Avoid This Location -- Dishonest Staff and Zero Accountability…read more
I had one of the worst customer service experiences of my life at the Public Storage on Becker Ln in Scottsdale, all thanks to an employee named Deja. As a professional locksmith, I lost the keys to my personal lock (purchased from Public Storage) and was verbally given permission by Deja to access my unit by picking or cutting the lock if needed. Despite my skill, the awkward placement made picking difficult, so I carefully cut one of the two latch holes -- not the door or the lock itself -- and gained access.
The next day, I returned to find an overlock on my unit. Deja now accused me of "vandalizing" the latch, charged me $95 in "damages," and told me I had to vacate the unit. This, despite her having authorized the very action she now pretended never happened. She clearly overstepped, and when it backfired, she twisted the story to protect herself.
When I calmly returned to dispute the charge and remind her of her own words, she changed the subject and played the "you made me uncomfortable" card -- a tired, baseless excuse to deflect accountability. If I had truly been aggressive or threatening, why wasn't security involved? Why wasn't a report filed? Why not pull the security footage? Because she was lying.
Corporate and the district manager were no help -- they blindly took Deja's side and justified the $95 fee by claiming the latch was replaced. That was a lie. When I returned to vacate the unit (as ordered), the original latch was still there and fully functional. No repair was ever done.
To add insult to injury, my access code had been disabled -- an hour before closing -- until corporate gave me a new one. More petty behavior, likely designed to block me from discovering that no repairs had been made.
This experience made it painfully clear: this location enables unprofessional behavior, protects dishonest staff, and punishes customers who speak up. Deja showed zero integrity, and her management backed her lies instead of investigating the facts. If you value transparency, professionalism, and basic fairness -- avoid this place at all costs.
**A footnote regarding the ridiculous 5 star reviews on this page: I'm sure all these customers just couldn't wait to get out their phones and leave shining all star reviews for this person, Deja, and every customer amazingly and coincidentally made sure to mention her by name in every single 5 star review. Either she is the single greatest customer service agent in the history of customer service or these customers all received a discount of some kind in exchange for leaving a positive 5 star review and including Dejas name. I'm not going to give my opinion on which scenario is the correct one, but I'll leave it up to you, the reader, to decide. I'm sure you'll come to the correct conclusion just as I did. Its a violation of Yelp TOS to give discounts or compensation of any kind in exchange for positive reviews, but that's okay, you can see in every bought review, again her DM replies and backs her shady practices. Shame on you Public Storage. I expected more from a corporation of your size.