Anyone boycotting anything?
Quote: billryanSo who is boycotting what?
Machete don't boycott.
Quote: JohnnyQI'm not a big fan of Disney World but that's mine, maybe it doesn't quite rise to the level of a full-out boycott. It is just too overcrowded and too overpriced.
Disney parks are definitely expensive, but if you go in an off-season the crowds aren't bad at all, in my opinion. We went a couple years ago and I don't think we ever waited more than 10-15 minutes for anything. If you go at the right time of year and time of day, you can just walk on to a lot of rides. The trick with Disney nowadays is you really have to do a lot of planning in advance to maximize your time and minimize the crowds. I can see how that would definitely be a turn off for a lot of people but my wife loves planning stuff like that so it's not a problem for us to start mapping out our trip months in advance.
Quote: MrVMachete don't boycott.
The face only a mother could love.
Not MY mother.
Quote: TigerWuDisney parks are definitely expensive, but if you go in an off-season the crowds aren't bad at all, in my opinion. We went a couple years ago and I don't think we ever waited more than 10-15 minutes for anything. If you go at the right time of year and time of day, you can just walk on to a lot of rides. The trick with Disney nowadays is you really have to do a lot of planning in advance to maximize your time and minimize the crowds. I can see how that would definitely be a turn off for a lot of people but my wife loves planning stuff like that so it's not a problem for us to start mapping out our trip months in advance.
You can also go the opposite way and pay around $200 a person for an escorted express tour where you see everything in a day with never a line, and food is delivered to your van, or waiting at your next attraction. It's not a bad deal if you have a large group. Get in done in a day and have the rest of your vacation mouse-free.
https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/events-tours/vip-tour-services/
Quote: beachbumbabs
Also.
Face, I don't doubt you know this, but Amazon Prime offers free shipping and free returns. No more grouping a shipment, waiting for all the goods, to save costs. And many groceries are cheaper there than any place you can buy them IRL. So people are getting 5 packages a week just normal shopping. It all arrives in its own individual box, most of it via USPS, more via UPS, occasionally Fedex.
/sigh. All too aware.
I just need to go. Me being here is like a Hassidic Jew working a massage parlor, or a Hindu working at Arby's. I might not have a MichaelBluejay level of dedication, but I'd put my consumption/carbon footprint up against his any day of the week. To be in this job while holding the views I do is beyond my tolerance for masochism.
If only there were a godless division of Mennonites...
On topic, how could I forget - Electronic Arts.
EA is the poster child for what's wrong with everything. I can't believe I forgot as my hatred for them runs deep; I can only take pride that I've forgotten because this boycott has been on for a loooong time. '04? '07? It's been awhile. I did break it of my own accord, my desire for SimCity overcoming my Buddhism in '12 or whenever. And SC, or rather, the turd they provided in place of Wil Wright's usual excellence, sealed the deal forever.
I don't really care about the political posturing cooked up by a corporation's PR team. Today they pretend to be patriotic, tomorrow they pretend to care about the transgendered. Who cares? That won't affect my purchasing.
If a business owner has views that diverge from mine, that's his right and I have no desire to punish him for enjoying his rights. If I know that a business mistreats their workers, I might make more of an effort to steer clear.
But, above all, I just make an effort to patronize small and local businesses. So I don't really need to worry about boycotting Chick Fil A because I might eat there once every 2 years anyway.
I'd rather help a local pay of his mortgage than contribute more power and wealth to wall street. I'd rather keep that money circulating in the community, instead of having it hoovered out by our masters. And, if you buy coffee every day from a local instead of McD's, you really are making a significant contribution to them.
I also think small businesses create a rich culture of new an unique experiences, as opposed to soulless rows of cookie cutter corporate outlets.
When I travel, sometimes I go to a small town with a lot of local restaurants, shops and other businesses. It feels like a community. I remember the visit because the place has character. There are things there you can't see and do elsewhere.
