tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19308061.post115386117623329085..comments2023-06-03T07:54:04.458-04:00Comments on Phil Loses His Mind: National Car Rental sucksPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04425022631245056914noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19308061.post-69185495325779933442010-02-03T14:13:45.193-05:002010-02-03T14:13:45.193-05:00If you have any desire to protect your personal pr...If you have any desire to protect your personal privacy, and to do business only with companies that respect you, you will not rent a car from National or their sister company, Alamo. Here's why...<br /><br />Try dialing any of National Car Rental's toll free reservation numbers (ex. 800-328-1234) from a VOIP line, especially a SKYPE line, and you will get endless ringing. Nobody will answer. Why? Because, as I was told by a National "customer service rep", "National needs your home and cell phone numbers to service you better". Huh? Say what? <br />The truth is that National wants more detailed customer info so that they can sell it - you are aware that your personal info is worth money, right? - and also, of course, so that you have nowhere to hide from their marketing weasels. <br /><br />If you call National - Alamo from a SKYPE number, all National captures is the SKYPE termination number, and your privacy is protected...and National apparently doesn't like that.<br /><br />So, rent Hertz and Avis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com