Trying To Stay Within The "Budget"....It "Hurtz".
Gotta tell you about my recent trip to California........spent a week in San Francisco and Napa Valley and yes kids, California still is.....the land of fruits and nuts (and wine.) I'll give you some details in a bit, but first I've got to add one more item to my last posting when I was complaining about "gouging in America." My last rant had to do with being gouged by hotels, charging whatever the traffic will bear but I also mentioned, car rental agencies do it too and boy did I get a classic example of how vicious sit can be....."California Style."
I had a car all rented (done on-line) which was going to cost me about $240 for four days. Fair enough. But when I realized I had rented the car from a downtown San Francisco location and by mistake was returning to the same place, I went back into my account to change the return from downtown...to the airport. What a mistake!!!! I don't want to mention any names, but I usually stay within my "budget" when it comes to car rentals.....but the price for my rental went from approximately $240 to just over $500!!!! Holy crap! Same car, same length of time but the price more than doubled. Why? Because they can! No other reason. "Because they can."
I immediately cancelled the deal and went to their chief competitor and gladly paid $300 for the same car and time period. Yes....$60 more than my "budgeted" amount, but $200 dollars less than the attempted extortion amount and yes, I do hope the other guys understand, sometimes it just feels good to know that it "hurtz" when the gougers try to put one on your chin.
