ARIZONA STORAGE INNS - CHANDLER
297 East Warner Road
Chandler, Arizona 85225
(480) 899-1179
http://www.azstoragechandler.com
Yep, it's true.
Gone are the days when you could store your stuff at Arizona Storage Inns and throw caution to the wind by leaving your stuff UNINSURED. Gone is the time when you had the option of choosing whether to insure your things or not.
We've entered a new era now.
As of Feb. 1, 2012, the Era of OPTIONAL Self-Storage Insurance is over!
Henceforth and forever (or at least from Feb. 1st and until further notice), you, the prospective and/or current, highly-esteemed storage customer of ours, are REQUIRED to carry insurance on your storage unit. That includes all 19 valley locations of Arizona Storage Inns and U-Stor (yes, we do manage a few of those).
Now, here's what that means.
This new, company-wide "gotta-have-insurance" mandate means you can do one of two things. Either you can use your own renter's, homeowner's or business insurance policy to cover your stuff (whichever of these applies), or else you can go ahead and "opt-in" to use our storage-specific insurance coverage that we make available to you when you come in to rent your storage unit. I'll tell you a little bit more about that in just a minute.
Why the BIG Change?
Well, in addition to the current industry trend that's leading more and more storage companies to require tenant insurance from their customers, the decision to start requiring insurance was prompted by an incident last year involving one of our properties that suffered a fire. It was NOT a pretty sight! The aftermath of that fire was such a HUGE headache for everybody -- tenants and staff included -- that it was decided to move forward with this in order to avoid the same nightmare scenario (i.e., the vast majority of tenants being UNINSURED and therefore losing their stuff without any compensation) from ever playing out again.
So, that's the long and short of it.
Suffice to say, a few folks have complained about the new requirement. But the vast majority of our customers have seen the wisdom and rationale for carrying insurance on their stored property.
And speaking of insurance, here's a quick rundown of the policy that we offer. It's from a company called BADER INSURANCE.
Without getting into the scintillating minutiae of the policy's details, let me just tell you that it works basically like an apartment (or house) renter's policy, i.e. it covers your personal property. The minimum premium for month-to-month coverage is $8.00/mo.. That provides $2000.00 worth of coverage. The deductible is $100.00, although if your unit has a DISC lock on it and there is a claim, the deductible is waived (making it ZERO!).
So, that's the "new rule" here at the ol' storage ranch on Warner Road and Arizona Avenue. "If it's worth storing, it's worth insuring." (Hey, don't blame me, I'm just the MESSENGER!)
Hope to see you soon,... right here at the new home of INSURED self-storage!
Your risk-averse storage manager (who, by the way, is NOT an insurance agent!),
Paul
ARIZONA STORAGE INNS - CHANDLER
297 East Warner Road
Chandler, Arizona 85225
(480) 899-1179
http://www.azstoragechandler.com