Other times, I go to a small town that has nothing but pizza hut, Sonic, Taco Bell and a Wal-Mart. Ironically, these towns feel like some old Eastern Bloc communist country. Drab. Hopeless. Wake up, put on your uniform, labor for sustenance , eat your carcinogenic gruel. All money goes to the central committee. Shut up.
I could certainly do better on this front. Maybe my new years resolution will be to stop lazily going to 7-11 for my caffeine injections.
Quote: RigondeauxNot really. The coffee maker thing was funny though, because people destroyed coffee makers that they already bought and bought new ones instead. That's a pretty good example of why everyone should turn of fox/cnn/msnbc/rush/rachael/etc. Drives you crazy. As is its purpose.
I don't really care about the political posturing cooked up by a corporation's PR team. Today they pretend to be patriotic, tomorrow they pretend to care about the transgendered. Who cares? That won't affect my purchasing.
If a business owner has views that diverge from mine, that's his right and I have no desire to punish him for enjoying his rights. If I know that a business mistreats their workers, I might make more of an effort to steer clear.
But, above all, I just make an effort to patronize small and local businesses. So I don't really need to worry about boycotting Chick Fil A because I might eat there once every 2 years anyway.
I'd rather help a local pay of his mortgage than contribute more power and wealth to wall street. I'd rather keep that money circulating in the community, instead of having it hoovered out by our masters. And, if you buy coffee every day from a local instead of McD's, you really are making a significant contribution to them.
I also think small businesses create a rich culture of new an unique experiences, as opposed to soulless rows of cookie cutter corporate outlets.
When I travel, sometimes I go to a small town with a lot of local restaurants, shops and other businesses. It feels like a community. I remember the visit because the place has character. There are things there you can't see and do elsewhere.
Other times, I go to a small town that has nothing but pizza hut, Sonic, Taco Bell and a Wal-Mart. Ironically, these towns feel like some old Eastern Bloc communist country. Drab. Hopeless. Wake up, put on your uniform, labor for sustenance , eat your carcinogenic gruel. All money goes to the central committee. Shut up.
I could certainly do better on this front. Maybe my new years resolution will be to stop lazily going to 7-11 for my caffeine injections.
I agree. I prefer to spend my money at the smaller local places. I don't eat at Sonic often, but you're right, those restaurants are pretty damn small....you can't even go inside! McDonald's, Chipotle, and 7-11 are all quite small, too...and they're pretty local to where I live. No way in hell am I gonna drive 20 minutes to that big Thai restaurant, Lotus of Siam -- the restaurant is BIG and NOT LOCAL. We should all be making a better effort in supporting these small, local places.
Quote: Face
EA is the poster child for what's wrong with everything. I can't believe I forgot as my hatred for them runs deep; I can only take pride that I've forgotten because this boycott has been on for a loooong time. '04? '07? It's been awhile. I did break it of my own accord, my desire for SimCity overcoming my Buddhism in '12 or whenever. And SC, or rather, the turd they provided in place of Wil Wright's usual excellence, sealed the deal forever.
Activision as well. These micro-transaction DLCs are legalized gambling for the children man
Kind regards
Quote: onenickelmiracleI'm boycotting this site until they free Mumia.
Umm. What?
Quote: beachbumbabsUmm. What?
A black guy that killed a cop and people are all like, "But he's black, so y'all racist, therefore he's innocent" probably.
I'm offended by RS's trolling and use of profanity. Suspension!Quote: RSA black guy that killed a cop and people are all like, "But he's black, so y'all racist, therefore he's innocent" probably.
...I just made all that up, IDK who dafaq he is...
I'm just kidding of course
I'm really not. I'm offended. Ban him NOW.
Okay, fine, I guess he can stay, but maybe like a 24 hour slap on the wrists for my amusement?
Apparently you can't "nest" spoiler tags... Lame. This would have been a lot funnier.
Never dine or stay where they add a "hotel service charge" aka "plus plus" in restaurants. These are not tips given to staff, they are taken by management and I suppose owners. (I have also decided to boycott any hotel in Las Vegas which scams with the "resort fee" on my next visit. If this means staying in a non-casino property, so be it.)
