Even if you reserve a Mazda3 you won't necessarily get it...they're very crooked there. Sweet talking may work if you talk well and they have extras.
I wouldnt say they are Crooked what so ever. They ahve their T&Cs and a person just has to follow them. Have you ever rented in Costa Rica ? teh Israelis are extremely tame in comparison
It seems you didnt do your homework (checked the car before driving off ) and how do you know someone didnt scratch the car, they dont care that you didnt do it the Question is was it there when you took it, since you didnt go over it the Only person to Blame is yourself
My sheet had x's in places on a car that had only 1200 kms on it and I wasnt even able to find what they Xed off. then you used a Link that got it extra cheap so they probably wanted to make up for some of that loss, the same happens to me here in teh US, last time in LA my 3 day weekend cost me $25.50 for a compact instead of the going rate of $68 (Codes and coupons) when I dropped it off they went over it with a fine tooth comb. This weekend Im paying $32 when the going rate is $72 so I expect that again they will do a full check.
did u small talk with the guy when you brought the car back that was doing the checking eg , how do U like it over here compared to T3 , for a CatD is this the best car you guys have , if yes or no ask why. If not again you are to Blame.
You may be right why should you have to do this, but Im 1000% sure you do it at a Hotels checkin to try and score a better room or view. While simply presenting or saying you Status to them should be enough, wait not even that since it should be there on the res for them to see, yet we all know that the small talking will many a time be the difference between a nice room or view to a Great one
But I will admitt I dont have a wife that is fighting for attention at those times. So simply explain to her when you Must turn your full attention away from her in order to make sure things hopefully go smoothly during certain times