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Don't Work For Avis As An Agency Operator
Posted by Yourname on 07/15/2008
OHIO -- I am currently an agency operator for Avis in the state of Ohio, which means Avis pays me a certain amount of money every month to run a location. When I first started I was so excited, and the people that I spoke to in the management field hyped the company up, so I dove right in, big, huge mistake. The location I run is dirty because my supervisor whom I am supposed to contact to fix things, who also works for Avis doesn't fix the place and the carpet is filthy it has been stained for years. I have had so many customers tell me that my location is disgusting, and yet when I contact my supervisor about it he says well, there's no money to fix anything, blah blah blah.
And they don't even do any advertising for my company, but if I don't get a certain amount of rentals I get a phone call, and the supervisor says we'll maybe I need to get a new operator or maybe this business isn't for you.
So please whatever you do don't become an agency operator for Avis, they have no respect for you, your customers, as an agency operator you are representing yourself and Avis, and the fact that Avis would treat their operators like this, it's horrible.
This is not how a company should be run, I tried to locate an email address to get the situation taken care of, and there isn't one.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2008-07-15:
How can you not know who to contact if you're an Agency Operator?
Posted by yourname on 2008-07-18:
you have a ladder of people to contact which is a total of 4, with the fourth person, being the main head honcho, and no they will not let you contact headquarters, and ive already tried, there's nothing
Posted by mozymarr on 2010-02-20:
I just got out of being an agency operator for Avis for over 3 years. My advice DON'T DO IT. It's alot of work and hours for NO MONEY and the people who are suppose to be helping you ie district managers etc.. are a joke they no squat about running a business and if one day your insurance sales or car rentals on down you get the threatening phone call. It's BullS**t and if by chance you do happen to grow the business and be ok guess what they can tell you the game is up and you're out of a job with no unemployment insurance so you grew THEIR business for nothing. Don't be fooled by the "this is your business" bull it isn't it's theres and they can get rid of you anytime. F this company and this Agency Operator program, Avis bites.
Posted by island gurl on 2012-01-12:
Avis, can be cheap when it comes to repairs on a facility. you'd never believe they are a multi billion dollar company the way they avoid or delay fixing anything over $100. Being an operator does however provide a decent living if you put in the hours yourself to reduce overhead.I do get the feeling though that the TPM's and DM's sometimes resent the money you can make as an operator and try to stick to us in other ways. There's operator's in CA making in excess of 100k per year and then some. Since most operator's all make more than a TPM, i think they try to have the upper hand by letting you know you are expendable. Just jealously if you ask me. I know TPM's that were miserable operators once upon a time and got a job with corportate. They like to keep you on edge as mentioned earlier by poor sales numbers or low revenue, the people training you either steal tactics from competitors or put their own BS touch on it. the fact is , theres no magic technique, it's just about numbers. the more rentals, the more chances.
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Avis : Khoury-Alternative Claims Management >Bogus Damage Claim
Posted by Poster on 08/05/2006
STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA -- On May 23, 2006 I received a letter from Khoury-Alternative Claims Management (KACM) informing me that I owed damages on a vehicle I had returned to Avis Rent-A-Car at the State College University Airport on May 3rd. [Searching the web I find that this kind of experience with Avisw is not unique to me, see http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=11250 for another complaint so similar to my own I had to look twice. There are also others posted on the web.]
After contacting KACM several times, I learned that Avis claims the left rear panel was scrapped and dented while the car was in my possession. This is false. Had there been any damage on the driverâs side in the rear when I returned the car, I would have seen it when I went to take my luggage out of the trunk.
The Avis counter at the airport was not open when I dropped off the car at 5:45am, so my only option was to place the key in Avisâ courtesy drop-off box. I have requested pictures of the damage several times, as did my insurance Agency, Allstate. None have been sent. The total bill is for $830.10. On top of the damage charge of $650.10, KACM is requesting $100 for an administrative fee, and $80 for 4 days loss of use. When I requested documentation showing that no other cars were available from the Avis fleet for the 4 days billed for loss of use, KACM told that they do not need to provide this documentation.
After discussing the case with my insurer, Allstate, I agreed that Allstate would deny the claim so that the case could go to arbitration, a typical procedure among insurers. KACM tells me that they do not participate in arbitration.
Avis responded to my complaint saying that the State College office was independent and I should call them. When I called them in May they told me to call Avis Complaints, where I was told that KACM handled their complaints. It seems to be a circular game that is set up so that no one is responsible to address the complaint itself, or to even be receptive to the customer.
The last two times I call KACM to inquire about the photographs and other outstanding details, the representatives hung up on me. The agency is incredibly uncooperative and have written to say if the bill is not paid by the end of the month it will be sent to a collection agency.
I did not damage the car and find no language in the Avis contract specifying that a customer who accepts Avisâ offer to drop-off a car before the companyâs counter opens is responsible for damages sustained before Avis checks the car in. Moreover, I cannot believe they are charging me for damage and see no need or responsibility to provide evidence to demonstrate said damage happened.
It is my understanding that to go to Small Claims Court I need to pay first and there is no mechanism to collect payment from the defendant if I win. My insurance company will pay some of the fees (minus my deductable), which hopefully will not have any repercussions on my insurance fees later. Persoanlly I do not see why anything should be paid since I know I did not damage the car and we have received no evidence of said damage. Since they are threatening to send it to a colletion agency, it is hard to ignore the bill.
I will never rent from Avis (or Budget) again. For those who do not know, Budget is now a part of AVIS.
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Posted by Hugh_Jorgen on 2006-08-06:
If you feel strongly about it, let them send it to collections and make them sue you - at least the court will be able to make them produce the evidence against you. They are counting on 99% of the folks out there just letting their insurance pay for it. You might take a ding on your credit report for a while, but you have the right to attach brief comments to the listing in your credit file. Just a sentence to the effect that you deny the debt and it's in court should be sufficient. Best of luck!
Posted by Anonymous on 2006-08-06:
I agree with Hugh and must add that if they and you signed off on the car when you turned it in then they have no case anyway. It will be very obvious in court and you could turn it into a case of fraud.
Posted by Sparticus on 2006-08-06:
This has always been a fear of mine with the dropbox during after hours option! And now I'm going to be even more paranoid! Thanks for the review, but very sorry for what happened.
