326, Report:
#388942
Posted Date:
Nov 08 2008
Starving Students Moving ripoff LA California
On the morning of Friday June 6, 2008 I had a move scheduled with Starving Students Moving Company. Everything started out as planned except for only two men showed up to my home when I had specifically requested 3 men because of the large amount of small items and storage I had on ...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
327, Report:
#1034771
Posted Date:
Oct 31 2008
American Moving Services no show, no work, no refund, no action-deceptive e-mail addresses Albuquerque, And Hollywood Florida, New Mexico
contracted them for move from Vt to Fl, sent deposit of $772. Was given dates of Sept 18 and 19 for move. It is important to note here that we initiated all the calls as to our move status, not the moving service. We called early in the week and were assured that it was OK, we calle...
Entity
Categories: BBB Better Business Bureau
328, Report:
#271784
Posted Date:
Sep 20 2008
Public Storage Mandatory Padlock and Insurance Houston Texas
On August 31, 2007 I reserved online a 10' by 25' storage unit at a nearby Public Storage center to fill with furniture and boxes coming out of a beach house I'm selling. I printed out the reservation and drove over to the Public Storage center. At the PS center, the clerk Kyesha co...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
329, Report:
#372638
Posted Date:
Sep 13 2008
BEWARE!!! OF ARLINGTON, VA FLATRATE MOVERS!!! rip-offs, rude, ridiculous con artists with very poor and unproffesional service Arlington Virginia
these people conned us and charged us over $ 3000 claiming that it was for the packing materials. They then threatened and intimidated us saying that they would keep all our things if we did not pay the money using a certified check, they refused even credit card payment.
Who the...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
330, Report:
#367585
Posted Date:
Aug 27 2008
Public Storage ILLEGAL LIEN SALE Louisville Kentucky
I am going to keep this brief, factual, and to the point.
I rented a self-storage unit from Public Storage beginning on 6/16/2007 when I moved from a home that I had been renting. Everything that I have ever owned was placed there.
I had allowed my account to become very delin...
Entity
Categories: Storage Companies
331, Report:
#339761
Posted Date:
Jun 29 2008
Public Storage - Webster Texas Raised My Rates Above Fair Market! Webster Texas
I live in Maryland and have had my things in storage since March 2003. I've continuously had problems with this company. They have tried to charge a late fee when by the contract, I was not late. Recently they raised my rate by $6.00 a month from $129 to $136.00. They just sent ...
Entity
Categories: Miscellaneous Companies
332, Report:
#301463
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2008
Public Storage bogus charges, erroneous account entries, retaliatory account charges Garland Texas
In 2004, Public Storage converted all accounts, nationwide, from Pay in Arrears to Pay in Advance. In September of 2004, we paid for the conversion by making double payments. We have been trying since then to get our account status changed from Pay in Arrears to Pay in Advance, but ...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
333, Report:
#312957
Posted Date:
Jun 21 2008
Public Storage /Walnut Theft of personal property and raise storage rates Walnut California
I had been renting the same storage space for over 5 years. Since that time my rates have gone up an average of $10.00 every 8 months. No changes in the physical security makeup of the facility have been made, nor measures added to protect personal property. Last month my boat was...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
334, Report:
#327500
Posted Date:
Apr 20 2008
ServiceMaster By Cantu Fraud Buda Texas
ServiceMaster by Cantu (specifically Mike Kyle) misrepresented ServiceMaster by improperly supervising and charging for work that I did not authorize and by removing items my deceased sisters (Cynthia) home that I did not authorize and in fact instructed him not remove.
Mike Kyle...
