Premier Rental-Purchase dealers Chuck Botts and Bart Stamper have teamed up with former Aaron’s regional manager Fred Reed to open the newest Premier store in Memphis. They celebrated their opening in a big way with over 200 agreements in their first weeks in business. “We came in at the right time,” says Botts, a 10-year industry veteran who opened his first Premier store in Nashville in 2005.
On the path to becoming a Premier franchisee, Botts followed in the footsteps of several RTO friends who he watched open up Premier Rental-Purchase stores. He was eager to get into business for himself and saw Premier as the vehicle to do it.
“Financing seemed to me like impossibility,” he admitted. “Trooper Earle [Premier’s President/CEO] helped me put together a plan that banks couldn’t say ‘no’ to. I walked into one bank and 20 minutes later had a ‘yes’. It proved to be the easiest part of the whole process.” Botts has enjoyed success in the Nashville area and lives up to his philosophy for customer service that he sums up by saying, “You service your customers to death.” His friendship and new partnership with Stamper developed over the years through the Premier dealer network. More.
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