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Post by artladval on Mar 18, 2010 10:52:22 GMT -8
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Post by commandax on Mar 18, 2010 20:28:55 GMT -8
Well, you gotta feel sorry for the guy. Nonetheless, to deposit your entire life into a crummy little Public Storage space and then try to wrangle with them about how you're going to pay for it is downright naive. Public Storage is a huge international corporation and is extremely rigid and formulaic about payment... there are no special arrangements. They don't give a shit who you are. They auctioned off Paris Hilton's storage unit, nude photos, bags of coke and all... for owing $208. They e-mail invoices and they demand to be paid on time. If you miss a payment, the sell-off threats start right away. This guy apparently wanted to wire transfer them the money monthly, and they refused to give him their bank info. However, they do offer autopay by bank account or credit card, online billpay, and pay by phone. Apparently those weren't to his taste, however. Though he was aware that he wasn't keeping up with his payments, he expected Public Storage in Long Island to try to contact him in London to collect payment from him before auctioning his possessions. Seriously? I've been threatened with having a Public Storage unit seized and auctioned for having shorted a payment by a few dollars (due to an unnoticed price increase) for just a couple of weeks. What Public Storage does is auction the contents of the space off to the highest bidder. Usually the bidder has almost no idea what's inside the unit – they get to peek in from outside the unit at whatever's visible through the door. Most of the time, the contents of the unit are virtually worthless, and the bidder ends up paying more to haul away and dispose of the stored detritus of your life than they can actually recoup. The people who won this unit obviously hit the jackpot. Hopefully they at least realized what they had! I guess the moral here is, don't put your valuables in public storage. All it takes is a bolt cutter, and anyone can cart off everything you own. If you have a bunch of replaceable stuff – tools, furniture, camping equipment – go for it. But family photos? Original artwork? Gold coins? Never. |
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Post by sleepboy on Mar 20, 2010 19:53:44 GMT -8
Yah, I feel sorry for the guy but why store valuables in a public storage? Plus, he knew he owed them money - $1350 can't be from one months payment.
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