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I was charged for damage to the vehicle I hired that was existing and can prove this with photos I took before I drove the vehicle away from the hire location. I have attempted to make email contact and have been met with an unbelievably stupid set of responses, repeatedly asking me for information I have already sent. Regardless, I continued to submit the information requested but was met with the same outcome. I demand this is now elevated further. My complaint number was GFA 2959406 RA [protected] EV03 PB.

The person I have been dealing with is not up to the task. Please can you assign me someone who can work emails and attachments.

Hi Team,

I have made a reservation on your website, to be picked from PMI.

Reservation [protected]

Car was supposed to be picked up at 18:00, sadly my flight was delayed, I have contacted the Customer service meanwhile and they informed not to worry and I can pick it up but will have to pay 40€ as I will come after 23:01. I was OK with that hence its already mentioned in TC.

I arrived at 12:20 AM.

The person sitting there, refused to give me the car claiming that hence I did not come in 6 hours the booking is considered NO SHOW.

Nevertheless he will do me a favor and reactivate the booking, but I have to pay him 50€ for each day.

Which is 200€+40€!

I have asked him to show me where is a no show on TC mentioned the 6 Hours No show policy.

He started to get really angry and told me you go read it, it's not my job to tell you.

I have read all the TC and could not see any rules about specific hours.

The TC only mentions under section 10 - 01

Moreover, Goldcar shall not give refunds for prepaid

amounts if the client does not go to the hire office to pick up the vehicle.

I did show up and the guy tried to trick me to pay extra fees that was not written anywhere, saying that car I selected is no longer there and he has to also make me pay extra for the upgrade.

This is an absolute rip off!

All I am asking is to kindly refund me the money for my booking hence I was not able to pick up the car due to your employees not following the TC and trying to rip off people for no reason.

That's all I am asking for!

The refund for my booking for a total amount of € 61,51.

Regards,

Sara Farahat

I have booked a car online from "gold car" for 4 days and paid for it in advance.

Our flight got delayed and the 2nd flight got delayed as well, however I called the car rent to make sure they know I am coming but they refused to give any solution as I will arrive after 11pm and they said they are closed at 11pm.

I called again and they said okey just come after 11 but you have to pay 40€ extra as we will open for you, which I agreed as I don't have any other option.

I arrived at the airport and then I found the employees at Good car fighting with costumers already, however they asked me for extra 100€ as they gave my car to a different client which is not my problem.

I tried to negotiate and inform them that I already spoke to costumer service and no one mentioned this before, they told me go read the terms and conditions and when I asked where is it written they ignore me and no one solved the situation.

I left gold car office without a car and without my deposit and no solution, no one wants to talk or even explain.

The gold car employee said "we don't care, we are here to take money, u pay now or leave"

I hope I was able to tell what's goin on in this company.

To Whom this may Concern,

It is important for me to explain the background to my wife and I attempting to hire this car from Goldcar in Pisa, Italy. For eighteen months, through the covid epidemic we nursed my father in law suffering from terminal cancer and he lost his battle for life in the Spring of this year. We booked this holiday to help us both through the grieving process. My wife, normally very efficient and accurate, has become slightly discombobulated and slightly prone to bouts of confusion. This is evidenced by the facts that when she booked our flights she spelled her name incorrectly and that when she booked this car hire, she booked it from 11.00 on 18th August 2022 although our flight from Ibiza was scheduled to take off at 13.30 that day. Clearly she was confused when she made the booking and has made a mistake.

Our booking number was [protected] and we paid E350.24 for the vehicle.

Our flight was three hours delayed at Ibiza. When we arrived at Pisa Airport there was a further delay caused by the fact that the Gold car office was not in the Airport terminal as stated, but in offices 500 meters away. On discovering this we had a further wait of half an hour for the shuttle bus.

On arrival at the office, 7.00pm, we were met by "Rafaella" who told us that we were too late and could not have the car. she said the latest time that we could have had the car was 5.00pm. Obviously, she is not conversant with your own terms and conditions which I shall come to presently.

We tried to explain about the delayed flight but she remained unconcerned about our plight. She admitted that the vehicle that we had paid for was still parked in the car park. At our insistence RAFAELLA agreed to phone her manager, SYLVIA and after a short conversation in Italian the answer was a flat refusal. RAFAELLA then offered to rent us the same car we had already paid for if we paid for it again. Obviously, we refused.

I refer you now to your own Booking Terms and Conditions.

Number 2. Paragraph 5 states;

Goldcar on confirmation of the booking undertakes to make available to you the rental of the vehicle of the requested category starting in the time indicated in the booking until 4 hours starting from the pickup time mentioned in the booking BUT IN ANY CASE NO LATER THAT THE DAILY CLOSING TIME OF THE RENTAL STATION.