Posted by Baffled Bill on 2006-11-09:
As a licensed insurance adjuster.... who used to work in the car rental industry.......who is also a debt collector.... I offer the following:
1) You dropped the car off after hours thereby depriving the rental agency the opportunity to inspect the car in your presence. Wow!!! How convenient is that for a renter to have carte blanche to drop cars off after hours with perceived impunity for damages because they later cry out "I didn't do it." No, the real world does not work that way. If I were the adjuster at your insurance company... I would have definietly accepted liability on your behalf.
2) When scheduling trips I always pick return times that will allow me to turn the rental car in at a time of day when I can get the rental outfit to inspect the car with me. I owe it to myself and.... its fair to the car rental company too. Trust me.... in the situation that you just described: the car rental companies are victimized FAR more times than the "poor" renters.
3) I am reasonably certain that the claims company's letter(s) to you qouted the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act... you were probably given ample opportunity to issue a written dispute (as required by the FDCPA) as to the validity of this debt. Had you issued said written dispute... the claims company could have then forwarded your dispute to the car rental company so that they could double check their facts. Afterall, its their car and their claim.
4) You might want to watch what you say in an open forum like this one. Being angry (and/or not wanting to be held responsible for damages) does not give you immunity to make slanderous or libelous statements about Avis, Budget and the claims handling company.
Posted by Spur73 on 2006-11-09:
I am an insurance agent and former adjuster. I know the game. I had a client that recently returned a car to Enterprise at noon. The Enterprise rep did not inpsect the car on the return. The client went in the office and was told to park the car in an open numbered spot and notate the number. She went back in , gave then the number, paid her bill and left. TWO DAYS LATER Enterprise called her and said she had damaged the left (drivers side quarter panel. She denies this. The were sloppy in their claims demand and violated numerous claims handling laws and fair debt requirements. They finally went away.
I my self returned a rent car to the denver Airport 3 years ago. When I checked in, the rep walked around the car and signed off on no damage. Two weeks later, they called and wanted to know if I caused like $1500 damage to the right front.
LESSON FOR ALL: Never turn in a rent car when the place is closed. If you have to, then take digital picture that show the date and time. ALWAYS have a rental rep come out and inspect the car and give you a signed release.
Andfor Baffled Bill.....chill out dude.
Posted by burnig on 2009-06-20:
I have just returned from a trip to Salzburg, I had hired an Avis car. On my return the Avis agent took my documents and asked if all was OK, I said it was, she said that was it then. The same day they took £196 from my credit card for damage to the vehicle. I have my own insurance for this excess and have called them for advice, the insurance company tell me this is fairly common practice and they are seeing it more and more. I know I have not damaged the car, I have no knowledge what the damage is, and they took the money from my card the day I dropped the car off...seems odd that, they can work out the cost of the damage so quickly. I have also raised this with my credit card company, as I believe this to be fraudulent, they are to take this up with Avis.
Naively I trusted the company, but having read the comments on the internet and speaking with the insurance company I was wrong. Trouble is you only start to look for info on this after the event.
I would advise anyone collecting any car to take their time, know exactly what you are signing for, take photos/videos of the car when you collect and drop off, do not drop key off in a box, and if the company don't bother to check the car when you return it, write it down and ask one of the agents to sign...I think you will find they will then become interested.
Posted by iggypop on 2009-09-23:
The same thing happened to me with Avis. I discovered a $700+ charge on my credit card 6 months after renting an Avis car while travelling. And then I received a package with a photo claiming I had damaged the car. I disputed it and it was taken off my credit car but now it has gone to a collection agency who threaten to negatively impact my credit if don't pay up. Any chance of a class action law suit? This seems all too common and as someone noted there are probably a number of people who simply pay to avaid the hassle. If anyone knows of anything or would like to look into this further, please email me @ email@example.com. There must be something that can be done about this type of extortion.
Posted by hank on 2012-09-29:
Same here, Khoury Alternative Claims -- a month after a trip - sent a bill for almost $1000. Orbitz says they aren't responsible
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Bogus damage claim by Avis
Posted by Madmudder on 10/30/2005
In August 2005 I rented a car from Avis in Casper WY. I submitted a car diagram of all existing damage to the car to the Avis agent before leaving the rental lot. Upon returning the car to the Casper Airport Avis lot at 5:30 am on our Sunday departure date I checked the car over for any signs of additional damage and saw none so I left the keys and rental agreement in the drop box as instructed. Due to the early morning hour there was no agent on duty at the time of the rental return.
A week after returning home I received a notice from Avis stating that due to damage to the windshield they were billing me nearly $400 for the "necessary replacement" of the windshield PLUS 2 days rental fee for the time the car was not at their disposal to rent. If the chips were so small and insignificant that they were not visible upon inspection, could they not have simply been repaired, rather than replacing the entire windshield?
I disputed the charges with Avis and noted to them that I dropped the car off at 5:30 AM and their cleaning crew reported the damage at 5:00 PM - 12 hours after I had returned the car. Furthermore, I pointed out that I was not responsible for what happens in their parking lot. Their reply, after supposed "careful consideration", was that "windshield chips do not occur in parking lots" and I was therefore being held liable.
My husband and I are still disputing the charges. My husband is one of their Preferred Customers due to his repeated use of their services for business travel over the past 25 years, but I for one will never rent from them again. They seem to stick these outrageous charges to anyone who did not take out any and all additional insurance policies from them.
Pooh on Avis. National seems to have better overall ratings.
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Posted by SuZQ on 2005-12-02:
First of all, if you just leave the car there and drop the keys off and whatnot (which is called an after hours return) You are 100% responsible for any damages that happen in the parking lot, UNTIL they check in the vehicle. They don't have to check in the vehicle when they open either because they may be busy. This will happen to you at any car rental company. So in other words, next time, drop it off when they are open and there won't be that problem.
Posted by poster on 2006-08-06:
Same thing happened to me. See . It makes no sense to me that they offer a courtesy drop-off and charge the customer for damages after the car is dropped off. In my case, they provided no evidence of said damage even when I requested it. When I asked a few more times they pretty much ignored me. It boggles my mind to pay for damage they cannot even substantiate. What a racket.