Bars with prostitutes "employed" under a complete set of nonsense as not really employees and where they engage in the scam of "lady drinks"(charge the customer double or more, then give said lady part of the overcharge and keep part themselves) and "barfines"(paying double or even more the lady's wage(when it's even paid...) for the "bars" loss of income if she leaves premises with you). A rank bunch of nonsense and an insult to legitimate pimps around the world who accept their work and what comes with it, getting beat up and getting arrested on occasion. The conduct over here, especially by "westerners" who have come in and expanded this nonsense twisting English to such a dumb level it would disgust most with a lick of common sense,...disgusting each and every one of them. Why don't they pimp in their own countries?
I boycott shrimp, mostly because I know how and what they are fed. Imagine a tank with chicken coops on top and said droppings becoming fish food. I rarely eat fish as well but not quite a boycott yet.
Lastly, I'm seriously considering boycotting any food prepared with "dead animals". Mostly because of how Thai's treat animals, but I guess it's not an actual boycott yet...coming soon. Yes, I mean fish, pork, beef, and fowl.
Oh, I boycott ladyboys for recreational sex as I don't accept they are a "third gender". I will interact, sure, if he-now-she-acting is perhaps a waiter or working at a real job vs prostitution.
Quote: RomesI'm offended by RS's trolling and use of profanity. Suspension!
I'm just kidding of course
I'm really not. I'm offended. Ban him NOW.
Okay, fine, I guess he can stay, but maybe like a 24 hour slap on the wrists for my amusement?
Apparently you can't "nest" spoiler tags... Lame. This would have been a lot funnier.
Probably because stupid (or brilliant) people were forgetting to /SPOILER which broke the forums. I wonder if the breaking still works.....
Testing...
[spoiler]
Nope :(
Wait what did I say that was even offensive?
Quote: NokTang
Oh, I boycott ladyboys for recreational sex as I don't accept they are a "third gender". I will interact, sure, if he-now-she-acting is perhaps a waiter or working at a real job vs prostitution.
I'm not following this logic... but then again I don't know much about ladyboys other than what I hear in what are probably inappropriate jokes.
Quote: RSQuote: RomesI'm offended by RS's trolling and use of profanity. Suspension!
I'm just kidding of course
I'm really not. I'm offended. Ban him NOW.
Okay, fine, I guess he can stay, but maybe like a 24 hour slap on the wrists for my amusement?
Apparently you can't "nest" spoiler tags... Lame. This would have been a lot funnier.
Probably because stupid (or brilliant) people were forgetting to /SPOILER which broke the forums. I wonder if the breaking still works.....
Testing...
[spoiler]
Nope :(
Wait what did I say that was even offensive?
I know. Since when is blackface unacceptable?
Oh, I boycott ladyboys for recreational sex as I don't accept they are a "third gender". I will interact, sure, if he-now-she-acting is perhaps a waiter or working at a real job vs prostitution.
Quote: TigerWuI'm not following this logic... but then again I don't know much about ladyboys other than what I hear in what are probably inappropriate jokes.
Hello....In addition to being notorious for muggings both on the street and back at the lads hotel room, there is often the explanation for one's preference for same that they are a "third gender", not really men. On the more traveled road of common sense we walking and living on same don't give it much thought. As Senator Howell Heflin once said "when in doubt, don't".(in regard to his vote in the Justice Clarence Thomas confirmation hearing) If you are referring to my avoiding sexual contact with a ladyboy making my willingness to interact with him in a "real" job illogical, well to be honest, often the actual service is often better from a ladyboy waiter. I don't get haircuts or massages from him, but in those examples I'm always selecting the service provider.
Quote: billryanPretty sure that about 95% of the self identified straight men on this forum regularly abstain from gay sex , yet don't feel the need to announce a boycott of it.
OK.... I really did LOL! Thank you!
Quote: billryanPretty sure that about 95% of the self identified straight men on this forum regularly abstain from gay sex , yet don't feel the need to announce a boycott of it. Your bizarre original post keeps getting stranger. Kudos for allowing someone you feel threatened by to serve you, in some capacity.
