Very early in the morning of November 20, 2018, I turned off my computer. Microsoft
automatically downloaded a “critical update.” Two hours later when I tried to
use the computer, I could not. I could not leave the startup page. I haven’t
been on the computer since that morning. I am now using our local library’s
computers and have not yet decided if I will try to have my computer repaired.
However, it is time to start blogging again. Since I also can’t get into my old
Microsoft accounts, I’m starting a new blog as of Saturday, May 4, 2019.
From my last post before being shut down:
“Even though I am being ‘shadow-banned,’ my
pageview total hit an all time record high in October. Thank you.
According to google, October 18, 2018 was
my 700th post on this website.
I’m still having major problems with microsoft. I
finally ended up restoring it twice.”
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Note: [ ] = my additions
My new schedule for posting based upon USA
Standard Time. I will not be able to post as often since I am using library computers.
These are the ideal times.
Monday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Tuesday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Wednesday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Thursday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Friday: Between 5PM - 6PM. [The library closes at 6PM.]
Saturday: Between 4PM - 5PM. [The library closes at 5PM.]
Sunday: The library is closed on Sunday.
Tuesday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Wednesday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Thursday: Between 8PM – 9PM.
Friday: Between 5PM - 6PM. [The library closes at 6PM.]
Saturday: Between 4PM - 5PM. [The library closes at 5PM.]
Sunday: The library is closed on Sunday.
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My old
pageview record for Vote Vance 2016:
https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2016/11/transsexual-fantasy-strikes-morton.html
“Transsexual Fantasy Strikes Morton, Illinois School District 709 and Four Board Members Capitulate to a Sexual Delusion.”
“Transsexual Fantasy Strikes Morton, Illinois School District 709 and Four Board Members Capitulate to a Sexual Delusion.”
The new
pageview record for Vote Vance 2016:
“March for Our Lives, March for Life, Mainstream
Media Hypocrisy, Leftist Hypocrisy, and Students as ‘Useful Idiots?’”
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House of Representatives Republicans “Wall of Shame.”
These 24 Republicans voted to force taxpayers to pay for mutilating surgery for delusional transsexuals who are in the military. [I removed the names of the Representatives from all States who did not seek reelection since their primaries are over.]
Republicans voting No to defeat the amendment: [Original 24 now down to 8.]
[Conservative Review Conservative Scorecard grade]
No votes from Republicans by State:
1) Paul Cook [California-District 8 F 43% Won reelection.]
2) Jeffrey Denham [California-District 10 F 33% Lost.]
3) Steve Knight [California-District 25 F 31% Lost.]
1) Mike Coffman [Colorado-District 6 F 56% Lost.]
1) Carlos Curbelo [Florida-District 26 F 19% Lost.]
2) Brian Mast [Florida-District 18 F 50% Won reelection.]
These 24 Republicans voted to force taxpayers to pay for mutilating surgery for delusional transsexuals who are in the military. [I removed the names of the Representatives from all States who did not seek reelection since their primaries are over.]
Republicans voting No to defeat the amendment: [Original 24 now down to 8.]
[Conservative Review Conservative Scorecard grade]
No votes from Republicans by State:
1) Paul Cook [California-District 8 F 43% Won reelection.]
2) Jeffrey Denham [California-District 10 F 33% Lost.]
3) Steve Knight [California-District 25 F 31% Lost.]
1) Mike Coffman [Colorado-District 6 F 56% Lost.]
1) Carlos Curbelo [Florida-District 26 F 19% Lost.]
2) Brian Mast [Florida-District 18 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Justin
Amash [Michigan-District
3 A 96% Won reelection.]
2) Jack Bergman [Michigan-District 1 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Leonard Lance [New Jersey-District 7 F 42% Lost.]
2) Tom MacArthur [New Jersey-District 3 F 25% Lost.]
1) John Faso [New York-District 19 F 50% Lost.]
2) John Katko [New York-District 24 F 25% Won reelection.]
3) Tom Reed [New York-District 23 F 43% Won reelection.]
4) Elise Stefanik [New York-21 F 19% Won reelection.]
5) Claudia Tenney [New York-District 22 F 38% Lost.]
