Originally Posted by I-8-ERAC

yeah, you're probably right. you got outbid. being that I still work for the green machine, i agree with the second poster that you probably got outbid.

it does suck. but i can honestly tell you any time you ask to be 'picked up' you are asking for trouble. of course, the logo says 'we'll pick you up,' but that usually translates to saying 'we can bump him back a bit and wait for the next truck to return since we have somebody here right now.'

as for the pressure to 'sit tight?' i agree to an extent. I always hear the excuse that hertz, etc., doesn't overbook, but they also don't rent to the pure fucking scum that erac does.

for the orginal poster, please understand that for every 20 reservations erac takes, at least five don't show up, 7 don't qualify and 2 should be in prison. that's why we take the walkins all day long if they are in front of us and qualify to rent.

as for $100/day for a silverado? if you're willing to pay that then you are an idiot. then again, come to my office and i'll have you one every time.

They are hammering you on that rate. You realize ERAC's breakeven on the truck (which happens to be the most scaled down Chevy makes) is probably like $28.50/day.

Sounds like you're getting bent over twice.