He confessed one night that he was buying , on layaway , a hebrew bible from the sixteenth century .
一天晚上他说，他要买一本十六世纪的希伯来文《圣经》，钱都预付好了。
Layaway makes sense , he says , when an item is scarce and consumers do not have access to adequate credit .
他表示，如果一种商品稀缺，而消费者又无法获得充足的信贷，那么分期预付就是合理的。
One sears store in winchester , virginia , reputedly had fewer than 50 customers using its layaway shelves in december , mainly for clothing and jewellery .
