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Turo and Getaround Get Heat From the Rental Car Industry

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Re: Turo and Getaround Get Heat From the Rental Car Industry

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This is a flaw caused by unlimited free on street parking, a zoning flaw that needs to be fixed

There should be no street parking when it removes a lane from traffic. seems an awful waste of space for one car that could be used to move vehicles.

In old neighborhoods like mine, most people don't have driveways. I've found that this is most common in the oldest US cities, like Philadelphia.

Re: Turo and Getaround Get Heat From the Rental Car Industry

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> 4 states pocket excise taxes on rental cars, in addition to standard sales taxes and airport surcharges. Initially, I was going to argue that the existence of random taxes on car rentals and other mostly benign services is already an arbitrary unfair practice for state governments to raise more revenue. Then I looked at my own state's, Colorado's, rental tax - it's $2 on top of sales tax which seems pretty reasonab…

$2 per day plus an additional 7.25% tax from Colorado, plus 2.9% sales tax. This has nothing to do with protecting rental companies and everything to do with states being pissed they aren’t getting their cut.

My mistake. I'm quite curious as to how the additional 7.25% tax is justified. Perhaps it accounts for taxes that would have otherwised been payed when purchasing a vehical?

Re: Turo and Getaround Get Heat From the Rental Car Industry

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If you share something, you don't charge. If you charge, it's called renting. They are implying benevolence when there is none. Especially on the part of the hucksters.

That is incorrect, it may be what your kindergarten teacher taught you was the nice thing to do, but it doesn't make it the definition of the word. share /SHer/ verb 1.have a portion of (something) with another or others. "he shared the pie with her" synonyms:split, divide, go halves in/with; edit: seems like a lot of people have the same misconception that sharing implies free of charge, here is a link to the defini…

Rent

verb 1. pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car). "they rented a house together in Spain" synonyms: hire, lease, charter

I'd say rent is a better word. Because you're paying. Share definition says nothing about paying. Plus, when you share, the other party keeps what was shared. Otherwise it's borrowing.

Words have meanings for a reason.

Re: Turo and Getaround Get Heat From the Rental Car Industry

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That is incorrect, it may be what your kindergarten teacher taught you was the nice thing to do, but it doesn't make it the definition of the word. share /SHer/ verb 1.have a portion of (something) with another or others. "he shared the pie with her" synonyms:split, divide, go halves in/with; edit: seems like a lot of people have the same misconception that sharing implies free of charge, here is a link to the defini…

Rent verb 1. pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car). "they rented a house together in Spain" synonyms: hire, lease, charter I'd say rent is a better word. Because you're pay ing. Share definition says nothing about paying. Plus, when you share, the other party keeps what was shared. Otherwise it's borrowing . Words have meanings for a reason.

>Words have meanings for a reason.

Yep and just because you don't like them doesn't mean you can change them. Share is being used correctly and you have a massive misunderstanding thinking that it has something to do with the company profit, but it doesn't. Not interested in continuing discourse with someone who is willfully ignorant, go believe what you want I couldn't care less. Cheers!

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