This Public Storage steal your card!
I've been a loyal customer of this Public Storage for almost 5 years.
I moved to Los Angeles, last month, I went back to the bay are and emptied my storage unit.
I left bay on Nov 10th, and I cleared things out of unit, removed the lock and left the roller door open.
They called me on the 11th, said I have some empty boxes left outside and they pushed them into my unit and I can come back to clean them before the 30th, otherwise they are going to charge me $150 cleaning fee.
I said whatever. But in case things went wrong, I went back home and set up a move out date on Nov, 11th.
Nov 28th, I got a call from them, they said if I don't come back on the 30th, they will charge me a new month.
The roller door is open, and nothing valuable is inside the storage, everyone with a common sense should know, I already moved out.
I attached my conversation with the customer service and I also sent an email to the Public Storage. I clearly stated I'm moving out the storage. I don't need to renew the lease.
December 1st, they sent me a bill for the new month. Good thing is, I voided my payment on the Nov, so my units went on auction on December 10th. The lease automatically terminated. But I was left with a $900 dollar bill.
I pay $400 for my 10*20 unit every month, way above average, my unit is on the 1st floor, best location of their building.
I left on the 10th, according to their policy, I need pay the rent of the whole month. They could close my account as I requested and re-rent my unit out, take advantage of the rest of the month. Making extra profit for the company.
However, they made stupid choice, damage the company and also leave me a ridiculous bill.
Instead of $150 cleaning fee, they charged me $250 for abandoned goods. Which is the highest fee they can charge.
Because I enrolled in the autopay before, they manually typed my card info and charged my card. This is typical card fraud.
I don't know if they are too stupid, or they are too reckless to conduct the crime, since everything is in record. I even received an email saying they manually charged my card.
This review will also be sent to the regional manager's email and BBB of Public Storage's headquarter. read more