[deedee8102000]

I just got word from one of the managers at walmart that there going to do layaway again the only difference is you have to make your layaway payments online I have called one store in my area they just could not give me a date

[kimmyann123]

yeah! thx!!!!!!!!

[Mommy2McKenna]

Is this your store only? The reason I ask is because I have close family members in management and was told that my WM would never do layaway again due to space issues.

[maree9304]

Yay!!
So I wonder if one could ship from the site to store and put it on layaway?

[mommy2my2babies]

I REALLY hope this is true!!!

[peachjuteux]

i can see if they mean when you order online maybe?- that way no storage issues?

[southrngirlygrl]

I thought I read somewhere that they are bringing it back for the Christmas season. Maybe?!?

[peachjuteux]

i sure hope so- i have only 4 to buy for - my kids and we always used layaway - sure miss it....

[cindyk1982]

I doubt this is true. I have family in management and they even asked corp and corp said not a possibility anymore since they have the site to store in the layaway dept.

I guess, like others, minds change faster then we speak!

Only time will tell

[Mommy2McKenna]

Originally Posted by southrngirlygrl

I thought I read somewhere that they are bringing it back for the Christmas season. Maybe?!?

If they were bringing it back for the Holiday season, then it would probably already be there. The retail Holiday season has already started. I think this may just be a rumor.

[courtneydmartin21]

i know a couple employees of Walmart and am waiting for answer to see if this is the real deal. i really hope so and that its all locations

[my sweet blessings]

with the economic times and the serious need to compete, I would not be surprised it it showed up for a very limited time. I mean, I have NO plans to do ANY christmas shopping with walmart, but might consider it if I could do lay away.

[kmstang]

I work in Corp. and there isn't even a rumor of it starting back up. When layaway was done away with, the registers back in Layaway were revamped with new programming for Site to Store only. The only Layaway that is still open through WM is Jewelery and Special Ordered Guns...

[courtneydmartin21]

dido kmstang; a regional mgr in VA said the rumor is not true and that the rumor starts every year around the holidays.

[Angelsorce]

Walmart quit doing layway because they lost so much money on it. It was a big money hog for the store.

[desandtreysmom]

I sure do miss the layaway. I used to do the majority of my shopping with Walmart at the time. Now, they don't see a penny of my money at Christmas... only for my q deals! Its sad, but I really wish they would consider bringing it back.

[courtneydmartin21]

there is a Walmart layaway petition. heres the link:

KEEP WAL-MART LAYAWAY Petition

[BreakneckBrook]

I think it would be great for Christmas, but I can see why they don't want it all year. At my moms store a lot of people would pit all sorts of seasonal stuff on, wait for clearance and demand the lower price. Or they cancel it, it has to go on the shelf for the low price. It was a real past time for a lot of them. I'm sure they were small time too.

[rachellynn]

My walmart layaway area has been totally revamped, they would have to totally redo that entire space to bring it back. I doubt it's true.

[silverrose]

I work for walmart and my store isnt getting layaway So It may only be some store.MY understanding was that it was a corparate wide thing to take layaway out of the stores

[allysally]

I asked about layaway last week and was told there is no more layaway!!!

[coupondiva55]

I don't go to wm much anymore, but this is very cool...I am glad that they are thinking of the many people like me that are having a hard time paying for something right away. Thank you for the news!!

[shopperkatie]

that's great thanks for sharing

[PetuniaPal]

With most people trying not to use credit cards so much these days, it would be so nice to see lay-a-way come back. People are up to their eye-teeth in debt. I'd prefer not to make any more charge account payments that will last all year. It's so much better to start in Sept. and have it all paid before Christmas. Sigh.... I fondly
remember the days of lay-a-way....

[SLance68]

They are not going to put layaway back in the stores. If you remember when they did layaway they would have tons of storage containers on the back side of their stores to put all the layaway stuff in. Guess what those cost at least $ 50.00 per month to rent. They didn't charge a fee for layaway so the profits paid for the containers. It was a business decision to get rid of the layaway since it was costing the stores money. I know it was a convenience for the customers but it was a loser for the stores. Last time I checked Wal-mart is in the business of making money since they are a for profit company.

Instead of using layaway why not start a Christmas club account at your local bank or credit union? They are accounts that you put money into each week and they let you cash it out in November or December depending on the bank. It is free and you would also earn a little interest on the money.