I haven't done it in about 5 years. I use to use it all the time at a store called Roses.

I got alot of clothes and toys there for Monica and her kids.

 

I used the one at KMart the last time to layaway some jewelry and suede coats for Christmas gifts.

 

 

I have also used the WalMart layaway for toys for the grandkids. I remember one year I had Brooke with me when I picked up my layaway and the jerks handed me the stuff in a plastic see thru bag!!!!! I was sooooo mad. Brooke saw all the stuff I had picked out for her. I had to tell her I had to take it to where they wrap stuff for Santa Claus. All the way home, she asked where the wrapping place was. I told her I had to leave it in the car til I could go there the next day. LOL

 

Once I got Monica a talking doll out of layaway from Service Merchandise. I didn't know alot of movement made it talk alot. It talked from the trunk of the car on the way home and she kept saying...Did you hear that. LOL

Until recently, Kmart Corp. was pretty much the only major retailer that bothered to keep layaway plans prominent among their customer services. The service �?in which a customer pays off the purchase price of a product in installments plus a small fee before taking it home �?appeared headed for obsolescence two years ago when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. shut down its program.

But this Christmas season, other national retailers have joined Kmart in advertising their layaway options, among them TJ Maxx Corp., Goody’s Family Clothing Inc., Marshalls Inc. and Burlington Coat Factory Direct Corp., along with numerous regional chains and local stores.

The revival of layaway is too recent to allow for any broad statistical assessment of its popularity, but Burlington Coat Factory said its layaway sales made up 5.3 percent of its business in August, a 15 percent increase over the same month last year, and were continuing to rise. And other retailers offer plenty of anecdotal evidence.

“It’s been really busy back there�?in the layaway department, said Jennifer Hammonds, assistant manager of a Kmart in Jacksonville, Fla. “Sales have increased dramatically over the last couple weeks, and we expect more.�?/P>

Harvey Reckard, manager of a Kmart in Eau Claire, Wis., said: “I can tell you that our numbers have increased substantially. People are worried about the economy, and they’re just being very careful about what they spend.�?/P>

WalMart messed up when they quit layaway. I bet they were tired of the bull that they got from some of the customers. I was in line once and heard how aggravating it is.

I loved WalMarts layaway.  I used it ALL the time.  Nobody else has it htat I know of.

KMART

GOODYS

T.J.MAXX

BURLINGTON

MARSHALLS