My mistake, Goodwill is technically a nonprofit. But they came into town and opened up about 4 massive stores almost simultaneously, taking away a lot of the business from the little stores. Then Vallue Village came along and blew Goodwill out of the water.

It wasn't really so much an argument over the jewelry set as calling them out on overpricing it, which got me a nasty and rude response from the employee. I pushed the matter a little because I actually wanted it, and was willing to pay the full $16 that it was worth new, which was more than fair. When she refused to budge on the price I might have said something about never shopping there again. Which turned out to be an easy promise to keep since the store closed a couple of months later.

Gloves are a good idea. I usually just use lots of hand sanitizer. I can't spend too long there anyway, due to allergies. Vallue Village has really put a lot more effort into keeping things clean lately though and it's much better. Either that or my tolerance to dust is getting higher.

Anyway, I still want to get to the Aquarium store to buy the stuff I need to make this vacuum sealer someday. I almost made it last Sunday, but ran out of time. I might have to look at some of the stores closer to home to see what they have that would work.