U-Haul® Reviews
Horrible experience. Truck had two service lights on when we picked it up the day before our move and it stopped running at a stop sign on the way home. We called Uhaul, and they sent a service technician to the wrong STATE. At 11:30 the night before the move we went to bed hoping that a service tech would finally come and hoping that we would have a safe 250 mile trip the next day. Our movers on the front end were scheduled to arrive at 8:00 a.m., so we were at the mercy of Uhaul to provide us with safe transportation. They were supposed to text and let us know the status (so we could get some sleep) but instead they called us at 2:30 in the morning to let us know that the technician had reset the lights on the truck. Needless to say it was an extremely stressful experience all the way around with this truck. We asked for another truck and they said we would have to drive 30 minutes to pick it up at 8 o'clock the morning of our move. We had already paid hundreds of dollars for the movers and we just couldn't do it. We made it to our destination, and have never heard from Uhaul again. Very disappointing experience on so many levels.
I had quite a few issues with UHaul during this move, but here is the most important info. The transportation did work well for the size and distance of my move. The truck was clean outside of a closed bag of chips someone left behind. The customer service on the phone was good, BUT there were issues with picking up my truck. My truck wasn't ready when I got there and I ended up having to wait 2 hours for the place to open to pick up a different truck than the one I reserved. I paid for my truck online, but was told by the guy that eventually gave me my keys that there was no payment in the system. This caused me to be charged twice. Then I had issues with returning the truck to the place designated by UHaul as the guy was rude and didn't want to take the truck because "he didn't know where the truck came from." He asked for paperwork and I told him that I did it online. He then asked to see the email and all of that. It was just a big mess. I ended up being told by customer service on the phone to just leave the truck and drop the keys in the box. Even while I was doing this, the man came back out to inquire if I was still going to leave the truck there. I said yep, and kept doing my online check in. I feel like this was big mess and when you are relocating to a new city and trying to get so much done in a short amount of time, the last thing you need to deal with is being double charged, held up, and talked to rudely by people at random drop off locations. The only brightside of this were 2 of the 7 customer service reps I spoke to on the phone.
U-Haul is going downhill! I have used them many times moving around the country. It was so hard finding a 20’ foot truck near where I lived. And when I called the one location the lady had. I idea what’s utility cart was that I was trying to order with my truck. Then the day before I was to pick up my truck no one called me. Good thing I called to confirm because U-Haul switched my location without telling me! So when I went to the U-Haul place to pick up my truck and utility cart that I had ordered the place had no utility cart! So I had to go to Lowe’s to buy one myself! What a joke of a service!
No I'm very disappointed in U-Haul, I reserved a 26 ft truck on March 14, 2019 to be picked up on March 25, 2019 when I arrived at the storage facility the truck wasn't there and they had to find me a truck. In the mean time I had two workers from Pacesetter Personal sitting in my driveway waiting for me.I strongly believe I should be refunded some of the cost for the whole hour I lost in loading time. I rented the truck from Shalimar Storage at 17615 Panama City Beach Parkway Panama City Beach, FL 32413 ( 850 ) 588-4766. Then when I arrived in Ocala, FL at my storage unit, unloaded the truck and went to two U-Haul dealers to try and return the truck, the first one said they were over stocked and couldn't take it, the second one said they could only take up to a 20 ft. I then had to call your 800 number and have them locate a U-haul dealer in Ocala I could return it to, which took the better part of the afternoon causing me to cancel an appointment with a realtor to look at some homes we were interested in. So I can rightfully say my experience with U-Haul was horrible.
I reserved a 20' truck with a hand cart and 48 blankets. The pick-up process was fast and smooth. The truck had 65K miles on it, but it drove okay. I was given eight bags of blankets (some were already opened). The opened bags of blankets had dirt and leaves in them, which got all over my home. I didn't use three of the unopened bags, so I asked for a credit when I returned the truck. They reluctantly agreed since the transaction wasn't finalized yet. Thank you!
Uhaul didn't contact me prior to my move day to let me know the truck I reserved would not be available at the location I requested. I only learned that I had to travel over an hour out of my way to get the truck when I arrived at the store in the morning. Even then, the rep at the counter seemed uninterested and tried to pass the buck and suggest the other location was responsible for notifying me about the pickup change. I've always had good experiences with Uhaul but this time they sucked.
When I picked up the truck the man gave me the keys and my contract and said "you are all set to go". I asked about the inspection and he said "inspections been done, you're all set". But, when I got to the truck and saw the amount of damage on the box I decided to take pictures before leaving. When I got the truck home and went to secure it for the night I found out that the passenger side door is inoperable. I could not open from the outside nor the inside. I didn't bring the truck back because they were closed and the next morning the movers were going to be here to load the truck. I did call Uhaul and let them know about the aforementioned problems.
Didn't get the time, location or size truck we originally requested. Everything worked out in the end, but not finding out the final information until the day before made planning difficult. Also, I was to do the truck pick up via mobile phone before the location opened and then when the time came they did not allow that and made me wait until the store was open and I had to change the time that my movers came. Again, everything worked out in the end, but the whole process was somewhat frustrating.
