at Costco!

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purveyor of glitz

That Costco finds a way to give its members a dividend if they recover the monies.

I have returned stuff without a receipt, they just needed my member card, and looked up the purchase.

I find the huge store overwhelming, and when I'm in the area, the parking lot is overflowing and chaotic.
I have issues with large brightly lit crowded places to the point where I get dizzy and need to sit down before I have a full fledged panic attack.

But

Because of this, I will put on my big girl pants and join.
I'll find the least crowded time to go.

Go Costco!

My Costco's hours:

Mon-Fri: 9:00 AM - 8:30 PM
Sat: 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sun: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

So it's not open very late, although I don't know if you like to be out after dark, which even early hours will put you in wintertime.

Getting there right when they open is second best, because a lot of shoppers have the same idea.

Going anytime in the middle of the day is the worst, it can be a zoo for sure, inside and outside.

But going at 6:00 when they close at 8:30 is a much calmer experience.

Good luck!

The membership is free. At least in my case, it is. But I put many miles on the car for my job.

IF you pay the entire bill every month, you will come out ahead.

Also, exec. membership gets you in the door at 9:00. Regular membership, door opens at 10:00.

You get a refund check each year that basically pays to renew your membership.

Thanks for the update. My annual check cranks to about $200.

and my household is small. The 5% back on gas is a BFD.

Also, The gas quality and savings is worth the membership to me ....

I fill up everytime I go there, which is every Friday evening.

But I do get some pantry items, vitamins, sometimes bigger items, and such via their website. Their shipping is generally pretty fast. If you live close to one, they offer some items for next day to 2 day shipping.

(because it was, 'The Jersey Boys" ) I put on sunglasses and used ear plugs and sat in the very last row.

I’m just barely within the delivery area since they expanded it, so I can get fresh things now too!

I’m sorry it’s difficult for you to do things other people take for granted Mossfern. It must make things next to impossible sometimes.

Members do get really good discounts, plus we get our glasses made there more affordably, others get hearing aids, tires, etc. Some of those would need to be done in-store, but you could go directly to the department you need and then get out.

The company everybody likes vs. the government everyone hates.




I'm a proud card-carrying member.

Went there on a Sunday thinking they opened at 9:00. They opened at 10, but I got a great parking spot and waited until 10:00. (Reading to bide the time)(Murakami's IQ84, since you asked, a massive but absorbing and delightful book)

,Anyway, where was I? Oh, yeah, at 10:00 I got out of my car and found myself at the end of an already long line of customers, walking towards the building in a kind of shuffle-foot zombie herd march. I was amazed at how quickly the line filled and extended. Because people love COSTCO. Because people depend on COSTCO. Because COSTCO is one of the few corporations in this shambles of a Country that gives a damn about quality, about its customers, and about its employees.

"No one goes to that restaurant because it's always too crowded."

They have triangulated the store placements so it’s doubtful if we will get one anytime soon, if ever

The Sam’s Club near me is in a high traffic area and is crowded no matter what day or time you’re there. I avoid it at Christmas time like the plague. My husband likes their frozen salmon fillets so we keep our membership but I wouldn’t care at all if he cancelled it.

The second Costco opened a year ago and I suspect that somehow Costco pushed Sam's Club out of the way. I don't mind that so much since I hate Walmart and only go there for things I really need. Otherwise, I'll go anywhere else expect Walmart.

2,000 dollars from that tariff money? Maybe Krasnov better think twice, that is, if he still has the tariff money, maybe he converted it to Bitcoin?

Can't very well use autopen to sign those checks to each of us after making such a fuss about autopen being not legal or something like that.

This would go through a resolution process that would usually resolve the issues. But of course pedo Trump trashed all the agreements and goes where ever his dementia leads him.

Balls are weak, not strong. The metaphor is sexist, and for no good reason.

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balls are WEAK

It's annoyingly sexist, whether it's meant that way or not. Why? Because it implies that only cis men (and trans women who haven't had bottom surgery) are capable of having qualities such as courage, and that's just plain wrong.

I usually try to ignore it, but seeing that I'm not the only one who objects to it makes me feel more comfortsble chiming in.

Believe it or not, some of us really don't care how big anybody's balls are!

And only one reply complaining about the metaphor. Progress.

is a long slow process... at times

Been a member since 2000.

their food at Costco and Wallmart, as well as Sams, which is owned by Walmart.
With people increasingly having less money, fewer will be going out to dinner, lunch, breakfast and indirectly I wonder if that will take a chunk of revenue away from those outlets.

BTW, the Walmart Clan doesn't seem to be suffering for their massive profiteering. They now own, almost every Major Sports team in Denver.......Broncos, Avalanche, Nuggets, etc etc. The only one they don't own is the Colorado Rockies Baseball Team, and no intelligent person would buy the rockies due to being at a high altitude.......

just a TAP and host collapses

just sayin'

They buy them in bulk!

At first glance, I thought it said Costco bails.

I will spend some money with the good guys this weekend (right after payday).

Dump can shove his tariffs up his fat shitty ass

their carts up the back of my legs. 😮‍💨

When almost no one there. Depends on where you live.

which will be a definite improvement of the atmosphere
for all the other reasonable and rational shoppers....