Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So, in September a lady that I do small clerical type jobs for asked me for a favor. I normally help her organize her things, she’s is a MAJOR hoarder of paper and antique furniture. She asked me if I would put a storage unit in my name for 30 days (30 days only cost $1, after that the price is $240 per month). She had been given a notice to remove refuse (old furniture) from the property that she’s renting or face eviction. I agreed. I added her as an authorized user for the unit. She payed me $20 for this favor. Well September was coming to a close and it was time for her to move her things out of the storage unit. September 26th she tells me that she needs me to be available September 29th to help with the storage removal and closing the account. I told her that I was unavailable to be present that day which was a Saturday. So, she said she would start it Saturday and finish it Sunday (30th) then I could close the account. I agreed. Well Friday the 28th she tells me that she has to drive a truck across country from California to New Jersey, so her daughter would be doing the moving for her. I just needed to close the account after the daughter was done moving. Sunday the 30th rolls around and I don’t hear from her. She never gave me her daughter’s number so I waited to hear from the lady or her daughter. She calls me at 6:11 pm on a 3 way call with her daughter. She asks me if I had called the storage company to let them know she would be moving out. Mind you, she’s an authorized user and she could’ve done this herself. I told her that I spoke to them earlier in the week but not over the weekend, but I had just arrived at my in laws house 85 miles from home and I couldn’t talk long, as we had a family emergency. She tells me that she has an emergency as well. LADY SAYS: “You were supposed to be available to close the account out today. I took the key with me so daughter couldn’t get into the unit and you are the only one that they will cut the lock for. You need to call them so that I don’t get charged.” 

So, I said I would call back when I could talk. She sends me her daughter’s phone number so that I can coordinate with her (too little too late IMO). At the time that she called, the storage place was closed, it closed at 5 pm because it was Sunday. When I spoke to her daughter, the daughter admitted that she forgot about having to move out of the unit Sunday around 3 and when she got to the storage place she realized that she didn’t have a key. So we made a plan to try and keep from being charged the $240. I already knew it was I vain, but I humored her. She has blamed me the entire month because she cannot afford $240 for a storage unit. Well, she kept the unit for an ADDITIONAL 30 days. I told her last week that she would need to close out the account after she moved out. I cannot be there to do so, and since she is on the account, I do not need to be. She finally paid the past due balance on October 30th. She asked me several times when she needed to be out of the unit. I told her every specific detail. 

“THE FINAL DAY TO MOVE AND MAKE A PAYMENT IS OCTOBER 31st. YOU MUST WALK INTO THE OFFICE WITHIN THE BUILDING TO CLOSE OUT THE ACCOUNT AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE THEY CLOSE. IF YOU DO NOT CLOSE OUT THE ACCOUNT, YOU WILL BE BILLED FOR ANOTHER MONTH. I DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT FOR YOU TO CLOSE THE ACCOUNT. YOU NEED TO DO IT.”

She got a major attitude and told me that I was full of excuses as to why I couldn’t be present. She also informed me today that she was on the road again delivering a truck somewhere and that she would TRY to make it back before they closed. I am beyond infuriated. I checked the online account and it has not been closed out, which means she probably didn’t make it back in time to move her things out. 

If she doesn’t pay the $240 that’s now due November 1st, AITA if I have the storage company break the lock so that I can change it? If I am going to be stuck with a bill, I am going to try to sell whatever may still be there. I don’t think the storage company will restrict access because the current bill isn’t past due yet. I am afraid that she is going to take her stuff and ditch this second bill. She blames me for the account being open when I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER FAILURE TO MOVE!!

ANY other advice in this situation would be very helpful as well. 