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APRO's Exclusive Rent-to-own Audio and Podcasts
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Rent to own Audio & Podcasts: Dan Fisher, Majik Rent-To-Own
Dan Fisher is the owner of four Majik Rent-To-Own stores in Lancaster, York and Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
Fisher got his start in rent-to-own in 1984 when his father -- who owned a video rental store -- started allowing customers to rent-to-own VCR's. "We wanted to help our customers own a VCR and back then VRS were $500," Fisher said, "and the fact is, the more people who owned VCRS the better our video rental business was going to be and we thought it was important to help them to own those VCRs. Eventually people wanted more and more products and as the demand increased we began to carry more items." In this exclusive APRO podcast, Fisher discusses his involvement with the newly reorganized Pennsylvania Rental Dealers Association which has made great strides in educating the state Congress members about the rent-to-own transaction. Last year, Fisher met with a legislative assistant to his Congressman at the APRO Legislative Conference. The effort eventually paid off with the Congressman signing on as one of the 99 co-sponsors of the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act last session. The experience has made Fisher a believer in participatory democracy. "I would urge everyone to attend the APRO Legislative Conference, in the long run it benefits everyone," he said. Fisher also discusses his company's successful venture into home staging. Listen to the podcast with Dan Fisher. See photo gallery of the 2009 TRIB Convention and Buying Show. | ||||
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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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Association of Progressive Rental Organizations 1504 Robin Hood Trail Austin, Texas 78703 800/204-2776, ext. 103 Fax 512/794-0097 |