I don't have a defined memory if your's is a passion for putting other people down. This is basically an open discussion topic and thread. Seeing other people's reaction to the OP question posed is just something to read and perhaps consider. We don't expect you to understand the context which things are posted as we are in different places, don't know each other etc.. I see no reason to reduce yourself to a keyboard warrior on the attack and labeling of others without any as I say, context. Had you seen a pair of ladyboys escort a drunken unknowing drunken British lad or elderly German male back to some grungy short time room(a room you pay about $5.usd for an hour's use in some shop house) you might have better perception of the real world over here. Indians(from India) are always getting drugged including a recent story of four who shared a room, finding a ladyboy to service them "all" calling it group sex. This ladyboy managed to knock all of them out to the point of needing to go to the hospital, took all their limited money. The Hospital wanted to know if they could pay for the health care services. As they had no money, they were stacked like cords of wood in the corner of the emergency room. Survived. Left the Hospital without paying as couldn't. I'm in the third world. Money is everything including the police and education and tax spending, etc., and even "foreign aid" is stolen.
Quote: NokTangI have, over here in SEA, developed several boycotts..
Never dine or stay where they add a "hotel service charge" aka "plus plus" in restaurants. These are not tips given to staff, they are taken by management and I suppose owners. (I have also decided to boycott any hotel in Las Vegas which scams with the "resort fee" on my next visit. If this means staying in a non-casino property, so be it.)
Bars with prostitutes "employed" under a complete set of nonsense as not really employees and where they engage in the scam of "lady drinks"(charge the customer double or more, then give said lady part of the overcharge and keep part themselves) and "barfines"(paying double or even more the lady's wage(when it's even paid...) for the "bars" loss of income if she leaves premises with you). A rank bunch of nonsense and an insult to legitimate pimps around the world who accept their work and what comes with it, getting beat up and getting arrested on occasion. The conduct over here, especially by "westerners" who have come in and expanded this nonsense twisting English to such a dumb level it would disgust most with a lick of common sense,...disgusting each and every one of them. Why don't they pimp in their own countries?
I boycott shrimp, mostly because I know how and what they are fed. Imagine a tank with chicken coops on top and said droppings becoming fish food. I rarely eat fish as well but not quite a boycott yet.
Lastly, I'm seriously considering boycotting any food prepared with "dead animals". Mostly because of how Thai's treat animals, but I guess it's not an actual boycott yet...coming soon. Yes, I mean fish, pork, beef, and fowl.
Oh, I boycott ladyboys for recreational sex as I don't accept they are a "third gender". I will interact, sure, if he-now-she-acting is perhaps a waiter or working at a real job vs prostitution.
Interesting post. I'm going to mention one thing. Women who are paid to drink and socialize with the men buying their expensive drinks are usually being served from "special" bottles. It's prearranged with the bar.
The bottles the bar uses to mix their drinks (not yours) contain tea, water, or water with appropriate juice in it to look like wine. The women get a cut of the savings, don't get drunk, and can work the room all night, rather than getting put out of commission with too much alcohol.
Just thought you'd like to know what you're paying for.
I joked that it was water. She said to buy a shot and she'd serve it from the same bottle she was pouring hers from. Turned out it was tequila. No spitbacks or anything. She said sh'ed been drinking every day since she was 13.
Some of them might, the trick was in the movie Coyote Ugly.Quote: billryanI was in this bar one night where this unbelievably hot Mexican bartender was guzzling shots of tequila like nothing I'd ever seen.
I joked that it was water. She said to buy a shot and she'd serve it from the same bottle she was pouring hers from. Turned out it was tequila. No spitbacks or anything. She said sh'ed been drinking every day since she was 13.
As far as boycotting, nope, I don't so much. Sometimes I don't go places or buy things, but it's usually because of bad experiences I don't necessarily think of, but am not over. Management might think they're resolved, think it was customer service, but weren't.
