Or maybe I went for the kayak and ended up with the world's largest jar of pickles.
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Also, we'll refund that kayak for any reason. Including no reason
Source: I work in the Return to Vendor department of a Costco.
I can only assume it's awesome to work there because every worker badge I see says they've been there since the aughts.
Costco is considered one of the best places to work in America. Literally one of the highest job satisfaction rates in business.
They pay decently, offer good benefits, and treat their employees decently, and respectfully. So people stick around, that's why they put their length of service on their name tags. It's smart brand marketing, and it worked on you exactly like it's supposed to.
Imagine a company recognizing that treating your employees well, might actually be good for business?
Imagine a company recognizing that treating your employees well, might actually be good for business?
I mean you joke but that is so far from the norm anymore.
“Here’s what left of the kayak after we pushed it off a cliff.”
“Here’s your store credit.”
The kayak is so you have someplace to put your pallet of toothpaste.
Pfft. Look at this rookie only buying a pallet of toothpaste. Everybody knows the price-per-tube is best when you buy it by the shipping container at Costco. They even give you the shipping container, so it's basically a free shed.
Look at mister pearly whites brushing his teeth
Here's a kayak we've researched and you can be reasonably sure it's decent. Costco buyers rarely fuck up at last compared to everyone else. I trust them.
Yep this!
Target used to also be like that. But they also turned their backs on the LGBTQIA and DEI, whatever the fuck that meant.
Walmart will call you a scammer, then call the police on you.
This literally happened to my girlfriend.
She went in to Walmart to find a Black and Decker battery charger. She brought a battery from home to check if it fit. It turns out that Walmart does not sell Black and Decker products.
When she left she was stopped and accused of stealing the battery that they don't even sell. She was detained by the police for almost an hour as they checked security camera footage to prove that she stole something that they, again, DON'T FUCKING SELL! They don't even sell products made by that fucking company!
A one minute scan of their inventory would show that but they decided to waste everybody's fucking time.
Yeah, Target showed their true colors. I supported them because they were supportive of LGBTQ+ community, but they abandoned it in the blink of an eye, when MAGA looked at them, proving it was never core company philosophy, just convenient cynical marketing.
I expected companies to resist MAGA, and I still do. We will remember the corporations that collaborated with the MAGA Traitor Pedophiles.
Do people actually go to Costco for one thing tho... except maybe the food court? Can't imagine myself doing a quick grab n go like I would at a CVS or 7-11.
Sometimes I'll run in for just cat litter and a bag of coffee (the local ones carry a regional brand of whole bean coffee that's okay for the price).
We have both Sam's and Costco (we generally get different things at each), and they are just a couple of blocks apart, so if our bi-monthly shopping is heavy to one, I might only need a couple of items at the other.
I actually do sometimes depending what it is. For instance I'm low on kosher salt and we cook a ton so we only get it at Costco, I'm gonna stop by later this week for a box.
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I absolutely loved people watching in the food court where people would go there for a $5 roast and a $10 bottle of wine and that was all they came for.
I live in a rural area and my closest Costco is over an hour away. I go once or twice a month, usually when my husband is in town for work, we get everything we'll need for that month since we're not going often. If I were closer I'd go all the time because I love it there and I'm one of the lucky ones, mine is never crowded.
Come for the $1.50 hotdog combo; leave with $2,000 worth of random shit.
Actually annoyed that the one down the street from me, which has the food court outside, started requiring scanning a membership card to get stuff from the food court. Used to be able to just get a dog or slice of pizza without being a member.
You have 2000$ to spare?
They're likely exaggerating, but seriously, every time I go to Costco for a couple of things, I'm spending at least $200. I need to stop falling for the temptation to go inside every time I get gas.
I regularly fail the "spend less than $200 at Costco" challenge. It's mostly groceries though. Except the collapsable chair with a sun shade and knockoff nerf bows, but those kicked ass so still no regrets.
That's a shame. I wonder if they're losing money on them now. Always been borderline.
Theyve been losing money on the food court for decades. Their entire profit model is driven almost exclusively by membership fees.
i used to work right across the street from one. i had the membership (cheap gas and all that) but just walking in and buying a sassage feels right.
I call fake, in a country where it is not possible to walk to a costco, one simply doesn't go to the shop just for toothpaste.
You didn't go there for a tube of toothpaste, you went there for a trunkful of toothpaste. You need to be well-stocked in case of emergencies.
It’s not that I want to stockpile, but Costco will literally sell me 6 months of toothpaste for the same price that my local shop will give me 1 month of toothpaste for. That’s just too big of a markup for me to handle.
I wonder how much toothpaste folks use. It take months for my partner and myself to go through a shared tube.
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It's a short trip for me, I definitely go for single items. Sometimes just for a hot dog. (Also the toothpaste is a 4 pack)
And a hotdog. Don't forget the hotdog.
I can never decide between a hot dog or a slice of pizza, so I get one of each.
Hah! I do the same thing!
Not in costco, but it happened to me with lidl in europe.
Went with my wife and kids to get icecream a hot summer day, and we came back with a swimming pool, one of those you have to kinda build. Not big enough to swim but big enough for a bunch of people without being crowded and sit covered by water entirely.
Long story short, we cannot have such pool on our shitty uneven ground in the yard. At least we bought it with 50% discount so whatever.
I used to never get out for less than $100. In my last place I lived across the street from a Costco and it changed everything. It wasn't a special trip anymore and I could just pop in and grab lunch, it was great.
I went in for toilet paper and spent 200 dollars.
More like: You came for toothpaste, but you want a kayak, too?
Exactly - go in for a pack of socks, come out with socks, a hotdog, and a nine-foot TV.
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