{"id":13848,"date":"2016-05-21T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buy-insurance-or-come-back-tomorrow-was-goldcars-airport-ultimatum\/"},"modified":"2016-05-21T13:02:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T06:02:28","slug":"buy-insurance-or-come-back-tomorrow-was-goldcars-airport-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/buy-insurance-or-come-back-tomorrow-was-goldcars-airport-ultimatum\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy insurance or come back tomorrow, was Goldcar\u2019s airport ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt was nearly 11pm and I was painfully aware I would be sleeping rough if I did not complyI know there\u2019s been no shortage of complaints about Goldcar car rental, but I had an experience with them in Nice airport last week that I thought would be interesting to your readers. My flight was delayed, so when I arrived at Goldcar the office was closing. I called from the terminal and the agent agreed to wait for me. After we spent about 10 minutes filling in the paperwork, the agent suddenly announced that I must take excess insurance for \u20ac65 (\u00a350). If I chose not to take this optional extra he would, in his words, not have time to rent me a car and I would have to return in the morning. I queried this and he raised his voice, stood up and become quite threatening. He told me to leave the office as he was now closing. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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