Walmart does away with layaway; new program will charge customers interest

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121. IT IS a physical store monopoly for rural areas across the country. Where have YOU been?

You could not be MORE wrong on this. But, even if you are not informed on this issue, I do have to wonder why you have become such a Walmart defender...?

Amazon does not, nor do they intend to build a physical presence outside of major cities or suburban corridors. BTW, those in the most rural enclaves of the US who, you might think has easy peasy access through Amazon, in reality, have increasing difficulties with the dismantling of the USPS by Trump cronies and the OCT 1 intentional delay in deliveries nationwide, given they have for more than a decade provided most of the end delivery for rural routes on behalf of Amazon. Amazon seeing that is trying to increase their own delivery capacity, but they likewise know how unprofitable it is to do all that USPS routinely does. For the most rural residents, deliveries will be even more delayed than they are now. Even up to weeks.

The lack of appreciation for this is an additional reason so many rural areas have become embittered by and cynical of government and any professed desire to "level the playing ground." The opportunity for small businesses and local enterprises has been demolished by Walmart, leaving them the ONLY GAME IN TOWN. THAT is the very definition of a monopoly!