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Hertz Giveth, Hertz Taketh Away

Hertz Giveth, Hertz Taketh Away For years, I’ve hated all rental car companies for forcing me to scramble and find a gas station to fill up on the way to returning a car at the airport or get faced with an insane refueling charge.  I never understood why one smart company didn’t decide to just do away with that moronic policy, figure out another way to make a profit, market the heck out of it, and endear themselves to customers.  Finally, Hertz jumped in a few months ago with just that.  Return a car without refueling?  No problem.  A modest $5 surcharge and market rate for the actual gas required solves the problem.  Brilliant!  They were even marketing it to…