On 17 April 2024, I entered the Enterprise Truck rental at 13605 Baltimore Ave Laural, MD 20707. I…read moreasked the agent, Garrett Gravanda, if he had a reservation for a box truck (which ultimately had a license number 4FA1383 MD). He confirmed he did; I asked if he showed that I had already paid $601.21 toward renting the box truck. He said they don't take money ahead of time. So, the money I had paid was apparently to a scammer impersonating Enterprise--although I had the reservation there which seemed odd. Garrett Gravanda decided he was going to start over with a new reservation. I asked if I was still going to get the unlimited mileage I was quoted, he said no, they charge $ 0.29 per mile. My son, my additional driver, asked if we could use his company's discount code to get a better price. Mr. Gravanda found the code in their data base and said he could give us a $ 0.19 per mile rate.
We agreed on that rate and Garrett Gravanda told me to drop off the truck to the Enterprise location at Coors Blvd, Albuquerque, NM when we completed our trip.
I was instructed by Garrett Gravanda that the truck had 3/4 of a tank of fuel, and to drop it off with 3/4 of a tank.
I asked about the amount of Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) in the tank, appearing to be about 3/8 full. Garrett responded that I just keep the receipts for the DEF and I'll be reimbursed.
On 24 April 2024, I returned the truck to Enterprise in Albuquerque, NM as instructed with 3/4 of a tank of fuel. The agent, Bryan Clark, told me it passed his inspection and that the Laurel, MD location would need to close out the contract. At that point I saw some discrepancies in the bill. I explained that I was not being charged $0.19 / mile (as agreed) and I was supposed to be reimbursed for the DEF (after presenting 2 receipts for DEF) and that was not reflected in the bill. When I dropped off the truck I was told the GPS tracker on the truck provides Enterprise with the number of gallons of fuel in the tank (which doesn't make sense since a tracker provides position not fuel-level), this resulted in another illegitimate refueling charge for 1.7 gallons at $6.05 per gallon.
I called the Laurel, MD Enterprise office and spoke to Danielle Johnson, the branch manager, and she told me she was expecting the truck to be returned to Laurel MD. I told her this was incorrect and that we had informed Mr. Gravanda (in Laurel MD) where we were going to drop off the truck and he agreed. She got Garrett Gravanda on the phone who denied any knowledge of dropping off the truck in Albuquerque. Danielle Johnson told me she would call me back later that day or the next day (24 or 25 Apr 2024), but she never did.
Upon not getting any further communication from Danielle Johnson, I decided to look at my charges on my credit card; I noticed I was charged $811.20 by Enterprise on 24 Apr 2024. With no communication from Enterprise, I had to assume this is the final charge.
On 7 May, my son received a notice from his employer stating Enterprise claimed he had rented a box truck using my son's company charge card for the amount of $841.47. My son did not rent a box truck, nor did he provide his company card to be used for payment. The only explanation we can determine from this is that when my son showed his ID to confirm that he qualified for a discount, the Enterprise agent stole his number and used it to make a claim. This is fraud!
I travel 3 months out of the year and rent vehicles on a regular basis. I have never had difficulty with a rental company, prior to this. I will NEVER rent from Enterprise again.
