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- From: kuplinsk@math.rutgers.edu (Julio Kuplinsky)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: U-Haul & Ryder
- Message-ID: <Aug.27.15.43.48.1992.8474@math.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 19:43:48 GMT
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- For those of you who think that U-Haul is one of the shabbiest
- operations in the country (I'm one of them), let me assure you that
- Ryder is no better.
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- I made a reservation with the local dealer for this coming weekend
- _six weeks_ ago (and took the trouble to get a reservation slip from
- them). I called today just in case, and the guy told me that there
- are no trucks available, just like that. He argued that "they" had
- taken the trucks away from him. He didn't find it necessary to notify
- me of the problem.
-
- A call to the 800 number brought no satisfaction (in fact, when you
- give them the reservation #, they say that the reservation has been
- made with the local agent [like it was a different galaxy] ). Note
- that the fact that the joint has the shingle Ryder on it doesn't make
- any difference. I feel that if it was called "Mom and Pop" your
- chances of getting decent service would be the same.
-
- Good luck to all of you who are moving this Summer!
-
- Julio Kuplinsky
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