I have rented from Enterprise a million time before. I rented a car in Dec. while my car was being fixed. I gave them a deposit of $350.00 and when all was said and done they refunded me $194.00. Geico paid $105.00 and Enterprise was supposed to take $202.00 to pay my bill. However, they refunded me too much and left themselves short $46.00. Three months passed and I received my checking statement. I saw that Enterprise had gone in and taken $46.00 plus an additional $15.00 from my checking account without any authorization from me. Upon calling them, they claimed they tried to call me which was bs because I never received a call from them. I was very upset that they would go into my personal account and take my money without my approval, esp. since it was their mistake that they refunded me too much and it took them 3 months to catch this. I had to call my bank and file a complaint to get the additional $15.00 refunded, which Enterprise claimed they never took. They stole my money and the customer service team there was very rude from the minute I walked in. I only stayed there because they were the only shop around with the rental car I needed. Especially, Amy, was very rude upon renting and when I called to dispute claim. She did not want to help me resolve issue and was clear I was bothering her. My family and I own many cars and quite often rent from Enterprise..NEVER AGAIN! We are all telling our friends the story to make sure that they lose even more business.

My experience with Enterprise car rental beginning on April 23, 2010, has been the worst customer service I, or my husband, have ever experienced in our 20+ adult years. The staff seemed more interested in having a social hour with each other while attempting to conduct business, leaving the customer feeling more like a nuisance than a needed, or even wanted, customer. We were in a desperate situation, having to have one of our personal vehicles put in the shop, unexpectedly, only 30 minutes earlier. I had to go out of town for a wedding, so we had to have a rental car. Our experience got much worse several days after driving off the lot with our seven-day rental car.

All of the following details are important to explain the situation so my apologies early on for this letter's length and details that may appear irrelevant, at first, but they will make sense by the end. My husband took the rental to work that night. He goes in at 9:00 p.m. and does not leave until Monday at noon and as is routine every weekend, his car remains in the same spot the entire time. Once he parks the car and walks into work, he has no reason to return to it until he leaves work on Monday (although he can see it from his office at a distance; just not close up and just to throw this in-he sleeps in a provided room at work!) Also, when he leaves there on Monday, he goes straight to another job with no time for dilly-dally. So, as he's leaving work this past Tuesday, imagine his surprise when he notices tags that expire THAT DAY! Enterprise has rented us a car for seven (7) days with the 30-day tags on them expiring in three (3) days!

My husband called the Enterprise location where he rented the car from his cell and told them of the situation only to be told "We know. The tags came in the mail yesterday." Why did they not know before the tags came? Is that not an extremely important detail to know before renting a car to someone? My husband told them he would come by Enterprise to get the tags, making him late for work, as they sure didn't offer any solutions. He then called work to double-check staffing and realized there was no way he could be late that day (patient lives are a bit more important!) and called Enterprise back to figure out a solution. What was the employee's solution at Enterprise? "We're sorry about that but YOU can just come pick them up tomorrow!" (i.e. just drive it with the dead tags!) This was not a satisfactory answer for us. Neither one of us felt comfortable driving with expired tags on the rental car; even if we happened to get pulled over but received no ticket, it is an unacceptable way to do business, in our opinion. We wouldn’t do it with our personal vehicles, so why do it in a car that we have paid to rent.

The employees did not offer any suggestions. My husband suggested they bring the tags to him at work, which was only 20, or so, minutes away (but in the opposite direction my husband drives so had he went to Enterprise, he would be approx. 45 min. late to work). The employee said she would call back with an answer in a few minutes and true to her word, she called back within five minutes. She told my husband that someone would have the new car tags to my husband that day at work. Not surprisingly with how business had been conducted up to that point, no one showed up with the tags. Out of frustration, my husband called the 800 number for enterprise and although that employee was apologetic, he had no answers. Honestly, there was nothing the 800# employee could do.
My husband had an important, early morning appointment out of town the next day and I was still out of town with our car. So, he had to drive the rental car, once again, with those dead tags! Had the appointment not been an urgent matter, he surely would have preferred not to risk getting a ticket and drive straight to Enterprise, instead.

My husband was finally able to pick the tags up after his appointment, around 2:00 p.m. When he asked the employee why no one showed up with the tags the previous day, the response was "I don't know." Finally, my husband, who never raises his voice at anyone, began venting his frustrations, loudly, at the service we'd received since day one. The employee did begin to apologize profusely but the damage was already done as far as he was concerned and I can't say that I blame him.
Once again, my apologies for the length. I seek nothing in return in writing this letter; insurance will be reimbursing us when we get our own car back, so I’m not even sure why I’m posting it as the readers can really gain nothing from it. I think I am so upset about this entire situation because I have always taken pride in my work and had I been the Enterprise employee, I would have delivered those tags no matter what! Even if it meant doing so on my own time because after all, I promised that customer I would be there and come heck or high water, I would have!