Posted by poster on 2006-08-06:
The link for my comment did not come through. See http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=15234
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Agency Operator Not Worth It
Posted by Sebastiantata on 01/11/2013
USA, NEW JERSEY -- I'd like to add my "3 Cents" to Avis' Agency Operator position. This position is a total miss-classification of an independent contractor status that the State and US Dept of Labor is looking hard into. As a few other posts have stated, they sell you on the sizzle but when you look for the steak it isn't their and will not be found. THIS IS NOT YOUR BUSINESS, as they tell you, you are working for them for less than minimum wage - long hours, insurance costs, Workman's comp, employee costs. These costs all come out of your monthly commission check. I'm all for hard work but when you get taken advantage of, that's when it becomes a problem.
Be advised that if you have to sign a contract that has at a minimum of 50 pages in it, their is no protection for you it is all one sided, in ABG favor.
Most independent operators that leave are all small and do not have the time or finances to combat this practice. The best way to do this is not with a class action lawsuit (it may tied up in the courts for a long time) but through your state dept of labor, Attorney General's office and a your state public representative.
A lawsuit that is in CA right now has not gone away, and there is a good reason for this. Hopefully someone that is interested in this will not do it you're better off working a few part time jobs, remember if the contract is that big it's for a reason that benefits them not you. Makes you wonder why the other auto rental companies are not doing this IC relationship also?
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Damage to rental cars
Posted by Ted1700 on 06/06/2010
MUNICH, GERMANY -- This is the first & last time we'll rent with Avis. After almost 13 years renting from other companies at the Munich airport nothing like this has ever happened. We checked the car over for damage but did not take photos (you'd better do that now with these scams) and found NO damage. When we returned the car the person checking them in first showed us something on the door that he said was a scratch. I took my fingernail and with some spit I removed it (a little paint from another car door that did NOT break the paint on the rental car) and showed that to him. He then gave us a receipt to sign that was hundreds of dollars higher than the contract we made with AVIS online before we left the United States and we told him it was wrong and we wouldn't sign it. We then get a bill for over 500 Euros for a new windshield and door paint. He didn't show us any damage to the windshield and since you normally hear the rock that hits, I'll swear that either it wasn't there or, if you can believe the photo they sent, so small to be fixed by the injection method for a few Euros. I don't think it was there, I always notice any windshield damage when I'm driving and we had this car for over 2 weeks. I would have noticed. Interesting he didn't show that to me like he did the so called "scratch". A bad thing about the Munich Airport is there is no one to talk to about any damage if there was any except to walk all the way back to the contract desk. You leave by way of inserting a card in a reader and the gate opens. I suppose you can write something down on your contract but it would still be your word against theirs. They know you're going home to the States and can't complain in person like a local can. We're fighting it with our travel insurance company as It's not fair for them to have to pay a scam. It would be nice if there was a Better Business Bureau in Germany but I can't find one. I do have a friend that lives in Munich that used to work for Diamler-Benze and I may ask him to go and try to inspect the car for me. That will probably surprise them as normally tourists don't have any recourse and they know it.
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Racist Counterperson
Posted by on 10/11/2003
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA -- The letter I sent:
Five weeks ago on August 29th, 2003, at about 8pm, my wife and I were visiting her relatives in Indianapolis, Indiana, at IND airport. Shortly after we rented a car from your company, while we were still near your airport rental counter area, we witnessed your agents interaction with the next customer.
This customer was of Middle-Eastern descent, he was traveling with his family which included his elderly parents, his wife, and their two young children (one infant). From what I witnessed, there was a disagreement on some point of the policy. The customer protested entirely politely and with a calm demeanor. At this, your agent shouted at the man to get away from her counter. Her voice was in sharp contrast to the quiet tone of the customer. She also must have hit her alarm button, as the Indianapolis Police were soon on the scene. We had to leave shortly after.
This incident left my wife and I with a bad taste that persisted throughout our trip. Your agent was obviously very fearful of the public at that point, and seeing a Middle-Eastern man at her counter must have driven her into some sort of Fox-News Terrorist-Alert flashback. To subject a tired frustrated traveler who is obviously a simple family man, to police questioning, is unconscionable. A worker this paranoid certainly would not be able to adequately handle a real terrorist situation, with such an excitable disposition.
In addition to this incident, there is the fact that the car we rented did not have a CD player as promised by your agent. This car was a larger model that she had talked me into, because it was more luxurious and would have a CD player. This left us with nothing but Indiana radio for the 2-1/2-hour drive we had that night.
This is to say, that I am disgusted with this agent, and with your company if she represents anything akin to your corporate personality. Her racist response shamed me as a fellow American. I will of course never use Avis again, and will work to influence my company to not use your organization for any of my business service and sales force travels.
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Posted by trouble on 2004-04-13:
mind your own business...
Posted by am60067 on 2004-07-13:
Everyone minded our business and soon we were living in a communist police state - "Russian Saying"
More Americans are "minding" their own business - and cutting themselves off from everyone else - lving in gated communities - avoiding "bad" neighborhoods.. etc. Soon there wont be enough land to "run" away from.
The reviewer did the right thing - atleast the car company may investigate the account of the review.
Posted by Anonymous on 2007-01-05:
You don't know what went on, so mind your own business, also has it occured to you that you may be the one that is prejudice, assuming that a man with a family is not a danger. I am not saying that he was a danger, but you seem to have a steryotpye that a family man is not a danger but a signal man is. What if this man was travelling alone would you have thought differently of this inncident. It is not up to you to write this letter it is up to him.
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Refusing to honor reservation
Posted by on 09/02/2003
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA -- To whom it may concern:
I would like to share with you my attempt to rent a car with Avis yesterday. Several weeks ago I called to inquire about the availability of making a one way reservation to Toronto, ON (Canada). I was told to call back a few days later because the reservationist had to check to see if such a rental was possible. I called back a few days later and the reservationist confirmed the reservation. I called back a week later, reconfirmed the reservation, and added a day to it.
