A consumer entered into an agreement with Rent-It Corporation for the rental of a television set at a charge of $17 per week. The agreement also provides that if the renter chooses to rent the set for seventy-eight consecutive weeks, title would be transferred. The consumer now contends that the agreement was really a sales agreement, not a lease, and therefore is a credit sale subject to the Truth-in-Lending Act. Explain whether the consumer is co

A consumer entered into an agreement with Rent-It Corporation for the rental of a television set at a charge of $17 per week. The agreement also provides that if the renter chooses to rent the set for seventy-eight consecutive weeks, title would be transferred. The consumer now contends that the agreement was really a sales agreement, not a lease, and therefore is a credit sale subject to the Truth-in-Lending Act. Explain whether the consumer is co

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