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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andy Audette wrote:
costco is not an authorized dewalt dealer, so if you buy any dewalt tool you should watch yourself, for warranty reasons, and exchange polocies, etc. they buy tools elseware and sell them for uder what they pay in order to get you in the door. ROTFLMAO |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:19:49 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote: On 1/29/2014 1:35 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andy Audette wrote: costco is not an authorized dewalt dealer, so if you buy any dewalt tool you should watch yourself, for warranty reasons, and exchange polocies, etc. they buy tools elseware and sell them for uder what they pay in order to get you in the door. ROTFLMAO You might be surprised that these type stores, Sam's Club, Cosco, are not authorized dealers for much of anything. For the most part you are on your own for warranty repairs on most every thing that they sell, unless you buy their service contract. I don't remember a manufacturer asking me where I bought something, other than for marketing reasons (I don't answer). You buy it from those stores and it is up to you and the manufacturer to remedy any problems. If I buy from either I expect to handle any problems with the product on my own. Been there, done that. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/2014 3:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 1/29/14, 2:19 PM, Leon wrote: On 1/29/2014 1:35 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andy Audette wrote: costco is not an authorized dewalt dealer, so if you buy any dewalt tool you should watch yourself, for warranty reasons, and exchange polocies, etc. they buy tools elseware and sell them for uder what they pay in order to get you in the door. ROTFLMAO You might be surprised that these type stores, Sam's Club, Cosco, are not authorized dealers for much of anything. For the most part you are on your own for warranty repairs on most every thing that they sell, unless you buy their service contract. You buy it from those stores and it is up to you and the manufacturer to remedy any problems. If I buy from either I expect to handle any problems with the product on my own. Been there, done that. Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. You are exactly right and in case I was not clear, I was referring to the retailer having no more to do with the warranty repair to remedy the problem. From an authorized dealer you might be able to exchange a defective product for a few days or weeks and they will return it to the factory. You still get your warranty regardless of where you bought it but you may have to return it to the authorized repair facility rather than simply back to where you bought it. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/2014 5:04 PM, Meanie wrote:
On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. For how long? |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/2014 6:33 PM, Leon wrote:
On 1/29/2014 5:04 PM, Meanie wrote: On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. For how long? For some items like TV and electronics, 90 days is the most that I've ever seen for a full refund, and then it may vary from store to store despite what they say. I'm thinking that a few readers misread/misinterpreted what you said in your post? -- eWoodShop: www.eWoodShop.com Wood Shop: www.e-WoodShop.net https://plus.google.com/+KarlCaillouet/posts http://www.custommade.com/by/ewoodshop/ KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious) |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/2014 4:01 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:19:49 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet wrote: On 1/29/2014 1:35 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andy Audette wrote: costco is not an authorized dewalt dealer, so if you buy any dewalt tool you should watch yourself, for warranty reasons, and exchange polocies, etc. they buy tools elseware and sell them for uder what they pay in order to get you in the door. ROTFLMAO You might be surprised that these type stores, Sam's Club, Cosco, are not authorized dealers for much of anything. For the most part you are on your own for warranty repairs on most every thing that they sell, unless you buy their service contract. I don't remember a manufacturer asking me where I bought something, other than for marketing reasons (I don't answer). That is correct and FWIW you don't even have to register the product to have it repaired under warranty, you just have to have some date of reference of when it was purchased. But if I am buying something that would be difficult for me to return to an authorized repair facility for warranty repairs I am not buying it from a store that does not get involved in the process. There are certain things that one expects the retailer to take care of with in a reasonable period of time. If the retailer refers me to the manufacturer I buy it elsewhere. You buy it from those stores and it is up to you and the manufacturer to remedy any problems. If I buy from either I expect to handle any problems with the product on my own. Been there, done that. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/2014 6:37 PM, Swingman wrote:
On 1/29/2014 6:33 PM, Leon wrote: On 1/29/2014 5:04 PM, Meanie wrote: On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. For how long? For some items like TV and electronics, 90 days is the most that I've ever seen for a full refund, and then it may vary from store to store despite what they say. I'm thinking that a few readers misread/misinterpreted what you said in your post? I think so too. LOL My experience with Sam's is that we bought a couple of wooden armed office chairs on rollers. One of the legs ends, at the location of one of the four rollers, split. This was 6~8 weeks after buying. A clear cut defect. Sam's remedy was to contact the manufacturer. The manufacturers remedy was for me to box up the chair and ship it to them. My remedy was to make the repair myself and consider it a lesson learned. Had I bought the chairs at Star or Fingers the remedy at worst would have been for me to return it to the store that I bought it, not ship it back to the manufacturer. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/14, 6:33 PM, Leon wrote:
