Truck Rental Pickup Location Changed Last-Minute Without Compensation
A customer describes having their truck rental pickup location changed to a location 13 miles away just before a scheduled move, incurring extra mileage and fuel costs that the company did not proactively reimburse. This reflects last-mile logistics coordination failures in rental scheduling.
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