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Amazon’s not unique here.

I once rented a car and after returning it the guy who inspected the car was very excited to tell me there was no damage so I get my full deposit back, and I should be thanking him.

But was no damage at all, so it’s not like he did me any favor by covering something up.

He called my mobile that night asking me to give him a review. I reluctantly said I would take a look when I get home.

He called me the next day and told me he hadn’t seen my review yet and asked for it again.

I was seriously annoyed, and considered leaving him a negative review for being so intrusive, but I was hesitant, not knowing what other personal information he has of mine.

This was just a regular business transaction, it’s not like he went over and above with customer service, or did anything exceptional.

I wound up leaving no review, and would consider never renting from this company again.

I worked with a guy like this, he would always ask clients to phone his boss to say what a good job he had done. It worked well for him because sometimes bosses are that gullible.

Tell the company (not the branch) as much.

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