My husband and I have had a storage unit with the Public Storage at 1060 Stewart Drive in Sunnyvale, CA for about one year, now.
We accessed the unit a few months after beginning our lease. We owned two sets of washers and dryers. We were about to sell one set. We pulled them into the aisle so that we could conduct our sale. Tammy came into the aisle where we were and informed us that we needed to clear the aisle. I said, "Okay. Please give us a second. We're going to return everything into the storage unit. But, it will take a bit of time because these things are heavy." She kept coming at us, stating that she needed to check the lock on the unit next to us. We were NOT blocking this unit. Sidebar: I am not this kind of black woman...I don't throw out race just for the purposes of raising eyebrows. There was another lady, who had pulled her items into the aisle. She was Caucasian. Nothing was said to her, at all. Hmm. Is this a coincidence?
Forging ahead to two weeks ago:
My husband went into the facility to replace our lock. I had received multiple phone calls asking if we could come and replace our lock. I was in school and I worked. By the time my day was done, the facility was either closed or I just forgot. My husband works, as well. He goes in to replace the lock. He is told that he can't replace the lock with our lock. He has to purchase a $19.99 lock that is available for purchase. He went and accessed the unit with no problem because it was unlocked, completely. I call into the property and I'm told the same thing (we need to purchase this $19.99 lock in order to secure our unit). I ask why we weren't told this when my phone was being blown up to come in to replace this lock. No one had an answer. I asked for the contact information of the District Manager. I emailed this man on July 3rd, 2022. I informed this DM who's apparently a secret agent, that if we had to purchase a $19.99 lock, we were ending our lease with this property and going somewhere else. We already had our rent raised by $30 + dollars. NO response...none. So, we kept our promise. We made the decision to leave this location. I called into the office to confirm what needed to be done to empty our unit. Tatiana inquired as to why I wanted to terminate my lease. I told her about the $19.99 lock debacle. She told me that we did not have to purchase this $19.99 lock if we did not want to. I informed her that my husband spent a great deal of time at that property being told something different. She (Tatiana) wanted to fix the situation and make it right. I told her that at this point, we were over it and just wanted to leave. Today, my husband goes to the unit to empty it with a friend. Magically, this unit now has TWICE the protection. The first visit, there were zero locks. Now, there are two? He went into the office to ask that the locks be removed so that he could empty the unit. He was told, "No." He calls me and gives me the rundown of the new and improved fuckery. So, I call into the office and had to speak with Tammy . She tells me that my husband (while on the account) is not an account holder. I have to come into the office to have the locks removed. I inquired as to why they were placed. She stumbled over this question and never answered it. I tell this woman that I suffered an awful accident and I have a broken ankle and badly sprained knee. I'm wearing a hinged brace that extends from my upper thigh to my ankle. I cannot walk. She accuses me of yelling at her and I quickly inform her that I'm in my bathroom. So, she proceeds to scream at me. I asked her if she was in the bathroom, too. She ignored this query. Anyway, she tells me to email the District Manager. I informed her that I already did that, about two weeks ago. She proceeds to yell that, "He was on a vacation, which he's allowed to do!!" She wanted to give me another email. I said, "This is ridiculous" and hung up the phone.
I called my husband and told him to come and get me. I am barely moving. I am in excruciating agony; but, I clearly needed to walk in to Public Storage to have TWO locks removed that were only placed AFTER I decided to terminate our lease. The gentleman who was forced to place the locks (today), was the same gentleman who walked with my husband and told him that he felt like crap when he saw that I had to come into that office (in pain) for nothing. This was deplorable.
This is the WORSE customer service experience I have ever had. Public Storage brings with it a certain reputation. Today, that reputation is crumbling. Tammy is a horrible person. She needs to be terminated, right along with my lease. She is grossly unprofessional, rude, and downright mean. What she did was unforgivable. I wish that we had enough money to help her purchase a personality and some compassion for people (of all races). read more