Dubai Blue
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There's some proper scumbags working in that industry and it's just as prevalent in the UK as anywhere else.Of the number of car hire Co's in Alicante, they certainly are, but all of them try the insurance scam. You must take pics of everywhere on the car when you pick it up, do that and if it's straight, they sign if off.
Last time I was picking a car up from Manchester Airport, some absolute wanker behind the counter was trying to convince an old Scottish woman next to me that she needed to sign up for their overpriced insurance despite already having her own. He was full-on lying to her till I called him out on it as she was about to sign.
These companies don't make anything from renting their cars out. Their business model is built purely on flogging insurance add-ons and massively overcharging customers for minor damage that usually already existed. And it's always the ones offering the cheapest prices that are the worst offenders.