Rent a Hummer H3 for KD10
Someone posted a link to a website the other day when I was looking to rent a car and I thought it was spam. Why? Because the comment said I could rent a Hummer for KD10 and then sent me to a website which looked like a second hand car dealership called Gallardo.
Fast forward to today, I am flipping through an Al-Waseet clone when I found an advert for a car rental agency called Gallardo where you can rent an H3 or a Mini convertible for only KD10. Not only that but I could rent a Ferrari F430 or a Lamborghini Gallardo for KD150 a day which is less then half the price of competitors.
So I called them up to see if there were any strings attached and so far it seems there aren’t any. The cars are fully insured and you can rent them for 1 day if you want there is no minimum. Currently they only had a Bentley, Gallardo and 6-series BMW available but the guy said to call back at 7PM because thats when some of the other cars will be back in. It still sounds too good to be true so something must be up. How is it possible to rent an H3 for KD10 a day when a Corolla is for KD7?
Here is a scan of their advert with prices [Link]
Here is a link to their website [Link]
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16 Comments, add your own...
1. Ya ya | April 17th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
r u sure its by day?…i think its the hourly price..
2. NASER M | April 17th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
sounded fishy so i called them up, turns out that the mini cooper is 10 BUT you only have 50km a day, now lets say from my house (nuzha) to the shaleh is 65 km not mentioning the way back. these people charge low on fixed prices, but im sure will charge ur a$# off extra millage
3. Q8Sultana | April 17th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
The links on their website barely work… :o(
4. Qaiss | April 17th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
asks about the extra milage, thats the catch!
5. afterstorm | April 17th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
this company is running out of money, so they have a plan to make more money by making people sign ~kambiyala~ and then take them to court. This what the guy that work there told my friend.
6. KtheKuwaiti | April 17th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
kambiyala?
7. Ro | April 17th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
I posted the link earlier as Gallardo is one of our accounts. Dont really know the specifics of the promotion, but from what our account servicing guys say, it seems to be on the up and up. All the same, it never hurts to buzz them and clarify things.
8. afterstorm | April 17th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
kambiyala - كمبياله
i dont know it in english :)
9. Bo TaLaL | April 17th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
5osh shay!! balaaash
10. Marzouq | April 17th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
There has to be some strings and how they make their money from it! Their business model doesn’t make any sense!
11. Sum1 | April 17th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Ummm Interesting, i thought The Gallardo Was For 400kd Per Day !
Anyway Gallardo Has Like 7 Lamborghinis For Rent :S i Dont Know Who Will Rent All 7 Cars !!
12. Blub | April 17th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Kimbiyala = Check “without protest”. There not broke, they’re cars are always rented. The risk is when you get into an accident god forbid, you pay the daily price until it get fixed. A gallardo was once towed and compounded for 10 days, 0 mileage, parked in a parked garage for 4000kd, the owner couldn’t be any happier. They get him to pay or present the kimbiyala (blank check) to court. Be careful guys.
13. me | April 17th, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Blub : So True!
That Once Happened To a Ferrari (Next To Showbiz) And The Guy Had To Pay Until The Car Was Fixed :S!
14. Holla | April 17th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
ok that’s a drawback but it’s not the catch. there has to be something else that can actually make them more money.
15. arabianfox | April 18th, 2007 at 1:06 am
zouq! did someone say business model.
well let me use some fancy terms i learnt regarding pricing strategies, ‘Penetrative pricing’ seems to be the case here as the price is set lower than competition to increase demand
or i could be a ‘loss leader’ strategy where some prices are kept really low so that other prices look reasonable.
lol there now i can say i used what i learnt.
16. Ro | April 18th, 2007 at 9:42 am
Yeah…as Nasar said “its only 50 kms allowance”. Thats the catch right there. You pay extra once you cross that.
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