Storage Unit Auction Lawsuit

Location: Dayton ohio

So I do storage unit auctions for a living and buy and resell stuff . I recently won an auction all the way in Baltimore Maryland for $3,500 which is a 7 hour drive and quite expensive. I called the day before to set up when i’d be coming and the store worker told me that there system was down and I would have to bring cash to pay for the unit (which is common at some places but this facility is a debit / credit card only facility) But I didn’t think much of it . So I got there the next day and the employee seemed fishy and we did the roughly $3500 cash payment and he wrote me out a dopey receipt and he told me not to worry about change and just charged me a lower even number since he didn’t have change (which legally you have to charge the exact amount ) Then we go to unlock the unit and after going through it within minutes you can tell everything has been torn open and gone through and it’s all broken junk . (Which happens but this was obviously gone through) . 30 minutes later he walks by saying storage treasures had a “glitch” and is refunding my deposit (which is $670). Was already annoyed because of how gone through the unit was but thought that was odd and then awhile later I check my email and storage treasures sent me an email saying the auctioned unit was canceled by the facility due to “the unit being broken into” and storage treasures has voided the sale even though i already paid cash for the unit in full . So i’m assuming the worker was trying to run a scam and pocket the money by telling me cash only even though they don’t take cash and sold me a gone through / broken into unit for $3500 . I contacted the district manager and she’s investigating but just bracing for the worst because this is ridiculous and I feel like I should be reimbursed in full and for my time and gas and lodging etc .