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National Car-rentals has room for improvement based on customer feedback. Customers particularly appreciate service and professional, though some mention concerns about customer service and communication.

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If I could give zero stars

If I could give zero stars, trust me, I would this car company is probably one of the worst companies in America comes to service. They have no etiquette when it comes to business and taking care of customers they lie and try to blame customers for their deficiency, I rented the car to show up at the place just for the card not to be available in the associate. Try to blame me because I was late even though I was at the location before closed I called customer service to come to find out that she had lied to 24 hours to pick up your car not supposed to find a car and I’ll just tell you sorry you’re on a clock. That’s what this associate did then proceeded to call customer service And get an explanation why I did not have a car come to find out they did not have cars at that location for the entire day and the associate lied to me at the station they escalated my case to supposedly a regional manager to help me out and I never received a single call from any manager or any person Place companies like this eventually go out of business because they forget the customers are really what they fix their competency in terms of dealing with the public. I’ve only had one other customer service interaction that was worse than this, and that was with American Airlines where they lie to their customers to cover their ass like national car rental buyer beware looking through your history. It looks like they do not give a shit about their customers.

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I placed an online booking through our…

I placed an online booking through our corporate account on Thursday, 10th July. To my disappointment, I didn’t receive any communication until Saturday morning—only to be told that the vehicle I booked wasn’t available. This last-minute notice was frustrating enough, but what followed was completely unacceptable. The staff member who contacted me, claiming to be the manager, was extremely rude and unprofessional throughout the call. She spoke over me repeatedly, wouldn’t allow me to explain my situation, and her tone was downright abusive. As a regular customer who has rented from various Enterprise branches for years, I was shocked by this behaviour. If this is the standard of customer service from someone in a managerial position, it raises serious questions about the training and leadership at this branch. A manager should be setting the tone for professionalism—not contributing to a toxic experience. Needless to say, I will be avoiding this branch in future. I highly recommend others do the same until clear improvements are made in customer service and communication.

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Arnaque véhicule loué à Édimbourg pour…

Arnaque ,véhicule loué à Édimbourg pour 5 jours. Aucun souci pendant le séjour ni restitution (clés déposée dans une boîte aux lettres). Et , 15 jours après notre retour, on nous réclame 500£ pour une 1/2 coque de clé manquante. Clé qui nous a été remise en main propre dans cet état, 1/2 coque manquante et scotchée, mais que nous n’avions pas malheureusement pas signalé. Cela ne gênait pas le fonctionnement du véhicule et le loueur ne pouvait pas l’ignorer car la clé avait était “temporairement” réparée par ses soins avant nous l’être confiée. Désormais, ils nous signalent que le véhicule a été immobilisé pendant 5 jours à cause de cette 1/2 coque manquante et appliquent des frais de dossier et de réparation exorbitants. C’est notre bonne foi contre celle du loueur. Nous sommes loin, difficile de s’expliquer et la restitution s’est faite dans une boîte aux lettres. Nous sommes piégés par un système qui défend le loueur mais pas le locataire, avec des mises en demeure inadmissible pour une 1/2 coque de clé en plastique comme si nous étions des délinquants. Aucune possibilité de discuter sauf peut être maintenant en portant plainte pour abus avec notre assistance juridique. Donc il est indispensable de noter tout défaut même minime lors de la réception d’un véhicule. Les assurances des CB ne prennent pas en charge les dommages aux clés. Donc aucun recours possible. Encore un exemple des arnaques rencontrées avec des agences de location de véhicules.

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Beware National Roadside Assistance. Pay for the roadside when you rent

The branch employees themselves, outstanding. National's Roadside assistance is awful. The big slogan is your safety is our priority yet they made me put a donut on the rental jacking up my back and having me drive through East Saint Louis on Hwy 70 going 40 mph with the hazard lights on. No one in E St Louis cares if you have an issue. Better get out of the way. Probably the most harrowing experience of my life. One of the 5 people I spoke to in Roadside even hung up on me because I told him I was not pulling over on that hwy and calling the police.

