Would give no stars if possible. Unfortunately, I didn't get a choice to do business with this place. My Kia needed the engine replaced and they rented a car for me from here. I was warned upon picking my car up from another customer "Take photos of everything, they're shady." to which I rolled my eyes. She was right. I called the store (which is impossible to get through to an actual human at the location) and asked "My vehicle is ready at Kia. Do I drop my rental off by you and get a ride to Kia or how does this work?" Response "No worries, just leave it at Kia, we'll pick it up!" Great. This is on 5/31/23. A few days later I get harassed with phone calls about my rental being overdue. I call again, finally getting a person, I ask "I keep getting these phone calls. I was instructed to leave my rental at Kia, which I did on May 31st. Was that not right? What should I do?" Response "No, ignore those, we just haven't had a chance to pick it up yet, you won't be charged." Cool. Then in July, I get my first invoice from PlatePass. Which is interesting because I did not use any tollways whilst I had the rental. The date of my rental agreement, according to this invoice is 5/23/23 (fact) to 6/10/23 (fiction) and the date of the alleged tollway use is 6/9/23. I call PlatePass and get told "Oh, you need to clear this up with Hertz." I call Hertz, "Oh, you need to clear this up with PlatePass." I try emailing both organizations. It's clear the toll usage occurred when a Hertz employee finally made it to Kia to retrieve the rental and for some reason, found it a necessity to use the tollway for a 10 mins trip. Emailing got me nowhere. Several different "customer service" representatives were all responding to my emails, not just one person and nobody knew what was going on. PlatePass said "Just provide us with proof you didn't have the rental at the time of the charge." Neat. How the hell am I supposed to do that? They don't have the date I left my car at Kia, they have my agreement ending 10 days after I left the rental, PER THEIR INSTRUCTION at the dealership and when they were able to get someone over there to pick it up. Call Hertz again, can't get a hold of the actual location, talk to a person who again tells me to contact PlatePass. I'm done. I finally just paid the damn fee, but I will NEVER and I mean N E V E R rent from the company again. Outrageous. I had to pay $11.09 to make sure this situation doesn't put me into collections or have my renting privileges being revoked, because A HERTZ EMPLOYEE used the tollway in the rental I had. Even though I had done everything they instructed me to do and wasn't in possession of that rental for 10 damn days. Steer clear of this place. No wonder they have a 2.6 rating.
**After reading other reviews, I also had a similar experience with the staff when I picked up my rental. They acted like they had just found out I was coming, when I heard the mechanic at Kia talk to someone at Hertz about me coming there shortly. They were extremely rude and seemed very put off. I'm 40, I've never had to rent a car on my own (my husband always heads this for vacations and such) I had no clue what to expect. When I was brought out to the vehicle, I was told to point out any dents or scratches, so I wouldn't be charged. After I pointed out a few things, the man who was "helping" me snapped at me and told me "That's not what were are looking for, any sort of major damage, not little cosmetic things that you're pointing out." Ok, well, I didn't know. I also work in customer service, so I made sure I was friendly and polite, even though I was being talked to and treated so rudely. read more