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Furniture Store Deducts 20% From Refund For Furniture They Never Delivered

Furniture Store Deducts 20% From Refund For Furniture They Never Delivered

By Ben Popken 7.21.08

If a store sells you something, and then fails to deliver the product, you should be entitled to a full refund, right? Not so at Furniture Bargains of Calumet City, IL. There, even when they don’t give you the furniture you ordered at all, they’ll take 20% off your refund, at “the manager’s discretion.” Which I guess is just a fancy way of saying, “we feel like robbing you today and the manager said it’s ok.” AJ’s story, inside…

Walmart Layaway Ends Friday

By 12.6.06

If you’ve got something on layaway at Walmart, this Friday is your last day to pick it up. Of the major retailers, Kmart still supports layaway.

Walmart: First Holiday Sales Slump in a Decade.

Walmart: First Holiday Sales Slump in a Decade.

By 11.30.06

Walmart is announcing its first November sales slump in a decade, “In a season of what has been pretty healthy numbers from retailers, Wal-Mart has been lackluster, to say the least,” said Adrianne Shapira, an analyst at Goldman Sachs. “Houston, there is a problem.”

Wal-Mart Takes Layaway Behind The Chemical Sheds

Wal-Mart Takes Layaway Behind The Chemical Sheds

By consumerist.com 10.5.06

And, just in time for Christmas, Wal-Mart officially slits the Layaway Service’s throat.

Walmart Does Away With Layaway

Walmart Does Away With Layaway

By consumerist.com 9.14.06

Walmart today announced they are phasing out their layaway programs. November 19th is the last day to place items for Christmas and they must be picked up by December 8th.

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