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This fuc*k thiefs stole 4000 diram in sucky dubai

This fuc-kin thiefs stole 4000 diram from me... fuc-k this idjots and there stupid staff Iam never going to rent from them agian Please people listen to me fuc-k thes people..incompetent cocksuckes and dickhads.. i am warning every one i know. Never go to dubai and stay away from this car rentel the only good news is i stopped tree familes from going to becues i told them about my experince with thes cocksuckes

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Appalling customer service my complaint…

Appalling customer service my complaint has still not been resolved from 5 July 2018. I was told 10 days ago someone would ring us, we are still waiting. Passed from one department to another. Disgusting treatment of customers

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AF

Take your business elsewhere

It is with dismay that I must take my business elsewhere. I made a recent rental in Erie, Pennsylvania only to arrive on an American Airline flight to find no car. I had made the reservation two months earlier. When I called the “Customer Support” number I was told, “Sorry there is nothing we can do for you.” When I asked to speak to a supervisor I received the same response. I rent over 40 days a year with National and you could care less that you stranded me and my wife at the airport. I walked to the Avis counter and found myself a car, and while I was there signed up for their preferred program, and will take all of my business to them. It is sad that your “customer service” is not really service at all. It would have been easy for you to arrange a car for me had you cared about the situation you placed me and my wife in. Your lack of caring, your lake of response to multiple phone calls, and your overall lack of customer service has cost you my business. I am only one person, but I suspect there are many more out there that you have shown the same lack of concern towards. In a service industry, customer service should be the focus of what you do; rather you choose to ignore customers who you have put in bad situations. It is for this reason I happily take my business elsewhere.

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B

Was very easy

Was very easy. Looking forward to it again

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J

Hired a 7 person Ford Max from NCL via …

Hired a 7 person Ford Max from NCL via Cartrawler but got "upgraded" to a dirty Hyundai transporter which was not so comfortable given that were driving 700 miles but my main complaint is that I paid a 45 pound deposit on 300 pound total and this was not deducted from the bill. I also took the car back a day early which I mentioned at the time of collecting which they said was fine - they would just charge for 5 days. Got charged a higher rate than quoted and deposit was not taken into account. Emailed them but no answer...

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JW

Incorrectly Fined

Had a great experience with National until we returned the car and a $250 fee was charged for a pre-existing issue with the car which we have documentation of before taking the vehicle. Has spoiled what was otherwise a fantastic trip with the company. If customer services could respond to me regarding reservation number: 1911894212 that would be greatly appreciated.

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DJ

Always Good I have Never Had a Problem

I use National a lot and they are always fine. I have never had issues always a fast hassle free rental and easy drop off. My only gripe is they always want you to rent a Satnav, take their extra insurance and upgrade to another car but that is pretty common in the business and I always decline but as a company I recommend them 100%.

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H

Excellent service

This is by far the best experience I've ever had with a car rental company! Very quick and efficient, no endless salesspeach to sell extra insurances, fair prices and super friendly staff.

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KB

Easy as Pie

If you want the Best in the rent a car business, go to National. They are the friendliest, easy to deal with and so positive. Not even Sunday stopes them from smiling and treating you as the most important person that ever came to there counter. You are the best National.

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rn

They charged additional 1.971$ without reason and wont return

We actually had a really good experience with everything and the car was really nice, though we had to buy an additional insurence at the beginning (200$ extra for 1 month) that they didn't mention online, but we could live with that. When we returned the car we got a receipt and everything was fine. They checked the car and there where no damages or anything. But then 7 days after I can see on my bank account that they charged 1.971$ extra - NO email and NO explanation! Now I've been talking to them all day and first I was sent arround in their system for half an hour without anything happening and then I spoke to a man who insisted on the total amount of 4500$ which is incorrect. So DONT USE national! Apparently they just keep your card information and charges you randomly!

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