1) Brian (Michael) Fitzpatrick [Pennsylvania-District 1 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Barbara Comstock [Virginia-District 10 F 19% Lost.]
These Republicans In Name Only by voting to affirm the delusional fantasies of transsexuals are helping to destroy the military and are, in my opinion, putting both delusional transsexuals and all other military personnel in danger on the battle field during combat. I will keep these names up at least through the 2020 primaries. Perhaps in 2020 more of these Representatives will be defeated in Republican primaries by actual Republican conservatives.
2) Jack Bergman [Michigan-District 1 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Leonard Lance [New Jersey-District 7 F 42% Lost.]
2) Tom MacArthur [New Jersey-District 3 F 25% Lost.]
1) John Faso [New York-District 19 F 50% Lost.]
2) John Katko [New York-District 24 F 25% Won reelection.]
3) Tom Reed [New York-District 23 F 43% Won reelection.]
4) Elise Stefanik [New York-21 F 19% Won reelection.]
5) Claudia Tenney [New York-District 22 F 38% Lost.]
1) Brian (Michael) Fitzpatrick [Pennsylvania-District 1 F 50% Won reelection.]
1) Barbara Comstock [Virginia-District 10 F 19% Lost.]
These Republicans In Name Only by voting to affirm the delusional fantasies of transsexuals are helping to destroy the military and are, in my opinion, putting both delusional transsexuals and all other military personnel in danger on the battle field during combat. I will keep these names up at least through the 2020 primaries. Perhaps in 2020 more of these Representatives will be defeated in Republican primaries by actual Republican conservatives.
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Update: Illinois
Leftists “Wall of Shame.”
Original Article: https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2017/08/transgendertranssexual-delusion.html
“Transgender/Transsexual Delusion, Legislative Fraud, and a RINO Governor Who Signed into Law His Reelection Defeat”
1) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner Lost = less than 40% of the vote.
1a) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner: The last week of September, 2017 Governor Rauner also signed into law a bill requiring Illinois taxpayers to pay for the murder of babies within the womb for Illinois Medicaid recipients and State of Illinois employees. Lost = less than 40% of the vote.
Update: Because of the terrible choice for Governor at the top of the ticket, Illinois lost two more Republican members in the House of Representatives.
2) 64 members of the Illinois State House of Representatives [Listed at the end of the original article]
Original Article: https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2017/08/transgendertranssexual-delusion.html
“Transgender/Transsexual Delusion, Legislative Fraud, and a RINO Governor Who Signed into Law His Reelection Defeat”
1) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner Lost = less than 40% of the vote.
1a) Illinois Republican Governor Bruce Rauner: The last week of September, 2017 Governor Rauner also signed into law a bill requiring Illinois taxpayers to pay for the murder of babies within the womb for Illinois Medicaid recipients and State of Illinois employees. Lost = less than 40% of the vote.
Update: Because of the terrible choice for Governor at the top of the ticket, Illinois lost two more Republican members in the House of Representatives.
2) 64 members of the Illinois State House of Representatives [Listed at the end of the original article]
3) 32 members of the Illinois
State Senate [Listed at the end of the original article]
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Update: The Illinois House of
Representatives overrode the Governor’s veto increasing the
individual State income tax rate by 32%.
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/unsustainable-raising-taxes-solves-nothing-makes-illinois-worse-off/
“The Illinois State House was back in session this afternoon to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a 32 percent permanent tax hike on Illinois families (SB 9). This tax grab also raises the corporate income tax rate by 33 percent. As anticipated, the House voted to override the veto this afternoon by a vote of 71-42 [71 being the minimum number of votes to override.]—with 61 Democrats and 10 Republicans voting in favor of increasing our taxes [By raising the tax rate by 32%. Plus, no doubt, increasing the cost of goods and/or increasing unemployment by raising corporate income tax rates by 33 1/3rd percent.].
To see how your state representative voted, please click HERE. To see how your state senator voted, please click HERE.
Much has been written for many years now about how Illinois is being mismanaged. The votes to override common sense is only the latest chapter in that mismanagement.”
Illinois Republicans “Wall of Shame.”
