Walmart, please DO NOT get rid of your layaway program!

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Wal-Mart has decided to dissolve their layaway program after this holiday season. Wal-Mart maintains that they are following what the rest of the retail industry has done and that the layaway program is costly and too much of a burden for them. Wal-Mart, you MUST reconsider your decision! You claim to be there to help communities and have the lowest prices. Who do you think takes advantage of your low prices? Mostly low to middle class families who probably cannot afford to pay for their holiday shopping all at once. People who probably live in smaller homes or apartments who have no place to hide gifts and utilized the layaway program. There are many of us who exclusively do our holiday shopping at Wal-Mart solely because of the layaway program, but with it's omittance, we may be swayed by your competitors to shop with them. You have also mentioned the alternate ways that customers can pay for goods at Wal-Mart. A person who is in a financial struggle, likely does not have extra cash, money in their bank account, or credit cards to use. Many low income people have poor credit so any kind of financing is not an option. If the costs are Wal-Marts concern, I am sure a compromise could be made. Maybe you could add a service fee to the layaway program to help cover costs. Please, once again... PLEASE reconsider your decision to get rid of the layaway program. Many of use DEPEND on it!

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  • Amber Woulfe
    • City, State
    • Carbondale, IL
  • Barbara Woulfe
    • City, State
    • Pekin, IL
  • Albert Naranjo
    • City, State
    • Phoenix, AZ
  • Callie
    • Comments
    • Layaway was one of the few things I still enjoy about walmart. I spend a lot every year at Christmas and birthdays for my children that I would normally buy in other stores. I do this BECAUSE of the layaway program it serves as a hiding place that my children cannot get too. Apparently you analysts did not think about people like me? Last year alone I bought 2 ipods a laptop a video camera and numerous toys on layaway. Too bad I will be buying things like that elsewhere if you end layaway.
    • City, State
    • Overton Texas
  • Melinda Graham
    • Comments
    • Please do not take this away
    • City, State
    • Charlotte, NC
  • Roxanne Graham
  • Iva Cogdell
    • Comments
    • Please do not get rid of the layaway. Even though I don't use the layaway for the holidays, but some can't afford to pay all at once.
    • City, State
    • Winder, Georgia
  • Melissa Fontes
    • City, State
    • IN
  • Brenda Fontes
    • City, State
    • IN
  • Maria Hinojosa
    • Comments
    • We need Layaways
    • City, State
    • Tustin, CA
  • jaime rice
    • Comments
    • do not stop layaway
    • City, State
    • mobile alabama
  • Kym Hughes
    • Comments
    • Please don't end the layaway program Please
    • City, State
    • Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
  • jackie brown
  • AMY CARSON
    • City, State
    • Newport, NC
  • Beth Romero
    • City, State
    • Indiana
  • Leslie M.
    • Comments
    • I don't see the reason for taking this away
    • City, State
    • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Leslie Ball
  • Rhonda Mellons
    • City, State
    • Kingsport, TN
  • Janet Macon
  • Lynn Pearson
    • City, State
    • Houston, TX
  • Anna Burgess
    • City, State
    • Brunswick, OH
  • Vicki Smith
    • Comments
    • I can not afford to pay all at once
    • City, State
    • Moran, Texas
  • Susan Broadbent
    • City, State
    • Mannford, Ok
  • misty pearson
    • Comments
    • WE NEED LAYAWAY!!
    • City, State
    • houston, texas
  • kimberly cogdell
    • City, State
    • kings mtn, nc
  • Aaron Spradlin
  • Elizabeth Rand
    • Comments
    • Don't hurt the poor to bring in the rich!
    • City, State
    • Harrison Ar
  • Sid Richardson
    • Comments
    • Don't hurt the poor to bring in the rich!
    • City, State
    • Harrison Ar
  • Sid Richardson
    • Comments
    • В
    • City, State
    • Harrison Ar
  • Jean Arnold
    • Comments
    • В
    • City, State
    • Harrison Ar
  • Joel McLaughlin
    • Comments
    • KEEP LAYAWAY and make future holidays bright.
    • City, State
    • Columbus, OH
  • Timothy Mclaughlin
    • Comments
    • Guess there's always Kmart
  • Ginny McLaughlin
    • Comments
    • This is just sad.........................
    • City, State
    • Knoxville,Tn.
  • Chauntae Thomas
    • Comments
    • You will lose a LOT of business, certainly from me. Bad, bad move!
    • City, State
    • Manteca, CA
  • julie nelson
    • Comments
    • it sucks, i am done with walmart after december..i will now only shop at kmart....i'm mad
    • City, State
    • ashtabula, ohio
  • Rhonda Williams
    • Comments
    • I need the layaway program to get things I need. Please keep the program.
    • City, State
    • Brownwood, Texas
  • Jamy Podluzne
    • City, State
    • Geneva Ohio
  • RONALD NELSON
    • Comments
    • NOT RIGHT
    • City, State
    • OHIO
  • Susan
    • Comments
    • Please keep lay-a-way available....dont stop the program!
    • City, State
    • Gulfport, Mississippi
  • Ericka Behr
    • City, State
    • Norwich, NY
  • melissa griffin
  • Michele Leonard
    • City, State
    • lexington, nc
  • Jason Trent
  • melissa harris
    • Comments
    • plz leave this layaway plan, community uses this
    • City, State
    • saucier, ms
  • Connie Peters
    • Comments
    • Please keep layaway!!!!!
  • Brandee McGuire
  • Freda Simmons
  • shelly sowell
    • City, State
    • Nicholasville, KY
  • Scott Foster
  • Linda McLeod
    • Comments
    • Please keep the Layaway program
    • City, State
    • Saucier, MS