Turo Requires a Driver's License Number and Credit Card to Show Full Price

Post by Finnucane » Wed, Apr 06, 2022, 7:01 PM UTC

dont__panic wrote: post #13

FireBeyond wrote: post #7

Turo is a haven for money laundering. In my area you can "find" multiple Chrysler 300Cs for rent for $600/day. I say "find" because many of them are unavailable for days or even weeks on end as being rented. Good scam if you're, say, a dealer. Have one of your customers "rent" your car through Turo at an inflated rate. Bonus: you don't even have to let them have your car. They're just paying you and saying they rente…

Makes you wonder how many tech companies are (unknowingly, hopefully) laundering money. You could pull off this kind of money laundering through a lot of services -- Etsy, Taskrabbit, tons of others -- by simply listing extremely overpriced items that nobody would ever buy legitimately. And I suppose if any poor sap ever wandered in and actually bought the thing you're selling, instead of just laundering money... you…

Post by CPLX » Wed, Apr 06, 2022, 7:02 PM UTC

tsunamifury wrote: post #83

CPLX wrote: post #73

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Doesn’t make sense. All the transactions are electronic and done with credit cards which means that money is already laundered for the most part. The idea of money laundering is to turn cash into legal income. There’s other kinds of money laundering too including cross-border type transactions like you might see with art or collectibles but it’s hard to see how this makes much sense via Turo. If the buyer has the abi…

Sell illicit goods by renting a fake car on Turo. Easy peasey instant launder. All these others are thinking to hard. I see it on the airbnbs in the LA hills that are all fake with fake pictures etc. just there to rent to instantly launder a transaction from what I’m guessing.

Post by 30367286 » Wed, Apr 06, 2022, 7:05 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #85

Airlines were notorious for these practices (super low advertised price followed by a dozen surcharges at checkout), then a single law made them declare the full final ticket price up front for all reservations. The result – airlines are happy because all their competitors have to abide by the law as well and so everyone is on a level playing field, and customers are happy because their experience is infinitely bette…

Post by CPLX » Wed, Apr 06, 2022, 7:11 PM UTC

gnicholas wrote: post #29

jjoonathan wrote: post #10

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Engaging at any level with the idea that the fee is for any purpose other than lying about price in advertisements is giving it too much credit.

You're right. I was thinking about Airbnb, which has cleaning fees that can be pretty hefty on one-night rentals. And those are understandable because someone needs to come in and change the sheets/towels, wash dishes, etc. But there's no "bedsheets" analog for a car rental. Yes, it needs to be washed, but I imagine most renters of Priuses don't actually care if the car hasn't been washed in a few days/weeks.

Post by CPLX » Wed, Apr 06, 2022, 7:13 PM UTC

site-packages1 wrote: post #18

I have had good experiences renting on business trips with Turo itself. I wanted more exotic cars than what I might get at Hertz so created an account and all that. It's true the price goes up substantially from the originally stated rate though, maybe I didn't quite see the discrepancy because I had already created an account. My biggest gripe with Turo, and the reason I don't use it much, is it's really inconvenien…