LAY A WAY

I have been doing lay-a way for my -40 years of retail .

All my stores have always used this path to ownership.

I was born on Lay a Way !!!!!!!!

My mother told me the story about finding out she was going to have me and my father never had a steady job .  The doctor said "  Don't worry little mother , you are going to be a -----------------------mother again ,  and you can pay us later, and in payments.  " 

Thus , I was born    ON LAY-A-WAY.  !!!!!!!!


Also , I get to see people more than once and as they pay down their purchase I see them get excited, all over again. 

Call it crazy , but, I love LAY A WAY   


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