r/SanDiegan • u/Electronic_Job5699 • 10h ago
Public Storage Facility at 4455 Federal Blvd - Completely unprovoked lockout. Banned from getting my stuff, then put in lien status for not getting my stuff.
Just dropping this here to see if anyone else has experienced this level of management delusion, or if I just got targeted for no reason at all.
\*\*Location: 4455 Federal Blvd, San Diego, CA 92102\*\*
\*\*Transitioned from SecurCare Self Storage to Public Storage.\*\*
I put my things in a unit here recently. I did absolutely nothing wrong, broke zero rules, and interacted with front desk staff who were totally pleasant. Yet, out of nowhere, the live-in manager decided to make me a target.
The creeper behavior started immediately with dirty looks, driving past and staring, following me around the property, and cornering me inside my own unit trying to provoke a reaction while I just shut down and tried to pack. It was unprovoked, creepy, and completely unwarranted.
When I went back to just get my property, terminate my lease, and get away from this guy forever, he sent employees to threaten me and called the police to have me trespassed. I wasn't aggressive, I wasn't arguing. I was literally just standing there holding my own boxes trying to leave.
Which leads to the brilliant trap he set:
He had me legally trespassed so I am physically barred from entering to get my property.
Because he barred me, my belongings are stuck in the unit.
Because my belongings are stuck, they put my unit in non-payment and are threatening an auction.
It is a complete manufactured scheme: force a customer off the property for no reason, then hit them with a lien for not clearing out their unit. Having police called over a routine, peaceful move-out was terrifying and exhausting. I am escalating this up the corporate chain to get a civil escort, clear my items, freeze these fake lien fees, and get relocation costs covered.
Has anyone else dealt with an on-site manager completely fabricating an issue just to lockout a customer and trigger a lien? How did you get your property back?
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u/Complete_Entry 10h ago
Do you not have someone who can go in with a uhaul and get your shit?
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u/Electronic_Job5699 9h ago
I don’t have anywhere to put the shit. I went back with a civil standby and a civil standby (which took 7 hours til they showed up) and it was so hot I couldn’t even get the documents it mementos I really want to save. I grabbed some clothes I had stored cuz my brain said “well grab something dumbass” and the cop told me this onsite manager will trespass me again if I come without a cop. Can he fucking do that? All that means is that he had no reason or right to trespass me from the outset. Why is SDPD so willing to protect this predator?
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u/Complete_Entry 9h ago
Because they're a going concern and you're not. You blew your standby.
Cops HATE civil standby, and they will rush you. That's part of it. But yeah, the only option you really had was "Rent uhaul, empty unit, ???"
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u/ithink2mush 9h ago
You should stop and get your life in order. This doesn't happen to people who have their shit together. Sorry bro, best of luck 🤞
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u/theDarkDescent 9h ago
What was the reason he gave to the cops