RENT-A-CENTER Ripoff son facing jail time because rent-a-center accused him of stealing property Harrisonburg Virginia

update:

We went to a Lawyer and everything has turned out the way we wanted to. The only thing my son is doing is returning the mattress. No aggreement was signed with his name on it. The District manager just was holding a grudge against my son.

What your son would be considered in the rent-to-own industry would be a "skip". What a "skip" is, is someone who rents merchandise and does not satisfy the terms of the agreement or return the merchandise. It doesn't matter whether the amount owing was $1 or $1000.

In most states there are different levels of criminal offenses for failure to return rented or leased merchandise ranging from a Misdemeanor to a Class B Felony. Most "skips" get away with the merchandise without any legal trouble, but it is almost better to return what is NOT yours to avoid possible scenarios like yours.

As far as the bedrrom set that you were renting that they transferred into your son's name. It is a possibility that the management in the store you were dealing with were dishonest. The mistake you made was trusting someone that you didn't know very well. Without a receipt showing the bedroom set was paid in full you have nothing to stand on. You have your word against theirs.

ALWAYS GET A RECEIPT ANYTIME YOU GIVE A BUSINESS OF ANY KIND A MONETARY PAYMENT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT WISH YOU HAD IT.

The only way out of this for your son is if he never signed a rental agreement. Other than that he is 100% responsible for the bad decisions he made.

Excuse me Judy, but your typing is a little hard to follow. Your saying that your bedroom set was paid off and your son then decided to (rent? purchase?) a new mattress.

"Oh, the guy that was working could not print off the pay off paper until the manager showed up the next day." Was this "pay off paper" for your bedroom set or the mattress that was rented? purchased?

Then you mentioned, "After, a Year I assumed they found out the bed was paid, and that Carl just owed 200.00 for the mattress." So does this mean that Carl rented the mattress? If so, couldn't he have paid off within a year, especially when he only owed $200. Maybe instead of renting-to-own furniture, you both should try to save money until you have enough to purchase what you need/want in cash. You paid a lot more with interest added than if you had just saved money and purchased from a regular/reputable/specialty furniture store.