Yesterday when I went to pick up the car, I was told it was not available. At first the agent, stated that there were no full size cars available and that she was giving us a car two sizes smaller. She offered us a $20 discount for the week for this. My husband said, "so if I go on the lot I will find that there are no full size cars out there". She stated that they had full size cars, but that they were not available to us, because we were going to Canada, even though the national reservationist had confirmed that I could reserve this type of car for this trip. Upon further questioning, She stated that this car was the only type of car we could take, indicating that it was in bad shape and she didn't mind it going to Canada.
We asked to speak to her supervisor. She said that she had called the supervisor prior to our arrival, and when she didn't receive a response, she elected to deny the reservation herself. She called the supervisor again while we were there, but received no answer. We then called the national reservations number. The first guy told me he would pass me to a supervisor, but then hung up on me. The second guy told me he would pass me to a supervisor, then put me on hold. The third guy said that there were no supervisors working. The third guy yelled at my husband, talked over him, and was extremely rude.
No one would help us honor the reservation. While I realize that franchisees have the right to make their own decisions, this was confirmed by both the national customer service and me before the date of rental.
This is what I have learned:
1) A reservation at Avis means nothing. Don't bother making a reservation because they might choose not to honor it if they don't feel like it.
2)Avis word means nothing, and its agents will lie to you for convenience.
3)If you have a problem with the reservation, the national customer service line will not assist you, will yell at you, hang up on you, and refuse to let you talk to a supervisor.
We ended up renting a car at an adjacent competitors' counter and leaving the Avis counter. I realize that one $400 car rental is not much of a loss for the week for you, but the damage it does to you in terms of my telling this story to my relatives and friends and the loss of my future business will add up over time. I am just one customer who took the time to complain....I'm sure there are many more out there like me.
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Posted by physed on 2005-05-05:
I know how you feel, because they also refused to honor my reservation. See my complaint entitled "poor customer service".
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Ridiculous prices
Posted by on 04/01/2001
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Dear A. Barry Rand,
As a frequent user of your company, I feel obligated to share with you my experience.
I am a frequent traveler, and because of this I rent cars often. Under normal circumstances I rent the cars with my personal visa and I am always offered decent rates from your company. However, recently I had a problem with my visa (basically, you stopped accepting bank visas) and I had to have my company make the car reservation for me. They made the exact same reservation that I always make, however this time my bill came out to almost TWICE as much as it usually is. I'm guessing this is your over-billing tactic to screw companies over that don't know the difference, but regular consumers do notice!
To help keep me as a potential future customer, I would like the following:
If you are going to screw companies over like that, at least be honest and advertise it so people like me can avoid your company.
At the very least I would like a response from your company regarding this incident.
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Posted by Anonymous on 2001-07-31:
Avis stinks. Go with Hertz. They have a comfortable bus system and I have never had any problems.
Posted by SuZQ on 2005-12-02:
Moron, Car prices vary from each location, dates and times. If you happened to get a rate that was double it was last time, it's because that is what they had. They don't discriminate against you, if that were the case, I guess they were discriminating against everyone else that day too huh?
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Horrible service overall - too many issues
Posted by Sullivan & Co on 12/21/2007
WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- Our company rented a car in DC. DC DMV issued a citation on the car. AVIS charged our card for the citation back in September. It's now the end of December and AVIS continues to send notices saying that it remains unpaid. The AVIS Virginia Beach Processing Center (the office that handles citations for DC) never return a single phone call or email after we left 27 MESSAGES for them. AVIS national customer service (US & Canada) did nothing to help and kept bouncing me around. I've tried with a lot of patience to get someone to help me. NO ONE AT AVIS KNOWS ANYTHING AND THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE OVERALL IS HORRIBLE.
I GOT BOUNCED AROUND 11 TIMES AND NOT A SINGLE PERSON WAS ABLE TO HELP ME. HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE! We rent at least 8-10 cars every week and use use 2 major rental car companies. AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, WE HAD A MEETING AND COLLECTIVELY DECIDED THAT ALL OF OUR NATIONWIDE OFFICES WILL NEVER USE AVIS AGAIN!! This may seem harsh, specially since it was 1 episode. None-the-less, this was a very serious and bad experience and we do NOT want to experience anything of the sort again.
I particularly want to point out the non-responsive departments:
1) AVIS's national customer service department is completely LOST! We spoke with 9 reps + 3 supervisors. No one helped and they all kept transferring us around.
2) DC citations office - Virginia Beach Processing Center. No one answers the phones there. I have left 27 messages between 12/5 and 12/21. No responses to a single email we sent. Left messages for supervisors K. Hanson and A. Weston. Sorry to have to mention their names here...but they completely failed us.
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Posted by Principissa on 2007-12-21:
Do you have proof that they charged your card for the citation? If so I suggest sending that to the city that you got the actual citation from, not AVIS. They may be able to assist you more than they have.
Posted by GothicSmurf on 2007-12-21:
What was the citation for? I'd stop calling and go into one of the offices and get things taken care of that way.
Posted by Sullivan & Co on 2007-12-26:
Yes. The proof of the charge was sent to the DC DMV. That does not matter much since AVIS still has not paid them.
I went to an AVIS location in person last week and they were not able to help either. "You have to contact the citations department for that" is the answer I always get. The local office does not have any records or control over the issue.
Posted by Plaid_piper on 2008-01-23:
I think that you have been mosy unfair in your decisions. I can speak from personal experience that Avis is an excellent rental company. With my corporate account we have the choice of our rental companies, and I always choose Avis. I find their customer service is excellent and I am blessed with exceptional agents any time I call.
I am sorry you had a bad experience, but I for one will never rent from any other company!
Posted by Kyle on 2013-08-12:
Your review is spot on. Avis-Budget sucks! I've called 11 times with no response. Horrible customer service and terribly run business
Posted by Ian on 2013-08-21:
I agree, their claims department is a joke. Does anyone even work there? They couldn't even produce the actual claim as proof, and just charged my card despite this major flaw. I will never rent from them again.