The rental station was open, the car was still available. Under that paragraph clearly, the vehicle we had paid for should have been supplied to us. A clear breach of you own T&Cs.

4C T&Cs states ; In case you cancel the reservation and you fail to collect the vehicle on the rental start date and time. Goldcar will reimburse you the prepaid amount minus a "No Show Fee" equal to the cost of 5 rental days at the rate applied to your booking.

Our rental was for 10 days. Under the above terms we were entitled to an immediate refund of half our fee. Your staff ought to have known this, particularly the manager. Why were we not refunded at least in part, there and then.

Finally, Number 5 T&Cs states; Force Majeure.

Neither party shall be liable for failure to perform their obligations under any kind of reservation in cases of Force Majeure. I believe the delayed flight constitutes A Force Majeure and therefore;

In these cases prepaid booking the transaction will be cancelled and Goldcar will refund the prepaid rental amount.

Regardless of all the above, I am disgusted by the lack of respect, empathy and compassion shown by your staff. The car was there readily available and we were forced to spend money we could ill afford to hire another vehicle from another company. The lack of money on holiday detracted greatly from what should have been a wonderful visit to Italy. We had to reduce the many plans we had, eat out less often and many trips were completely cancelled. It was all so unnecessary. Until this point we had always used Goldcar abroad as we believed that customers were important to you. Are they?

Dear Sir ? Madam

I am writing to you to raise an issue about Car Rentals.

The issue that I have experienced was; on collection of the vehicle we were charged a deposit of 253.81 euros to my credit card.

I agreed to return the car a day later than originally booked for the charge of 80.00 euros.

We returned the car as requested with a full tank of petrol.

I have never received my 253.51 euro refund. I have taken it up with Goldcar and so have my credit card made a dispute on my behalf. I have now been told to email Gold car customer services which I have done several times but I don't get any response.

My credit card have also emailed them but get no response.

It occurred on 22/10/2021

This meant that I am left 253.51 euros out of pocket. This has really annoyed me as we are Spanish home owners and have been loyal used Gold car for 18 years now.

This has been going on since October 21.

I would like Gold car to refund my deposit as I returned the car with a full tank of petrol as requested.

I look forward to your prompt response on this matter. As recommended by Trading Standards, I would like to keep a complete record of my case, so please reply to [protected]@btinternet.com.

Yours faithfully

Lianne Lillis

Booking reference number DYS-[protected]

68 Taverners Road

Rainham

Gillingham Kent

ME8 9AN

When I collected a hire car on 22nd August at Palma airport I was asked to pay a deposit of 376.95 euros. I asked the attendant if this would be fully refunded on return of the car (assuming no damage and a full tank of petrol) and it was confirmed yes that was the case. I signed on the screen when inserting my credit card but I have only been refunded 137 Euros.

Upon examination of the documents that were printed with my signature (even though I had not seen the document beforehand!) I have been charged for an additional insurance which was not offered, explained or asked for - in fact i have no details as to what the insurance even is. I had already taken out additional insurance as part of my booking. I would therefore expect that the additional 239.95 euros be refunded immediately.

I picked up a car at malaga airport on the 21sy of July

Booking Reference Number: [protected], booked through Ryanair

I paid £300 euro deposit

I returned the car on the 6th August and was told that the deposit would be refunded onto my card.

I have only received £150 euros and no correspondence to advise why only half?

The car was returned in perfect condition with a full tank of petrol?

Please can someone contact me to rectify this.

[protected]@hotmail.co.uk

Rental DYS-[protected]

Spain Malaga airport

15/10/21 to 22/10/21

Ford focus 5 dr

Amount paid 183.58 euros

on collection of this vehicle a deposit of 253.51 euros was charged to my credit card.

I agreed to return the car a day late which would be 23-10-21 at the cost of around 80 euros.

We returned the car as requested with a full tank of petrol.

I have never had my 253.51 euros refunded. I have taken this up with Gold car and so have my credit card made a dispute on my behalf. I have been told to email customer services which I have done several times but I don't get any response.

My credit card have also contacted Gold car customer service by email but also can get no response.

Please help me get my deposit back.

We have booked a car with goldcar in Sicily between 6 and 10th july (contract number [protected]).

Meanwhile, we have been charged aprox. 400€ for a damage in the car that was already there when we picked it up. Had already sent several emails to goldcar with no answer therefore we make here our complaint.

The car hasn't been involved in any accident or incident during the contract period. The damage goldcar claims was already clearly visible in the car at the moment we received it and clearly marked in the check-out sketch Goldcar handed to us on 06/07/22 (doc 2).

Goldcar states that the damage is new but the truth is it didn't marked any new 'x' on the sketch they sent to justify their charge. Goldcar’s check-in (“doc3”) and check-out (“doc2”) documents report marks exactly the same 'X', proving that the damage we are accused of was already there when we picked up the car.