McDonald's is a good example. There seem to be long periods of time I just won't go there, until hungry enough. For a few trips or months, it's good, then they piss me off and I'd rather be hungry than take a chance.
Recently, I waited 15-20 minutes in a drive through with no reasonable excuse, only 2 cars ahead. I went to another out of the way location soon after, but not again in a month.
A year ago, kept frequenting a location on road trips, but they pissed me off. They closed the window and walked away before I could ask for napkins and ketchup. They came back, gave us a bag with two ketchup packets for 4 large fries. Damn was I pissed, and I'm sure I treated them like garbage deservedly. McDonald's is so ruthlessly cheap, it usually drives me away for a long time. I've even sat in the waiting room, hearing a manager yell at employees about not letting them order cheeseburgers without cheese to save 20¢. Maybe someone burned them out of $1200 in mcnugget sauce for all I know, but I do know I want to be treated fairly and reasonably, not wanting aggrivated and mistreated.
with soy, corn, canola. Nasty stuff that's
at the root of half the health problems
in the world, including heart disease
and diabetes. Olive oil or nothing for me.
Oh yeah, I also boycott all processed food,
I make it from scratch or I don't eat it.
Quote: EvenBobI'm boycotting all vegetable oils made
with soy, corn, canola. Nasty stuff that's
at the root of half the health problems
in the world, including heart disease
and diabetes. Olive oil or nothing for me.
Oh yeah, I also boycott all processed food,
I make it from scratch or I don't eat it.
I am boycotting healthy food because if I live longer than three more years all that money I invested in life insurance is wasted.
Quote: DRichI am boycotting healthy food because if I live longer than three more years all that money I invested in life insurance is wasted.
You have a sound plan. Can I
have your computer when you
go?
Quote: EvenBobYou have a sound plan. Can I
have your computer when you
go?
I only have four laptops left. I have discarded of all of the desktop computers. I'm sure my wife would give you one if you ask nicely.
lol, read that out loud.Quote: DRichI only have four laptops left. I have discarded of all of the desktop computers. I'm sure my wife would give you one if you ask nicely.
Quote: DRichI only have four laptops left. I have discarded of all of the desktop computers. I'm sure my wife would give you one if you ask nicely.
Can I have whichever laptop has all the bitcoins on it? TYVM
Quote: onenickelmiraclelol, read that out loud.
His wife will give me a laptop if I ask
nicely? I can see where could be taken
to have another meaning entirely..
I suppose it's a matter of perspective. I am currently paying for three life insurance policies. I figure that if my wife (or at least my remaining son) out lives me, the insurance payout might help make up for my squandering assets while I am alive.Quote: DRichI am boycotting healthy food because if I live longer than three more years all that money I invested in life insurance is wasted.
The oldest of those policies has an annual premium of $1,995, though I pay a bit more per year because I have it spread into monthly payments. In August 2019 (if I live until then), the annual premium will jump to $46,255. Yes, you read that correctly -- an increase of more than 2200%. After that date, the annual premium will climb by roughly $10,000 each year and at an escalating rate.
And yes, unless I am on my deathbed, I will terminate the policy as the premium first increases, which is what they expect me to do. After that, the survivors will have to make do with the proceeds of the two newer policies.
Quote: DocAnd yes, unless I am on my deathbed, I will terminate the policy as the premium first increases, which is what they expect me to do.
Why even have a policy like that
when you have two others.
I dropped mine entirely a couple of years back, as my assets increased and my responsibility decreased. At one point I had over a half million in term insurance, now I have none. The last to go was a $10,000 "burial policy" I was holding on to so no one would be out of pocket for any length of time.
It's a necessity when you have a spouse and young children but as your kids grow, it should be tampered down. Term insurance is great for this.
As an example, my Mother bought a policy years ago for her three grandchildren. When she died two years ago, they each received $5,000. Not bad, but two of the three now have have combined incomes of over $200,000 a year. The $478 a year she paid in premiums could have been better spent.
Quote: FaceAmazon. Not only is Bezos headlining my List of People to Kill,I suppose a man only gets 5 real boycotts in his life. I'm using all ten of mine on Jeff f#$%ing Bezos.
