Upbound (UPBD) 10-K 2008 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We have issued our reports, dated February 26, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and internal control over financial reporting included in the Annual Report of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Subsidiaries on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said reports in the following Registration Statements of Rent-A-Center, Inc. and Subsidiaries:

	File		Effective
Form Type	Number		Date
Form S-3		333-136840		08/23/2006
Form S-8		333-62582		06/8/2001
Form S-8		33-98800		11/21/1996
Form S-8		333-53471		05/22/2008
Form S-8		333-66645		11/2/1998
Form S-8		333-40958		07/7/2007
Form S-8		333-32296		12/31/2002
Form S-8		333-136615		08/14/2006
Form S-8		333-139792		01/4/2007
Form S-8		333-145121		08/3/2007

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Dallas, Texas
February 26, 2009