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Avis Guilty of Bait and Switch Overcharge
Posted by Gswanbon on 01/09/2006
MAYNARD -- I rented a car from a local Avis office in my hometown of Maynard, MA. I was quoted a rate of $32 dollars per day if the rental was 5 days or longer. I was having car repairs done so at the time I didnt know the length of time I would need the rental. I ended up renting the car for 5 days and was billed over $300. I did get that reduced to $260 - they initially had me returning the car 3 days later at Logan airport (about 35 miles away even though the office in my hometown is about 1 mile away).The the bill should have been approximately $160. The quote I received was given to me on a business card which I subsequently lost. The rental agreement also didn't have the correct rate, the clerk said not to worry about this difference because it was a discount I was receiving.The bottom line is I never would have rented the car at such a high rate, I would have taken my bussiness elsewhere.This happened in September of 2003. Since that time I have filed two complaints directly with Avis. When I finally got a response they closed the file based on the fact that I couldnt produce the business card. Subsequently, I filed a complaint with BBB in Massachusetts. When I finally got a response to this complaint they said I should file a complaint in Oklahoma.
Avis subsequently ignored two inquiries filed by the BBB in Oklahoma on my behalf.
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Posted by Sparticus on 2006-01-10:
I boycotted Avis many years ago when they treated me like crap and wouldn't honor my reservation. Haven't been back since and don't plan on it any time soon.
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My ex-wife's daughter came back from college and was in for 2 weeks. Her dad ( thank god he was a rich attourney ) rented her an economy car that was suppose to be $19.95 per day plus milage. They didn't have an econ when she went to get it so she got a standard car ( 2 bumps up ). It was 2 bumps up. They said they would call her when an economy car came in. They never called. I went with him to return it and 2 weeks worth of car was $1000. My words in front of everyone were " Holy %$(# " Jim didn't say a word, he just handed them his credit card. When we got outside he repeated my words and called them crooks.
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Mike -- I love ya man, but there is no "u" in attorney.
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Maybe Mikes English? They like to add "u's" to a lot of word i.e. colour.
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Sorry I always misspell that word, always always always. If you ever see me spell it right it's because I googled the correct spelling and copy/pasted.
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Ah, the beer belly, few physical features on a man have the power to command such respect/disgust as this testament to the glory of hops and excess. Forget the fact, that these men may no longer be able to see their own sex organs or move at a pace faster than 1 mph. What they lack in overall health, they make up for in commitment and dedication - a dedication to beer.
In some countries this is considered torture, but here it's just the 8th beer on a Friday night
It's like that creature from the movie The Blob slithered over a barber shop floor
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It was a proud day when Jack reached his dream of turning his gut into his own bar table
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Collect the international versions to show friends how cultured you are
He enjoys old world classics, like Shakespeare and a good buzz during a witch burning
Having a beer gut doesn't mean you can't class it up with some brandy now and then
The truffle shuffle will forever be a crowd pleaser
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Friday, April 27, 2007Oral Roberts scored in six of its eight at bats on Friday evening on the way to a 17-5 victory over Valparaiso to begin a four-game weekend series in Tulsa, Okla.
The Golden Eagles jumped in front in the bottom of the first with three runs, two coming on a Kelly Minissale homerun.
The Crusaders battled back in the second, taking the lead with five runs in the frame. Jason Brunelli (Greenfield, Wis./Greenfield H.S.) led off the inning with a homer, and two batters later Josh Piazza (Glenview, Ill./Notre Dame H.S.) followed with another solo round-tripper. For the Valpo catcher, the blast extended his hitting streak to 13 games. As the Crusaders batted around in the inning, Dallas Cawiezell (Long Grove, Iowa/North Scott H.S.) capped the frame with a three-run double to left.
Oral Roberts' bullpen took over, though, limiting the Brown and Gold to just one more hit until the ninth inning.
Meanwhile, the Golden Eagle offense tied the game in the bottom of the inning and added two more runs in the third and four more in the fourth to build an 11-5 advantage. A five-run seventh inning provided all the insurance runs Oral Roberts would need on the way to the victory.
Eric Crichton (1-4) earned the win for Oral Roberts working 6.1 innings of relief, allowing just two hits while striking out six. Matt Evans (Brighton, Mich./Brighton H.S.) suffered the loss (2-1) for Valpo in relief.
Adam Younger had four hits and four runs batted in for the hosts while Brendan Duffy added three more hits in the Oral Roberts 17-hit attack. John Giusti (Coventry, R.I./Coventry H.S.) had two hits to pace Valpo's offensive attack.
Valparaiso (14-21, 3-2 Mid-Con) and Oral Roberts (22-14, 5-0) will continue their weekend series in Tulsa on Saturday afternoon with a twinbill. First pitch of game one is set for 2 p.m.
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By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 03/01/12
Enjoy an evening of Celtic music with Poisoned Dwarf and Lilt at 7 p.m. at The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Rd. The concert is part of CACGA's 2nd Stage Performance Series, which highlights a different musical genre on the first Friday of each month. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. For details, call 261-ARTS or visit http://www.artsglenallen.com .
Henrico County Recreation and Parks will present "Waterwalk: A Passage of Ghosts" from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Henrico County Administration Board Room. Steven Faulkner, a professor at Longwood University, will discuss the 1,000 mile voyage he and his son Justin took in their 16-foot canoe, Natty Bumpo. Admission is free and seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. For details, call Dee Donnelly at 501-5147.
The Autism Society of Central Virginia will hold its 5th annual Recreation Resource Fair from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at River Road United Methodist Church, 8800 River Rd. Organizations providing recreational and social opportunities to children, youth and adults with autism spectrum disorders will be on hand to share information about their programs. For details, visit http://www.asacv.org .
The film "Superman: The Movie" will play at 7 p.m. March 2 and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 3 at Henrico Theatre, 305 E. Nine Mile Rd. Tickets are $1 and can be purchased at the door. For details, call 328-4491 or visit http://www.henricorecandparks.com .
Henrico County's annual Kite Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dorey Park, 2999 Darbytown Rd. The event, hosted by the Richmond Air Force Kite Club, will feature kite flying demonstrations, exhibits, contests and games and live family entertainment provided by Henrico County Public Schools and local band Sky Run. Concessions will be available for purchase. Admission is free. Rain date is March 4. For details, visit http://www.henricorecandparks.com .
The 12th annual Kids' Carniball – Destination France will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Children's Museum of Richmond-Central, 2626 W. Broad St. There will be French flag-themed art projects, face painting, balloon giveaways, a moon bounce, magicians, a cheese and juice tasting, French toast provided by Silver Diner and more. Carniball is included with museum admission. For details, call 474-7000 or visit http://www.c-mor.org .
