(Newswire.net — December 14, 2014) Bellingham, MA — A toy store in a small but vibrant town in Massachusetts became news as Customers learned that a woman, whose identity is not yet known, walked into the toy store and paid off in full, every layaway balance in the store.
The woman paid for about $20,000 worth of merchandise on more than 150 accounts, according to the Milford Daily News.
“This incredible act of kindness is a true illustration of holiday giving at its best,” Toys R Us said in a statement to ABC News.
“If you have it, give it,” said the woman after she hugged the store manager. According to the Milford paper, Employees described this local Good Samaritan as a bubbly older woman.
The Milford paper reported one employee said the woman told her that knowing the layaway purchases were taken care of would help her “sleep better at night.”
One customer whose tab was paid this week told the Daily News that she only had $9 when she went holiday shopping for her two boys.
“I thought, ‘You have to be kidding me,’” the woman said, when discussing the call she received from Toys R Us, letting her know about the paid account. “I almost wanted to cry. It was only $50, but to me that’s a lot of money, and that someone would go and do that gave me chills,” said the customer who only gave only her first name, Linda to The Daily News.
“What she did was so caring and thoughtful. I feel like I was part of something special – touched by an angel,” She added.
This, however, was not the first time that this kind of thing has happened.
Last year, a Florida man spent about $20,000 at Walmart, paying off the accounts of strangers.
“I know it affected people immediately. I mean they were getting text messages that payments were being made on their accounts while we were there and people were calling saying ‘I think there’s a mistake,’” Greg Parady said, according to ABC.
“It was so special. It was really special,” he said.