For Child World, which tried to eliminate layaway last year partly because it was difficult to manage, the plan should lure back a few customers.
I didn't eat." The experience is all too common for those who buy everything from Christmas gifts to living-room couches on layaway.
Even in these states, some stores do as they please. Nicole Etienne, an experienced layaway shopper from Baltimore, found that out this year when she put down $104 on a queen-sized waterbed at United Bedrooms in Laurel, Md.
At the time, the agency contended it was "unfair" for a now-defunct clothing chain, S. Klein, to deny refunds of layaway deposits.