Amazon's Alexa powered echo devices are recording users even when not given an instruction and are sometimes sending conversations mistakenly to random people
🅵🆁🅴🅰🅺🆈 🅳🅴🅰🅺🆈
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/24/hey-alexa-come-clean-about-how-much-youre-really-recording-us/?utm_term=.95689562f941
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/05/24/an-amazon-echo-recorded-a-familys-conversation-then-sent-it-to-a-random-person-in-their-contacts-report-says/?utm_term=.9e4668f26821
Quote: terapinedhttp://www.tampabay.com/news/business/retail/Shoppers-begin-Publix-boycott-as-chain-continues-supporting-Adam-Putnam-for-governor_168439396
A few Florida residents I know have joined that boycott.
They are boycotting a Florida company that employs thousands of...Floridians. I have my doubts that the boycott will have any long-term effect. If it succeeds fully, Publix closes, and those corporate jobs go elsewhere.
My opinion on boycotts is that they are mostly useless. i don't boycott liberal artists like Jimmy Buffett or Bruce Springsteen. I don't boycott businesses owned by Liberals because they are American businesses first.
I want colleges to allow speakers from all points of view instead of trying to push out speakers that do not suit their political positions. if you disagree with me on that as a consistent position (not just because of "Trump"), think about how much you would like it if the shoe was on the other foot.
You could spend your whole life figuring out exactly who to boycott based on your political whims...
Electronic surveillance? Even some deaf people who were planning a murder failed to realize that passing trains had security cameras that filmed their "conversation".
Never rent from Advantage. NEVER.
Quote: RonCA few Florida residents I know have joined that boycott.
They are boycotting a Florida company that employs thousands of...Floridians. I have my doubts that the boycott will have any long-term effect. If it succeeds fully, Publix closes, and those corporate jobs go elsewhere.
My opinion on boycotts is that they are mostly useless. i don't boycott liberal artists like Jimmy Buffett or Bruce Springsteen. I don't boycott businesses owned by Liberals because they are American businesses first.
I want colleges to allow speakers from all points of view instead of trying to push out speakers that do not suit their political positions. if you disagree with me on that as a consistent position (not just because of "Trump"), think about how much you would like it if the shoe was on the other foot.
You could spend your whole life figuring out exactly who to boycott based on your political whims...
Boy, that was fast
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/publix-halts-political-contributions-after-days-of-pushback-from-parkland-protestors/ar-AAxOz95?ocid=spartandhp
Basically someone was graduating from college, summa cum laude. His mother wanted to get him a graduation cake with "Congrats, summa cum laude, 2018!" on it. So she ordered. Somehow in the system it has a word-filter on it, so it made it "Congrats, summa *** laude, 2018!" instead. Once she got the cake, nothing could really be done about it.
The next day she made a formal complaint or whatever, explaining what happened and they told her there was a world filter. She said "cum" means "with" in Latin. They ended up refunding the cost of the cake, gave her a Publix gift card, and an apology note saying, "Sorry for the mistake, for now on we'll put cum on your cake."
Quote: klimate10I was personally boycotting Hertz, which always has the best prices of the major car rental agencies.
Whenever I do a search, they and Avis are always the top two most expensive.
Quote: WizardWhenever I do a search, they and Avis are always the top two most expensive.
I find your statement true in LV. For some reason, Hertz charges competitively higher prices in Las Vegas.
I fly to Los Angeles, various cities in Texas, and Shreveport quite often.
Here are some current searches for...
L.A.
