U-Haul® Reviews
We reserved a U-Haul truck through Jam Pac, on Broad River Road in Irmo, SC, for transport. Horrible experience. Arrived early to pick up truck and no one was in the store front. Waited 2 hours; called repeatedly but only got the voice mail; and no one has contacted me to explain why the store was locked up during working hours and why no one was there to handle our reservation. I even talked with the woman who was to assist us, on the morning of the move, and she said she would be at the store by 12:30 PM. Did not happen and we had to scramble to borrow a really small truck so that we didn't lose any of our HireAHelper time. Very stressful and really, really unprofessional. I would not recommend them to anyone for U-Haul needs.
The truck company was good, however the people that we rented the truck from was not so good. We rented from State Line Auto in North Augusta, South Carolina. Had the truck scheduled between 9-10. We’ll come to find out they don’t open till 10. When I made the reservation the lady said nothing about opening at 10. They said oh the time is on the web site, I did not go to the web site. I don’t think I will be using them again.
I was never called, emailed or texted that my truck was changed to a different location than what I booked for. When I arrived the place was not even open I had to wait an hour when the owners showed up the wife was very rude when I was trying to make sure I was at the right place and explain that I had done my order for a different location. I had to wait another hour for them to open and get the truck ready. When I returned the truck I was charged for not folding the blankets when I was trying to explain it was pouring down rain and I was too short to climb up in the back of the truck so I could fold them she didn’t care.
The Uhaul location had given our rental to someone else the night before and only discovered that when I showed up and no other 26 foot truck was available. Since Uhaul had changed my rental location the day before I called my preferred (larger) location and someone had just returned a 26 foot one way truck so I was able to get that truck. That Uhaul location was very helpful and had the truck ready to go by the time we arrived. That Uhaul location would get 5 stars. The truck was in good shape and relatively new. The only issue for me was that a previous renter had apparently chain smoked in the cab. I drove for 600 miles with the window down for fresh air. So this Uhaul rental was a mixed bag; some really good, some not so good and one near catastrophe of being without a truck when I had to move out that day.
