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TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts) Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:17 AM Mar 2012

Rent to own TIRES?

http://www.ajc.com/business/new-spin-on-rent-1388685.html

RIMCO, a division of Atlanta rent-to-own furniture and electronics company Aaron’s, started in 2004 as a destination for drivers who wanted to pimp their rides with trendy wheels. But as the recession reduced customers’ demand for pricey rims, the company looked for other things it could sell that would keep shoppers coming back time and again.

The answer seemed obvious: tires.

“We might not have made the change” if not for the recession, said Ken Butler, Aaron’s chief operating officer. “When people have got money to spend, they’re going to spend it on wheels, on clothes, on things that make them feel better. It forced us to make that change.”

RIMCO still sells and rents rims. But two years ago, they made up 60 to 70 percent of the business. Now, the company sells and leases twice as many tires as wheels.

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Rent to own TIRES? (Original Post) TheMightyFavog Mar 2012 OP

Four Tires for our car is going to cost 800 dollars. sarcasmo Mar 2012 #1

But you still must pay for rimjobs. Ezlivin Mar 2012 #2

How appealing! Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #3

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

1. Four Tires for our car is going to cost 800 dollars.

Reply to TheMightyFavog (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:21 AM

Mar 2012

My brother in law showed me the price on the computer, and that price is at cost for 17 inch tires which is what our Outlook requires. I paid a 1,000 dollars for my first car and now a set of four tires cost nearly as much as my first car.

Ezlivin

(8,153 posts)

2. But you still must pay for rimjobs.

Reply to TheMightyFavog (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:22 AM

Mar 2012

Just sayin'....

Cirque du So-What

(25,938 posts)

3. How appealing!

Reply to TheMightyFavog (Original post)

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:22 AM

Mar 2012

'Come to Aaron's and get a set of repo'ed tires for your ride!'

There's not gonna scrap repo'ed tires, after all.

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