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Rent-to-own store coming to former Stupid Prices building

What do you think? (6 Comments) June 14, 2010 at 11:19PM

News from Aurora|Seattle:

Aurora|Seattle received confirmation today from Rod Swift of JSH Properties, Inc. that a lease agreement has been reached with the new tenant of the former Stupid Prices building at 7906 Aurora Avenue.

Aaron’s rental, a rent-to-own store with over 1700 locations in the U.S. and Canada, hopes to open its doors by August 1. [...]

And, yes, they do intend to paint over the infamous yellow exterior of the building!

Aurora|Seattle also reports that “there are whispers that someone may be preparing the former 1/2 Price Pots lot [8101 Aurora Ave N] for a condo development.”

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What do you think? (6 Comments)
  • scott

    to bad since I enjoyed stupid prices but never a reason to go to Aaron Rental.

  • LocoParenti

    Yuck.

    Rent-to-own is a form of predatory lending, harvesting lots of $$ for crap merchandise from people who are not good at math or too poor to have any other choices. The US DOD thinks so, anyway, and it figures prominently in their report to congress on “Predatory Lending Practices Directed at Members of the Armed Forces and Their Dependents.”

    Just what the strip needs. More sharks.

  • scott

    to bad since I enjoyed stupid prices but never a reason to go to Aaron Rental.

  • LocoParenti

    Yuck.

    Rent-to-own is a form of predatory lending, harvesting lots of $$ for crap merchandise from people who are not good at math or too poor to have any other choices. The US DOD thinks so, anyway, and it figures prominently in their report to congress on “Predatory Lending Practices Directed at Members of the Armed Forces and Their Dependents.”

    Just what the strip needs. More sharks.