One of the most common, and costly, financial mistakes people make is this: when buying something on an installment plan (credit card or dealer financing, doesn’t matter), they only look at the size ...

issued a report this week that says customers of rent-to-own stores may pay 2½ to 4½ times as much for appliances as if they bought the items at more traditional stores. Although state law says stores ...

Your agreement is generally on a week-to-week or month-to-month basis, and you can return an item and walk away without a penalty and without damaging your credit score, as you would if you were late ...

Shares of rent-to-own appliance and furniture giant Aaron’s nosedived after the company posted much lower than expected revenues and earnings. As of mid-afternoon Tuesday, shares of Aaron’s Company ...

If you’re in need of a sofa or a dishwasher, and you don’t have the money to buy either outright, you might think about purchasing one from a rent-to-own store. But think hard – because there are a ...

Before joining Forbes, I reported for the Hartford Courant and the New Haven Register, covering breaking and local news. I'm a wealth reporter at Forbes.[author_bio_separator] A Connecticut native, I ...

Why buy stocks, when you can rent to own? Think about it. Millions of Americans lease their cars instead of buying them, and it often makes good financial sense to do so. The same is true for TVs, ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rent-A-Center, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:RCII) (“Rent-A-Center” or the “Company”), the nation's largest rent-to-own operator, today announced that the Acceptance Now division ...

For a person who is poor, it sounded like a good deal. Carolyn Saunders could furnish her house and give her children nice things — a dining room set, a television — by paying a small weekly fee to ...