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, 2880 Mountain Rd., will present a Rock & Roll Jubilee at 7 p.m. Journey back to 1958 and be a part of the studio audience for the live broadcast of a fictitious radio station as they channel the spirits of the founding fathers of rock n' roll. Featured artists include Elvis, Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, The Everly Brothers and more. The Jubilee includes 1950s' period advertisements, skits and more. Tickets are $20. For details, call 261-ARTS or visit http://www.artsglenallen.com .
The Modlin Center for the Arts will present Cirque Mechanics' "Boom Town" at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Alice Jepson Theatre at the University of Richmond. Cirque Mechanics brings together veterans of world-renowned companies such as Cirque du Soleil and the Moscow Circus to continue the exploration of performers and machines through acrobatics, dance, aerial work, trampolines and more. Tickets are $38. For details, call 289-8980 or visit http://www.modlin.richmond.edu .
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Amtrak, America's Railroad® is offering the public an opportunity to view an Exhibit Train, a unique traveling display showcasing the railroad's history, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 3-4 at Amtrak's Staples Mill Road station. Memorabilia, such as vintage advertising, past menus and dinnerware and period uniforms will be on display. Children can also visit Chuggington Depot, based on the popular children's animated television series on Disney Junior, for train-themed kids' activities. For details, visit http://www.amtrak40th.com .
The Harvesters will perform at 6 p.m. at Pioneer Baptist Church, 3140 Darbytown Rd. Admission is free. For details, call 795-1051 or visit http://www.pioneerbaptistrichmondva.org
Varina Ruritans honor students
The Varina Ruritan Club hosted the winners of its 2014 Environmental Essay contest at its monthly meeting March 11 in Varina.
The contest, in its eighth year, was for the first time open to students in grades 3-5 at Varina Elementary School. (It previously was open to Sandston Elementary School students.)
The meeting included the winners, parents of the winners, Varina Elementary principal Mark Tyler and several teachers who were in charge of the contest at the school. > Read more.
Baseball game to benefit Glen Allen Buddy Ball
For the fifth consecutive year, St. Christopher's and Benedictine will play a varsity baseball game at Glen Allen's RF&P Park as part of a fundraising effort for the River City Buddy Ball program.
The game will take place Saturday, April 12, at 7 p.m., and the teams hope to raise $3,000 through donations, raffles and other efforts. Admission to the game is free, but fans who attend are asked to donate funds for the Glen Allen Youth Athletic Association's Buddy Ball program, which enables disabled children and teens to play baseball. > Read more.
Highland Springs field to be dedicated in honor of longtime coach Spears
The Henrico Division of Recreation and Parks will dedicate the Highland Springs Little League Majors Field in memory and honor of Rev. Robert "Bob" L. Spears, Jr., on April 12 with a ceremony at the field at 8 a.m.
Spears served the league as a coach and volunteer for 30 years and was praised as a pioneer for equality. His "Finish strong" motto embodied ethical perseverance on the field and in life. > Read more.
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Do the Bunny Hop over to Meadow Farm on Saturday for an introduction to all the farm animals there! An introduction to "Global Sounds" – featuring Japanese, Indonesian, West African, Indian, and Brazilian music and dance performances – can be found at the University of Richmond. The University of Richmond will also host the annual Spider spring game, as well as the inaugural Spiders Easter Egg Hunt. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Do Muppets sleep? It's hard to say.
They don't really eat (or breathe, as far as anyone can tell). And only occasionally do they have visible, functioning legs.
As far as anyone knows, sleeping might be off the table. And that makes it very hard to accuse the Muppets of sleepwalking through their latest feature, Muppets Most Wanted – even if that's exactly what's going on.
Jim Henson's beloved creations were back in a big way after 2011's The Muppets, with fame and fortune and even an Oscar, a first for the group ("Rainbow Connection" was nominated, yet somehow failed to collect at the '79 ceremony). > Read more.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Sick Day Tradition: Special Toys
5 comments:
- Anne said...
What a sweet tradition - it's so miserable being sick, but I bet playing with special treasures would make it MUCH more bearable!
- March 4, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- HeidiMcGBlaue said...
I don't know if they are traditions, but I save up party favor items, small toys that I pick up in the $1 bin at Target, & other little craft items & store them away for sick days. Then when we have to stay at home for several days we have a whole bunch of "new" items to keep us entertained.
- March 4, 2011 at 12:16 PM
- Rachel Harwood said...
I love to hear other family traditions! Thanks so much for sharing one of yours. I love your site. You have some fabulous ideas!!!
Hop over to my site! I'd love to have you link up at my For the Kids Fridays link party.
- March 4, 2011 at 3:33 PM
THAT'S what I should do with my knick-knacks!! I have a similar collection of little porcelain figurines, most of which belonged to my father when he was a boy. I no longer display them, but I didn't want to part with them. This would be a perfect way to put them to good use! Thanks for sharing!!!
- March 5, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- April said...
What a charming tradition.
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Nov. 12, 1937, in The Star: Tonight will bring to a close the four-day "open house" program at the Anniston office of the Southern Bell Telephone Co. The total attendance during the first three days has been 2,511, many of whom had never seen the switchboard of the local exchange. Also this date: The Georgia Tech – Alabama football game tomorrow is expected to draw quite a crowd from the Atlanta region over to Birmingham, so Anniston civic leaders have organized a visible welcome for the motorcade of fans expected to pass through the city. A special sign will remind GT fans that an Anniston youth, Bill Jordan, plays on their team's squad.
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Schneider, animal services manager for Washoe County Regional Animal Services, said the agency receives between 3,000 and 4,000 calls per year about barking dogs. Barking dog complaints make up about 10 percent of their daily calls.
"We take noise complaints very seriously," Schneider said. "We understand that they can affect the quality of living for some people."
Part of the problem with barking, Schneider said, is that noise is subjective. What one person may consider OK, another may consider as excessive.
He explained that sometimes you have owners that think barking is what dogs do but you also have people who believe that dogs should be quiet.
Schneider said that when he was an animal control officer, he received a complaint about a barking dog and went out to talk to the owner. The woman told him she brought the dog into the house every time it started barking.