“The Illinois State House was back in session this afternoon to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a 32 percent permanent tax hike on Illinois families (SB 9). This tax grab also raises the corporate income tax rate by 33 percent. As anticipated, the House voted to override the veto this afternoon by a vote of 71-42 [71 being the minimum number of votes to override.]—with 61 Democrats and 10 Republicans voting in favor of increasing our taxes [By raising the tax rate by 32%. Plus, no doubt, increasing the cost of goods and/or increasing unemployment by raising corporate income tax rates by 33 1/3rd percent.].
To see how your state representative voted, please click HERE. To see how your state senator voted, please click HERE.
Much has been written for many years now about how Illinois is being mismanaged. The votes to override common sense is only the latest chapter in that mismanagement.”
Illinois Republicans “Wall of Shame.”
From: David E. Smith of
Illinois Family Action [Updated with the 2018 election results]
July 7, 2017
“The Republicans who voted for the tax grab and who were reelected in 2018:
02) Terri Bryant (Carbondale) Won. [115th District]
04) Norine Hammond (Macomb) Won. [93rd District]
10) Mike Unes (East Peoria) Won. [61st District]”
Do you think the decision to vote to override the veto for a deficit budget that raised the income tax by 32% was popular in these districts? Seven of the 10 did not run for reelection.
July 7, 2017
“The Republicans who voted for the tax grab and who were reelected in 2018:
02) Terri Bryant (Carbondale) Won. [115th District]
04) Norine Hammond (Macomb) Won. [93rd District]
10) Mike Unes (East Peoria) Won. [61st District]”
Do you think the decision to vote to override the veto for a deficit budget that raised the income tax by 32% was popular in these districts? Seven of the 10 did not run for reelection.
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Four of the seven Morton, Illinois District 709 School Board members voted to support
transsexual sexual delusions. The “Four
Pretenders” are:
Shaun Bill elected term ended in 2017. He is off the school board.
Clint Heinold elected term ended in 2017. He is off the school board.
Kelly Scarfe elected term ended in 2017. She is of the school board.
Michelle Bernier elected term ended in 2019. She did not run for
reelection.
Board decisions have consequences. Elections have consequences.
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Roe vs. Wade decided January 22, 1973 = 46 years ago as of January 22, 2019
46 years of government sanctioned murder of our own children. EVIL personified!
46 years of government sanctioned murder of our own children. EVIL personified!
Four months after the 46th year of
the illegal, unconstitutional Roe vs. Wade decision, 328,767 babies within the womb have been murdered because
of federal government sanctioned evil based upon one million murders of babies
within the womb per year. And the AMERICAN HOLOCAUST continues
day after day. What has Congress done to stop the
unconstitutional murder of our own children? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Congress can
not even defund Planned Murderhood. Establishment Republicans continually
CAPITULATE to the Leftist socialist MURDERERS.
Restore the Constitution
Take Back the Nation
Restore the Constitution
Take Back the Nation
I am a Christian, Constitutionalist, conservative
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New post:
Background information: I purchased my first car while a
sophomore in college in Illinois with cash. I don’t remember ever renting a car
while living in Illinois. After we moved to Tucson, Arizona, we would
occasionally rent a car, although at that time not from Enterprise Rent-A-Car®.
I moved back to Illinois in June of 2004 for family reasons. I gave my car,
which I had also purchased with cash (a bank check), to my daughter. It had
just over 30,000 miles on it at the time. That car was the last car I have
owned.
In May of 2005, one of my clients from Tucson died. As the
executor of his estate, I rented a car from Enterprise in Morton and drove to
Arizona to begin the process of fulfilling my duties as the executor of his
estate. I rented the car for a week and return to Morton a week later. Since
that time, I have only rented from Enterprise including the two plus years I
lived in Abilene, Texas from June of 2013 through August of 2015. When I moved
back to Morton, I routinely rented a car twice a month. After I stopped using
regular credit cards because of the Experian hack, I used prepaid gift cards
and rented a car using the prepaid gift card at least once a month.
My second letter to Enterprise’s CEO after I was denied a
rental car on March 8, 2018:
“Pamela M. Nicholson CEO
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company
600 Corporate Park Drive
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
Enterprise and you have had over a month to respond to my letter sent by Priority Mail on March 22, 2019 and have chosen not to acknowledge said letter.
