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daily nebraskan
friday, September 29, 1978
Rental is option for students needing food, relaxation
By Kim Wilt
Tired of watching Channels 7 and 8 at the same time?
Is the taste of warm beer beginning to ruin your taste
buds? If your TV needs to be fixed, but you can't stand
the thought of Saturday without Saturday Night Live, or
if you need a chilly place to put the Coors, consider
renting.
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Dorm -livers have long been able to rent refrigerators
for the school year through companies with a student
representative on campus. This year's company is Colle
giate Products Inc., from Tulsa, Okla.
John Meisinger, a junior industrial education major, is
the student representative, who "works like a middleman
between the student and Tulsa."
Meisinger has two sizes of refrigerators to rent-the 4.4
cubic feet size, and the smaller one, which is a little over 2
cubic feet.
Deposit needed
The larger refrigerators rent for $61.34 a year, which
includes a deposit, and sales tax, Meisinger said. Tne
smaller units cost $45.14 to rent, including tax and
deposit.
Demand apparently is high for refrigerators, because
Meisinger said only large ones are left for renting.
Ace Furniture-TV, 2429 0 Street, also rents refrigera
tors, and "anything for the home," according to its
Yellow Page advertisement. A clerk at the store said the
prices and rates of payment "vary with the merchandise.
Refrigerators, for example, can be rented either by the
month or for the entire school year. The montly rental for
a 3.2 cubic foot refrigerator is $9.95 plus tax or $60
yearly. A 4.5 cubic foot refrigerator costs $14.50 a month
or $75 a year.
Weekly or monthly
Television sets can either be rented weekly or monthly
and are either black and white or color portables, the
clerk said. The 12-inch sets cost either $14.50 per month
or $8.50 per week. The 19-inch black and white sets cost
$18.50 per month or $10.30 per week, she said. The color
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sts rent for a rate of $15 per week, or $30 per month
"We rent a lot of TVs to people whose sets are being
fixed," the clerk said.
A cleaning deposit is required on all merchandise,
which depends on the size and amount of equipment
rented, she said.
If a TV set or refrigerator, or any other appliance, is
stolen while it is rented, the renter is responsible for the
purchase price.
Rent or buy
It is possible to rent equipment with an option to buy
it. Ace has a "30-day purchase option," the clerk said.
Renters have the first 30 days to decide if they want to
buy the television or refrigerator. If they decide to buy,
the rental contract is torn up and the money paid is
applied to a purchase contract.
Cari TV and Appliance is another store where rent-to-own
is possible.
"If they rent for 21 months, they own it," the store's
bookkeeper said, although renters can decide at any time
that they want to buy the merchandise.
Small refrigerators are sold, not rented, at Cari, for a
price of $69 or $79, depending on the size. Either 3.2
cubic foot, or 2.5 cubic foot refrigerators are available.
Portable televisions are rented monthly. Sixteen-inch
black and white sets cost $14.50 per month, without
deposit and the first month paid in advance. The color
sets are 19-inches and rent for $39.90 per month, also
with no deposit and the first month paid in advance, the
bookkeeper said.
Responsible if stolen
As with Ace, renters are responsible for the purchase
price of any rented equipment stolen while it is rented.
Both Ace and Cari require the renter to fill out an
"information sheet," which asks for name, address, phone
number, and other information of the renter. In addi
tion. Ace asks for credit references, such as Master Charge,
Visa, or a bank reference if a renter does not have credit
cards.
"We want make sure that people do take their bills
seriously, and will pay us," the clerk at Ace said.
Cari does not ask for credit references, but will verify
the information given to them. For example, they will
check with a landlord, to make sure that the renter does
live in the apartment that he claimed he did.
This column, which will appear every Friday, is in
tended to be a consumer column, from the student's point
of view. In order to write a fairly relevant column (in
order to write a column at all), I'm going to need ideas on
what to write about. Any and all (well, most) suggestions
are welcomed, so send them to the Daily Nebraskan, or
call me there, and let me know where you spend your
money.
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