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    Renting wheels and tires

    It may be a function of my own sometimes surprising naiveté but I had to gawk, and judgmental thoughts flitted through my head when I saw next door to a home furnishings rental store a shop called Rent'n'Roll, offering wheels and tires "with easy payment options and no credit hassles."

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    Yes, I've heard about that. Working in a poor neighborhood as I do, I often see really junky cars with wheels that cost more than the car is worth. I would not be at all surprised if many of them are rentals.
    Steve

    * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
    * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
    * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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    • #3
      What the? Is their a residual placed on the tires?

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      • #4
        Originally posted by TheStreetCeo View Post
        What the? Is their a residual placed on the tires?
        It probably works like the rent to own places where the rental contract payments total 3 or 4 times the value of the items being rented.
        Steve

        * Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular.
        * Why should I pay for my daughter's education when she already knows everything?
        * There are no shortcuts to anywhere worth going.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Joan.of.the.Arch View Post
          It may be a function of my own sometimes surprising naiveté but I had to gawk, and judgmental thoughts flitted through my head when I saw next door to a home furnishings rental store a shop called Rent'n'Roll, offering wheels and tires "with easy payment options and no credit hassles."

          Stop the planet. I want to get off. Think I'll just walk now.
          I heard those places are now accepting food stamps

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