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Payless Car Rental has 98 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforPayless Car Rental

    Auto Rentals and Leasing
    Multi Location Business

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Government Action: BBB reports on known government actions involving business’ marketplace conduct::
    Assurance No. 23-034

    The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.

    On August 14, 2023, The Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York secured an Assurance of Discontinuance and $275,000 of civil relief from Avis Budget Group, Inc. for New York locations violating a state law prohibiting businesses from refusing to rent vehicles to persons without a credit card. The business agreed that they would not "...refuse to rent a motor vehicle to a person in New York solely because such a person does not own a credit card..." and "...shall not publish any advertisement or make any statement claiming or suggesting that ownership of a credit card is required to rent a motor vehicle..." The business also agreed to adopt written policies, employee trainings, and periodic compliance reports to ensure the New York locations were in compliance with the state law. Finally, the business agreed to pay the State of New York $275,000 in penalties. 

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 113 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    320 complaints closed in last 3 years

    93 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

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    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

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    Payless Car Rental has 98 locations, listed below.

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      Location of This Business
      PO Box 699000, Tulsa, OK 74169-9000
      BBB File Opened:
      8/28/2014
      Business Incorporated:
      2/24/1978
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Payless Rental Car
      Business Management
      • Mr. Justin Bryce, Manager of Customer Service
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      Customer Complaints

      320 Customer Complaints

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      Customer Reviews

      113 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Melissa S

      1 star

      09/07/2024

      SCAM, HUSTLE, FRAUDULENT- this is how I would describe my interaction with Payless car rental.If you rent from here, make sure you print off your voucher and take it in. Be prepared to stand your ground on the rental car you want. They say stuff like Im going to upgrade you this isnt a favor, they are not giving you a better car at the same price. They will also straight up lie when you question the total, saying the city of San Diego applies a 40% tax on rental cars which isnt remotely true. Make sure you take pictures and video of the car, both in the parking garage and then outside if its dark in the garage. Take a picture of the fuel gage if you return it full. The fact that there are so many reviews mentioning their shady business model and BBB is still giving them a A- rating makes me question the validity of BBB. Why dont you take customer surveys into account? These arent a one off situation, this is the experience of every customer.

      Payless Car Rental Response

      09/08/2024

      BBB Review#:34582

      Dear Mr./******************, 

      In regards to the aforementioned BBB complaint, thank you for giving us the opportunity to address your concerns.

      Payless values the relationship that we have with our travelers and always strives to do the right thing. We apologize for the inconvenience this matter has caused.

      Once this complaint was received, we tried to conduct an investigation. Unfortunately, there was not enough information provided, and your rental was unable to be located if you would kindly provide us the following information below, so we can investigate this matter further.

      Reservation Number;
      Renter's Name;
      Rental Location;
      Exact Date/Year of Rental;

      Thank you for allowing us to assist you, please note you can also contact our **************** Team directly at ************ for assistance. 

      Sincerely,

      Avis Budget Group
      Customer Advocacy Response Coordinator 

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      BBB Serving Eastern Oklahoma

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