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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by pas on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:57AM (#28574713)
We rented one just yesterday in Germany and it was rather streamlined. Used booking.com. The only thing that made no sense is that they were still harping about needing a credit card. (Just put a bigger deposit on a debit card. Oh and the clerk made an exemption for us.) Pickup administration was 5+ minutes, return was less than 1 minute.
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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by merb on Saturday September 18, 2021 @07:37PM (#28580339)
the credit card requirement is because they use a deposit lock instead of a withdraw. which does not work with a debit card. most german providers use it, because it's less burocratic. taking money for a deposit is generally easier to handle for them. I'm not even sure if they would be able to hold deposits without a 3rd party that has a license for that.
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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by pas on Monday September 20, 2021 @08:53AM (#28593263)
They put a lock on my deposit card without any problems at all. (As far as I know it used to be that they make an authorization request, but then doesn't "clear" it.)
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Re:Renting a car will be a pain until at least 2022 by pas on Monday September 20, 2021 @12:07PM (#28595341)
"deposit card" -> "debit card" :|
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