Rent-A-Center
Upbound Group Inc is an omnichannel platform company committed to elevating financial opportunity for all through inclusive, and technology-driven financial solutions that address the evolving needs and aspirations of consumers. It has three operating segments; The Rent-A-Center Business segment operates lease-to-own stores, the Acima segment offers the lease-to-own transaction to consumers who do not qualify for financing from the traditional retailer, and also offers the lease-to-own transaction through virtual offering solutions across e-commerce, digital, and mobile channels, Mexico segment offers lease-to-own stores in Mexico. The franchising segment offers the sale of rental merchandise to its franchisees. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the Acima segment.www.rentacenter.com
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Nov 4, 2026
Dave WilkinsHOST
For the longest time, I was unaware that you could finance...
Dave WilkinsHOST
Well, I know you could finance furniture, but I didn't know how Rent-A-Center worked.
Dave WilkinsHOST
And I had a friend a while ago who used to get a bunch of furniture from Rent-A-Center.
Dave WilkinsHOST
And one day he was like, dude, my couch got repossessed.
Dave WilkinsHOST
I'm like, what do you mean your couch got repossessed? He's like, yeah, I got one from Rent-A-Center and I didn't pay for it.
Dave WilkinsHOST
So they came and took my couch.
Dave WilkinsHOST
I'm like, I had no idea that was
Rob CoakleyHOST
you're like, what the fuck? Yeah, it was carried out with you on it.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My credit was jacked up.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My furniture was from Rent-A-Center.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Y'all remember Rent-A-Center? The first car that I bought was, I think it broke down before I drove it off the lot.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Then I fast forward.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
I get married.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My credit was jacked up.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My furniture was from Rent-A-Center.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Y'all remember Rent-A-Center? The first car that I bought was, I think it broke down before I drove it off the lot.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Then I fast forward.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
I get married.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My credit was jacked up.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My furniture was from Rent-A-Center.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Y'all remember Rent-A-Center? Absolutely.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
The first car that I bought was, I think it broke down before I drove it off the lot.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Then I fast forward, I get married, I'm successful.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My credit was jacked up.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
My furniture was from Rent-A-Center.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Y'all remember Rent-A-Center? The first car that I bought was, I think it broke down before I drove it off the lot.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
Then I fast forward.
Lynn RichardsonGUEST
I get married.
DonnieHOST
That's what I'm talking about if you've ever watched YouTube reach repo videos like I need that game I
DelvinHOST
Like, you start off working for, like, Rent-A-Center.
DelvinHOST
Yeah.
DelvinHOST
The house is, like, taking TVs out of it.
JohnHOST
There's the joke that like, oh, it's always flashing 12 and nobody knows how to use it except the kids and whatever.
JohnHOST
And to some degree, the first one we ever got was from Rent-A-Center.
JohnHOST
Remember that thing where you're paying every month because it was a big front loader, top loader, top loader.
JohnHOST
And it must have weighed 40 pounds.
ZeusHOST
So we would have like rooms off to the side in one big room.
ZeusHOST
And we rented – we went to Rent-A-Center and got ourselves a big-ass screen TV.
ZeusHOST
And between playing Kiss Extreme close-up, like, we all got to experience this whole grunge thing right at its heyday, right in the middle.
ZeusHOST
So we started off school in 91. with Skid Row, all that shit playing.
MikeHOST
We have a great topic today, and this actually came from Vivian.
MikeHOST
Vivian's new-ish, right, to SEMA and Upbound, and bringing lots of great thoughts and good discussion topics coming from this kind of outside perspective.
MikeHOST
And her ideas may be driving a few of our discussions for a while.
MikeHOST
But today, we've got a topic.
RoseanneHOST
Well, if I
ReeseHOST
got it at Rent-A-Center,
RoseanneHOST
yes.
RoseanneHOST
No.
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