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Rent-to-own News - New York dealers prepare for new law, focus on customersThe New York State Rental Dealers Association Thursday, kicked off it's annual dealers meeting at the Turnings Stone Casino and Resort in Verona New York, drawing close to 50 attendees representing a dozen rental and dealer companies.
The meeting follows closely on the heels of a new rent to own law signed into law last month by New York Gov. David Paterson that will enhance contract disclosures and set stringent new pricing guidelines for the industry in the state. New York is home to 271 rent-to-own stores, employing 1,626.
The new bill has been described as the "strictest RTO law in the country". Read more about the law here.
"We don't know exactly what it's going to do to the rental industry in the state of New York," said NYSRDA President Dave Edwards. "Our focus from here is going to be maintaining those relationships we've cultivated in the state legislature and on taking care of our customers and our associates."
APRO Executive Director Bill Keese and APRO Legal Counsel Ed Winn III spoke at the meeting and provided industry, legal and federal legislative updates.
Three vendors also addressed attendees including Protect-A-Bed, Benefit Marketing Solutions, and Simmons.
Edwards said the association will also continue to focus on recruiting new independent dealers.
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2012 APRO Convention and Trade Show July 24-26, Memphis, TN
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RTOHQ: The Magazine
RTOHQ: The Magazine is the Association of Progressive Rental Organizations' award-winning rent-to-own industry magazine, and it's available here. | |||
 CLICK HERE FOR OUR DIGITAL RTOHQ: THE MAGAZINE
RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine March-April 2012.
A New Rent-to-Own Experience by Neil Ferguson Here’s the lowdown on APRO’s 2012 Convention and Trade Show, July 24-26 in Memphis. The RTO industry’s big event will offer many valuable experiences, including insights on how to turn your stores into “experiences”–the good kind for consumers
Who Is Your Competition? by Bill Keese In order to expand your customer base, you can learn a lot by observing your competitors. But first, you need to figure out just who they are. If you think your only competition is the rent-to-own store down the street, you’re not considering the bigger picture. APRO’s executive director offers a big-picture perspective.
A Review of Online Customer Complaints by Ed Winn III While rent-to-own companies have not cornered the market on negative reviews posted on consumer complaint websites, it’s no surprise that there are cyberspace beefs against RTO. APRO’s general counsel reviews some of them in search of a pattern and he considers appropriate response to online complaints.
Rent-to-Own Families, Part VIII by Kristen Card Our series of family-run rent-to-own businesses continues with profiles of the Homeiers in Kansas and two Texas-based sets of kindred colleagues, the Spangles and the Weisblatts.
Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.
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