I put in a reservation for a rental car on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 to pick up on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008. I put in the reservation thru the 800 # thinking everything was going to be fine, since this is the first time we do business with Enterprise Rental Car. Just to be sure we did have a valid reservation, We called the physical business location where we were scheduled to pick up the car to confirm the reservation and they confirmed. Now the nightmare begins...On Friday, My Wife and 7 year old son arrive to Enterprise in Sugarland Tx (Manager Name AJ) to pick up vehicle and to pay, My wife hands the employee Our Visa Debit Card and they plainly refuse it stating there policy is only to accept Credit Card or my wife will need to have a utility bill with her name on it in order for enterprise to accept a visa debit card. What??? Your telling me a lousy utility bill is more valuable than a TX DRL ...Makes no sense.I completely understand company policy, however we were never informed by the 800# Rep on Sunday or when we confirmed on Wednesday that we need to bring a credit card or utility bill. By the way, we do own credit cards, however, they stay at home and we prefer to pay cash for everything using our visa debit card. We escalated it to AJ the manager and he was no help at all.. just to require my wife to drive back home ( 20 miles away) and either bring a cc or utility bill. I was extremely unhappy with the manager not to offer any other alternatives and this is definitely the last time we do business with Enterprise. If we would have been properly informed we would of been prepared. I called the customer service number to complain and after telling her my story, she passed the buck to someone else and again I had to explain my situation again. I spoke with a rep by the name of kevin in the St. Louis Help desk who was completely unprofessional and rude. I asked for AJ's District Manager's name and phone # or Corporate ph # and he refused to provide this to me. It is ironic, when Enterprises Customer Service Reps answer the phone they say" Thank you for calling Enterprise where Customer service is a way of life" ...OBVIOUSLY THIS IN NOT TRUE FOR ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE TRULY DOES NOT REFLECT THIS. PLEASE, IF ANY ONE WHO READS THIS NEEDS TO RENT A CAR, DO NOT CHOOSE TO DO BUSINESS WITH ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR...PASS IT ALONG!!!

Be very wary of Enterprise rental car!!! VERY WARY!!!

I needed a car while mine as in the shop. I rented the vehicle on a Friday and returned it on a Monday. When I went to pick up the car the manager took the vehicle to the back and "washed" it. She brought it back out to me and then proceeded arong the car with me pinting out that there ws a scratch on the mirror. "Okay, I see it." The car was still soaking wet I couldn't see much and for the most part it still had dirt on it. Would have been difficult to see anything. But she breezed around the car in 5 seconds with me following her.

Upon returning the vehicle another gentlemen, I use the word loosely, checked the vehicle in. All of a sudden, he is opening the trunk and crawling on the ground checking every inch of the car. He went so far a to start brushing off the car with his arm checking for damage.

After his more then thorough inspection he proceeds to inform me I damaged the car. It appeared as if the car had been brushed up against in a parking lot. Not even a dent, just a scratch mark on the front bumper near the light. Impossible! I drove the car to my business where I have my own parking spot away from all other vehicles, so no one could have brushed it there. Then the car proceeded to be parked at my home in a one car driveway for the rest of the weekend until I drove it 5 miles back to them Monday. In order for this car to have been hit in my driveway someone would have had to drive thru 3 backyards and my pool to brush against, not dent it, and drive back out the same way with out me noticing and my pool staying in tact. Totally rediculous.
After much arguing I left. I just recieved a bill from Enterprise for $354 for the damage. WHAT!?!?! First of all for something I didn't and couldn't have done, and second of all you have to be kidding me $354 to fix some paint on a 6 inch scratch.

This is a huge scam and I have spoken to others who have had this location try to do the same to them. Checkout is a breeze and the car is always brought out wet for you to look at it, check in they go over it with a fine tooth comb. They are doing this to make extra money, I am sure the car won't be fixed as the damage that was already on the mirror when I received the car had been there, they knew about it, I am sure someone was charged for it, and it as still there unfixed. Hmmm, whose pocket is the money going into?

Be careful when renting from Enterprise and chckthe vehicle thoroughly, bring a towel to wipe it down, and make sure you crawl around the car looking for everything! Because they won't, but they will when you bring the car back!