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Cash mob gets set to storm Hawaii island thrift store

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 01, 2012

~~<p>The cash mob concept hits Hawaii island for what may be the first time Saturday, at Mama's House Thrift Shop &amp; 12-Step Bookstore in Wai&shy;mea.</p>
<p>Yes, the shop name does sound sort of like the fictitious &quot;Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company&quot; from an old Bob Newhart comedy bit, but the real-life nonprofit-and-retail hybrid is very real and is more than its name implies.</p>
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The cash mob concept hits Hawaii island for what may be the first time Saturday, at Mama's House Thrift Shop & 12-Step Bookstore in Wai­mea.

Yes, the shop name does sound sort of like the fictitious "Grace L. Ferguson Airline and Storm Door Company" from an old Bob Newhart comedy bit, but the real-life nonprofit-and-retail hybrid is very real and is more than its name implies. Login for more...



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