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11 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

20 or so years ago I had a first date. I’m from a small town everyone knows everyone etc.  took her to the only decent restaurant in town Some loser busboy comes up to her while we’re doing. “Hey I know you!  You danced at ________”

Had no idea you were Tweeder.

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Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

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Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

832e578e643eb57d787e87dd0802f793.jpg

 
Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

Could be trivial or non-trivial depending on the circumstance. 

I'd say largely trivial but very irritating. The effort to give it to you with a full tank is (likely) very minimal compared to the effort to either have them right the situation there or right it after you return it 🤷

Guessing that's a fairly big tank - I mean that could be like $100 of gas depending on where you are. 

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

832e578e643eb57d787e87dd0802f793.jpg

 
Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

On your rental agreement did they mark that it left the lot full? I've had my vehicle like half full before, but they marked it on the agreement that it was half full, so as long as I brought it back with that much I was good to go. 
Yes, fuck the inconvenience on departure, but you should not be on the hook for filling up the tank if you left with it at a quarter full. Also, if they did not mark how much gas was in the vehicle, take a picture of the fuel gauge now, and the mileage.

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Also, if they did not mark how much gas was in the vehicle, take a picture of the fuel gauge now, and the mileage.


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3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Trivial, not trivial?  I report, you decide.
Had to pick up a rental car today (last minute trip, took what they had - driving a Honda minivan).  About 20 mins into my drive, I decide to look at the fuel gauge, to see how my mileage is going....and this is what I see:

832e578e643eb57d787e87dd0802f793.jpg

 
Fuckers at Budget gave me a ride with only about 1/4 of a tank of gas.  And they expect me to turn it in full.  I'll probably use 4 gallons of gas this whole trip.  And I'm dropping it off early tomorrow, then running to make my plane, I'm not gonna spend a half hour at the Budget desk arguing.  I'll send a strongly-worded note or somesuch, but this is some bullshit.

For most if not all of their cars, Avis has a remote sensor in the tank so they have a record of what the level was when rented out as well as returned.  Since they are part of the same company, Budget might have the same.  I've had Avis try to bill me a refill charge when I rented at .99 full and returned at .98 full and was able to get that charge removed with a strongly worded email.  YMMV.

You might also try reasoning with them since you have a pic of the mileage along with the fuel level.  Assuming of course,they recorded the mileage correctly at time of rental.  A strongly worded email seems like it's worth the effort but not much more than that.

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