HeyBub wrote:
George wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
LouB wrote:
Wow I thought the whole world knew. 500+ warehouse stores. IMHO
quality is often better than Sam's club.
http://www.costco.com/
Another difference: Costco is unionized - Sam's is not.


Only a small percentage of their workforce is and those are the former
price club employees. The main difference between them and sams
(walmart) is unlike sams (walmart) their pay actually raises them out
of official poverty status and they have real health insurance.

Ah, thanks for the update.

So, then, they pay their workers more and cannot buy merchandise as cheaply
as the scale of Walmart provides.

Thats quite a leap. They aren't greedy like walmart so they don't load
as much money into the truck to take back to headquarters and instead
pay their employees wages above poverty level. Not sure why you are so
overjoyed about the wages walmart pays its employees.


Are prices higher at Costco?


No.