Richard Abram
South Island ▷ Canterbury ▷ Christchurch ▷
0.5/5
If you value your time or adventure in NZ ***** DONT GO NEAR THESE GUYS.****** They are incompetent, deceitful and negligent.
*****BE CAREFUL*****
First I booked a van that I could sleep in. I checked twice verbally, & put it in my booking request, that the seats would fold down so I could sleep in the back. I told them I was over six foot tall. This was confirmed three times. It was confirmed by the boss - the seats fold down to become flat and smooth and you'll easily fit.
When I arrived, a car turned up with no sign so I wandered around for half hour looking for them. We then drove to domestic, back to international, back to domestic for 45 minutes looking for the other hirers, screaming our randomly to tourists "looking for quality car rentals?". I ended up doing the yelling as the two ladies were too timid and it was testing my patience. Almost funny if not so pathetic.
Then we got to the joint - they showed me a car with a boot of about a metres space. I asked "where do I sleep?" And Shalni sheepishly said "there. Sometimes small girls sleep there". This was my bed for a month. I kicked up such a fuss that she allowed me to choose another car but still had an awful uncomfortable month of sleeplessness, after making it so clear what I needed. I was told "yes the seats fold down, it is a flat smooth surface where u can sleep." Blatant lie - it was a bumpy ridged sloping surface of seats and buckles and edges.
Then when I returned the car, the terminal 'conveniently' rejected the return of my bond, as they had reached their daily limit. I was promised an eft the next day. I chased it for two months, was promised it repeatedly and was even told twice that it had been transferred! It was never done. I eventually had to go to my bank which had to pursued it as a fraudulent/disputed transaction.
YOU MAY THINK YOU'RE SAVING MONEY WITH THEIR RIDE...BUT ACTUALLY, YOU ARE BEING TAKEN FOR A RIDE ****BEWARE***