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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 04:09 PM Original message |
Are "Rent to Own" places doing anything unethical? |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Unfortunately Rent to Own places capitalize on the poor |
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WeRQ4U (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 04:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. But so do credit card companies, mortgage lenders, consolidators etc.... |
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MsAnthropy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's a HUGE scam perpetrated against the poor |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's pretty scummy |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. A know a guy who was a repo man for a rent-to-own place |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Capitalism is its finest. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. If you are a big enough sucker to go in for it, you deserve what happens. |
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jumpoffdaplanet (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. It's on the same level as those check places |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. Yes, its unethical and immoral |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. They walk a very thin line between legality and usury. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ah, but the people who use these places can't afford $300 all at once |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 10:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yes, but they're also not buying anything that's essential |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
13. They tend to inflate the retail value of thier stuff |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Most states have requirments for disclosure and options to buy outright |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes, but the disclosure doesn't have to be in any dialect... |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is why I am not a pure capitalist |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-12-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Just like.. |
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