Comments on: Budget is aiding and abetting abuse of your credit card information

By: Danielle

Danielle — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:33:25 +0000

So how exactly do you get these jerks to stop charging your account? I have trying for months to figure out what the charge was and now that i know i want it canceled. I even changed my card number and it still charges my bank account. I dont get it.

By: MarkSeattle

MarkSeattle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:40:32 +0000

Received two of these scam checks in the mail toward the end of September. They innocently look like rebate checks that come back after a rebate request on a product purchase somewhere, and I’m sure some people cash them without really looking at them.

Both were mailed from zip code 06101 (Hartford, CT), but with two different return addresses and the two checks are for different Trilegiant products:

Processing Center, PO Box 41249, Nashville, TN 37204 – is for “Privacy Guard” and costs $13.99 monthly for the first year, and then $14.99 monthly for the second year, in monthly thereafter “at the then-current monthly fee.”

Washington Processing Center, PO Box 41618, Nashville, TN 37204 – is for “Everyday Values” and costs $79.99 every six months for the first year, and then $89.99 for the next two six-month installments, and “the then-current fee” every six months thereafter.

They went to my home address, even though I use a PO box for my mail. I hate Budget Rent-A-Car for promoting this scam and giving my personal information and credit card info to these thieves.

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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:59:20 +0000

[...] minimal benefits — all billed to the credit card you used when you rented a car from Budget. I reported on this back in January. I just received a similar solicitation this week, offering me a $10 check in exchange for a [...]

By: NewYorkology (NewYorkology)

NewYorkology (NewYorkology) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:43:09 +0000

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rt @upgradetravel Scam: Budget Rent-a-Car still selling creditcard # to Trilegiant. Got another one of these in mail: [link to post]

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By: thaitourde

thaitourde — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:09:02 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to explain this in a way thats so easy to understand.

By: Irv

Irv — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:35:03 +0000

This is unacceptable, and shame on Budget for being implicit in this chicanery! Plenty of other rental agencies to use…

By: S A

S A — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:26:07 +0000

Hefty membership fees indeed: $74.99 billed semi-annually!

Budget must really be hurting if they’re in cahoots with these scamsters.

By: Consumerist | $10 Check From Budget Secretly Signs You Up For Costly Club [Budget]

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 17:57:38 +0000

[...] you’ve rented from Budget and get a , check in the mail, don’t sign it, reports Upgrade Travel Better. The fine print says doing so gives “Trilegiant” permission to sign you up in a monthly [...]

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:30:13 +0000

Did you notice that the return address is the North Carolina Processing Center, but from Nashville, TN?

By: why god hates me » $10 Check From Budget Secretly Signs You Up For Costly Club [Budget]

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:01:47 +0000

[...] If you’ve rented from Budget and get a $10, check in the mail, don’t sign it, reports Upgrade Travel Better. The fine print says doing so gives “Trilegiant” permission to sign you up in a monthly [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:26:05 +0000

I love that, so if I take mark’s check to the bank as the Bearer, I sign mark up for this… that can’t be legal!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:05:56 +0000

It may well be perfectly legal, but I cannot understand how Budget could possibly think this is good for business in the long term.