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A Kentucky man goes to a local Kmart and buys all of the merchandise that they had in store. The Kmart store that was two days away from shutting its doors and was planning on giving away all the items to their Kmart power buyers. But he didn't keep the stuff for himself, Paynter spent a total of $200,000 to buy the goods, which ranged from clothes to office supplies. He could have easily sold all the merchandise for $30,000 or $40,000. Paynter's gift to Clark County Community Services was the single biggest donation ever. Paynter has seen a lot of economic suffering at his jewelry exchange. "What I see is people coming in my store, needy people sell their stuff," Paynter said. "It's bad nowadays. I just told the clerk let's just give it away to charity."