
Public Storage
Public Storage Overview
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Public Storage has 1.5 star rating based on 681 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
6% of users would likely recommend Public Storage to a friend or colleague.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Customer service and price at begining, Easy access, Location.
Cons: Customer service, Poor customer service, Fees.
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Public Storage has 1.5 star rating based on 681 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
6% of users would likely recommend Public Storage to a friend or colleague.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Customer service and price at begining, Easy access, Location.
Cons: Customer service, Poor customer service, Fees.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Avoid public storage!", "Do not go there", "Do not use public storage.", "If they just talk with a deceased family member and understand there trauma and try and work with them a little compassion goes a long way", "This location does not have staff on premises and manager never answers phone nor returns calls, I would recommend using a location with people available to help. Also, there is no wiggle room as far as when payment is due, doesn't matter if you are never late as soon as you are late several $100 charges will be added to rent. I have used storage units for the last 20 years and have never had a unit sold from under me. Largest unit at this location and was packed to the front of the unit a 4 bedroom house, my unit was sold for $200 and I was billed a remaining balance of $526.".
Most users ask Public Storage for the refund as a solution to their issues.
Consumers are not pleased with Billing Practices and Exchange, Refund and Cancellation Policy. The price level of this organization is high according to consumer reviews.
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Terrible service , my units roof caved in damaging all of the items in my unit! No one let me know this and they continue charging top dollar. Didnt offer a new unit even though mine is damaged!
- No contact letting me know unit was damaged untill too late
Preferred solution: Reimbursement of all damaged items as well as back pay for months payed while my unit was damaged. Have been with public storage for 11years!
User's recommendation: Avoid public storage!
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Verified ReviewerManagement/facility/prices
Hello. We are continually having issues with the PS on Miami Beach 69th.
This time we went it to pay our bill and waited almost an hour for someone to come in. Weve had issues with the automated payments where you would tell us there was a card issue so our Manet was late and slam us with late fees. So now we pay in person because the systems cant be trusted. Having to one there to either assisting in paying bills or renting units is ubsurd.
While I waited at 1:30 est I observed two roaches crawling on the walls. The elevator is still not up to code for 6 years of expired permits.
Now you are all running a special but continue to raise our rent. We want to speak to a customer manager service.
Preferred solution: Apology
User's recommendation: Do not use public storage.
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Verified ReviewerFraudulent charge
To whom it may concern,
I recently moved my items out of the public storage unit located at 3375 n Druid hills road. My unit was infested with rodents because rodent *** were all over my items (I have photos and videos).
With that being said, I am in the process of filing a claim. However, due to my bed being cover with rodent *** I had to throw it away as well as other items. My movers placed them in the dumpster on the property. The bed did not completely lay flat due to the dumpster being partially full.
The employee at the location named Ro decided to charge me 500 dollars for a cleaning fee. Nothing was left in the unit and all of my item were placed in the dumpster. I have the photo of that as well.
If you can remove that charge off my account that would be great. If you all can do an inspection of this public storage property because the conditions are unacceptable.
Thanks,
- Bad service
Preferred solution: The 500 charged removed and a refund
They have poor management at locations. But keep charging more for *** space.
They didnt show my payment when I paid.
App and website dont give balance owed correctly. Site is awful.
It freezes up and opens chat but no one there. Then it showed a balance past due of $323.
Then it shed to pay $50. Then when i refreshed it said pay $129. Then I refreshed it it says pay $20 then I refreshed it it says pay $380.
They raised rent so many times with no notice
I was Paying $253.
but now it says $272. plus $108. $380 total.
Bill due on Feb 1st. Not later until feb 5th.
I pay with credit card but yet I get this message saying payment from checking didnt work from checking.
I checked bank card online and payment was taken.
But didnt sure up on site. I called customer care but doesnt want to let you speak to anyone. Tries to send you to property manager who isnt on site.
A while back I was not more than 30 days late and they cut my locks. They rummaged through my stuff which is inventory.
It was a mess and things ruined. Things missing.
I am going to rent someone else and save money and not be abused.
I was renting with these people since the 70s for my business. I use to have more storage and larger storage with them. I have one left that I will be out of this month.
I am using another location now and have three large storage units with them.
Always nice and half the cost. Oh yes..
and climate controlled. Public storage space is not and only a 10x15.
- Still trying hard to think of one
- Bad management
- Rodents
- Feel unsafe
Preferred solution: Fees removed and price reduction. I’d like a refund on over paying and loss when they cut my locks too.
User's recommendation: NOT even if they paid me

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Verified ReviewerHave a problem with account,need help
- Agrivation
Preferred solution: I was promised a free month rent, but was given a rent increase
User's recommendation: Find a different storage facility
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Verified ReviewerUnit was sold and I wasn't allowed to obtain my personal items
On 09/05/23 my unit #4005 was sold. I sent my daughter to the storage location that day to retrieve pictures and diplomas; she spoke with manager and advised she could not enter the unit.
I called and was told I could not retrieve any items. According to the agreement I signed, I should have been allowed to retrieve personal items such as pictures and diplomas up to 14 days after the sell of the unit. I have called and left messages at the allisonville location and have not received a return call. I call customer service and was transferred to manager at the geist location and upon speaking with her, she sent the manager at 62nd and allisonville an email and advised that the manager would return my call.
I waited about 30 days and no phone call, email or postal mail. I called geist manager back and she sent another email and stated that if I did not get in contact with the allisonville manager to give her a call back and she would contact the buyer of my unit to request these items.
