Wal-Mart Ending Its Layaway Program

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by kddani

Layaway charges a fee. During the time your stuff is on layaway, there's a good chance that it will get marked down out on the floor.At least when I worked at TJ Maxx in HS, we would not mark down your stuff. Doesn't seem real economical.

Layaway at Walmart is free, and if it gets marked down, they give you the discount.

[kddani]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Layaway at Walmart is free, and if it gets marked down, they give you the discount.

Obviously i've never done layaway at Walmart.

But knowing that, sounds like a business decision. Layaway costs money to staff and storage space and packaging for all that stuff.