Wal-Mart is bringing back layway

joseph289

I was informed last night that wal-mart is bringing back layway for Christmas next month. So if you cant afford the expensive lego sets it be a good time to put them in layway and pay it through time.

madforLEGO

Nice.. not too surprised as Sears/KMart is already doing this but it is, in a lot of ways, better than credit. Heck it was the way many people bought things before the credit industry took over in the States

PerryMakes

That's a welcome change. Good to hear.

pantenkind

This is a mixed bag of nuts for me. On one hand its good for parents who need a bit of help to buy christmas for their kids. On the other hand it is bad because it takes stock off the shelf that I could be buying. The only time it would really bother me though is if there was a great sale but all the sets were back on layaway shelves and I couldnt get to them.

sidersdd

What are the fees usually associated with layaway?

pantenkind

In my experience there are no fees. Unless you dont complete your purchase then they usually have a 10% restock fee or something. That is the reason they stopped doing it in the first place. It required a lot more warehouse space and it took product off the shelf that others might buy outright and they basically made no extra money for the effort. It was mostly a convenience thing for customers who might not have bought at all.