I wept when I opened the door to my storage at U-Store Storage West; in the two years my belongings…read more(my life) have been in the unit they have aged between 10 and 20 years.
Note: The U Store Self-Storage @ 2860 NW 29th Avenue, Portland, OR.
All my belongings looked like it were in a run-down 2nd hand store, when my belongings were pristine when placed in the storage "bin/crate" (their word used today to describe their storage units).
After entering, looking over my belongings I quickly noticed a hole had been nibbled in my expensive sofa-bed.
Within moment one of the two men on duty walked by and I communicated this information to him, his response was,
"These are locked up tight, nothing can get in."
As I surveyed the rest of my belongings the layers of dust covered everything. It was so thick; I could hardly recognize my own belongings.
When I left to check out, I noted these two grievances on the sign-in sheet to mark the date, 8-2-2013, as the date of my complaint and asked for a copy (with the name of the other renter's name redacted so I could have evidence of my complaint).
Scott, the man attending said he could not do that, he would have to talk to the manager.
So, I took the next "blank sign-in sheet" and documented the information for myself with time-in and time-out.
Additionally, when I complained about the dust, Scott said,
"It's a crate, "anything" can get in."
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So, on the one hand, as per his two statements:
"These are locked up tight, nothing can get in," when it regarded the mice, and,
"It's a crate, "anything" can get in," when it concerned the layers of dust.
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Wow! These employees must go to "excuse school" and practice until they have the lingo down pat: "no accountability, no responsibility."
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For me, this is NOT THE END OF THE MATTER. IT WOULD BE VERY WISE OF THE OWNER/MANAGER TO CALL ME (he has my number)--and, at the very least, replace my sofa-bed couch.
This indifference to the effect their units have a patron's contents is beyond irresponsible and their indifferent attitude is inexcusable.
My advice to anyone thinking to rent storage at this business is to go else-where or make sure what you store has absolutely no value to you at all.
"It's a crate, "anything" can get in."
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So, on the one hand, as per his two statements:
"These are locked up tight, nothing can get in," when it regarded the mice, and,
"It's a crate, "anything" can get in," when it concerned the layers of dust.
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Wow! These employees must go to "excuse school" and practice until they have the lingo until they have "no accountability and take no responsibility" down pat.
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For me, this is NOT THE END OF THE MATTER. IT WOULD BE VERY WISE OF THE OWNER/MANAGER TO CALL ME (he has my number)--and, at the very least, replace my sofa-bed couch.