“I handed in my Argentina license and was told it wasn’t a real license and therefore could not rent the car. I argued over 1hr and finally got the car.”
Another person who don’t want to show secondary ID passport?
Daily News reporter easily snags fake ID in Queens hotspot for phony documents
It took me just an hour and a half to get a fake ID in New York City’s ground zero for the fraudulent document business — Roosevelt Ave. in Queens.
The Jackson Heights neighborhood is the epicenter of fake paper mills — rackets that fuel teenage drinking and identity theft and also create fake green cards and passports that can pose a serious security threat.
I didn’t get a new high-tech driver’s license — those are much harder to reproduce - but the market for current licenses, which are still valid if they are issued before September 2013, is skyrocketing.
According to figures from the Queens district attorney’s office, there have already been 130 arrests this year in the borough for creating or possessing fraudulent documents, which include green cards, Social Security cards and passports.
Last year, there were 250 collars, and in 2012 there were 273, according to the DA’s office.
Identity theft is also a problem — there were 262 people charged with the crime in 2012, and 260 charged in 2013.
You're willing to address the single example from Yelp, but none of the other complaints that all run in a similar vein: gouging, scamming, shysterism, rudeness, "terrible customer service representatives, totally unenthusiastic and careless."
Apparently, though - "Angeline" is the one you want to get if you're desperate enough to go there. Except if you're an Israeli...
I thought that one was interesting. I still believe that Avis lack of company clarity in policy was a problem. It could have been anyone.
Normally I don’t look at yelp, but since the link was posted I looked at the reviews before this article came out.
This should not have happened. Company policy/lack of consistency caused this. Perhaps whomever had been manning the desk knew the frequent traveler so no requirement of a passport has ever been requested of him?
Me, I really like not having a headache. I’d have dealt with it later, but that’s me.
Me, if I was the Teva Exec, I would have gotten a taxi, and not ruined my night and called their company on Monday. Being a repeat customer and an Exec, he probably would have gotten to the top pretty quickly and problems corrected. It is a problem, Avis admitted it, that they were inconsistent in their policy. Clarity, some really clear signs, paperwork, employee reminders of policy will make a difference.
I worry about fake docs esp with the terror stuff. I’m happy to show my ID to vote and I’d love all rental companies to require passport and another ID for foreign citizens.