travelinbro Posted May 30 Posted May 30 Hello folks, I'll be in Salvador in less than 2 weeks. I've been there several times and always rented a car using Localiza. No difference this time except I got an email a few weeks ago from Avis about my rental (?). I know I did not make a reservation with Avis because Localiza has always been great for me and the Avis reservation had the generic 12PM pick up and drop off times. Has anyone experience this before? It's as if Avis spied on me and made a reservation based on the one I made with Localiza. I've confirmed with Avis that it is a true res. and I think I'm going to keep it since it's at least 500 brl cheaper than Localiza. What do you guys think? Quote
Members Riobard Posted May 30 Members Posted May 30 Yeah it happens in the brothels. And if a 3-way is a good deal … But you failed to indicate where your Pix is on hold or not while you pick or not. What was hacked; what particular information migrated in which you register surprise? Are you potentially doubly penetrated or are you exempt booking penalty? If you had ignored Avis might there have been a cancellation or no-show fee? I doubt it but you didn’t clarify. Frankly, I don’t see the purpose of your question other than to alert others about switch-and-bait that actually wasn’t, or the phenomenon of various platforms seeming to be in on data you thought was firewalled, depending on relevant information you may know and expect us to double-guess, or not know and expect guessing. The correct choice, if there is one, is only discoverable after the fact. Chicken or beef? Omelette or pancakes? Options shouldn’t paralyze. A few dollars daily is an amount that only a handful here will fret about. Xclay 1 Quote
Keithambrose Posted May 30 Posted May 30 6 hours ago, Riobard said: Yeah it happens in the brothels. And if a 3-way is a good deal … But you failed to indicate where your Pix is on hold or not while you pick or not. What was hacked; what particular information migrated in which you register surprise? Are you potentially doubly penetrated or are you exempt booking penalty? If you had ignored Avis might there have been a cancellation or no-show fee? I doubt it but you didn’t clarify. Frankly, I don’t see the purpose of your question other than to alert others about switch-and-bait that actually wasn’t, or the phenomenon of various platforms seeming to be in on data you thought was firewalled, depending on relevant information you may know and expect us to double-guess, or not know and expect guessing. The correct choice, if there is one, is only discoverable after the fact. Chicken or beef? Omelette or pancakes? Options shouldn’t paralyze. A few dollars daily is an amount that only a handful here will fret about. What has this got to do with previous post. You are usually baffling, but more so here. Riobard and floridarob 1 1 Quote
travelinbro Posted May 31 Author Posted May 31 4 hours ago, Keithambrose said: What has this got to do with previous post. You are usually baffling, but more so here. LOL sounds like a case of a bad batch of Ryze shrooms...I was only wondering has anyone ever had the experience of getting signed up for a service unknowingly. I decided to cancel Avis since I have had only positive experiences with Localiza; the reviews for Avis, in Salvador, were not favorable for the company. I'll go with the slightly more expensive Loc. option Quote
Members Riobard Posted May 31 Members Posted May 31 13 hours ago, travelinbro said: LOL sounds like a case of a bad batch of Ryze shrooms...I was only wondering has anyone ever had the experience of getting signed up for a service unknowingly. I decided to cancel Avis since I have had only positive experiences with Localiza; the reviews for Avis, in Salvador, were not favorable for the company. I'll go with the slightly more expensive Loc. option And that’s exactly what I second-guessed through the haze around the situation. Yet you still haven’t provided the key details about why the auto book would present a problem. You requested thoughts and I chimed in with an elaboration request. What are you on that yielded a consistently vague double-bill? So yes, I’ve experienced pop-ups that could make sense with greater source effort. Don’t bother, though, on my account. Drive safely. Stop on yellow. Quote
Members Riobard Posted May 31 Members Posted May 31 18 hours ago, Keithambrose said: What has this got to do with previous post. You are usually baffling, but more so here. Yawn. The lurking bandwidth goblin you channel isn’t baffling. It’s why disable options were invented. Someone omitted the key liabilities of a unique unsolicited booking pop-up. The cost you incur is the price tag of a fly swatter. Quote
travelinbro Posted May 31 Author Posted May 31 5 hours ago, Riobard said: And that’s exactly what I second-guessed through the haze around the situation. Yet you still haven’t provided the key details about why the auto book would present a problem. You requested thoughts and I chimed in with an elaboration request. What are you on that yielded a consistently vague double-bill? So yes, I’ve experienced pop-ups that could make sense with greater source effort. Don’t bother, though, on my account. Drive safely. Stop on yellow. That was the first time I experienced this. I didn't know it was thing! I originally booked with Localiza, I searched to see if it was partnered with Avis-it's not. Localiza has my card on file. I wasn't sure if Avis did or not, I searched the website as throughly as I thought I could. I was curious to know if anyone else had run into this before and was it something to be overly concerned about or just some deep web ops business practice. In the end, a peace of mind was worth more than digging more so I canceled Avis and hope that was all that is needed Quote
Members Riobard Posted May 31 Members Posted May 31 1 hour ago, travelinbro said: That was the first time I experienced this. I didn't know it was thing! I originally booked with Localiza, I searched to see if it was partnered with Avis-it's not. Localiza has my card on file. I wasn't sure if Avis did or not, I searched the website as throughly as I thought I could. I was curious to know if anyone else had run into this before and was it something to be overly concerned about or just some deep web ops business practice. In the end, a peace of mind was worth more than digging more so I canceled Avis and hope that was all that is needed It is odd that a true reservation may have jumped companies so that two existed. Content pop-ups seem to occasionally appear out of nowhere in my social media feeds as if the thematic synapses spread to the deep web and boomeranged back. One wonders how the heck did that happen. Never a hot guy ad, though … LOL. I wouldn’t need to unsubscribe to that level of spam. A commodity booking reflecting mitosis seems a step too far and signals a hacking possibility. Thanks for clarifying that the implications of a booking you did not initiate are elusive, as it seems you had no way of determining ahead of time whether you’d have incurred a penalty. Frankly I’m not up on the consequences of a no show even for, say, the booking you did planfully reserve. I’ve heard that rental cars are extremely in demand and assumed a risk of penalties, plus which you indicate Localiza has your card and that may mean getting dinged if you bail. The Hakim’s Razor interpretation is, surely one hopes, Avis would simply have timed out. You may, in fact, have pre-empted future unsolicited bookings by nipping this one in the bud. Fingers crossed no entity will again try to pimp your ride. Quote
