GUYS, PLEASE SPEND 3MIN TO READ MY BAD EXPERIENCE AND YOU CAN AVOID HEART ACHES.
I first noticed the company on Kayak as it was the one to rent out cars the cheapest. They were initially listed on Kayak as Ausby Car Rentals (ACR). But I didn't go with them as they had bad reviews. A few months later (in 2019) when I traveled to Dallas again, I saw it as Agency Car Rentals (ACR) and tried them. They charged my card once I reserved the car (other large car rentals charge your card only when you pick up the car). A day later they charged a $150 refundable fee, which i have never experienced with other car rental brands. This fee is for incidentals such as toll fees, etc.
Weeks later when i got to DFW in February 2019, an agent picked me up in the vehicle that I was going to use. It was dirty. Soda marks on the doors and seat, the front bumper fog lamps gone from a fender bender, the cupholders were filled with gunk, paint oxidized, the driver door would not close (misaligned), and to top it off, the Ford Fusion they let me was about 6 years old. Other brands never let cars out to customers that are this old. The agent had me sign the contract and got off the vehicle at the hotel that ACR park their vehicles at: the parking lot of Atrium Hotel & Suites in Irving. Maybe they did not rent at the DFW Airport Rental Car Center (where the bigger brands park their cars at) to save some money. Fair enough.
Days later I returned the car to the hotel parking lot and waited 20 minutes for the shuttle that took us to the airport (the shuttle comes by only once an hour). Note that if you rent from the bigger car rental companies, the bus shuttle come every few minutes, nonstop, making your risk being late for your flight much smaller.
The experience only gets worse--i call 6 weeks after returning my car to ask for the $150 back. The gentleman says oh im sorry it didn't automatically process--the computer was asking for your CVV code to run the refund. So he manually did the refund and i got an email from noreply@mail.authorize.net stating the refund. 10 days pass and I see no refund in my account. I call again and they say a third party agent will contact me to verify the refund wasn't processed and they would fund me the $150 by sending directly to my bank account. I waited weeks but no third party contacted me. I checked all my spam emails. None. I then tried my luck a month later but the gentleman says he has escalated it to his manager and I should wait a few days for his call. I verified that they knew my cell number. But the call never came. I called again 2-3 weeks later and they said I spoke with the answering service. The agent said I should wait for an email from them and respond to their email showing proof that I did not have any bank transactions showing the $150 refund because some other customers try to cheat them by asking for the $150 back even if they've already got the refund. This email never came. I tried again on 6/4/19 and a Kevin said he would check to see if the funds were indeed not credited back to me. All i got was an email from support@ausbycarrentals.com saying "We are showing that your refund was completed on 4/2. Please advise." I responded that I never received the refund but I did receive a refund confirmation email. They never responded back to offer to help me on this matter. At this point, i decided i should just tell the public my experience on this shoddy company.
I recently discovered that this company now list themselves as EASIRENT on Kayak. Sneaky eh? The other reviews that show total satisfaction with ACR/EASIRENT are totally fake, posted by people who are affiliated with the company to try to boost their reviews. Needless to say, the fact that they keep changing their advertised business name shows how they try to avoid people from finding their bad reviews. It would be best if everyone would post their experiences every time they change their name, just to be fair to the public. read more