In person, the staff here has been okay. Not nasty or rude, but not particularly knowledgeable…read more They are quick to send you to the Public Storage customer service, though Public Storage customer service will then tell you that the local property manager is the only one that can make the call. Circular hell, essentially.
Most importantly, I got this storage unit in August 2023 because I was moving out of state (this piece of information shared so you know that I couldn't just fly back and move my items to another storage unit when/if I wanted to) at $78/mo (inclusive of the insurance I couldn't cancel). Within 5 months of move-in, my rate went up to $117/mo (an 85% increase). By July of 2024, I was told my rate would advance to $138/mo. After a call to both the property manager and the corporate office, they agreed to hold off increasing my rate for 3 additional months, and then, to add insult to injury, I received another rate increase for Jan 2025.
When I called again to discuss this egregious advancement of rate increases, when a new unit the same size is STILL ADVERTISED at this location for $84/month, with no time limit on that price (meaning, it is not advertised as a temporary, 3 month rate just to get you in the door), I am told that I'm not a new customer, therefore, I am not eligible for that price. But, when I ask why prices have gone up so high, they tell me it's because they have to raise it to be in line with the market...Back to illogical, circular hell.
Further, I've received the run-around on the insurance. They told me repeatedly that I had to bring my documents in person to cancel my insurance (but I can opt in to paperless for my account...), and to call Public Storage corporate to try and do it electronically (did I mention I moved out of the state, and I wasn't allowed to opt out of insurance to begin with?), they told me only the property manager can allow it. Then, I couldn't escalate it because my new driver license didn't match the one on file...but I could go to any Public Storage to change that (but not online while logged in). Can you see how this gets both circular and clearly untrue/ill-informed? For all those here, the real answer is you have to log in on a desktop, or visit orangedoorstorageinsurance.com. You do NOT have to upload documentation. You simply have to sign an (electronic) waiver stating that you are aware of the risks and carry other insurance. So, to summarize...no one that works for Public Storage, locally or with corp customer service has any idea of this information that took me 10 min of digging to find. You can believe they work for PS and have never seen the website, read a document, been onboarded, or you can believe they're doing this on purpose. I can't believe an entire organization is just that uninformed about their own business...
Space is clean and secure. Price-gouging activity: also secure. Don't move in unless you're ready to move out again in 3 months or pay more than double within in a year for the same space.
Don't bother with customer service or the local property manager. They're trying to mislead you into just paying your bill (whatever they've set it at that month, since it's month to month only). Deceptive business practices, and NOT customer-friendly. Any class action lawyers reading...PS is ripe.