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Over Christmas, my husband’s parents came to stay with us for two weeks. We have an extra bedroom, but no bed for it. While the air mattress is fine for a couple of nights, we didn’t want my in-laws to have to sleep on it for two weeks. We’re not quite ready to buy another bed, so we decided to rent one. My husband called the rent-to-own places here in town, and we found one willing to rent us a new, never-been-slept-in bed for a month (they wouldn’t do it for two weeks)....