On 1/29/2014 3:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: On 1/29/14, 2:19 PM, Leon wrote: On 1/29/2014 1:35 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andy Audette wrote: costco is not an authorized dewalt dealer, so if you buy any dewalt tool you should watch yourself, for warranty reasons, and exchange polocies, etc. they buy tools elseware and sell them for uder what they pay in order to get you in the door. ROTFLMAO You might be surprised that these type stores, Sam's Club, Cosco, are not authorized dealers for much of anything. For the most part you are on your own for warranty repairs on most every thing that they sell, unless you buy their service contract. You buy it from those stores and it is up to you and the manufacturer to remedy any problems. If I buy from either I expect to handle any problems with the product on my own. Been there, done that. Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. You are exactly right and in case I was not clear, I was referring to the retailer having no more to do with the warranty repair to remedy the problem. From an authorized dealer you might be able to exchange a defective product for a few days or weeks and they will return it to the factory. You still get your warranty regardless of where you bought it but you may have to return it to the authorized repair facility rather than simply back to where you bought it. I don't know about Sams Club, but Costco will pretty much replace and take returns on anything you ever bought there. I know they have certain time limits in their policies, but I also know they are extremely liberal when it comes returns/exchanges after those times have expired. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/29/14, 6:33 PM, Leon wrote:
On 1/29/2014 5:04 PM, Meanie wrote: On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. For how long? "We guarantee your satisfaction on every product we sell with a full refund. The following must be returned within 90 days of purchase for a refund: televisions, projectors, computers, cameras, camcorders, touchscreen tablets, MP3 players and cellular phones." Other than those things, you can return an item at any time, for any reason. Now, I'm pretty sure they'd cancel membership of someone who continually abused that policy. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
Not that this isn't full of good information, but you guy do know that you are responding to a 16 (SIXTEEN) year old thread, right?
Good stuff, but just wondering. Personally, I have found the way to handle Sam's is to buy their nasty cheap in store warranty. I had a monitor fail after about 9 months, and my $5 warranty got me an in store exchange which turned out to be an upgrade. I had a DVD player fail in about 6 months, same result. The premiums are sliding scale of course, but all the items I have purchased with that warranty stipulate in store replacement. Heh heh... 16 years old... Nothing dies on the internet! Robert |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 19:10:01 -0600, Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet
wrote: On 1/29/2014 6:37 PM, Swingman wrote: On 1/29/2014 6:33 PM, Leon wrote: On 1/29/2014 5:04 PM, Meanie wrote: On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. For how long? For some items like TV and electronics, 90 days is the most that I've ever seen for a full refund, and then it may vary from store to store despite what they say. I'm thinking that a few readers misread/misinterpreted what you said in your post? I think so too. LOL My experience with Sam's is that we bought a couple of wooden armed office chairs on rollers. One of the legs ends, at the location of one of the four rollers, split. This was 6~8 weeks after buying. A clear cut defect. Sam's remedy was to contact the manufacturer. The manufacturers remedy was for me to box up the chair and ship it to them. My remedy was to make the repair myself and consider it a lesson learned. I'm really surprised. Sams/Walmart's deal with manufacturers is that they take everything back, no questions asked. I'm told, by an electronics manufacturer that the deal is so one-sided, he would even have to "take a truckload of lawnmowers back". AIUI, all of the big box stores are similar. Had I bought the chairs at Star or Fingers the remedy at worst would have been for me to return it to the store that I bought it, not ship it back to the manufacturer. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
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I'm really surprised. Sams/Walmart's deal with manufacturers is that they take everything back, no questions asked. I'm told, by an electronics manufacturer that the deal is so one-sided, he would even have to "take a truckload of lawnmowers back". AIUI, all of the big box stores are similar. Had I bought the chairs at Star or Fingers the remedy at worst would have been for me to return it to the store that I bought it, not ship it back to the manufacturer. I know that is true of Home Depot - and I would assume the same with Lowe's. -- -Mike- |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
-MIKE- wrote in
: On 1/29/14, 6:33 PM, Leon wrote: On 1/29/2014 5:04 PM, Meanie wrote: On 1/29/2014 4:36 PM, -MIKE- wrote: Most tool companies don't give a crap where you bought their tool if it's new-in-the box. When you register it with their warranty department, as long as you have a receipt showing it was bought new, they will register the warranty. I bought a new-in-box saw at a flea market once and the company honored the purchase. But more specific to the topic, ALL Dewalt tools purchased at ANY retailer, including Costco and Sams, are covered under Dewalts warranties, according to their customer service. More old wives tales, as is par for the course in here. EXACTLY! To add, Costco will provide a full refund for ANY merchandise purchased from them. For how long? "We guarantee your satisfaction on every product we sell with a full refund. The following must be returned within 90 days of purchase for a refund: televisions, projectors, computers, cameras, camcorders, touchscreen tablets, MP3 players and cellular phones." Other than those things, you can return an item at any time, for any reason. Now, I'm pretty sure they'd cancel membership of someone who continually abused that policy. I can verify they are very liberal with their return policies. I purchased a home security camera system online from them and the "special" was they would double the warranty making it 2 years. 15 months after purchase it died. I took it back and had a no questions asked refund credited to my Amex in about 10 minutes. No original box, no receipt. They even looked it up in my history to find the purchase date. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/30/2014 7:28 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