Luke 18: 1-5 (NIV)
“18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show
them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He
said: ‘In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor
cared what people thought.3 And there was a widow in
that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against
my adversary.’
4 ‘For some time he refused. But finally he said to
himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet
because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so
that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’’”
A review of previous correspondence with Enterprise’s mid-management corporate bureaucracy and information from Enterprise’s website and Group 62 – Underwriting Guidelines [revised 07/2018. A copy of the guidelines is included with this e-mail]:
FORMS OF PAYMENT
The following forms of payment are accepted at the end of the
rental.
VISA®
MasterCard®
American Express®
Discover Network®
Debit Card
Pre-paid Gift Card
MasterCard®
American Express®
Discover Network®
Debit Card
Pre-paid Gift Card
Please read the Renter Requirements Policy for details pertaining to deposits and general rental requirements at this location. Additional authorizations from your account will be obtained to cover the cost of the rental charges. Enterprise is not responsible for any overdraft fees incurred.
Group 62 – Underwriting Guidelines [revised 07/2018]
“All Renters”
“Credit or debit card must be in renter’s name. Cash is not
accepted.” [It says nothing about a prepaid gift card having to be in the name
of the renter.]
“Debit card/Pre-paid card – Estimated cost of rental + additional
$200 deposit [What is not said in the guidelines is that an additional % was
sometimes taken out for using a prepaid card. A local manager warned me about
this % takeout when I started using prepaid gift cards and I took that into
account. In fact, on a few occasions a % was taken out above the $200 even
though that was not included in the guidelines.]
My original feedback e-mail on Sat Mar 09 2019 11:20:03 GMT-0600 (Central
Standard Time):
“I reserved a car under the weekend special.
Friday at the office I was told I could not rent the car because my prepaid
gift card, which I use exclusively, did not have my name imprinted on the card
as normal credit cards do have. I have used such cards exclusively for almost
two years including at least once a month at this Enterprise office. I left the
office WITHOUT a car and VERY disgusted.”
The totally unacceptable response:
“Dear Mr. Vance,
Thank you for contacting Enterprise Customer Service. My
name is Tania and I am happy to assist you today.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I apologize for the misunderstanding upon arrival at our Morton office. Our standard policies states All renters and additional drivers must be 21 or older, have a valid driver’s license and a major credit card in their name. Debit cards and pre-paid cards are accepted at time of rental with current copies of any two of the following (dated within the last 30 days and with no past due balance): telephone bill, electric bill, gas bill, sewer bill, water bill, cable bill or proof of income in the renter’s name, with his or her current address. The renter’s name and address must match their driver’s license, and their driver’s license must have been issued from the local area of the renting branch. Renters using a debit card or pre-paid card as a deposit may rent the following vehicle classes: Economy through Full Size cars, Intermediate SUVs and Minivans.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I apologize for the misunderstanding upon arrival at our Morton office. Our standard policies states All renters and additional drivers must be 21 or older, have a valid driver’s license and a major credit card in their name. Debit cards and pre-paid cards are accepted at time of rental with current copies of any two of the following (dated within the last 30 days and with no past due balance): telephone bill, electric bill, gas bill, sewer bill, water bill, cable bill or proof of income in the renter’s name, with his or her current address. The renter’s name and address must match their driver’s license, and their driver’s license must have been issued from the local area of the renting branch. Renters using a debit card or pre-paid card as a deposit may rent the following vehicle classes: Economy through Full Size cars, Intermediate SUVs and Minivans.
Please let me assure you that it was never our intention to
disappoint you, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your expereince
with us. The best ways to measure success and identify areas in need of
improvement are through comments from our customers. Therefore, I have
forwarded your email directly to upper management at that location in order to
review with their staff.
We look forward to seeing you in the near future!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Best regards,
Tania
Enterprise
Customer Service
Reference Number #190310-000382”
My response:
“I had all the requirements and
have rented with a prepaid card for almost the last two years. I was sitting in
the car when he went to swipe my card. He then told me the nonsense that the
prepaid card HAD TO BE IMPRINTED with my name, which never happens as far as I
know. The standard statement of policy does NOTHING to cover my situation. Am I
going to be rejected AGAIN because I use a prepaid card that does not have my
name imprinted on it? He said he could be fired if he accepted the card without
the imprint.
