Can I go to jail for keeping Rent A Center TV under contract?

purchased a tv, made one payment of 280.00 and moved, can rent a center file criminal charges and send me to reformatory?
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First of adjectives, you didn't purchase a TV, you made a rental payment on a TV. If you rented a car and never returned it, would you think this is stealing? I thought so.

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WOW.... how much do you owe on this? What was the rent, etc? Why not just save up a few months and BUY a TV?

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Yes, they can. What you did was commit a felony crime called theft. You want to either rework the contract with Rent a Center to update your address and keep making payments, or return the TV. Right presently, you're in possession of stolen goods. And yes, Rent A Center will prosecute. They have a adjectives legal department that does nothing but go after those who defraud them and steal from them. - Stuart

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