If you walk into any of Rent-A-Center's 2,600 locations across the country, you can walk out with a laptop, a smartphone, or a couch under a high-interest payment plan. The Rent-A-Center business model allows people with low or no credit some access to the basic necessities of modern life, even if they wind up paying three times more for the product in the end. But newly released complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) paint a sometimes disturbing picture of how Rent-A-Center tries to collect debts if you miss a payment. http://www.gizmodo.in/news/Rent-A-Center-Customer-Horror-Stories-Allege-Harassment-at-Home-and-Work/articleshow/55039562.cms