As explained, goldcar check-out sketch and check-in sketch show the same 10 'x' marks of damage, which we verified when picking up the car. We have looked into the sketch, have identified the area of the car with the damage and understood it was the one Goldcar mentioned in its sketch. Now goldcar says that the 'x' marked didn't applied to the damage they are charging, although it is in the same area!

More, the sketch Goldcar uses for identifying the damages is not an exact image of the car that was delivered to us. The sketch is a sedan car and the car we rented was a Fiat Panda. The boundaries between trunk door and rear bumper cannot be identified strictly as these are completely different types of vehicles. Therefore, when we saw an 'x' marked in the area we are

discussing (and I repeat this 'x' was already there in the check-out report), we assumed in good faith that the 'x' was marking the total damage in this area.

We again refute the accusation that we had caused new damages to the car and refuse to assume any cost related to it so ask that the charge that was wrongly taken from our credit card to be reverted.

To whom it may concern

I have been asked by Mr Niall Kerr, “The Hirer” to pursue his refunds in respect to the vehicle rental that was booked via your website on 17th June 2022. Mr Kerr returned the vehicle to Malaga Airport in perfect condition with a full tank of fuel, however he has been charged £1318.26 in respect of a damage deposit and also £194.66 in respect of a fuel deposit. These amounts were initially taken as deposits on the provision that the vehicle was returned undamaged and with a full fuel tank.

These charges have since been taken from Mr Kerr’s credit card by Gold Car.

Mr Kerr have photographic evidence that the vehicle was returned in the same state as it was given to him, and that the vehicle was returned with a full tank. These are available on request.

I respectfully request that you as the dealing agent review this matter and have these charges refunded to me as a matter of urgency.

Failure to resolve this matter successfully may result in a Civil Court Case.

Without Prejudice

Mr Matt Quinn

matt.[protected]@btinternet.com

On collection of car at Barcelona airport on 22/6/22 we were told we would have to take out extra insurance. We had already taken out insurance with the company we had booked through (DoYouSpain) but were told that would not cover us - that it was effectively a waste of money.

We were given a large amount of confusing information but agreed to a 100euro insurance cost along with a fuel charge that would be refunded to us once the car was returned with a full fuel tank. The total cost was 233euro.

The car was returned with a full fuel tank on 3/7/22.

After 3 weeks and no fuel refund I emailed DoYouSpain twice and have still no reply. I contacted GoldCar by phone today (30/7/22) as they have no customer service email address and have been told the full 233euro was insurance costs and would not be refunded. We signed the insurance form at the car rental desk but were told that was for 100euro.

The Goldcar customer service person I spoke to said he could do nothing. I asked could I raise a complaint as we had been actively lied to/misled but he said complaints can only be raised in person at the customer service desk in Barcelona which is not much good if you don't live in Spain.

The reference for this booking was DYS-[protected].

Goldcar team,

After trying to reach you by different means; emails, calls and even by post in Italy, and getting nowhere without answers, I see myself forced to contact the Escalation heads of your company. Below I am describing my case with all the necessary information.

On 16/04 I made the reservation #[protected] by paying with my debit card: https://www.intesasanpaolo.com/it/persone-e-famiglie/prodotti/carte/carte-di-debito/xme-card-plus.html

The reservation and payment went through successfully.

On 19/04 when I went to the counter, ready to pick up the already booked rented car, your operator in Palermo, Italy asked me for my credit card. I showed my card, and he said that I could not rent the car because the card was an ATM.

To no avail were my explanations and the evidence that the card says (DEBIT) as well as the description of the bank itself (see link above).

At this point the operator cancelled the booking and said to forward an e-mail to [protected]@goldcar.com and [protected]@goldcar.com for a refund request. However, my request was ignored, and sent further emails and there were no reply at all.

I would like to emphasize 2 elements:

- The cancellation of the booking was made by your operator, not by me;

- The terms and conditions applied by the Palermo branch as presented on your site at the link (https://www.goldcar.es/it/tc/#:~:text=If%20you%20rent%20a%20GPS%20device,on%20your%20credit%20card.) state:

"In particular, in Italy, the payment methods accepted by Goldcar are:

Credit card or VISA or MasterCard debit card.

I have been patient enough trying to get an answer and basically my money back.

I would hereby make another formal request for reimbursement of the sum of Euro 215.35, following a booking that was NOT successful at your branch at Palermo airport.

Please send the refund to

Federico Negro

IBAN: IT34C0306912499100000011102

Bank INTESA SAN PAOLO

Italy

I trust I have been sufficiently precise in providing you with the necessary elements.

Please give me a reply as soon as possible,

Kind regards,

Federico Negro

Hi i recently hired a car in France Nice Air[port via booking.com.