Hertz is cheapest of the major companies. Hertz is $15 per day. Enterprise, Alamo, and National are $50-60, similar sized car.
https://www.hotwire.com/car-rentals/results/Los%2520Angeles%252C%2520CA%2520-%2520(LAX)/Los%2520Angeles%252C%2520CA%2520-%2520(LAX)/2018-05-26T01%253A00%253A00/2018-05-28T01%253A00%253A00
Here is a search for Shreveport. Hertz is cheapest at $39 per day for a compact. Cheapest is $35, and agency is not disclosed, which means it’s a lesser known company. Other companies higher. Similar sized car.
https://www.hotwire.com/car-rentals/results/Shreveport%252C%2520LA%2520-%2520(SHV)/Shreveport%252C%2520LA%2520-%2520(SHV)/2018-05-26T01%253A00%253A00/2018-05-28T01%253A00%253A00
Dallas
Hertz is $41, Avis is $46, and National is $63. Similar sized car.
https://www.hotwire.com/car-rentals/results/Dallas%252C%2520TX%2520-%2520(DFW)/Dallas%252C%2520TX%2520-%2520(DFW)/2018-05-26T01%253A00%253A00/2018-05-28T01%253A00%253A00
Of course in this day and age wherein some boothling at WalMart's photoshop can declare a photo to be pornographic, one never knows.
Rental Cars: I don't know why anyone would want to rent a car in Las Vegas. Even before Uber/Lyft/Whatever it never made sense to endure "the strip's traffic" and pedestrian gawkers, not to mention those pedestrians with a yard of booze in their hands and two yards inside them already.
Which casino's parking lots do you want to take your car to? Why?
Ain't no place in town you could possibly want to go that a taxi driver or limousine driver won't take you. The wrong kind of clubs will even pay your limousine driver or send a limousine to pick you up. The right kind of clubs are over priced anyway. You want to go to a casino? If you can't get there on your own, you are too drunk to gamble.
I always recall those two people who met on the Las Vegas Strip. After a few minutes of conversation she went to his hotel and after a few days they continued on to the East Coast to visit her parents whom he had secretly called and told them to get the family flying home for a surprise wedding. What would have happened if they had each rented cars in Vegas?
Quote: klimate10I find your statement true in LV. For some reason, Hertz charges competitively higher prices in Las Vegas.
I fly to Los Angeles, various cities in Texas, and Shreveport quite often.
Here are some current searches for...
L.A.
Hertz is cheapest of the major companies. Hertz is $15 per day. Enterprise, Alamo, and National are $50-60, similar sized car.
https://www.hotwire.com/car-rentals/results/Los%2520Angeles%252C%2520CA%2520-%2520(LAX)/Los%2520Angeles%252C%2520CA%2520-%2520(LAX)/2018-05-26T01%253A00%253A00/2018-05-28T01%253A00%253A00
Here is a search for Shreveport. Hertz is cheapest at $39 per day for a compact. Cheapest is $35, and agency is not disclosed, which means it’s a lesser known company. Other companies higher. Similar sized car.
https://www.hotwire.com/car-rentals/results/Shreveport%252C%2520LA%2520-%2520(SHV)/Shreveport%252C%2520LA%2520-%2520(SHV)/2018-05-26T01%253A00%253A00/2018-05-28T01%253A00%253A00
Dallas
Hertz is $41, Avis is $46, and National is $63. Similar sized car.
https://www.hotwire.com/car-rentals/results/Dallas%252C%2520TX%2520-%2520(DFW)/Dallas%252C%2520TX%2520-%2520(DFW)/2018-05-26T01%253A00%253A00/2018-05-28T01%253A00%253A00
Just booked a Hertz in Florida for $11 a day. About $28 a day after taxes and $4 for XM Radio (AAA Discount). As I use Hertz over 7 times a year I am 5 Star so in many places you now get the pick of multiple cars in the 5 Star area and get points. They also offer a Pre Pay discount, which I used on this booking. The further out you book, the more you save but you can lose money if you have to cancel. And obviously I don't buy the insurance which can almost double the rate.
I do find times where Hertz is much higher and I will use another rental firm as long as it is a major and is in the airport. I would never use Sixx or any of the discount firms. Being able to skip the line and walk right to the car added value to Hertz for me and even if you just sign up for Gold and it's your first rental, you save time.
They suspended all their political donations. Apparently they donate a lot of money to YWCA and Planned Parenthood..so i guess the protesters played themselves.
