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Rent-to-own News - Premier's Frye celebrates five years in business

August 20, 2010

Sandi and Mike Frye.

Sandi Frye recently celebrated her fifth year as a Premier Rental-Purchase dealer in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Her RTO career spans nearly two decades, beginning with Rainbow Rentals where she worked up to award-winning management before opening her Premier store.

Like many Premier dealers, she has turned from being an employee to starting and running a family business. Husband Mike, son Matt and daughter Nicole share her passion for both independence and the rental-purchase industry.

“It is great to see my family working together for the success of the store. Even my mom, who is retired, does filing and store shopping,” said Frye.

Included as part of her business mission is serving her community. This past year, the Premier Altoona store supported a local Cub Scout troop and missionaries from Frye’s church.

For Frye, being part of the Premier network of fellow dealers has been an important factor in her success. She has enjoyed payroll, legal and purchasing services that have enabled her to focus more on her customers and growing her business to meet their needs.

“Opening Premier was the best thing I could have done for myself and my family. I find it very rewarding to be able to meet the needs of our customers and give them good customer service.”

Sandi Frye is also a leader in the rent to own industry, serving multiple terms as the president of the Pennsylvania Association of Rental Dealers.

The national office of Premier Rental-Purchase is located in Williamsburg, Virginia. All Premier stores are independently owned and operated. Visit Premier’s website at www.premierrents.net or call (800) 2-Premier and ask for Trooper Earle.

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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.

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