Good, maybe I can cancel my huge charge account and pay as I go or not get!!!!

Between the return of layaway and gold at $1850+ per ounce, that tells you the sad state our economy is in.

Same here. Our Walmart is stocking fabric and making a whole new space for patterns and such. Can't wait until they are done. I don't know how many sewers made this happen, but there is power in numbers. Especially to get Walmart to move on this.

Whoever is responsible, thank you thank you thank you

I used to work for Wal Mart & their old layaway program was that if the item went on sale while the item was on layaway, they adjusted the price, but all layaways were for 90 day only after that they canceled your layaway & it was up to you to try & get what money you put down back.

Do they have anything not made in China? We are trying to only buy products made in the USA.

Well... not their fabric, that's for sure.

The layaway is just for toys and electronics at our local store.

I used layaway when my boys were little and I was a single mom. It was the only way we could purchase Christmas presents. We didn't have a credit card. It might help people who have trouble with credit.
PS: that's one of my little boys in the military uniform in my avatar :-D

Now if they bring back fabric in all the stores maybe it won't be such a bad place.

Read the last part, where it talks about bring back items it got rid of from "over zealous cleaning of stores". Gee, you think they heard people like me complaining that they got rid of all the stuff you really wanted to buy, and brought in all the stuff that Target had that no one bought from THEM? Well Duh, Walmart.

I figured when kmart brought it back that it would be nice if walmart did too. Glad to hear it.

Its about time. And I hope that they end up keeping the layaway through out the year.

Have you seen that the precuts you buy at the store you can now order on line?

I work for a Wal-Mart in Ohio. Just to give a heads up.
There are quite a few restrictions. It is good for toys and electronics only. Each item that you put in has to be at least $15.00 and your total order has to be at least $50.00.
It starts around the middle of October and you have to have your things out by December 16, I think. It's good that they are bringing layaway back, but I think they should have included more things than just toys and electronics. If most of your family is older, being able to put clothes or small appliances would be good.

On the walmart page where do we send them our opions about the layaways? I like the idea but I want to let them know that there should not be a limit. Like pakwoman said they should have included more things. There maybe alot of us who don't need the toys or electronics and would like other things. I would like to let them know this. Maybe a petion? Don't they realize that if it isn't limited that they may turn around better than just putting elec. and toys on layway? Some people may want to put their elecs. and toys on layaway at other stores because of the convenience of putting all their items on layaway at the same store.

Exactly!!!! mgmt at parsons, ks walmart says "No" to getting fabric back in their store! I drive 40 miles into another state to get fabric from a walmart.

Well, just got back from walmart. I talked to the cashier about the layaway. She said yes it for certain items. I proceeded to ask that if it is a success for them does she think that they will go ahead with the layaway through out the year? She said that she didn't think so because of the walmart.com site to stores. There wouldn't be enough room for everything. That they would have to give up some flooring space or do some changes. That would be ok with me as long as they bring it back all year. So lets keep praying.

We have gotten our material back here in one of the Wal-Marts. One other, didn't even lose theirs!

This is good to hear, thanks for the update.

I think it is great that WalMart is bringing back layaway so many people can afford a nice Christmas. I wondered why they quit in the first place. I talked to my DH who used to work for them after he retired from his own business. He told me WalMart was having a hard time storing all of the layaway merchandise at all of their stores so they rented trailers for storage at quite a cost. They also had trouble with custumers who would use the service for a few weeks and then went back and wanted all of their money back. There were other issues as well and it was a hassle for the associates to deal with. I'm sure there were other reasons as well. My point is that we often don't look at things from the retailers point of view and how some customers poor behavior effects the service for everyone else. I am happy that it is back though. :)

I would like to see it back permanently. I know a lot of parents who could have used it to put school clothes and school essentials on layaway. I guess for Christmas will have to do.

He is absolutely correct. Wal Mart does have to rent trailers to store the layaways and there are a tremendous amount of layaways that people decide not to keep and we have to put the merchandise back in stock. Some of the merchandise is clearance and if it has been sitting in a trailer, it has kept other people from buying the merchandise. It also requires a lot of manpower to keep layaways in operation.

It is back. But don't forget not for everything though. I wish it was.

Yes like I mentioned earlier, the cashier said also that with the site to stores now they are limited with the space.
Have all of the stores gone site to store now?

You said it. Walmart is screwed up. Why would you want to pay extra to layaway those inferior Chinese produsts?

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Thumbs up to this whole post, but most certainly the part that I bolded :) .

Now if they would bring back the fabric department to our Traverse City store a great many of us would be in heaven.

Layaway and fabric! What next?

Maybe they will actually start putting cashiers at those registers?

Ok, I have been watching our Walmart for the return of layaway.
Yeterday I was in our local store and over the loud speaker they announced layaway was back. So its legit for our store.
Now I wait with baited breath for fabric.

KMart never lost their lay-a-way..and now Sears has it back too!
Can not imagine where our WM put the layaway dept, they turned it into the photo lab and Store pick up for online orders!