To date I have not heard anything from anyone and while the contact with Public Storage stated that i would be allowed a chance to retrieve my pictures and papers with my families social security numbers etc, attached, I was not given any consideration, not even a return call. I still want my pictures, diplomas and papers with social security numbers and due to a lack of management at allisonville rd location I have been violated of what right the contact stated would be available.
- Manager does not return call
- Customer deception
- No staff
Preferred solution: pictures and diplomas
User's recommendation: This location does not have staff on premises and manager never answers phone nor returns calls, I would recommend using a location with people available to help. Also, there is no wiggle room as far as when payment is due, doesn't matter if you are never late as soon as you are late several $100 charges will be added to rent. I have used storage units for the last 20 years and have never had a unit sold from under me. Largest unit at this location and was packed to the front of the unit a 4 bedroom house, my unit was sold for $200 and I was billed a remaining balance of $526.
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Verified Reviewer |Selling of my storage
Id like to file a complaint against the public storage company as a whole and the location in Atlanta, GA on Fairburn rd.
I rented a storage at that location May of 2022 right after my mother passed Feb 2022. All of my mothers belongings and my kids things were in that storage.
When I first started paying it was 285.00 by the time you all sold my unit it was at 455.00 Who can even afford that. Im a single mother of 3 who moved to Texas after my mother passed and was doing the best I can to hold our stuff. That was all the memories I had of my mother. I was trying to pay what I could when I could while trying to keep a roof over my kids head with no help.
With me still making payments and all the calls I made to this location it was more than known that I wasnt trying to loose my storage with my deceased mothers belongings in it. When I called customer service, your rude rep basically said its nothing they could do and wouldnt transfer me to a supervisor or better yet give me a number to someone who was over her. Now I know its been 3 months but I have been devastated and crushed since you have sold my unit to some undeserving person who was just going to go through all of our personal stuff and trash it or sell it. Those were my memories of my mother and the last things I had of her.
Im willing to take legal action because this was completely wrong especially raising the prices like you all did within a year knowing that this was impossible to keep paying in full for. My last payment of 200.00 (which is all I could afford) was on 10/28/23 and my storage was sold on 11/16/24. Im still hurt and it has caused even more trauma and heartache to think my mothers belongings, me and my kids belongings were sold to someone who doesnt even know what they bought. I even called treasure seekers trying to get any info I could about the buyer.
Id like to hear from someone on how we can resolve this before I have to take it further. Thanks
Bad customer service
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Verified ReviewerKept account open and kept charging
I called this Public Storage Wheatland CO on Feb 5th and requested our unit be officially closed and a refund be issued. Our company has been out of this unit for a year+.
They called the owner of the company I work for to approve this action, since I had called on behalf of my employer. The owner reached out to me to assure me that he had given permission for them to cut the lock (weird since we emptied the unit over a year ago) and to close our account. I have proof of this phone call and digital communication. They charged our account again on March 1st.
I called them 3 times between March 4 and 5th. On all 3 calls, the man I talked to pretended not to know anything, and made no apologies. I know the unit our company has been empty for over a year. If there is a lock on the unit, then perhaps someone else has been using it, and perhaps Public Storage is collecting 2 rent fees on one unit?
The fact that they continued to charge us for rent AFTER clear communication to close the account is gross business practice and they have not refunded us at all. I have lost all respect for this company.
- Awful customer service
- Cheat the customer
Preferred solution: Full refund
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Verified Reviewer |Illegal auction sale

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Verified Reviewer |Refused to compensate for period when storage space inaccessible
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Verified Reviewer |Dogcatmouse@***.com
I am a decades-long customer writing to request a refund. Over three days, in addition to my own storage space, I mistakenly reserved and was charged for three new units.
Due to the confusing nature of the website, I mistakenly believed I was only opting to hold these units (the link clearly said "hold") until I could physically inspect the site to see if the size was adequate.
Our storage site has removed its on-site manager and was replaced with a machine. I was unaware of this and have spent the past week trying to see if the reserved spaces were the right size. I still have not been able to visit my last reserved space as it is unmarked!
Long story short, I have been charged for all three units. After calling dozens of times, I spoke with a manager who told me she was going to process a refund, but all I am seeing on my card are two refunds for "$21.49" for the locks.
Meanwhile my credit card was charged $118 and $128 respectively.
These is no way I could adequately judge the correct size of the new units without a property manager or some sort of orientation call. I feel it is highly unethical to be so quick to charge people with an online system that is confusing and uses the word "hold" as part of the process.
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Please refund these charges.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Verified ReviewerTe: vacated property
- Friendly
- Hardly answer the phone
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Verified ReviewerLock Out
- I see no pros at this time
- Lack of any meaningful customer service
- Lack presence of an attendant during a water like break
- Lack of communication
Preferred solution: The option to get pir things out before you bill us again and full explanation & apology.
User's recommendation: Be careful using public storage. They raise rates without just cause.
Price increace of 20%
- Nice facilities
- Being charged additional fees
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Verified ReviewerWhy am i still being charged
Excuse me. I ASKED what i needed to do when I cannot contiur with payments.
Or have room to bring my items home. I was told to catch up my payment and let my storage facility know I was reliquishing responsiblity for it. I forgot the actual term. The woman said she would ask about it and call me back.
She offered to have my lock struck but the issue she refused to acknowledge is that IF I HAD HAD THE SPACE FOR THOSE ITEMS I WOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED TO PUT THEM IN STORAGE TO BEGIN WITH. So, i didnt go to collect my stuff and now i am again being billed for something i have already done what they told me to do to no longer have an issue here.
Please help me to resolve this. I HAVE NO MORE MONEY!!!
- Place to store your goods
Preferred solution: For them to leave me alone.
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That dumpster is not for your use. You are not entitled to a refund.