First of all, let me tell you that I am a manager at a wal-mart in TX, so I am not just telling you what I think. I am telling you what I know.
As far as price matching, yes we will honor the ads from competitors, until the time of their ad expires. So it probably wouldn't be too smart to put something on layaway, and then try to get it out that day to pricematch. During the blitz times, you would be very lucky to get any store to get something out of layaway for you. They are set up to put stuff in only. But if the item you want from another stores ad is not on the Wal-Mart ad, odds are you will find the item in stock that morning. As far as putting something on layaway that morning, don't worry. The prices don't jump at 11:00. A couple of other hints are:
Get there early, the store I am at (a 24 hour supercenter) generally starts to have people show up at about 4:00. Also, if you are there that early, you can get in the front of the area of the item(s) that you really want, because a lot of times the items are spread over a large area. Don't panic. Most of the items have large enough quantities bought for each store to last till about 8-9a.m. So you should have time to get everything you need. That is about it. I wish you luck on getting everything you want. And as always "Thank you for shopping your neighborhood Wal-Mart". :) Sorry, had to do that.
Will
