN SON YOU JUST GIVE KEYS TO PEOPLE YOU DAMN FOOL. FOR HOW LONG HE'S BEING DOING THE SAME JOB IT SHOULD BE A WALK IN THE PARK. THE GUY WAS SO STRESSED, I WAS TOLD HE'S BEING DOING THE JOB FOR 15 YEARS IF HE'S STILL GETTING STRESSED AFTER ALL THIS TIME MAYBE HE'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH. HE F***** UP MY BOOKING BIG TIME. IF HE LISTENDED TO PEOPLE FOR A CHANGE THEN MAY BE HE WILL LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES.

      LOOSE THE MIDGET  WITH A TEMPER ( PAV DUBB )  THEN EUROPCAR BIRMINGHAM AIRPORT WILL BE BETTER PLACE FOR EVERYONE.
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    BeeCee
    I too rented a vehicle from Europcar and prepaid it almost a year ahead of the actual rental. It was for pickup in Paris and return at CDG. When picking up the car at a railway station in Paris, the agent was annoyed at my inability to understand her French accent. She then gave me scant directions on where to get the car. I only found it with the help of another renter. The car was dirty, it needed a new set of wipers, and it had damage to the rear bumper. After the rental I dropped it off at CDG  one day early. After returning home I received an additional invoice for the airport dropoff. I also received a bill for traffic violations. None of which I have any knowledge. I would avoid this company and hopefully something will be done to put them out of business.
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    BeeCee
    Addendum to my previous complaint regarding extra charges from Europcar:
    I was billed an additional charge for dropping off the car at CDG. I was also charged another $68.00 for traffic violations of which I have no knowledge. Here's the good part: I disputed all these charges with my CC company and did not have to pay any of them!

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