He went over to talk to the neighbor who had made the call and asked them how often the dog barked. The neighbor replied, "Not very often." Schneider asked him how long the dog barked once it started, the man replied, "Not very long." The gentleman made a comment about how the other dogs don't bark at all, Schneider had to explain that total silence is not the standard at which they hold all dogs.
For the first complaint, Schneider said the agency gives a courtesy note to the dog owner and provides them with a copy of the law and tips to help solve the problem.
If there is a history of complaints, animal control will send out an investigator to observe and possibly issue a citation. The first citation costs $395 and will double for every citation thereafter up to a maximum of $1,000.
Ingrid Lentz, a pet trainer at PetSmart, said barking can be a problem if the dog is left alone for a long time.
"We recommend chew toys to keep the dog entertained," Lentz said.
Lentz also recommends that owners try collars to control the barking.
PetSmart does sell bark collars to stop dogs from barking when they are alone.
Pamela Wangsness, owner of Dog Training by PJ, disagrees with the collars.
"The problem is that they (barking collars) suppress the bark and don't teach the dogs what to do instead," Wangsness said. "Barking is one of the most difficult behaviors to unteach once learned."
Wangsness said the first step is determining why the dog barks. Then pet owners can teach the dog what to do instead of barking.
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Ugly war of words over beautiful game
Guy came into my local the other day. Ordered a pint of Coopers. When he saw his 425ml glass, he hit the roof.
"That's not a f*(*&kng pint! That's a f(*&&King schooner," he blustered, all red in the face and foaming anger. "You effing c! You've got no right to be pouring this shit you useless bastard! Everywhere else in the world calls that a schooner. You must hate beer, you're trying to destroy it!"
Then he bored us all witless with his ranting about the history of beer sizes, the proud global legacy of beer, and how we were all top-notch arse clowns for calling a pint a schooner.
Then he drank his beer and had another, because beer is great.
As is football. Or, as some call it, soccer.
The one thing that can ruin a relaxing beer or an exciting game of fokker? Paranoid rabid twitbags with persecution complexes.
As my fine colleague Ant Sharwood found out last night (oh, OK, he's a sports writer so he's peered into this specific abyss before).
Sharwood wrote a fairly straight forward news piece on he-who-must-be-adored Alessandro Del Piero and how he insists on calling the beautiful game 'soccer', while 'football' has become the preferred nomenclature. Cue the explosion of heads.
Now, 'football' makes more sense. It is a ball game played with the foot. Soccer is derived from 'association football' and came from England, but is now associated predominately with America.
Australia is definitely tending towards 'football'. People are understandably keen to align themselves more closely with the European roundballers.
As Sharwood says, it's about identity:
Soccer people crave a kind of global belonging through the sport they love, so they do not perceive themselves as provincial and irrelevant.
Any perceived potshot at soccer, even when it's a very neutral article like the one I wrote … completely undermines all that.
Sootball is the battleground on which many ancient rifts are fought – ethnic, religious, political – which is why it gets pegged as the game of hooligans by people who should know better.
Tensions run high, and fans are often on a hair trigger when it comes to anything to do with their beloved World Game.
Then there are more banal reasons that it sparks a fight. My club's still called a soccer club – as are many across Australia – but I love to call it football when I want to get up the nose of AFL fans.
Here's the thing: there's no reason we can't just have both names for a bit. Eventually, everyone will probably call it football and occasionally have to deal with the confusion in a country that thinks that's a different sport.
In the meantime, dear football fans, just drink your beer and watch your sport and take a f**king chill pill, please..
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Baloo says:
I like calling it soccer so I can watch soccer fans whinge about calling it soccer.
Paul says:
"Ordered a pint of Coopers. When he saw his 425ml glass, he hit the roof."
The problem is you South Australians are obviously out to shortchange us all… There is simply no valid reason why you would decide to change a perfectly valid measurement (thereby giving me less beer).
The imperial pint is 570ml and is recognised as such in every other state plus in the UK and Ireland. In fact nowhere else in the world do they call 425ml a pint!
Oh, and until our national team becomes the footballroos I'll stick with Soccer.
DaveB says:
Tory, did the guy in your local explain that an Australian pint is served in a 570 mL glass, except in South Australia where it's a 425 mL glass and the 570 mL glass is called an imperial pint? If he managed to articulate this then you'd have been safe to assume that he wasn't a Millwall fan - You could've asked him about midis, pots & discussed some of his favourite Collingwood games.
Michael S says:
I like the game. But the paranoia of some of the fans is extraordinary. Even the mention of the word "soccer" gets them frothing at the mouth.
It's just too easy to get them to bite.
freethrow says:
soccer, football, meh no biggie. my gripe is with people calling it "the beautiful game", beautiful at times yes, but boring for 90% of the game, or telling me its a chess match and i just dont get it, yeah maybe if you like watching grandmasters vs amateurs(2 or 3 big teams with cash vs no hopers).
In my opinion all this can be solved with the removal of off side, worst rule ever, if you cant defend your man thats you fault for bein shit!
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"Now, 'football' makes more sense. It is a ball game played with the foot. "
It is a game played with almost every part of the body except hands and arms. It is a game where you can score with any part of the body except arms and hands.
So let's call it 'anything but arems and hands ball'
Davo says:
I love calling football soccer to get certain people to rile up and explain to me how the game is football because its played with the feet.
I then ask them (all inocent like) what part of the body one of the games great players, Maradona is most famous for using. Always gets a hilarious reaction.
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It's football not soccer… I don't get how you can call oz footy "football", when it's not even solely played with feet. Whereas football, is a sport where you have the ball and kick it with your feet. Simple really, we should come up with an original name for oz footy
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If I say football in Souths Juniors everyone there knows I mean rugby league.
If I say football in Randwick Rugby Club everyone there knows I mean rugby union.
If I say football in the Marconi Club (if it still exists) everyone there knows I mean Association Football.
If I say football in that parochial hotbed south of the Murray everyone there knows I mean forcings back, or fumbleathon, or whatever they call that game.
So can we all get over ourselves and understand that in Australia football is a pretty generic term, it belongs to no one and what it means depends on context and location?
