U-Haul® Reviews
The staff was good but U-Haul "bate and switched". Looking for a convenient location to pickup online, we were shown locations that specifically did not guarantee availability and ones that did. We chose the latter and two days prior to the move date were informed otherwise. It should be clear to clients that truck location availability is not guaranteed.
When the truck was picked up, the cab was not very clean and smelled very strongly of cigarette smoke. When checking out the truck, with the general manager, there was a discrepancy with the odometer milage vs. the contract. The paper work I was given indicated a 1,000 mile difference which would have had me paying 40 cents per mile half way on a 1,600 mile cross country move on a truck with only 68,000 miles on it. The general manager did correct this but had to charge my credit card a 2nd time to provide a new contract. I noticed that the price between the contracts was different because the first contract had a extra "sales subtotal" plus tax which added an extra $15 dollars. It was obvious that this was a extra fee that was just tacked on because this was not present on the second contract. Later, when I was refunded my money, u-haul refunded me for the cheaper of the two contracts. Then, the truck was given to me with an 1/8 of a tank of gas and the general manager tried to tell me that it was at a 1/4 of a tank. It is usually customary when getting a rental vehicle that you get it with the tank full so you can return it with the tank full. Finally, After I fill the gas tank, I noticed when I pulled into my apartment complex that there was gas spilling out everywhere. After quick inspection I noticed that the exhaust valve on the gas tank had not been screwed in correctly and was completely off. The valve was also noted to have multiple cracks to it and was ready to fall apart. I tried to screw the valve back in but had to call for maintenance assistance (third party). The maintenance guy came out surprisingly quick but had the same trouble and was not able to get the valve on. He ended up braking the part and had to get a new one with a special tool to get the valve back on the gas tank. In addition, I volunteered to participate in the load share program. I will never participate in this again because the communication between me and the u-haul representative was very confusing and unspesific. It took a lot of extra time to find the trailer I was supposed to pull and was very frustrating. I was told that I was going to be pulling an 8 foot trailer with one pod but then when I picked up the trailer it was a much bigger trailer then I was promised with not 1 but 2 pods. This took much longer than I thought and because of the extra weight that I did not anticipate It cost me much more in fuel. Also, dropping this trailer off downtown Seattle was almost impossible and the exact drop off point was not communicated to me until after I picked up the trailer. When I arrived at the drop off point, u-haul was not expecting us and tried to turn me a way to a different drop off location due full capacity. Overall, this was a terrible experience and I do not recommend it.
Uhaul did a horrible job with our move. They switched our truck rental twice, then ended up not having the size we needed. We had to use a smaller size and make multiple out of state trips and it cost us double what it should have, and we had to pay for movers twice as well due to this. They refunded us $50 for their "truck guarantee", which doesn't scratch the surface of the overall cost and headache they caused us. The only bright spot was Justin and Wyatt in the Uhaul store in Versailles, KY. They tried to be helpful and do whatever was in their control but it still wasn't enough to make our truck rental debacle ok.
I reserved a truck for Saturday morning and went to pick it up - only to find out that U-Haul had delivered it to the wrong location. The employee at the storage unit that I went to was less than helpful. I had to call a different U-Haul location to see if they had a truck available to pick up. Luckily they did. Other wise I would have been SOL. I had booked my truck about 3 weeks in advance.