FIX THIS.
This was a GROSS error on YOUR company’s part. I STILL am
completely dissatisfied after literally exclusively using Enterprise since
2005. Is this really the way you want to treat LONG time satisfied (Up until
now.) customers?
MY TIME HAS VALUE.
This is NOT even close to world class service.
DO NOT give me the same nonsense response which does not even address the problem. Reviewing the situation does not tell me that the same thing is NOT going to happen the next time I rent which should be this weekend since I DID NOT have a car last weekend AS NEEDED.
A very DISSATISFIED long time monthly customer.
Don L. Vance”
“From: Ferrall, Sean G <Sean.G.Ferrall@ehi.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:45 PM
Subject: Enterprise Rental Experience
Mr. Vance,
My name is Sean, and I am reaching out to your inquiry in regards
to our policies and the issues you experienced out of my Morton, IL location.
If you would please call me at your earliest convenience, I would love to
discuss with you and apologize for any inconvenience caused. My number is (309)
571-3387. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you.”
My response:
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:15 PM
To: Ferrall, Sean G
Subject: Re: Enterprise Rental Experience
I do not deal with any issues like this by phone. I must have a
written record of all communications.
I was once again denied a vehicle from my local office because my prepaid gift card DID NOT have my name imprinted on it. Tell me the companies that imprint the name of the user because I know of none. This is absolutely outrageous.
Your national website is a lie. You do NOT accept prepaid cards. I
also now have a copy of Group 62-Underwriting Guidelines (revised 07/2018) from
my local office. The Debit Card/Pre-paid Card section of the guidelines says
nothing about the prepaid card needing to be imprinted with the user’s
name. This is absolutely outrageous.
If you have not convinced me otherwise by the time I get to the library on Monday, I will begin contacting State of Illinois and federal agencies about the practices of Enterprise including the seemingly fraudulent national website and/or bait and switch practices of Enterprise. This is absolutely outrageous.
Tell me every company that you know that imprints the name of the user of a prepaid gift card and the location of the company as well as contact information. Are we suppose to know by mental telepathy that our prepaid cards must have an imprinted name? Are we suppose to know where such cards are to be purchased? I do not know so how am I suppose to get such a card? This is absolutely outrageous.
You ARE NOT a consumer friendly company. You use to be. You are no longer. This is absolutely outrageous.
For LIFE, for Liberty
Don L. Vance
‘We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.’
PS: My Enterprise Rental Experience has been absolutely horrendous in case you didn't know.”
From: Ferrall, Sean G <Sean.G.Ferrall@ehi.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2019 3:01 PM
To: Don Vance
Subject: Re: Enterprise Rental Experience
“Mr. Vance,
I apologize for the confusion. I am out of the office on vacation currently and returning on Tuesday. I do not know the names of prepaid card companies offhand that have the customer’s name printed on them, but will happily look that up when I am back in the office and get back to you. I apologize again for the inconvenience, but will happily look up the information you have requested when I am back in the office next week.”
My response:
“I looked it up. There is at least one online. MAJOR problem: It ONLY accepts credit cards and debit cards which I do not have. If I did, I would not need to use prepaid gift cards. This is a problem that does not need to exist. There is NO reason to require my name on the card. You are removing me from the market because of your absurd rule. Of course, there is ALWAYS the Legal Tender option.
If you find a place that will imprint my name for the cost of what I now pay for a prepaid gift card and will accept a cash payment (payment from my checking account), I will certainly do that. Otherwise, we still have a problem until you accept my prepaid card. There is also NO reason why this should be occurring. I could find nothing on Enterprise’s website OR in the guidelines posted at my local office that says I have to have an imprinted name on my gift card.
I will wait through Tuesday for your response. If I am not satisfied, I will be contacting the appropriate agencies. I also want the contact information for corporate headquarters including the e-mail address, person to contact, and his/her corporate title.
What methods of payment do you accept?
We only accept debit and credit cards from Visa, American Express or MasterCard.
