Complaint Review: UHAUL, LIFE STYLE AUTO SALES - Santa Maria California
- UHAUL, LIFE STYLE AUTO SALES 711 N. BROADWAY Santa Maria, California U.S.A.
- Phone: 805-928-4220
- Web:
- Category: Moving Companies
UHAUL, LIFE STYLE AUTO SALES rip off scam con artists SAanta Maria California
*Consumer Comment: Same thing happened to me
*UPDATE Employee: one unfair and dishonest company
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MY PARENTS WANTED TO MOVE THEIR BELONGINGS FROM THE
CENTRAL COAST UP TO THE BAY AREA, SO MY MOM ASKED ME TO
SECURE A UHAL TRUCK WITH MY DIRECT MERCHANTS BANK CREDIT
CARD. I CALLED RUFUS AT UHAL/ LIFE-STYLE AUTO SALES AND
GAVE HIM MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER TO SECURE A RENTAL. THE
ONLY WAY MY CARD WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BILLED WAS IF MY
PARENTS CANCELLED THE RENTAL, THEN I WOULD OWE THE
DEPOSIT OF $100.00.
MY PARENTS CAME DOWN AND MOVED THEIR BELONGINGS WITH THE
UHAL TRUCK THAT I SECURED WITH MY CARD. THEY DROPPED THE
TRUCK OFF IN LIVERMORE, CA. AND PAID THEIR DEBT IN CASH.
I RECEIVED MY CREDIT CARD STATEMENT A COUPLE OF WEEK
LATER AND THERE WAS A CREDIT FOR $722.00 FROM UHAL. ON
MY NEXT STATEMENT THERE WAS A CHARGE FOR $722.00 FROM
UHAL TO ZERO OUT THE BALANCE. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT
THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME $722.00 ONE MORE TIME TO
MAKE IT LOOK LIKE I NOW WAS PAYING WHAT I OWE.
UHAL WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO CHARGE ANYTHING TO MY CARD IN
THE FIRST PLACE, BUT LET'S SAY I DID OWE FOR THE RENTAL
OF THE TRUCK. THERE IS NO WAY IT WOULD COST $722.00 TO
RENT THE UHAL FOR THE 250 MILE TRIP FROM SANTA MARIA TO
LIVERMORE, CA. MY CREDIT CARD COMPANY (DIRECT MERCHANTS
BANK) HAS BEEN FIGHTING WITH UHAL FOR THE PAST YEAR OVER
THIS AND THESE BASTARDS ARE ACTUALLY DENYING THE CLAIM.
ROBERT
ORCUTT, California
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#2 Consumer Comment
Same thing happened to me
AUTHOR: Sherman - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, March 10, 2006
The same thing happened to me, except we paid the $100 in cash, but they said they needed our atm/cred card number for it to go through and they wouldnt charge us on our ATM cause we already paid cash, but they ended up charing me out of my ATM checkings account leaving me with negatives in my bank cause i didnt have enough money in the bank. Now they said they cant retreive our information from 2 weeks ago and so i cant get my refund. i dont think they have authorization to take out that money wihtout letting u know first

#1 UPDATE Employee
one unfair and dishonest company
AUTHOR: Confidential - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, April 09, 2004
If Uhaul had competition they would have gone broke long ago. Unfortunately they are still around causing extreme heartache and chaos. A union was formed in this city with a vote of 45 for and 25 against. Of course what Uhaul is all about is stall, delay and appeal. They appealed their decisions to Washington D.C. and lost every single battle. May 26,2004 the Federal Labor Board trials reconvene after a Uhaul requested 60 day recess. Washington D.C. last decision was that we are a union. Uhaul is now hiring people out of employment agencies to replace the forty-two people fired for voting union after shutting down an eight million dollar repair facility and farming out 98 percent of the major repairs to show the government they were losing money. Anyway I am sure every complaint is valid as this is one dishonest company. Use Penske next time as their trucks are only a maximum of three years old.


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