Complaint / Review
Aaron's
Paid-Off Lawnmower Taken Back, Then Billed Plus Warrant

In 2006 I went to Aaron's to get a lawnmower for my husband on a monthly rental. After the first month, my husband and I received a large settlement, so I went to the store and paid off the lawnmower with a check from the account we had opened with that large sum of money.

A week later Aaron's called and told us the check was no good. We called them and asked how that was possible, since we had a lot of money in the account. They told us a man from a bank had called them and said there was no money in that account. So we took a deposit slip to them and showed them the money was there.

My husband asked if we could just make the payments to pay it off, and he told us that was not good enough for them. We said okay and told them to come and pick up the lawnmower, and they did. Then he called and said he wanted the amount of the check, the lawnmower, and the bounced check fee. But there is one thing about the bounced check fee: they never deposited it in the account. Then they sent a warrant out for my husband because they said the check was bad. He has to go to court over this, and we never did anything wrong.

The money was there, yet they decided to keep everything and told us we still have to pay for something we do not even have. And when we pay them, they still do not have to give it to us. This is so wrong, and we do not think we have to pay them anything.