I can tell you the conveniences of Public storage, but I also need to tell you about the people who work there. In particular, Corey has been my primary contact (although Debbie also helped a lot--see my review that describes her).
My experience has been long and complicated, and it isn't over yet. Public Storage has been there helping at every turn.
First, I needed a large storage unit (10x10 seemed adequate). Corey was on duty when I rented it. He showed me the special locks, but acknowledged that the padlock I had brought would work. Nonetheless, he pointed out the added value of the Public Storage locks--can't be attacked by bolt cutters. So he showed respect for the customer's desires and needs, while at the same time educating me about product differences.
Next, I needed an additional storage unit. All he had available was a 5x10 in the same building as the original one. That's fine. It requires a special cylinder lock that Public Storage sells, and he showed me how to use it (it's tricky, it was good that he took the time to teach me.). I explained my overall situation, that I might need more storage. Near the end of the day, he phoned to say that a 10x10 had just this minute come free, and he wondered if I would be interested in it. Yes, I Would! I had been unclear about my storage needs, learning the situation better during the day, but he was thinking of me, and checked in when he thought he could help.
Furthermore, the new 10x10 was right next to the old one, and in the same building as the 5x10, and he was able to 'convert' my rental of the 5x10 into a rental of the 10x10, at a total cost of two days. Perfect. Also, as I had only owned the cylinder lock for two days, he accepted it back in exchange for the bolt-cutter-safe lock I'd need for the big unit. I can imagine a company saying, "Oh, you already bought that one, we don't take it back." But Public Storage, wearing the face of Corey, was a neighborly and helpful partner in my moving needs. Thanks, Public Storage and Corey!
But I wasn't done, as it turned out. You can see my review involving Debbie, in wading through my past orders to find the excess wardrobe boxes. But I still wasn't done.
A couple of days later, I got a call about the box truck that contained the rest of the stuff from the house we moved out of--it's committed to another renter, and I need to turn it in before business opens tomorrow. I worked and worked trying to optimize the storage in the two 10x10s, and eventually realized I needed yet another storage room. From the hallway of the 10x10s, I called up PS, and got Corey! Hooray, Corey knows my situation.
Sure enough, he had a 5x10 available, in fact the same one I had temporarily rented a few days before. He said I could come over to the office and sign the papers, but I had stuff strewn along both sides of the corridor, and I felt a little insecure about leaving it all there; Corey actually came over to where I was working to bring me the paperwork to sign. That is certainly not his duty; this was going beyond his duty to make a customer comfortable, smoothing the bumps in the road.
I wondered if there were a dumpster, and he said there isn't, or everybody and their brother would be dumping in it. Makes sense to me.
However, as he was closing the office, and my son and I were still frantically unloading the truck into the three storage units, Corey stopped by and said that, since the dumpster is currently almost empty, and it gets picked up tomorrow morning, he'd let me use it. That is so far beyond his duty, I hope he doesn't get hurt for violating policy!
Bottom line is: Public Storage has provided a variety of storage needs, and they empower their employees to be active helpers, supporting and comforting their customers, and making it easy to use the facilities.
Thanks again, Public Storage and Corey!
I've read the reviews complaining about cost, required insurance, uncomfortable downhill driveway. I don't disagree. As it happens, PS and its people gave me comfort, service and excellent facility when I needed it. read more