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A Rent-A-Center’s Survival Story by Carolyn Waugh-Tandy There are several states where rent to own contracts are illegal. In those states they use the term rental agreement contract. I was totally knowledgeable of this when I walked into East Stroudsburg, PA Rent-A-Center. Unfortunately I gave into my deep desires and over one month signed four rent to own contracts. No credit check required and you could purchase optional liability insurance- what more could I ask? This all transpired in about October of 2000. I am only now trying to make some sense out of the whole humiliating experience. It became burdensome making our $139.00 weekly payments. The company was advertising in the local newspaper for Account Managers, Assistant Store Managers, and Store Managers. The company would be opening another store in Bethlehem, PA. I went in to make my weekly payment. The District Manager was there. I was introduced to Mr. Louis Hall as an interested candidate qualified to apply for the position of Account Manager. I expressed a desire to blend in with the all male less than 40 group. He was extremely charming and encouraged me to fill out an application. The company ran two adds for employm