"HeyBub" wrote in message
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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.

Are prices higher at Costco?


The price per unit, pound, ounce, gal...etc is usually cheaper and the
quality is usually higher.

The warehouse store profit margin is built around volume.

When you buy something like tp you get a 6 month supply.

The Costco house brand, Kirkland, is very high quality.

Even if I did have to pay the membership fee I'd still pay the $50. Lower
prices, good return policy and higher quality is worth it. There are
literally so many benefits you have to try it to understand.