U-Haul® Reviews
PROs: The Crestview FL folks were friendly and made the reservation process very easy, they had rope, and pads for me to purchase as well. CONs: The Crestview team failed to inform me the insurance/roadside assistance I purchased is void if they don't hook up the auto transport. I informed them Big Foot Movers of Crestview would be hooking it up - no mention this would be problematic if we needed help on the road. Of course, something happened and we needed help. The harness came off one of tires. I was on the phone for an hr with uhaul wherein I was advised I would have to pay $280 to have someone come put it back on since is was hooked up by a uhaul person. I was LIVID. My mom called AAA who sent someone right away at no charge. Second, the uhaul on Metcalf in Overland Park I returned at threatened to tow my car. There was a miscommunication on where the guy told me to park. I was in the middle of having the truck unloaded and would have literally had to take an uber to get back there. Thankfully they didn't.
I reserved online and received the generic confirmation email. Not trusting the process I stopped at the pickup location 2 days before the move only to learn they won't have my truck and I was reassigned to a location 25 minutes away. If I didn't stop in, I seriously question when I would have found that out.
Although my reservation was confirmed the day before, when I went to pick up the truck, the man at the store didn't seem to know what was going on. The truck was there but he had trouble getting the info straightened out. It took a half hour to get it settled. I would have preferred I picked up the truck at a different location.
Although my reservation was confirmed the day before, when I went to pick up the truck, the man at the store didn't seem to know what was going on. The truck was there but he had trouble getting the info straightened out. It took a half hour to get it settled. I would have preferred I picked up the truck at a different location.
The Uhaul truck was clean when I picked it up but the windshield was dirty and I had to ask the team to help me clean it a job they should have automatically been done after the previous rental. The manager at the Uhaul store was very nice and professional more so than the customer reps I talked to on the phone. It all got done but customer service with appreciation for the customers business could have been better. I am of the opinion that U-haul is nearly a monopoly but that could change with ever evolving transportation services such as Uber. Uhaul will have to sharpen their business a little or find themselves a vicum of complacency and the changing times
Very helpful in finding the best closest/cheapest location to drop off. The only thing I recommend is do not detach the hitch once u-haul installs unless you know what you are doing. Mine came detached (luckily when I was entering the haul location for drop-off). This happened because I listened to some people that I needed to detach from my car while unloading at my daughter's apartment complex. I thought I knew what I was doing when I put it back on and I didn't do it correctly. Fortunately, nothing happened, but it could have.
I've only ever used Uhaul for renting trucks and I'm never disappointed. The customer service is wonderful and they answer all of my silly questions thoroughly and kindly. We got the larger truck because we were worried about being too tight in the 16ft truck and we had plenty of space. My husband drove the 20ft truck across 3 states and said it was totally easier than anticipated. Uhaul is great and we will be using them again as we have used them before.
