The pallet and the pallet furniture affair-another kitchen space saving idea but it gave me a moral dilemma

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I had no idea till yesterday that you can make furniture out of old pallets. I saw one outside a shop and it occurred to me if I sanded it and stood it on end it gave me three instand shelves that were narrow enough for my small kitchen. They can be free standing on top of my dresser. (I might get them pinned to the wall for safety if needed. As the pallet was quite dirty, I thought I would sand it and maybe paint it with some chalk paint I have. That would also add some colour to the kitchen. However, the pallet was outside an industrial unit next to the second hand industrial unit shop. I asked inside the second hand shop if I could take a pallet and the man said sure, for a small donation. When we went to get the pallet he started asking me to look like I wanted to buy a child's trike nearby. It seems the pallet actually belonged to the unit next door. I said I would ask there but the man suddenly said "no, the manager is a miserable old git" picked up the pallet and insisted on putting it in my car. It all happened so fast. Now I was stuck with a potentially discarded pallet that might have been outside for the skip; but not wanting to go and find out seeing as it would cause friction between the two managers. The pallet is actually quite old and dirty and there were lots of others and a big skip in the middle. In the end, I did make a donation to the second hand shop because it supports the homeless and took the pallet because I could not get it out of the car easily alone anyway. All I can think of to do is to go to the industrial unit and post the few pounds the pallet probably is not worth through the letterbox! I suspect it was out for the skip anyway. Now I am home and have begun to google pallet furniture and see old pallets can be used to make all sorts of furniture-even beds and sofas. However you need to check they are not sprayed and marked MB as this is toxic.