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Rentacomputer.com Celebrates 25 Years |
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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Posted: Apr 05 2012 at 10:12am |
Headquartered at 6730 Roosevelt Ave, Middletown, Ohio 45005 [near Dayton and Cincinnati], Rentacomputer.com celebrates 25 years in the Technology Rental Industry. Rentacomputer.com works in over 1500 cities worldwide with hundreds of LOCAL installers and computer/av rental companies. Above: Logo as it appeared in 1987. 1987 Incorporation in Middletown, Ohio The company legal name at the time was, CFR, Inc. DBA Rent-A-Computer. It was incorporated in Ohio by Rose Morgan its President and John Beagle its Vice President. First hired was Matthew Rye, formerly a Computer Salesman from Abacus Computers. During it's first year in business, Rentacomputer was able to attract a customer base that included a major utility, a consumer products conglomerate, a candy company, business publications, defense contractors and more. "Business grew 100 percent from year one to year two." Beagle said. "From year two to year three, we doubled again, then another double from year three to year four." There was one point in 1995 that Rentacomputer had done business with every major company in Ohio and Indiana. Rent-A-Computer Evolves into Rentacomputer.com Then in 1996, Rent-A-Computer registered what would become it's trade name. Rentacomputer.com. By 1999, Rent-A-Computer officially and legally changed its name to Rentacomputer.com. Rentacomputer.com began to work with highly qualified local vendors thoughout the United States, Canada and other cities worldwide. Rentacomputer.com partners with hundreds of local SMB Computer and AV Rental Companies. Each company is Ranked and Rated by the Tech Army Organization. Rentacomputer.com obtains wholesale due to high volume. Today many local companies depend on the Rentacomputer.com Tech Travel Agent network for a significant portion of their annual business. The advantage of this model was that equipment is maintained in the local markets, reducing shipping and handling costs. Also when large quantities or av and computer equipment are needed at an event, more than one partner company can be deployed. Today, with the help with hundreds of partner companies, your Tech Travel Agent from Rentacomputer.com has access to the largest inventory of AV, Staging, Lighting and Computer equipment in the world. Your Tech Travel Agent from Rentacomputer.com is able to handle all your computer technology requirements, anywhere - for any length of time! Today Rentacomputer.com has access to thousands of Convention Rental Techs available in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe
Rentals - Audio Visual: 529 Rentals - Copiers: 178 Rentals - Desktop Computer: 536 Rentals - Laptops: 306 Rentals - Microphones / PA: 171 Rentals - Plasma Flat Screens: 241 Rentals - Printers: 264 Rentals - Projectors: 262 Rentals - Servers: 186 Rentals - Sound Systems: 195 Staging - Stage Construction: 58 800-736-8772 |
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Mike_Presta
MUSA Council Joined: Apr 20 2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3483 |
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“Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012
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ground swat
MUSA Citizen Joined: Mar 31 2011 Status: Offline Points: 367 |
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Nice to see this in this town. Congrates John!
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spiderjohn
Prominent MUSA Citizen Joined: Jul 01 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2749 |
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congratulations on your longevity!
wishing you all the best, and serious thank you for providing this venue. I'm sure that you have been pressured to shut it down at times. threw some business to one of your renters today!
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John Beagle
MUSA Official Joined: Apr 23 2007 Location: Middletown Status: Offline Points: 1855 |
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Thanks for the nice comments. Its hard to believe we started downtown at 800 First Ave in the old Wren Paper Building.
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