The easiest car rental ever

Forcing insurance sales, rude if you don't buy, difficult return process, finding faults

Green Motion is a scam company. We rented a car at London's airport in the UK, and already purchased insurance on a domestic rental website. However, when picking up the car, they insisted that our insurance didn't count and required us to buy their insurance. They said if we didn't, even a 1 cm scratch would cost us 800 pounds. We had no choice but to be ripped off by Green Motion. It didn't stop there. We did get a speeding ticket while driving in Liverpool. Green Motion emailed us and sent the police ticket, stating they don't care about the police fines, but they charge a 68-pound administration fee. We had to pay. After paying the admin fee, the police emailed us the next day asking for a 100-pound fine, which we paid. That was somewhat normal, but a month later, Green Motion took another 68 pounds from our credit card. We emailed them asking why, and they stated it was for a second fine, although there was no evidence or police ticket. After that, we had to cancel our credit card to prevent further unauthorized charges from Green Motion. This company is a total scam. We'll never rent from them again.

We were charged an extra £200 for some rebooking fee because we arrived two hours late to pick up the car. Our friends, who were also two hours late but booked with a different company, didn't have to pay this fee. This rental company doesn't care about customers' interests, and their service is very average and impersonal. I've never encountered such problems renting cars in the USA and Spain. It's so unfair! What would have happened if we didn't pick up the car that day? This kind of unfair clause from the rental company is just uncomfortable and not good service. In the future, I'll book directly with the rental company instead!

The location is quite far from the airport, with the shuttle bus coming only every 45 minutes. During our trip, we were rear-ended by another vehicle, but couldn't reach the rental company's helpline, so we had to go to a nearby rental office. Thankfully, a Chinese-speaking customer service rep helped us with the insurance claim. We had to fill out the claim form online, and again when returning the car. The insurance company's website was very poor, and any submission error meant starting over. We ended up filling out the form numerous times! Though the price wasn't bad, overall, I can only say it was average.

Green Motion is trapping customer without optional insurance to deduct full deposit of GBP 1,205 by whatever reason. I saw another customer accused for a hairy like scratch only can be seen with a torch illumination when I lined up for pickup. When I picking up the car, their staff never go for car checking claimed due to raining. He just told me to check myself. However, due to raining and early morning at 7am, it is difficult to check clearly but only have to drive as is. But, found a scratch at the bottom later. When the car returned, their staff insisted the damage was by me. But, I explained it wasn't and found that after the car dried few days later. Then, their staff claimed told me there is 24 hours extension for me to check the car and report damage if any. However, it never happened in fact. We argued but he insisted nothing he could do. Asked me to write down the explanation at the return document and sign. He said their CS will contact me to understand. If compensation still need, there will be a repair cost assessment to confirm the money need to deduct from the deposit. However, my credit card statement shown the deposit was deducted in FULL before any repair cost assessment was received and confirmed. This is completely a scam.