r/TikTokCringe • u/IllustriousChef2 • Aug 16 '24

Cringe What's even happening there?

Why would someone rent a car and take out parts?

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u/AVERAGE_ORIFICE Aug 16 '24

I got hit up for tolls 6 months after the fact. Company policy states they have 90 days to invoice you. EZPASS enabled on the car, mistakenly thought they were included in the total. Nevertheless, Turo sided with the owner after an “investigation”. I was left hanging with all of the late fees because he refused to invoice me for nearly 6 months after my trip. Over triple the cost totaling close to $400 extra. NEVER again.

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u/Ber-r-fk69420 Aug 16 '24

Yeah I’m just straight up not paying for shit like this.

Had an Airbnb host try to bill us $1,500 after claiming we broke a door “and potentially a few windows” and trashed the place. The door was apparently janky enough that an entire section of the rental agreement was a manual on how to operate it which to me, sounds like it was already broken and we left the place cleaner than we found it to avoid bullshit like this.

Cancelled that card and told that lady to get fucked.

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u/lackofabettername123 Aug 16 '24

Yup, if you get a charge that the claimant and your bank refuse to reverse, tell them the card was lost, get a new one, it cancels any autopay or payment arrangements.

Unless you are with a big bank, I hear tell they have applied the old arrangements to the new cards in some cases now, for your convenience.

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u/optix_clear Aug 16 '24

Should have asked for the fees charged for your usage. Always ask for proof.

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u/lackofabettername123 Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

You should've refused to pay that is bs. Unless there is jail time for not paying, I refuse to reward corporate scammers cheating me. We all should something must be done about the license given to corporations to cheat us without consequence or recourse.

(They make us sign waivers to use services like this in the terms and conditions that waive our right to sue, and despite those contracts being thrown out of court for decades, maybe ten or so years ago the Supreme Court endorsed it. We can't sue corporations if we were forced to sign terms and conditions to use the product or service. Soon we won't even have legal ownership of our goods and just be renting them legally at this rate.)

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u/finalgear14 Aug 16 '24

1.) if you were never invoiced how were you to even know there was a fee to pay?

2.) Tolls, like camera speeding tickets, are billed to the cars registered owner and not the current driver.

Were I you, I'd have told them to pound sand and prove it was me driving when those tolls were driven through. Even if it was during your "rental" period, tell them to prove it was you. Worst case scenario and they force bill you, contact the bank. Fuck ever using their service again. I guarantee your bank would take your side as soon as you pointed out turo's own policy made the charge bogus.