Entity
Categories: Cleaning Services
335, Report:
#322824
Posted Date:
Apr 01 2008
Authorized Movers / And Or Trans American Held belongings, increased in cost, demanded money to release my items hostage Hollywood Florida
I hired Authorized Movers to move me from Georgia to Washington State. The original estimate was $4,000. Two men showed up in a Uhaul, I asked them where the moving truck was, as I had specifically asked Amanda from Authorized Movers if they owned their own trucks and she stated t...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
336, Report:
#319118
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2008
Shamrock Van Lines Tried to exhort $6700 for a moving job contracted at $735.00. Stopped unloaI contracted this company via Internet... actually thinking it was a company that had moved us in October. Sameding half way through job. San Joce California
I contracted this company via Internet...actually thinking it was a company that had moved us in October. Same phone number & same Relocation Specialist by the name of Kimberly Carson who negotiated terms of contracts for both moves with me. The final estimate (quote sent to me by ...
Entity
Categories: Advertising / Deceptive
337, Report:
#282759
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2007
First Atlantic Finance Company; PSI, Inc.; North American Holiday Travel; Steve Daniels; HeritageReport: NORTH AMERICA HOLIDAY TRAVEL REWARD PROMOTIONS/LOTTERY PROGRAM NORTH AMERICA HOLIDAY TRAVEL REWARD PROMOTIONS/LOTTERY PROGRAM YOU!WON! US$56,650 in cash & a Holiday Cruise on Intrepid Ocean Liner. Enclosed is a check for US$3,650.00 SCAM! HERITAGE, Levis Quebec, Canada Buffalo, NY; Levis Quebec (QC); Glandale[sic], CA New York, Quebec Canada, California
Also reference report numbers 279331 and 269828
Received an envelope in the mail with return address of Heritage, 281 rue Saint-Joseph Levis QC G6V 1E9 with a Canadian stamp. Enclosed was a bogus $3,650 check from Public Storage (PSI, Inc, Clearing Company Dept, AP; P.O. Box 250...
Entity
Categories: Cross-Border Scams
338, Report:
#273394
Posted Date:
Sep 09 2007
ASM MOVING AND STORAGE, ASM MOVER, ALL SAFE MOVE ARE THE SAME GOODS PICKED UP BUT NO DELIVERY SAN JOSE California
Our goods were picked up from Davis,CA on 8/2/07 and promised to deliver to Lafayette, Indiana on 8/11/07 but were never delivered after many phone calls and promises. Finally Public Utility Commission and Santa Clara District Attorney stepped in and we were able to pick up our goo...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
339, Report:
#237271
Posted Date:
Aug 09 2007
Public Storage UNIT FLOODED DUE TO MAINTENANCE NEGLECT - RUINED EVERYTHING Lombard Illinois Nationwide
I would have posted this sooner had I known this site existed.
About 4 years ago I put ALL my belongings in a storage unit for the summer. I didn't purchase their insurance b/c I was told my home owners insurance would cover it.
About 2 months later, there was heavy rains...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
340, Report:
#261470
Posted Date:
Jul 20 2007
Public Storage public Storgage scam to steal and sell your belongings. Ripoff Nationwide Nationwide
What more can I say about the Public Storage rip off game playing???? I too am a victim....I did a search on the net and the rip off report stories don't come up so I am recommending that in addition to filing the report here which will help potential unsuspecting victims from suffe...
Entity
Categories: Moving & Storage
341, Report:
#138025
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2007
PUBLIC STORAGE RIPOFF, RIPOFF,RIPOFF THATS ALL I HAVE TO SAY STATEN ISLAND New York
In March my fiance and I decided to move out of state, so we needed to store our whole life with public storage in a 10X10 space. We've rented with them up until the end of the year with no problems, all of our payments were made on time in a timely fashion maybe a couple of days l...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
342, Report:
#234255
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2007
Smooth Move, Helping Hans Relocations Services MAJOR SCAM ARTIST - BUYER BEWARE! RIPOFF Hanover Maryland
This company needs to be shut down and I am going to do everything in my power to make sure what has happened to me does not happen to another innocent consumer. Helping Hands aka SmoothMove are scam artist. My husband contracted their services to move us from Cheltenham, MD to Gr...
