There is a housecleaning service to keep it tidy, a handyman service when an item needs repair and a florist and gift shop when it's time for those extra touches.
The only qualification an item needs to get on the store's shelves is that it have something to do with firefighting: it can be an antique fire helmet or an iron-on patch of a Dalmation peeing on a fire hydrant.
The Silver Spring, Md .outfit can calculate import duties, taxes and shipping costs; determine if an item needs an export license (or if there's an embargo against a specific country or individual); and print all the relevant documentation for shipment.
For example, if an item needs to be weighed, suggest that they weigh your container first, keep a record of that, and then have you return for a new weigh-in with the item inside the container.
Before selling, the owner of an item needs to consider whether it is worth more as a coin or piece of jewelry, or as a lump of raw gold.
Even with an embargo on Gaza, food items and medications often are allowed in, however, if there is an particular item needed in Gaza, an NGO can provide it and the Israelis are reluctant to say no.
Unless an agenda item needs to be dealt with for the group to continue, keep track of the time and let people now when you need to move on to the next point.
