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Priceline NYOP Rental Cars - Does tax calculation make sense?


Sota327
By Sota327,
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How can this be? Yesterday I bid for a 5 day rental car as follows:

Your Offer Price: $40.00 (per day)

Total Rental Days: 5

Subtotal: $200.00

Taxes and Fees: (details) $73.80

Total Charges:

prices are in US dollars

$273.80

Today I bid for the same drop/pick-up dates & times and same type of car and this is what the bid summary shows:

Your Offer Price:$40.00 (per day)

Total Rental Days:5

Subtotal: $200.00

Taxes and Fees: (details)$113.60

Total Charges:

prices are in US dollars

$313.60

So today the taxes are $40 more? I started noticing difference over the last week so I took a snapshot of yesterday's bid so I could compare. As I suspected, things are inconsistent. Anyone out there have an explanation? Needless to say, I'm annoyed.

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Here is today's calculation:

Summary of Charges

Your Offer Price:$40.00 (per day)

Total Rental Days:5

Subtotal:$200.00

Taxes and Fees: (details)$77.25

Total Charges:

prices are in US dollars $277.25

So taxes today are significantly less than yesterday, but still higher than a few days ago.

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Always a minivan.

Always exact same drop off date & time. 11/26 to 12/1, drop & pick-ups at 9:30 a.m.

Here is today's calculation:

Summary of Charges

Your Offer Price:$40.00 (per day)

Total Rental Days:5

Subtotal:$200.00

Taxes and Fees: (details)$78.10

Total Charges:prices are in US dollars

$278.10

This is similar to a prior tax calcuation, but slightly different. I don't think I'm doing anything differently, so I can't seem to figure out why I'm getting different results. Today I even tried both (1) a regular search to check prices before NYOP, and (2) going straight for NYOP, and the results were exactly the same.

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I don't have an explanation for the above only to guess that perhaps they are testing a higher fee structure to see if it effects bookings... most web companies are constantly testing different interfaces and fee structures to see if it helps/hurts conversions.

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