The car was a Fiat 500 Reg FY568RR, i picked the car up on the 31st May 2022 and drove to Cannes where i parked in a legitimate parking place, on the Friday evening while parked the car was hit by a drunk driver and was removed by the Municipal Police. as i didn't know what happened to to i asked my hotel receptionist to call the Police to find out, they were told three cars were hit and my one had minor damage to front wheel, i was told i could not go to Police station as i were not the owner, I tried calling Goldcar on the Saturday the 4th June and the answerphone said it was shut till the Monday so i called then to explain.

i was flying home on the Tuesday so it was pointless getting another car, on the Tuesday i went to airport and gave the keys back to your reception at airport and completed a form.

I incurred a few cab charges and didn't get the use of the car, I had full protection insurance but they wont pay out the charge you took of £1180.85. The insurance have been waiting for a reply from your office, can you chase up the reply so i can get my money back please, also could i get any refund for the loss of car hire and cab charges incurred.

Regards

Paul Hayes

contract number21728537 car rental @barcelona airport 25/5 - 2/6/22 complaints nos 2956265, + 6 more.

I have been overcharged for super relax cover which i refused as i have my own gap insurance. The guy told me the additional payment 239E was to guarantee the car and he confirmed it was to guarantee the car and was refundable, he lied, i now find out it was superrelax cover.

Hi there, still can’t believe all the things I’m reading here…

I made a booking (as shown attached, crazy full full tariff, booking guaranteed) for a rental car for two weeks as I’m staying with my family, amongst them my 79 year old dad. Our flight had 3 hours delay and we arrived in the middle of the night, only wanting to get our car and go to our hotel.

And here is where the magic happened:

The guy at the counter told me I had to pay an additional 562,90€ ! To get the car. He told me it’s insurance, gasoline (will be refunded), later pick up surcharge, local tax bla bla… he said it’s mandatory and otherwise I would not get a car. By the time I was shocked and about to break down as we have been through a long, exhausting and delayed flight and my paps has some health problems bc of his age and I could not think straight but just wanting them to get their desired rest. So I paid. I still can’t believe it. Now calling the hotline they are saying there isn’t even an upgrade for this crazy amount of money and that I should file a complaint but they are not really optimistic that there will be a refund possible. I’m still here on the island, I’ll definitely about to pay this guy a visit and go to the police, even if there will be no refund in my case, these guys need to be stopped and personally held accountable. This is an absolute scam and it’s done on purpose taking advantage of peoples misery.

I rented a car from Goldcar on 22nd April 2022 from Alicante airport and returned it on the 26th April 2022. Contract number [protected].

Goldcar charged me a deposit at pickup which I paid with my debit card which was 1,227.00€ and I have received no money back to my account since this time.

36 days have passed since I returned the car to Goldcar. Proof of deposit paid is attached.

I have emailed Goldcar with no response.

I rented a car (Fiat 500) on the 27th of April 2022 at Mallorca Airport and returned it on the 4th of May. On the first day I had to have to deposits blocked on my credit card: €1100 in case of damaging the car and €129 of fuel deposit. After I had returned the car on the 4th of May I got an e-mail from Goldcar that the car I had returned was fine. On the 11th of May I saw deposit return information on my bank account which unfortunately disappeared after a number of hours. I went to my bank and they explained to me that Goldcar had sent them informal information that they were going to return the deposit but hadn’t practically done it. I called Goldcar and their worker explained to me that the deposit was to be returned within days and if I worry I can write an e-mail to [protected]@goldcar.com, which I did immediately and then as I didn’t receive any answer I emailed them for the second time on the 19th of May and I am yet to receive my answer as well. The situation looks the way, that after 20 day I still didn’t get my deposit back and I know my bank is not to be blamed. When I call Goldcar no one can actually help me in any meaningful way and when I send emails, I get No replies. To me it seems as unserious treatment and I am getting more and more anxious. Reading other comments I start realising that such situations are a common practice of the company. Until the situation I was really pleased with the company and even wanted to write a good comment. I don’t know what to think about it.

I have used Goldcar Rentals for 10 years and booked without complaint. However I booked to rent a car from Toulouse airport in June 2022, paid the required amount of £180.00. Unbeknown to me, the office will be closed when I will arrive at Toulouse so they cannot provide me with a car. I have contacted Gold Car but have not had a response, how can they charge for a service but then not be able to fulfil the requirement?

Booking ref: [protected]

We rented a car in first in Bergamo just 1 day, then in Bologna for 3 days.

On 26 of April I just noticed that around 170 euro was taken from our credit card.

No explanation why no emails NOTHING...

I don't think that's ok.

So please let me know what IS HAPANING.

David Melikidze

While try to pick up car at airport of Tenerife, service desk worker asked to pay extra 195 eur for the car to rent, so sure it wasn’t in my plans, but site said I also couldn’t refund my deposite.

So one thing is wasting my time, but another is I want my money back.

Dear support please refund my booking and be reasonable.