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Lifer
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does rent a center sell used laptops?
my sister came home today with a laptop from her boyfriend and he said he got it from someone that bought it used from rent a center.

considering the source, i wouldn't doubt it's stolen.

it still has a rent a center id tag on the bottom of it.

checked the website and i guess they do rent to own type stuff so maybe it's legit.
 

Modelworks

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Yes they do.
If someone rents something then returns it they just rent it to someone else.
Very rarely you can actually get a deal in those places. If someone kept a tv for most of the time to pay it off, you can get it for the time that is remaining.
 

FuryofFive

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yeah but there rent to own price is insane....imagine paying like 150% for an item heh. use a credit or something, then pay that back at the end of the month.

just goto your local store.
 

pontifex

Lifer
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i'm not going to use them. i already it's mostly a scam. i was just wondering the validity of purchasing a laptop from them as i suspected the one my sister received was possibly stolen.
 

Modelworks

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You will pay upwards of double the retail for stuff through them, but they don't cater to the credit worthy crowd either. They are just one step above a loan shark.
I walked into one just out of curiosity. They wanted to sell me a 42" Panasonic LCD for $34 a week for 72 weeks.
 

Zim Hosein

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Originally posted by: Modelworks
You will pay upwards of double the retail for stuff through them, but they don't cater to the credit worthy crowd either. They are just one step above a loan shark.
I walked into one just out of curiosity. They wanted to sell me a 42" Panasonic LCD for $34 a week for 72 weeks.

:shocked:

 

2Xtreme21

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Even if it's not legit, it's not like the rental contract would be transfered to your sister's boyfriend if he got it from someone else illegally. Kind of a stupid move on the dude who sold it's part, in my opinion.
 

thepd7

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Originally posted by: FuryofFive
yeah but there rent to own price is insane....imagine paying like 150% for an item heh. use a credit or something, then pay that back at the end of the month.

just goto your local store.

yeah the plasmas ate $100/month. For a year. Horrible deal. Hell, if you can afford $100/month wait 6 months and buy one!
 

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Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Was it one of these pontifex?

He's not questioning that it came from Rent-a-Center, it has a Rent-a-Center tag on it. He's trying to figure out if it was purchased from RAC or stolen from RAC or a RAC customer.