Flora hall

Flora hall went to Rent A Center in Milwaukee and signed an agreement to make monthly payments of $77.96
for 19 months in exchange for Rent A Center allowing her to have a Rent A Center washer and dryer in her
home. In addition, the agreement required Hall to pay tax and liability waiver fee on the washer and dryer. The
total amount she would pay under the agreement was $1643.15. The agreement provided that Hall would
return the washer and dryer at the end of the 19 months or she woat at that time pay $161.91 and own the
washer and dryer as her own.
Is this a sales contract?
Is this a consumer lease?
At the time Hall leased her washer and dryer she could have purchased a set for $600. What do you think
about the agreement? Is it unconscionable? Refer to Chapter 22 to see whether any other consumer laws
apply. Must this contract be in writing?
(Rent A Center v. Hall 510 N.W.2d 789).
Textbook: Twomey & Jennings, Anderson’s Business Law and The Legal Environment (23rd Ed. 2017), ISBN:
978-1-305-57508-0.