It makes sense because everything you do is always tied to one store's computer. Despite being only a mile or two apart, I could only tell people that they owed a balance from a neighboring store and how much it was. The actual history of that customer's account including what they got the balance on and when was never given, just the fact that their account was held from another store.
So I can see this being a possibility if you rent in just the right time frame where it's not late enough to warrant a hold on the account before the store is completely shut down. Even if your account was put on hold and you were flagged at another store you'd easily be able to argue it by saying "Oh no, I paid that off before that store closed." It's not like they can call anyone to verify that and will probably just wave the fee if you acted indignant enough.
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