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Old 10-21-2008, 09:41 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights View Post
Interesting.

There was nothing skeevy, torid, or low-end about it. It was how many people shopped. In fact, I bought my first real stereo on layaway. A Zenith. I still have it. But, then again, I also remember S&H Green Stamps, and I still have to manually wind my watch every morning.
Not skeevy, torid or low-end, but what poor people do. Rich people have the money right up front, and have no need to save up to buy something they want. Coupons are the same way. Our culture demonizes coupons as something the cheap (poor) people do, and they likewise treated layaway, because I don't where else I would've gotten my impression of it as a child.
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