DON'T EVER GET A STORAGE UNIT HERE!!!! You might as well just put your stuff out on the side of a road. That's how safe this place is. My unit was broken into Jan 4. and according to the Manager, so was 3 other units at the same time.
Whoever stole my things, apparently cut my lock off (which was a padlock.. get a disc lock) and put their own lock on. And they must have been actual customers bc you need a code to get into the gate. The office closes at 6pm but whoever has a unit can punch their code in and get into the facility up until 9pm. So the Manager said when he noticed the lock didn't have a sticker on it, which all locks have on them, he immediately put on another lock. I asked him if he could cut that lock so I could see if my items were stolen, but he said they do not have those cutters on the premises. I guess so no one assumes thefts could be an inside job, which I think this was, maybe?
The Manager proceeded to tell me the only way I could get the lock cut was to have the District manager do it, which could take up to 5 days!!! Or get a locksmith, or if I knew anyone with lock cutters I could use them. I would think this would be an urgent matter for the District Manager, but 5 days?? No thanks. Luckily, a friend of mine had a set of cutters. I picked him up and opened up my unit. Of course almost everything was gone.
What made me upset is when I asked the Manager if I should call the police, he kind of shrugged off the idea saying that unless your stolen items aren't worth over $5,000 they are probably not going to come. I was like WHAT??? This made me think more and more it was an inside job. He just wasn't very helpful.
My stolen stuff totaled over $3000, an old computer, video camera, tons of clothes, jewelry, accessories, shoes, household items, luggage, bags, dishes, lot's of my family's and mother's things. I did have insurance on my items, which is yet another reason I think it's an inside job.
So I just took whatever I had left and the next day went to the police station to file a report and went back there to close out my unit. I will never get a storage unit with this company again.
There is only 1 camera at the gate entrance. No cameras in the facility's building, in the hallways, or elevators. There are no alarms. After posting about this and telling people, I've learned that this has happened to a lot of other people and especially with Public Storage.
One of my friends said she has had a storage unit with Storage One for awhile now and they have alarms on each unit. Boy I wish I knew this earlier.
Still going thru the insurance claim procedures. They said I need proof of ownership of everything I'm making a claim on. Crazy, I don't have receipts for a lot of gifts and old family things!!!! But I do have pictures which they accept too. So wish me luck!! read more