U-Haul Penalizes Customer for Company's Own Delayed Billing Fix
A customer disputes a roughly $30 fee and a past-due balance that resulted from U-Haul's own delay in correcting an acknowledged billing error, despite the customer's repeated attempts to resolve it. This is a single, detailed billing-dispute report against one company.
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