A Public Storage company auctioned off property without notifying me after receiving my relocation information 16 days beforehand.
2007-05-22 10:38:05 · 8 answers · asked by Don 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
How are you going to afford an attorney if you can't afford to pay your storage?
2007-05-22 10:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by Lori B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long had your bill gone unpaid? What is the value of the items in storage? Do you know how much the auction brought for them?
Odds are, the storage company acted according to the contract. You may not be able to find a lawyer to go after them unless you can show that they violated the terms of the contract and the contents of the storage were worth a fortune. The only way a lawyer is going to be interested is if you have a lot of money to pay the lawyer or the damages would be so large that there would be a nice cut for the lawyer. Don't count on getting anything more than what the items in storage were actually worth.
As for where to find a lawyer, try the yellow pages. Start making some phone calls and see if you can find someone.
2007-05-22 10:44:12 · answer #2 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The only way that they can auction off your things if either
a.) you were so many days/months past due
b.) your lease was up, was NOT renewed and neglected to get your things
if either of the two were violated, then YES he has the right to auction your things WITH the exception of a notice, it may or may not be stated that he can auction your things with or with out your consent if not, then you have the right as a human being to sue him for it. Get your original contract and an attorney and read over it.
Hope this helps....and good luck!
2007-05-22 10:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by Jay Dee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read your lease agreement with the company, you will find it is clearly laid out that your items will be sold if you don't keep the rent current. The lease will tell you how many months you are permitted to be behind before they sell your stuff. They don't have to "notify" you of anything. Read the contract - it's all in there and you signed it..
You have no law suit.
2007-05-22 10:57:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ideally you would contact your family lawyer and he would handle the matter for you or refer you to the appropriate lawyer to hire. Of course, you wouldn't be asking this if you had a family lawyer, so just call any lawyer that you know personally and ask for his advice. If you don't even know a lawyer, then I'd say you're a silly person, but just call any lawyer in the phone book and ask for a recommendation for the type of (or name of a) lawyer you should seek.
Also, these people are wrong. They make the assumption that the company followed the terms of the contract and therefore you have no case. If every company/person in America actually did follow the terms of contracts, there would be no reason to have lawyers, but obviously that's not the case as there are hundreds of thousands of lawyers around and millions of cases of contract violations being made every year. It's very possible that you have a case if the company didn't make any (or enough) effort to contact you or sold your belongings prematurely (in other words, if the company violated the contract, which is very possible, and I doubt you'd be asking if they hadn't).
2007-05-22 10:49:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
i've got faith they have the perfect to auction off your stuff for non-value, yet as quickly as they have their value, something is via the owner (ie. you). i might first communicate over with the storage place proprietors/managers to be certain in case you could come to an settlement offline. If that doesn't come to any useful end, look for advice from with a criminal expert, i've got faith you have a case. it relatively is particularly useful to learn your storage settlement first, nevertheless.
2016-11-05 01:04:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didnt keep up with your payments, they do have the right to auction off your items. Its probably in your contract and therefore no further notification would be necessary.
2007-05-22 10:44:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh...that was in your storage lease agreement. You should read BEFORE you sign. Save your money...they were in the right. Sorry
2007-05-22 10:45:48 · answer #8 · answered by AuntTater 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