Accepted cards: Visa, MasterCard, American
Express
le·gal ten·der
[ˈlēɡəl ˈtendər]
NOUN
coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt.
On my ten dollar bill: This
note is legal tender for ALL debts, public and private.
For LIFE, for Liberty
Don L. Vance
‘We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.’”
From: Ferrall, Sean G <Sean.G.Ferrall@ehi.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 2:42 PM
Subject: Rental Experience
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 2:42 PM
Subject: Rental Experience
“Mr. Vance,
I just wanted to follow back up with you now that I am back in the
office. I double checked, and our company does not have a running list of
pre-paid cards that have customers names on them, as I was told that there are
dozens of them. I apologize again for the confusion. On our underwriting
guidelines for our region, under the Debit & Credit card section, it states
that the cards must have the customer’s name on it. The pre-paid section plays
off of that, but it is not strictly listed, so I apologize again for the
confusion, but it is a requirement for us. We are actually in talks of removing
the option to pay with pre-paid cards in our region here, and only allowing
debit and credit cards in the near future. I am truly sorry again for the
inconvenience, but unfortunately we can only currently rent to you with a
debit, credit, or pre-paid card in your name. Please let me know if you have
any questions, thanks.”
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 4:09 PM
To: Ferrall, Sean G
Subject: Re: Rental Experience
To: Ferrall, Sean G
Subject: Re: Rental Experience
“Give me the name, title, and e-mail address of the person to
contact at corporate headquarters. This is utter nonsense and totally
unacceptable. A consumer/customer friendly company you are not.
‘On our underwriting guidelines for our region,
under the Debit & Credit card section, it states that the cards must have
the customer’s name on it. The pre-paid section plays off of that.’
NONSENSE.
From the guidelines:
Retail Qualifications:
‘Credit Card
1) License AND CREDIT CARD must be in renter’s name
2) Appropriate authorization .....’
‘Debit card/pre-paid card (money orders no longer accepted)’ [BOTH
OF WHICH ARE DIFFERENT FROM CREDIT CARDS]
‘1) Deposit amount .....’
No sane person who knows how to read would conclude that a
pre-paid card must have the renter’s name on it. And NONE of your managers did
because I have exclusively used pre-paid gift cards since the summer of 2017
with Enterprise and everyone else. No one HAS EVER required the cards to have
an imprinted name on them. Every manager knew I was using a pre-paid gift card
and NONE of them EVER checked to see if my name was on the card until now.
EVER.
‘our company
does not have a running list of pre-paid cards that have customers names on
them, as I was told that there are dozens of them.’ TOLD by whom? Because you
were told by someone does not make it true. Did they also tell you that they
could be purchased by a cash withdrawal from a checking account because being
available for purchase DOES NOT MATTER IF a credit card has to be used to
purchase the gift card in the first place. I do not use credit cards AT ALL FOR
ANY REASON. I DO NOT HAVE A CREDIT CARD.
‘I do not know
the names of prepaid card companies offhand that have the customer’s name
printed on them, but will
happily look that up when I am back in the office and get back to you.’ DID
YOU LIE ABOUT THIS? Go onto the internet and find me ONE company that imprints
the name on the card AND accepts payment through withdrawals from a checking
account. If you do and the cost is the same, I will use that company.
If I had a credit card I would use the credit
card instead of a prepaid card. Your company advertises that they ACCEPT
pre-paid gift cards. It says
nothing about having the name on the card.
You use to be the best rental company I knew of
and I have used Enterprise exclusively since 2005. Unfortunately, good
companies can go bad and YOU HAVE.
Give me the name, title, and e-mail address of
the person to contact at corporate headquarters. This is utter nonsense and
totally unacceptable. A consumer/customer friendly company you are not.
You have until tomorrow noon (April 21, 2019) to give me this information or I
go to the appropriate State and federal agencies. I WILL ALSO BE CHECKING ON
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN REFUSE TO ACCEPT LEGAL TENDER since refusing to do so
means it is not legal tender.
