A Plus Rentals

DO NOT RENT A CAR FROM THIS PLACE! They are unethical and very dishonest. First, I rented a car for 1 week. $ 360 for a week rental and a $ 300 deposit. I was offered a $ 60 discount for the weekly rental if I paid cash, which by the way is illegal. I declined on that. I returned the car after 1 week and was told it would take 2 – 3 weeks to get my $ 300 deposit back. My primary car broke down and I went back to rent another car a month later. My $ 300 deposit was never refunded back on my card and they wanted to charge me another $ 300 for the new rental. They wouldn’t roll over my deposit to the new rental car, so I had to wait and talk to a manager, Maria. She said to transfer the deposit to the new rental car. Come to find out that they charged my card another $ 300 deposit without notifying me! So, now I had a $ 600 deposit. I rented the car for 9 weeks at $ 130 per week, then offered to purchase it. I negotiated with Tommy, and the purchase price was $ 4,000. I was told to bring in the cash, then I would be handed the title. I went to their office with cash, I deducted $ 600 for the deposit, so the balance was now $ 3,200. They did not have the title, so I gave them half. I went back a few days later, being assured I would get the title. No title, but I paid the balance anyway under good faith. I have a purchase receipt showing the cost and what I’ve paid. Then Frank calls me and says I owe another $ 600 because I didn’t have full coverage insurance. It’s a little late for that, and if that’s the case, they shouldn’t have rented me a car the 2^nd time. Additionally, Frank told me its $ 15 per day for Insurance. I did the math and its not even close. Apparently, from reading other reviews, they have a habit of unauthorized charges on your credit card and the district attorney has built a case against them. I am a fair person, but Frank and Tommy are dishonest people!

This business is one big scam! I needed a car to move my daughter up to school, so i requested a large Tahoe. The first part of this nightmare started when they no longer had the car we were promised, so we went with a genaric large car. After packing everything in the car, we were driving to the freeway when we learned the air conditioning was broken in summer! So we had to go back to a plus and move everything over to a new, window-​less van. This car had its own problems (broken seats) but at least the air conditioning worked.
Once I returned the car, that’s when I learned how corrupted this business is– they tried charging my card 4 times!!! They said there was damage on the car, and then charged my card the maximum amount for damages! When I tried asking what damage they were referring to, they refused to answer! Complete scam artists.
Looking at these reviews on Unilocal,as well as the u recommended reviews on this page, assures me that this is their normal practice. BEWARE!

Rip Off! They overcharged me, gave me a car that had high mileage, then wouldn’t reimburse me for the repairs when it broke down. They are truly crooks as Gilbert B. stated. Don’t ever use this company.

They are cheap, their cars are old but if you are on vacation, just want local transport and minimal cost I have found them acceptable. I have rented each year for the last five.
The above in 2012 — added in 2014:
Since my retirement I have spent the summers in Encinitas and, for about seven years, have rented a car from A+ in Leucadia, Their cars are old — my most recent a 1988 Dodge Shadow (Yes! 27 years old) but with only 68,000 miles on it.
They have recently relocated to Vista, a much less convenient location (I see that their address is not updated) but I have continued to rent from them. Why? Because they are a little over half the cost of Enterprise or Avis and they are accommodating in allowing me to rent for successive 15-​day periods at a monthly rate using two credit cards. That permits me to avoid the $ 10 cost of daily insurance, 15 days being covered by each credit card. I use the cars for short trips to the beach or to buy groceries rarely driving more than 500 miles per month. On the single occasion that I had a problem (a broken timing belt that might happen on any older car) they delivered an exchange car in less than an hour and gave me credit for an additional day.
I have read the horror stories posted here and I believe that they may well apply to the Airport location. My sole telephone encounter with that location was certainly less than happy with a rude and unhelpful employee.

if you’re on this page you just need to read the headlines of the other reviews and you will have all the information you need, However, here’s my experience with these crooks:
I reserved the car for 10pm and pick it up after 2pm. They had 2 cars. I got the best one… a subraru wagon with 143,000 miles. No plates. The police officer that pull me over said it hadn’t been registered since 2009.
The brakes were bad and almost kill us. It had yellow marks on the window and I believe it had recently been purchased from an auction,
The extremely ignorant and rude clerk wrote on the agreement it was due at 10am. I returned it 3 days laters at 10am and was charged for 4 days after I left.
The clerk refuse to discuss the charges and completely ignored me. A call to the main office proved even more disturbing…
The place I was at was on India street but apparently the company is really in Encinitas.
These folks are straight up gangsters. They rip you off intentionally. Do not give them your credit card.
They should be Avoided at all cost. I’m considering filing a small claims suit just for the principle of it but if I can alert just one unsuspecting victim I will be satisfied.