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12-17-2008, 04:10 PM | #26 |
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They can keep there samples..
As long as I can still get my $1.50 hotdog and soda.. lol
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12-18-2008, 12:34 AM | #27 |
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they supposedly got bought out by kelloggs, and in august shut their doors completely. i think just now the stock is running out.
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12-18-2008, 12:55 AM | #28 |
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i shop at costco.........
i just don't buy their gas.......
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12-18-2008, 07:44 AM | #29 |
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i love costco.
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12-18-2008, 11:10 AM | #30 |
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as a factory owner, i can tell you that the product being sampled is paid for by the manufactor. they are also being charged for the person handing out the samples.
i tell costco not enterested once a year. very difficult to deal with. you might sell additional product but at what cost. it's not all it's cracked up to be. those kind of companies are hard to deal with. |
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12-18-2008, 02:21 PM | #31 | |
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12-18-2008, 03:15 PM | #32 |
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Isn't Costo essentially an oversized wal-mart with oversized products? I always looked at them that way.
Went in a Costco one time, never went back in...
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12-18-2008, 03:38 PM | #33 |
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where else can you buy items, use them for a couple months and return them with no box, receipt and no questions??? Costco is still alive due to its customer service along with the bulk discounts, not because its interior design nor because cheap ass people such as the OP actually travel to costco to try samples...
Sell your BMW and buy a hyundai so you can actually afford to eat, since it sounds like your struggling... |
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12-18-2008, 03:45 PM | #34 | |
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They require any and all of their vendors to take back their stuff for a full refund to customers - No questions asked. This is their rule of doing business w/ anyone. I had a friend who sold them electronics for a short while many years ago. He quit doing business w/ them after a few months because of this. Most of his profit (if any, because of low margin requirement) would go up in smoke after taking a hit on returns which he could not liquidate easily. These days, they only do business with the big guys who can absorb such damage. |
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12-18-2008, 07:00 PM | #35 | |
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LOL at the OP for hating Costco because they're not handing our freebies. Might as well panhandle near an offramp.
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12-18-2008, 07:28 PM | #36 | |
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Yay for me being a customer!!!
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12-18-2008, 07:37 PM | #39 |
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No, I'm still going there but I'm just want to point out that due to the current economic conditions Costco is cutting back on the sample stations. Sampling food is the heart of Costco.
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12-18-2008, 11:15 PM | #42 | |
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The 48 roll of toilet paper pack and a 4 pound rotisserie chicken at $4.99 is the heart of Coscto. And interestingly enough, they do go hand in hand ...Look at anyone's cart in the lines next time you go there |
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12-18-2008, 11:29 PM | #43 | |
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not to mention cheap beer and wine |
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12-18-2008, 11:33 PM | #44 |
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In Canada, we have similar stores like Costco but you don't have to pay for membership. None of these stores offer samples at all. I have a feeling that Costco will be closing stores soon. I was at Costco on the weekend and I couldn't believe they had like 15 cashiers when the store wasn't busy at all. There were about 1-2 person at each line. When you pay people high wages like Costco at these economic times, a store won't survive.
Now, just let us have the friggin' samples... |
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