I have experience in this area. Just two examples
of several. In 1988, while I was living in the Tucson area and running for the
Arizona House of Representatives, I rented a car at a local agency that I had
never used before because my normal agency did not have a car available. At the
time, the county did not have a sales tax but the city of Tucson did. The
agency was located less than a quarter mile from the Tucson city line. I knew
this because my district was located in this area and included both a portion
of the city and a larger portion of the county. The agency incorrectly charged
me the city sales tax. I discussed this with the agent and after some time she
agreed to drop the tax. However, I suspected that if I was being charged so
were others. I notified the State attorney for the county. The rental agency
was NOT giving the sales tax collected to the State. After the State hit the
agency with back taxes owed, fines, and penalties; the agency went bankrupt.
I was on President Obama’s ‘enemies list.’ When I
applied for social security under my ex-wife’s account, the local agency told
me appropriately how much more I would receive in social security payments. Two
months later I had heard nothing from Social Security and had not received any
additional payments. I went to my local office to find out why. They contacted
higher up and told me that my case was a complex case and a decision had not
yet been reached. Furthermore, it may take months more to reach a decision. The
next day I sent a certified letter/return receipt requested to the acting
social security commissioner demanding that a decision be reached so that I
could immediately appeal the decision if I did not agree with the decision. I
also stated that I believed I was being targeted by Social Security because I
was on the President’s ‘enemies list.’ The day after my letter was received my
additional money was placed into my checking account. The amount was less than
ten dollars off of the preliminary amount I was told by the local agency.
Later, I received a letter from Social Security stating the agency is a
nonpartisan agency and its actions were not based upon any ‘enemies list.’ I
had a good laugh over that declaration of innocence.
This is not close to my first rodeo dealing with
private businesses and/or public agencies who abuse/misuse their power. I have
far more successes than failures.
For LIFE, for Liberty
Don L. Vance
‘We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our
Fortunes and our sacred Honor.’"
From: Russo, Stacy
<Stacy.C.Russo@ehi.com>
Sent: Friday, April 5, 2019 9:11 AM
Subject: FW: Rental Experience
Subject: FW: Rental Experience
Good Morning Don,
I am the Risk Manager in charge for making the rental guidelines
for the Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska and South Dakota markets. It is my
understanding that you do not agree with our guidelines as to what is an
acceptable form of payment in order to rent a car.
Sean brought your concern to my attention as I was in the middle
of changing the deposit guidelines all together. Due to several concerns
with prepaid cards holding more money on the customer’s side and the various
different versions of them, we have decided to no longer accept prepaid cards
as a form of deposit. As of April 1st all retail rentals
must either have a major credit card or a debit card linked to a bank for a
deposit. Our rental offices may still take a prepaid card at the end of a
rental to pay for the charges, but in order to rent the vehicle it must be on a
major credit card or debit card linked to a bank. I understand that you may
have used them in the past, because in the past that was acceptable.
As far as companies that issue prepaid cards to an individual, it
is an impossible list to compile. The research I’ve done on this leads to
cards that are issued from an employer vs a store. Instead of depositing
a check into a bank account they issue it to a prepaid card. Identifying
the list of employers that have this option is what makes it nearly impossible
to compile a list. Since we are unable to compile an accurate list for
our employees and for our customers to give guidance on what we can/cannot
accept, it led us to decide not to accept prepaid cards at all as an initial
deposit. I understand not wanting to use credit for anything and I
completely respect that. You still have the option to rent with a debit
card if you have one linked to a bank account.
If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to call
me.”
My response on Fri 4/5/2019 11:59 AM:
“I do not make phone calls in relation to such actions by companies. Everything MUST be in writing. ‘As far as companies that issue prepaid cards to an individual.’ This quote doesn’t even make sense. That was never an issue. The issue is companies that issued imprinted names on the card. That was the reason my reservations were denied. My card did not have my name imprinted on it. I bought it with cash (Also known as legal tender.) from my local Kroger store. Furthermore, the guidelines said nothing about my needing my name imprinted on it. I have copies of the guidelines from the Enterprise office to prove it. One copy received for each of the three times my reservation was denied. By the way, I have a 4TH reservation for later today.
Secondly, I do not use credit cards or debit cards.
The question was where I can get a card that had an imprint of my name by
paying through my checking account INSTEAD of using a credit card that I do not
have.