Entity
Categories: Corrupt Companies
343, Report:
#217996
Posted Date:
Nov 19 2006
Shurgard Storage ,Public Storage They do not pro-rate rent on move out! Orland Park Illinois
I rented a storage unit with Shurgard (now Public Storage) from August 2003 up to Saturday, October 14, 2006. The movers showed up at 10:00 a.m. and I was moved out by 10:30 a.m. The manager was on site during the move-out; however, the move-out date is listed as Monday, October 16,...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
344, Report:
#208169
Posted Date:
Sep 01 2006
Public Storage Previously Shurgard Storage coersion into signing fraudulent contracts Madison Heights Michigan
I called Shurgard Storage from the yellow pages, and a woman told me Shurgard was bought by Public Storage and I was talking to the Public Storage headquarters. She said I had to go through Public Storage to reserve a space at the Madison Heights location.
I was told on the telep...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
345, Report:
#200652
Posted Date:
Jul 12 2006
Signature Van Lines moving ripoff Vital information needed to get to your stored belongings from Signature Van Lines Mt. Pocono Pennsylvania
To get your belongings from Signature Van Lines, do the following, it worked for me:
Contact Atty Tullio DeLuca
He represents the now defunct Signature Van Lines.
I found out that my belongings had ben moved from the storage facility in Mt Pocono to Public Storage's Queen's Vi...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
346, Report:
#200033
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2006
Public Storage false advertising, owed refund but sent to collections! Amherst New York
In March 25, 2006 I rented a Public Storage rental unit, which was advertised as being for $1.00 for the first month. In early April, I got a call from one of the owners who said that I owed a partial payment for the pro-rated month of April, some $35.00. I asked her why and told ...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
347, Report:
#197881
Posted Date:
Jun 24 2006
NATIONWIDE RELOCATION SERVICES, MOVING COST AND DAMRON'S MOVING AND EXECUTIVE INSURANCE SERVICES AUCTIONED OFF MY BELONGINGS, FRAUD, THEFT, LYING, MISREPRESENTATION Fort Lauderdale Florida
Below I have copied the letter that I have mailed to Aldo DiSorbo and copied his contractors Damrons Moving and Executive Insurance Services and. The letter details the Lying, Fraud, Theft, Misrepresentation and Breach of Contract I have encountered in dealing with this company and ...
Entity
Categories: Moving Companies
348, Report:
#126968
Posted Date:
Jun 11 2006
CFI ripoff false DAC-ISIS report Joplin Missouri
In february 2002 i started work for CFI. Everything was great and report be short. In 03.03.2003 I took load from TN to Queens, NYc boro. There was terrible directions and I called company there was no one speaks english.
My directions sent to Public Storage yard!!! with 53'trai...
Entity
Categories: Trucking Companies
349, Report:
#191985
Posted Date:
May 17 2006
PUBLIC STORAGE COMPANY WOULD NOT LET ME RETRIVE MY THING THAT WERE NONE REPLACEABLE SUCH AS PICTURES. EAST POINT Georgia
I WAS LAID OFF MY JOB AND TRIED TO MAKE PAYMENT ARRANGMENT WITH PUBLIC STORAGE, AND THEY AUCTION OFF MY PROPERITY AND WOULD NOT LET ME GET ANY OF MY THINGS.
NOW A MOTHER OF TWO TRING TO MAKE IT, I WAS HARD TO COME UP WITH ALL THE ADDITIONAL FEES THAT PUBLIC STORAGE HAD ADDED ...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage
350, Report:
#182219
Posted Date:
Mar 20 2006
Public Storage ripoff Las Vegas Nevada
Public Storage is attempting to collect fines in advance, before a strage bill is late. They are also breeching grand fathered contracts (10 years or longer). If you do not pay the additional fees attempt to confiscate belongings. Incessant harrassment phone calls is what their Co...
Entity
Categories: Storage & Self Storage