I've been coming to this local thrift shop for a long time. Our entire living room set and my daughter's bedroom dressers were purchased here. Not to mention the many other odds and ends I have purchased here. I have sung their praises to many friends, family, and over social media outlets. Unfortunately, I will not sing their praises anymore. I wanted to purchase a set of Christmas lights. There was a very small strand that did not have a price tag attached sitting directly next to a larger stand of lights that had a $2.00 price tag. It was under my assumption that they must belong together. So, I put them with the other items I was purchasing and went to the register to check out. The one owner, Mary, began to ring me out. She mentioned that "these are not how the lights were" (meaning plugged into one another. I explained to her my thoughts of how the small strand didn't have a tag and how I assumed that meant they belonged together. She made a comment, "Well, I will give them to you but that is not how they were." She was CLEARLY indicating that I was trying to pull one over on her and most definitely upset that she was selling them to me as a set. If she did not think either of those things, she wouldn't have made such a snarky, insulting remark. I told her that I did not want them anymore and she continued, "really, I don't mind selling them to you." in which I responded sternly that I absolutely did not want to purchase them. While she continued to ring me out for the rest of my items, I said to her, "I come here all of the time and have supported your business." She responded, "I wasn't trying to cause any trouble." Well, if she wasn't trying to cause any trouble she wouldn't have made that comment. I can't imagine the small strand being priced anymore than .75 cents it was so small. As I mentioned above, the other strand was $2.00. They weren't boxed, I'd have to un-tangle them, and they were DONATED. It wasn't about the money (to me). It was the principle. The only thing I can think is that times must be REALLY tough for their business for her to make the comment she did. What if I was really poor and could only afford to buy lights from a thrift shop? For such a "Christian" store and the "mission" they support, I wouldn't have known except for the Gospel radio station blaring over the store's speakers. So, I left and spent my money at Target to buy Christmas lights. I used the cartwheel app and got it cheaper than what I would have paid for second-time around lights. I will no longer be giving them business. read more