I have less issue with layaway then just easy credit purchases. With Layaway the item stays in the store till it’s paid off…

Unless they’ve changed things.

I remember as a teenager, (back when dinasaurs roamed the earth), I put a pair of jeans on lay away – then brought in my baby sitting earnings each week to pay it off. After 3 weeks, I’d paid off my new jeans and got to take them home.

When credit cards started being given to anyone with a pulse, layaway disappeared… but now that credit is tighter (as it should be)… layaway is back. At least people have to pay to get the goods.