Complaint Review: public storage - nationwide

As you would that men should do unto you do you serve them likewise. - Luke 6:31. Do not foolishly live in a dream world! Do not pretend that it's alright to be a pirate! you may think it's legal but it's nomura you wouldn't like it if something was stolen from you you wouldn't like it if your car was stolen that is towed you wouldn't like it if you couldn't pay to have your car repaired and they stole your car.

They innocently called a mechanic's lien it is stealing it is piracy puke storage pirated from me if you think you're right then pay me the $350,000 that you owe me since Peak storage stole my stuff I'm still calculating what they stole thank you very much! I won't hold my breath on you paying up what you owe me!

First of all, in order to be pirated, you would have to have ownership of the items.  You didn't - by law you abandoned the items.  By abandoning the items, the storage facility took possession of the abandoned items.  Accordingly, thou shall not steal, or covet thy neighbor or his belongings, or anything else in Exodus 20, would not apply since the inventory you listed was no longer yours.  If you truly valued the items that you abandoned, then you would have paid the rent on them in the first place.  The fact is this:  You did not place any material value upon ANY of the items you abandoned when you decided to stop paying rent.

You also seem to believe the facility changed their terms and conditions.  Well, they're allowed to.  Your consent to the changes in terms is to continue to store items in their facility.  So if you kept your stuff in storage, then you agreed to all changes in the T&C's.  When you decided to stop paying rent, you then committed a one-sided breach of contract, which then allowed the facility to provide a 5-day pay or quit - which is legal in virtually every state.

However, here is a more interesting T&C I had forgotten about this industry:

18.5 No Class or Representative Proceedings: Class Action Waiver

YOU AND PUBLIC STORAGE ARE BOTH GIVING UP THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL. YOU AND PUBLIC STORAGE AGREE THAT EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN YOUR OR ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, CONSOLIDATED ACTION, OR PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION. Unless you and Public Storage agree, no arbitrator or judge may consolidate more than one person's claims or otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding, consolidated action or private attorney general action.

This means you're only possible remedy you have is arbitration.  No trial.  No class action suits.

Re-read what I said.   puke storage LIED about their terms.   You get a 30 notice of seizure, NOT five!   If you think you are right, then pay me the $300,000 that puke storage PIRATED!    DON'T COUNT ON puke storage honoring their own terms and making restitution for their MULTITUDINOUS PIRACIES !    READ, provided you can read, all of the other exposures of puke storage here and on other consumer protection and consumer complaint websites.

Have you ever HEARD or read Thou shalt not steal??

DON'T FORGET THAT PUKE "storage"   CANNOT put their filthy, greedy hands on someone else's property!!   Read the Constitution of the United States of America.   YOU ARE BRAIN DEAD!!

“There is NO lighting and the units are not ‘temperature controlled’… additional fees for the lock, key and ‘insurance’… You are NOT given a choice to opt out of the insurance”

Your dissatisfaction with the agreed upon terms is a case of renter’s remorse.

You foolishly stored photographs and books in a storage facility that is not climate-controlled. You also failed to honor the payment terms that you agreed to so apparently those long johns weren’t very sentimental. The pant suits must be out of style by now.

Pay the rent.  I mean it is that simple. 

By law, storage facilities and movers have the absolute (and it is absolute) right to sell your goods at auction when tenants fail to pay their storage fees.  Generally, such auctions are held 2X per year in a geographic area, and I've been to a few of them.  There is a procedure, you are warned about not paying, you are mailed a letter indicating if you do not pay, your goods will be considered to have been abandoned, and subject to auction to fulfill any outstanding bill - I mean there is a cable TV show on this practice with people who bid on the abandoned storage units.  The show gets most of its stuff from people who have abandoned their goods.  I'm not exactly sure what sort of compassion you're looking for here?  You admit you couldn't pay, you knew what the consequences were, and all you can do is complain about the price and how the units aren't temperature controlled - never mind the items you list in your inventory are not in need of temperature control.  If you had a case of wine, that's one thing.  But clothes, tax records, etc...??

No, it doesn't matter what your circumstances are.  The law does not provide for relief from your goods being considered abandoned if you:

• can't afford the rent for your storage
• are not living in a stable environment
• lost job
• any other circumstance

No, they won't tell you where the items are being auctioned because, well...they don't know where the auction is going to be held.  Generally, the facility gives it to a broker, who estimates what the items will sell for at auction, pays the facility for the estimated value, and that's that.  If what they get is less than your outstanding payment, the rest is a write off since there's no use getting blood out of a turnip - so to speak.  Once your stuff is considered abandoned, there's no getting it back - period.

Finally, since this process is legal in every state in the country, filing a lawsuit on your own - let alone a class action - isn't going to fly.  The facility often keeps meticulous records of the notices, along with the notice of abandonment if payment is not received, and no lawyer will pursue.  But I'm sure you probably know that.

 Let's cut thru all the BS and state this for whatnot is. YOU failed to pay the rent on time and they took their actions as per the contract YOU signed and YOU agreed to. All the other crap you are going on about is nothing more than a very immature attempt to defame them because YOU don't like the consequences YOU caused by YOU not paying YOUR rent on time! It's as OBVIOUS as the rising sun! Let me save you some effort. Don't bother writing back with the typical childish "you must work for them" whine because I don't!!!