Carwiz car rental SCAM ALERT, AVOID AT ALL COST!!!
Carwiz (for the rest of this review I will call it Scamwiz as it deserves this name) is a company that continues to scam it's customers. I just recently learned it myself.
Recently I rented a car from Scamwiz using Expedia. It was a great price @ $135 for 9 days, for Hybrid Toyota crossover.
I picked the car from WAW airport. The desk is in the Marriot lobby across the street (not with all other rental companies), and the cars are at the P6 parking behind the Marriot (again, different than other companies).
First, when I arrived at 1PM on Friday, nobody was at the desk. I had to call the number and wait for the staff to show up. Not the big deal. Then the guy filled the paperwork, offered me a full coverage insurance, which I denied since my Credit Card offers this as a free benefit. I signed the paperwork. Than I had to wait for the car, again (it was being cleaned). Total this process took 1.5 hr at least.
Little bit later the employee and I went to inspect the car. He took pictures, I pointed few things, he noted that, I looked at the windshield, no cracks, chips that could be easily seen. Done deal, I went on my way. It seemed like usual rental car pickup process.
9 days later I returned the car in exactly same condition. Again, nobody was at the desk. SO I just dropped the key and went to catch the flight. When I got to the hotel in another city in Europe, I received email with pictures, stating that damage to the windshield was found. (Pictures attached). I thought it was a joke. I actually laughed. Two TINYYYYYYY chips size of maybe 2mm across. Normal wear and tear that happens when car is used for it's purpose, ie: DRIVING. I did not hear the rocks hitting the windshield. I'm pretty sure these did not happen while I had the car. I called the office, and heard bunch of excuses, how they are trained to look at everything, and there was nothing they could do. I know how things are in Poland, you do what you are told or you are gone. I am guessing the employee was doing what he was told by the Scamwiz management in fear of losing his job.
Hearing all that I said we are wasting time here, and I hung up. Few hours later I received the email, with the damage assessment of almost $500. For two tiny chips no more than 2mm across. Again, please see the pictures.
$500 is enough to replace the windshield, which this damage does NOT justify.
So this is why the car was so cheap, because they scammed me/my insurance for over almost 4 times the rental fee.
Reviews on Google that I read before renting were ok, some bad, some good. Nothing stood out. Afterwards I dug deeper into the web, and found bunch of terrible reviews on Trustpilot. Scamwiz does this to almost everyone who declines their insurance.
SO here is my experience. Avoid this company at all cost!!! read more