onmyownagain
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? SC
I am in the process of a divorce and have been keeping my personal belongings in a storage unit until I get my feet back on the ground. My contract is 6 pages long and on the second page it reads that if my account remains in default for 50 days that the company (uhaul) can sell my items to recover the cost of the money owed to them. Then... if you go 2 pages after that it reads the same thing but says 30 days instead of 50. My payment was due on the 6th of every month. I was unable to make my December payment but went in on January 8th to make my late payment as well as the Jan payment. The guy informed me that he had auctioned my items off about 2 weeks before that. I was devastated because everything I own, minus my car and the clothes in my suitcase, were gone. After much complaining to the company they were able to track down the people that bought my stuff and got my bed and a mirror back but all of my clothes, dishes and some other sentimental items are gone forever. I estimate that these items are worth about $2,500 to $3,000 dollars. They did allow me to move the bed to a smaller and cheaper unit and gave me a free month of rent but I don't feel that that is enough. Can I sue the storage unit for selling my items early? If so how do I go about doing this? I talked to a few lawyers out here in Myrtle Beach and they all say that I would have to handle it on my own.
I am in the process of a divorce and have been keeping my personal belongings in a storage unit until I get my feet back on the ground. My contract is 6 pages long and on the second page it reads that if my account remains in default for 50 days that the company (uhaul) can sell my items to recover the cost of the money owed to them. Then... if you go 2 pages after that it reads the same thing but says 30 days instead of 50. My payment was due on the 6th of every month. I was unable to make my December payment but went in on January 8th to make my late payment as well as the Jan payment. The guy informed me that he had auctioned my items off about 2 weeks before that. I was devastated because everything I own, minus my car and the clothes in my suitcase, were gone. After much complaining to the company they were able to track down the people that bought my stuff and got my bed and a mirror back but all of my clothes, dishes and some other sentimental items are gone forever. I estimate that these items are worth about $2,500 to $3,000 dollars. They did allow me to move the bed to a smaller and cheaper unit and gave me a free month of rent but I don't feel that that is enough. Can I sue the storage unit for selling my items early? If so how do I go about doing this? I talked to a few lawyers out here in Myrtle Beach and they all say that I would have to handle it on my own.
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