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A Kentucky businessman walks into a K-Mart, buys everything in it and donates it all to charity.

It's no joke.

Rankin Paynter tells LEX18.com he wandered into the K-Mart in Clark County, Ky., before it closed for good, looking for a few good deals. He was curious what would happen to the stuff nobody bought, and a clerk told him "power buyers" take it all.

"Six hours and four cash registers later, Paynter was the proud owner of about $200,000 worth of merchandise, all of which he donated to Clark County Community Services," LEX18 reports.

Paynter, who owns a jewelry exchange business, told the website that he sees plenty of people selling jewelry because of the economic hard times.

"It's bad nowadays. I just told (the clerk) let's just give it away to charity," he told the website.