43 Walmart Layaways paid off w/ $10,000 check by Anonymous Donor
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[quote=]HASTINGS, Mich. (WOOD) - The Walmart store in Hastings received a call Tuesday morning from an anonymous donor requesting to pay off all the layaways.
[B]A $10,000 check was given and 43 customers had their layaways completely paid for by the so-called Secret Santa.[/B]
"The fact that we have a customer willing to come to our store in Hastings and pay off layaways for other customers in the neighborhood, we're very grateful," Walmart Assistant Manager Derek Waddle told 24 Hour News 8.
The total payoff was about $7,800. The remaining $2,200 was given to a local charity.
"We had one lady who we thought fainted on the phone. When they told her her layaway had been paid off, there was no response for a few minutes," said assistant manager Carla Jiles. "So the associate hung up and re-dialed the phone and said, 'I thought something happened to you.' She said, 'No, I don't know what to say. I'm so elated that it was paid off.'"
Last year, another [B][URL="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Secret-Santa-pays-off-layaway-balances"]Secret Santa paid off three layaway bills[/URL] [/B]at the Big Kmart store in Plainfield Township, sparking a slew of similar gifts across West Michigan and other parts of the nation. Among those was [B][URL="http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/kmart-layaway-secret-santas-goodwill"]a $5,000 gift to pay off layaways at the Kmart store in Hastings.[/URL][/quote]
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If I was incredibly wealthy I'd do stuff like this everywhere I'd go, glad to see someone be this nice.
I somehow read that entire article thinking Layaway said lawyers and I was extremely confused.
I read it as layoffs, that would be much cooler for them to do
What are layaways?
[QUOTE=Amez;38892420]If I was incredibly wealthy I'd do stuff like this everywhere I'd go, glad to see someone be this nice.[/QUOTE]
Be sure to do it in secret, or else you'll have people following you none-stop begging for your charity.
It's the sad reality.
[QUOTE=DrLuckyLuke;38892692]What are layaways?[/QUOTE]
Wal-Mart/K-Mart/Whatever-Mart will store your items that you want to buy away for a certain time. You then make (monthly/weekly?) payments and once you have paid the amount for the item, you keep it.
I may be wrong!
[QUOTE=The freeman;38892747]Wal-Mart/K-Mart/Whatever-Mart will store your items that you want to buy away for a certain time. You then make (monthly/weekly?) payments and once you have paid the amount for the item, you keep it.
I may be wrong![/QUOTE]
Yep, that's what it is. Usually you have a limit of 10 weeks.
Also, occasionally I can't help but consider the possibility Wal-Mart themselves are doing this.
Think about it, if people know that random layaways are getting paid off, it might make people more likely to put stuff on layaway, partially expecting to have it paid off.
[QUOTE=Forumaster;38895205]Yep, that's what it is. Usually you have a limit of 10 weeks.
Also, occasionally I can't help but consider the possibility Wal-Mart themselves are doing this.
Think about it, if people know that random layaways are getting paid off, it might make people more likely to put stuff on layaway, partially expecting to have it paid off.[/QUOTE]
What would the advantage for wal-mart be, had they paid the rest of the layaway?
[editline]19th December 2012[/editline]
or do you mean a "publicity stunt"?
[QUOTE=Forumaster;38895205]Yep, that's what it is. Usually you have a limit of 10 weeks.
Also, occasionally I can't help but consider the possibility Wal-Mart themselves are doing this.
Think about it, if people know that random layaways are getting paid off, it might make people more likely to put stuff on layaway, partially expecting to have it paid off.[/QUOTE]
Walmart is like all other large businesses, they're here to make money. They really dont care how shit gets handled as long as they make a profit.
[editline]19th December 2012[/editline]
granted 10k is pocket change, its just too weird to be fake
[QUOTE=The freeman;38892672]I read it as layoffs, that would be much cooler for them to do[/QUOTE]
I think the government pays the redundancy package if the company can't afford to
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