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And, of course, there are still old-fashioned shoppers who appreciate the idea of layaways but won't do it themselves.

CNN Transcript Dec 11, 2008 2008

There are plenty of layaways still sitting on store shelves near you.

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The anonymous woman then paid off layaways for as many as 50 other people and said, "She was doing it in the memory of her husband who had just died .... she wanted to make people happy," Deppe said.

Diane Dimond: Layaway Angels Diane Dimond 2011

Startled clerks obliged by looking up layaways that included children's toys and clothing so as to make sure two recipients were served -- the kids, of course, but also the struggling parent who had carefully picked out the meager treasures weeks earlier and had been dutifully paying on the presents ever since.

Diane Dimond: Layaway Angels Diane Dimond 2011

The anonymous woman then paid off layaways for as many as 50 other people and said, "She was doing it in the memory of her husband who had just died .... she wanted to make people happy," Deppe said.

Diane Dimond: Layaway Angels Diane Dimond 2011

Startled clerks obliged by looking up layaways that included children's toys and clothing so as to make sure two recipients were served -- the kids, of course, but also the struggling parent who had carefully picked out the meager treasures weeks earlier and had been dutifully paying on the presents ever since.

Diane Dimond: Layaway Angels Diane Dimond 2011

There are plenty of layaways still sitting on store shelves near you.

Diane Dimond: Layaway Angels Diane Dimond 2011

That sounds about as old-fashioned as layaways at the local K-Mart.

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Doesn't it seem like it's getting earlier, the pressure to spend, to make plans for that holiday spending, and how can you resist with all these retailers offering these great deep discounts, and, yes, layaways are now back.

CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2009 2009

That's a couple hundred to go - except the layaways can go in a shorter period of time.

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