Comments on: Layaway Returns for Christmas http://themoderatevoice.com/23746/layaway-returns-for-christmas/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: lotusflwr http://themoderatevoice.com/23746/layaway-returns-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-160598 lotusflwr Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:03:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/religion/ideologies/capitalism/23746/layaway-returns-for-christmas/#comment-160598 Kmart ran a commercial about layaway featuring a regular middle class white couple, where the wife cheerily shops to her heart's content then puts it all on layaway. My husband and I were both like "Whaaaaaa?!??!" when we first saw it.<br><br>I've never done layaway but my husband and his family often used it when he was growing up. Certainly the way the idea was presented was appealing. After my husband piped up with his positive experiences of layaway, it struck me as a good option for lots of people. Possibly even my family, except for the fact that all the Kmarts in my area are fetid hellholes. :) Kmart ran a commercial about layaway featuring a regular middle class white couple, where the wife cheerily shops to her heart's content then puts it all on layaway. My husband and I were both like “Whaaaaaa?!??!” when we first saw it.

I've never done layaway but my husband and his family often used it when he was growing up. Certainly the way the idea was presented was appealing. After my husband piped up with his positive experiences of layaway, it struck me as a good option for lots of people. Possibly even my family, except for the fact that all the Kmarts in my area are fetid hellholes. :)

]]> By: jchem http://themoderatevoice.com/23746/layaway-returns-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-160587 jchem Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:12:58 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/religion/ideologies/capitalism/23746/layaway-returns-for-christmas/#comment-160587 Heh, anything to get people to spend for the season. I guess we'll see just how bad the economy really is or how much the folks are cutting spending when the ultimate spending season starts. Heh, anything to get people to spend for the season. I guess we'll see just how bad the economy really is or how much the folks are cutting spending when the ultimate spending season starts.

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