trunksshinohara t1_j5lxtqt wrote on January 23, 2023 at 11:00 PM

Rent a center is a scam. Avoid it if you have any other options.

meowmix778 t1_j5n5fre wrote on January 24, 2023 at 4:23 AM

I can't speak to RAC but I managed an Aaron's location for a while and it's horrendous how much debt customers go into for items.

We would sell them items between 200% to 1000% over MSRP. It would start as an emergency and then the company did everything to upsell them or trap them in the system. They'd also hold contests to award customers who had the most items and the highest payments. Fucking. There was a payday advance loan place in our parking lot. We spent so much time doing collections.

They'd also have us talk to customers about how our payments are monthly vs weekly or x% or customers more get to ownership over RAC customers. Like cool there's less fees and more people get to owning a hyper inflated item?

They also are almost certainly straight up bullshitting customers with the "rebuild credit" lie. Only reporting to 1 agency.

Avoid them like the plague like this guy says. If they're like Aaron's they abuse customers and employees alike and suck people dry. If you can try to find alternatives on fb marketplace or maybe from friends and family.

As for finding WFH work OP check either LinkedIn or Ratracerebellion

fastIamnot t1_j5udy2w wrote on January 25, 2023 at 5:12 PM

I unfortunately provided a reference for someone for RAC. When this person fell behind on the payments RAC was calling me to find out what was going on. Like, fuck off and never call me again!

meowmix778 t1_j5vat4a wrote on January 25, 2023 at 8:32 PM

Oh. Yeah. I believe you. We'd do that with like the first few hours at Aaron's every day and an hour or so after the store closed. It'd eventually devolve to a point where notice would be served by the cops. But prior to that we'd call anyone and everyone including employers. They're mega scummy.