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Article: Suit alleges Zipcar pulled fast ones with excessive fees
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- October 13, 2009
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Zipcar Inc., the fast-growing Cambridge self-serve car rental
company, has been sued for allegedly charging customers excessive or
hidden fees.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Boston last week on
behalf of Ryan Blay, an Illinois man who has been a Zipcar customer
since April 2007, along with other customers who were potentially
charged the fees.
The complaint is also a reminder that Zipcar, once a small local
start-up, has become an international enterprise - big enough to
attract a federal lawsuit by plaintiffs who seek to make it a class-
action proceeding.
Zipcar rents vehicles by the hour and by the day from lots and
garages scattered around Greater Boston and other cities.
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