2. With rates like that, why would anyone participate in layaway?
这么高的利率，为什么还有人要参与预约购物？
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3. And if shoppers couldn't pay the layaway, the store could resell the goods.
如果购物者不能够按预约付款，商场可以把预约商品重新卖出去。
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4. But if layaway is back, can Christmas clubs and green stamps be far behind?
但是如果分期预付回来了， “无息存款”和“绿色邮票”还会远吗?。
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5. If you haven't enough money to buy the piano, you can use the layaway plan.
如果你的钱不够买这架钢琴，那你可以零会后取。
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6. But layaway fell out of favor during the last decade as lower-income Americans gained access to credit.
但是十年前随着低收入美国人也得到了信用准许，预约购物开始失宠。
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7. Sears has just started its own layaway programme, though Wal-Mart (the world's largest company in terms of revenue) has said it has no plans to resume it.
8. Stores didn't want to turn away lower-income customers, though - hence layaway. It allowed them to impulse shop and take advantage of sales, but it also protected the store's capital.
9. Stores didn't want to turn away lower-income customers, though - hence layaway. It allowed them to impulse shop and take advantage of sales, but it also protected the store's capital.