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Cue all the bogans who love to put down the world game, the game that even god plays, the beautiful game. They will try to tell everyone that aerial pingpong, a game of catch the chip played by seagulls, is indeed the greatest sport the world has never played. Oh dear.
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"In the meantime, dear football fans, just drink your beer and watch your sport and take a f**king chill pill, please.. "
Hear hear.
And ffs stop lighting flares!
Rose says:
To me Football will always mean AFL, Soccer will always be Soccer and Rugby will always be Rugby. I don't differentiate between League and Union because I don't know what the difference is and I don't care enough about it to find out.
Bottom line is that they're all just names that let who ever is in the discussion to know exactly what game is being referenced. If anyone takes insult or offence to their sport being given a descriptor which makes sense to everyone then they're just being a little precious.
It's not like the discussion is even important, it's just sports for crying out loud, save your anger and passion for something of more value!
ibast says:
"Australia is definitely tending towards 'football'. People are understandably keen to align themselves more closely with the European roundballers."
Actually I've seen the reverse. There was a push by football Aus to push the name football and it worked for about 12months. Now I've noted the use of the word Soccer a lot more.
It'll always be soccer to me.
Interestingly I saw a joke recently about Americans calling it soccer on a completely different forum and I was amazed the number of nationalities that popped up to say they also call it soccer. many of them European. It seemed to me the idea that us and the Americans being the odd ones out isn't as absolute as we may think. It seems the Poms and the Italians might be the odd ones out.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Tonight, Dwight Clark will make a point to walk to the spot of his famous game-winning touchdown, known only as The Catch, for probably the final time.
He will spend a moment reflecting on that special patch of grass in the far right corner of the north end zone at Candlestick Park, a thrilling memory he is reminded of daily even now, nearly 32 years later.
"This will be the last time I'll be able to stand on that spot as far as I know," Clark said.
Joe Montana didn't expect to make it today, when The Stick says its last public goodbye after a run of Super Bowl success, baseball greats such as Willie Mays and home-run king Barry Bonds, the 1989 earthquake that interrupted the Bay Bridge World Series, and even The Beatles' farewell concert.
"It's going to be weird," Terrell Owens said before a game last month. "I'm glad I got an opportunity to be here."
The current 49ers (10-4) are determined to leave their mark on Candlestick's legacy by beating Atlanta (4-10) in the dilapidated stadium's last hurrah tonight in a rematch of the NFC championship game won by San Francisco.
"We feel that it's something special," safety Donte Whitner said.
Those who spent their most memorable years in the iconic venue -- with that recognizable boomerang-shaped concrete shell -- are sad to see it go. Even if the unpredictable swirling winds off the bay and bitter cold hardly made it a cosy home field.
Jerry Rice walked through the stadium several weeks back and soaked in the cheers from every direction, signed autographs and posed for photos.
"It's very difficult for me to come to games. Hearing those cheers again, I want to get back on that field," Rice said. "This is where everything started. It's sort of sad to see it coming to an end, because I know next year they'll be in Santa Clara."
The Niners will move into $1.2-billion Levi's Stadium at team headquarters, while Candlestick waits for its implosion day, likely in late 2014.
Everybody realizes it's time.
"I'll forever be grateful to have played on that field and shared that field with guys who are in the Hall of Fame and guys who have won championships for this organization," linebacker Patrick Willis said.
There's no debate that a dynasty was born with The Catch. Candlestick's top-10 football moments have been counted down during each home game this season, with The Catch at No. 1 for the regular-season home finale.
That six-yard touchdown reception with 51 seconds left sent San Francisco to a 28-27 win and its first Super Bowl.
"The funny thing is, I remember the play right before that I missed Freddie Solomon," Montana recalled this week. "I think I threw it about three feet over his head from five yards away. He was wide open for a touchdown. I always tell Dwight, 'Man, it's a good thing I didn't hit Freddie or The Catch would have never happened.' "
The 49ers next beat the Bengals for the first of the franchise's five championships.
"Oh, I think back on it all the time. I know what the play was; it was all diagramed," former 49ers owner Eddie DeBartolo Jr. said. "In the far end zone, was Dwight Clark's catch, which will probably go down in history.
"I don't think there's any question, as far as the San Francisco 49ers go and our Super Bowl runs and our history of success in the '80s and the '90s, it started with The Catch."
The 49ers shared Candlestick with the Giants until the baseball club moved into its downtown waterfront ballpark in 2000.
Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin attended games at Candlestick as a boy growing up in the Bay Area -- he was in the stands for Mays' 3,000th hit -- and enjoyed being a fan more than he did years later as a major leaguer with the Giants.
"Mike Schmidt was hitting and I was catching and he hit a pop-up over home plate that I really thought at first was going to end up near our dugout, then I thought it would end up over in the other dugout and it ended up right where I started, and I ended up catching it," Melvin said. "You'd follow the hotdog wrappers to try to figure out which way the wind was going."
49ers punter Andy Lee won't miss the wind,or much else about Candlestick after a decade kicking there.
"Bittersweet is probably the best way to put it because there are a lot of great memories that took place there," Montana said. "But everyone will admit that it's not the ultimate in a field you would want to be known for."
For all the problems at rundown Candlestick, those who consider it hallowed ground don't want to hear about the negatives, but the nostalgia.
"It was our dump, so we could talk bad about it," Clark said, "but we didn't want anybody else to talk bad about it."
-- The Associated Press
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The Caldwell AR Bipod combines a quick attach system for securing to any picatinny rail with all the other outstanding features you have come to expect from Caldwell. Built in systems for both pivot and cant movements give you maximum range of alignment without having to reposition the bipod. The unique internal spring system is both low profile and quiet, and the unique leg adjustment mechanism delivers fast and secure, no-wobble height positioning. The AR Bipods feature rubber feet that ensure good grip on all surfaces. The lightweight and durable anodized aluminum construction makes the bipod perfect for use on the range and in the field. The AR Bipod comes in your choice of sitting or prone models. The bipods are available in Matte Black finish or Desert Tan, so you can choose the color that matches your rig the best.
Technical Information:
Technical Information:
- Height: Sitting - 14" to 30"; Prone - 7" to 9"
- Quickly attaches/detaches to any picatinny rail
- Lightweight and durable anodized aluminum construction
- Available in Matte Black finish or new Desert Tan
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