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Consumer Alert: Car rental companies turn to desperate tactics

Watch what you sign when you get a car. If you don't, you could be on the hook for more money

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Christopher Elliott
May 15, 2023
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Car rental companies are up to their old tricks again. 

Just ask Greg Taylor, who rented a sedan from Fox Rent A Car last month.

He had prepaid $106 through Expedia for the car. But Fox charged him an additional $177.

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