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Avoid being taken for a ride by unregulated bargain car rentals 2014-09-22
MOTORISTS are seizing the chance to turn their cars into money-making machines by renting out their vehicles on peer-to-peer Internet platforms like PP Zuche.
But these unregulated sites pose risks to unwary consumers, such as a local car owner who was identified only by her surname Zhao. She told the Shanghai East Radio Station that she agreed to rent her new Roewe to a man on September 1 for four days.
When the car was due to be returned, he told Zhao that a friend had borrowed the vehicle, and he was vague on when it might be returned. That’s the last she saw of the man or her car.
But these unregulated sites pose risks to unwary consumers, such as a local car owner who was identified only by her surname Zhao. She told the Shanghai East Radio Station that she agreed to rent her new Roewe to a man on September 1 for four days.
When the car was due to be returned, he told Zhao that a friend had borrowed the vehicle, and he was vague on when it might be returned. That’s the last she saw of the man or her car.