Therefore, your asinine policy which WAS NOT included in the
guidelines makes it impossible for me and many others to rent a car unless I/we
use legal tender. Oh, wait. Your policy already says that legal tender is not
allowed. Do you even know what legal tender is and WHY it is designated as
legal tender? On every bill/currency/money that I have checked: ‘This note
(Federal Reserve note) is legal
tender for all debts, public and private.’
Enterprise WAS a good, consumer friendly company. It is no more. The only option you are giving me is to see if legal tender is actually still legal tender in this country. We will find out. I hate excessive, unnecessary government regulation. I was a self-employed tax consultant for 30 years and am a champion for the free enterprise system. Why are you forcing me to go the route of MORE government involvement in the free enterprise system?
For LIFE, for LIBERTY
Don L. Vance”
The above was the last correspondence. I have no intention of dealing with your bureaucracy or sending another Priority Mail correspondence to you after this one. Use my e-mail address if you want to communicate with me.
I did go to the local office for my reservation and was once again turned down. The policy to not accept prepaid cards because of the required $200 made your company’s behavior worse instead of better. It removed a whole group of renters. According to the guidelines, we must either use a debit card or a credit card. Nothing else is acceptable for reserving a vehicle. It also demonstrates that the previous policy had NOTHING to do with having my name imprinted on a prepaid gift card since there still is NO requirement for an imprint when used for the final payment. Quite simply, Group 62 lied to renters and to its local managers. There never was a written guideline to have a name imprinted.
I will make a reservation for Friday May 3, 2019 for the weekend special. You have three options. 1) Accept my prepaid gift card with a required $200 deposit and without my name imprinted on the card. 2) If that is rejected, accept a legal tender deposit of $200 plus the rental car fee. 3) If that is rejected, Monday I will beginning the process of contacting my local village government, my State government, and the federal government to require ALL businesses to accept legal tender or pay a stiff fine for each occurrence and to allow the injured party to sue in civil court for the same amount as damages for not accepting legal tender. [Enclosed is a copy of my last successful rental using a pre-paid gift card and an article entitled “As cashless stores expand in the U.S. so does the backlash.” Amazon had the good sense to back down from cashless stores. Will you?]
A society can not survive if a business is allowed to unilaterally reject legal tender because that means every company can and there is no longer any legal tender in the society. The article is wrong. There is a federal law in relation to cash as legal tender.
31 U.S. Code § 5103.Legal tender
United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts.
(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 980; Pub. L. 97–452, § 1(19), Jan. 12,
1983, 96 Stat. 2477.)
The problem seems to be that there is no penalty for refusing to accept legal tender. I can guarantee that will change. Illinois is now controlled completely by socialists who would like nothing better than having more control over private businesses. If it comes to requiring companies to accept legal tender, the question is not will it happen. The questions are how soon will it happen and which governments will be the first? Illinois regular yearly session ends May 31st. I would expect the General Assembly to pass and the Governor to sign such a bill if pushed. And if your actions force it, I will push it and I fully expect to be successful. The choice is yours. Actions have consequences. The lack of action has consequences. Choose wisely.
This will be in my next book. Furthermore, I wrote six blogs before google locked me out of them because of my political views. https://christiangunslinger.blogspot.com/
I have not been able to get into my computer or my website accounts since November 20, 2018. Therefore, I have not written my current blog since that time. https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/
Next week I plan to start a new blog at https://votevance2020.blogspot.com/. This issue will be my post on May 6th.
Also check out:
My old pageview record: https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2016/11/transsexual-fantasy-strikes-morton.html
“Transsexual Fantasy Strikes Morton, Illinois School District 709 and Four Board Members Capitulate to a Sexual Delusion.” [All four of them selected NOT to run for reelection. Three in 2017 and the fourth one earlier this year.]
The new pageview leader: https://votevance2016.blogspot.com/2018/03/march-for-our-lives-march-for-life.html
“March for Our Lives, March for Life, Mainstream Media Hypocrisy, Leftist Hypocrisy, and Students as ‘Useful Idiots?’”
For LIFE, for LIBERTY
Don L. Vance
To be continued.
For Life, for liberty
Don L. Vance
“With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”
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