I know that is true of Home Depot - and I would assume the same with Lowe's. Are Home Depot and Lowes not "authorized dealers" of tools like DeWalt? -- eWoodShop: www.eWoodShop.com Wood Shop: www.e-WoodShop.net https://plus.google.com/+KarlCaillouet/posts http://www.custommade.com/by/ewoodshop/ KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious) |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
Swingman wrote:
On 1/30/2014 7:28 PM, Mike Marlow wrote: I know that is true of Home Depot - and I would assume the same with Lowe's. Are Home Depot and Lowes not "authorized dealers" of tools like DeWalt? I think you missed my point Karl. Was just saying that I knew HD adheres to the same policy and I would guess that Lowe's does too. See below for the original unsnipped content... Has nothing to do with authorized dealers. Sorry if I created a misunderstanding. I'm really surprised. Sams/Walmart's deal with manufacturers is that they take everything back, no questions asked. I'm told, by an electronics manufacturer that the deal is so one-sided, he would even have to "take a truckload of lawnmowers back". AIUI, all of the big box stores are similar. Had I bought the chairs at Star or Fingers the remedy at worst would have been for me to return it to the store that I bought it, not ship it back to the manufacturer. I know that is true of Home Depot - and I would assume the same with Lowe's. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
"Mike Marlow" wrote:
I think you missed my point Karl. Was just saying that I knew HD adheres to the same policy and I would guess that Lowe's does too. See below for the original unsnipped content... Has nothing to do with authorized dealers. Sorry if I created a misunderstanding. Nope, the point that seems to have been missed was that Leon's comment, about returns and warranty work, had everything to do with "authorized dealers". -- www.ewoodshop.com (Mobile) |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
Leon lcb11211@swbelldotnet writes:
On 1/29/2014 1:35 PM, wrote: On Tuesday, May 12, 1998 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Andy Audette wrote: costco is not an authorized dewalt dealer, so if you buy any dewalt tool you should watch yourself, for warranty reasons, and exchange polocies, etc. they buy tools elseware and sell them for uder what they pay in order to get you in the door. ROTFLMAO You might be surprised that these type stores, Sam's Club, Cosco, are not authorized dealers for much of anything. For the most part you are on your own for warranty repairs on most every thing that they sell, unless you buy their service contract. Actually "COSTCO" (cosco is a transportation company), doubles all warranties automatically. Particularly for electronics. Can't speak for Sam's. Costco is also proof that raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt business (probably improves it, in fact). scott |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
Costco is also proof that raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt business (probably improves it, in fact). scott Not to get into a political debate, but, well.... here I go..... I would argue the opposite. Costco is actually proof that the free market works. Costco pays higher than average wages for those positions and that's why you never know which employee at Costco is the manager. They all act like they are manager. They are all proactive, hard working, take charge people who take pride in their work and put customer service at the top of the priority list. Costco gets these kind of employees by paying higher than average wage. Everyone wants those jobs, so Costco gets to skim the cream of the crop and send the rest to WalMart. If Costco paid minimum wage, shopping there would be like shopping at WalMart. A lot of lazy people with poor communication skills and bad personalities, doing the bare minimum to get by, who act like you're ruining their day for shopping there. The store would be dirty, the shelves would be disorganized, it would take 10x as long to get through their checkout lines, etc, etc. No one would pay a $50 membership fee to shop at "Bulk-WalMart" and Costco would've been out of business a long time ago. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/31/2014 10:39 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote: Costco is also proof that raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt business (probably improves it, in fact). scott Not to get into a political debate, but, well.... here I go..... I would argue the opposite. Costco is actually proof that the free market works. Costco pays higher than average wages for those positions and that's why you never know which employee at Costco is the manager. They all act like they are manager. They are all proactive, hard working, take charge people who take pride in their work and put customer service at the top of the priority list. Costco gets these kind of employees by paying higher than average wage. Everyone wants those jobs, so Costco gets to skim the cream of the crop and send the rest to WalMart. If Costco paid minimum wage, shopping there would be like shopping at WalMart. A lot of lazy people with poor communication skills and bad personalities, doing the bare minimum to get by, who act like you're ruining their day for shopping there. The store would be dirty, the shelves would be disorganized, it would take 10x as long to get through their checkout lines, etc, etc. No one would pay a $50 membership fee to shop at "Bulk-WalMart" and Costco would've been out of business a long time ago. I have to agree with that. It's because they pay more that people know that they have a better job and work harder.. And they work harder to get there. Leveling everyone to that same money would be slighting the Costco employees who are doing a better job for that money. Just because everyone would make more, does not make them better off. Prices would go up, and those that were making more, now need more to re-enforce that they are worth more. If everyone's pay went down by 1/2 then things would cost less.. right? That's how come it's cheaper made in China and India right now. So raising it, has the reverse effect. NJ is an F'd up state approving cost of living increases for min wage. This will severly hurt the state, as business can not budget correctly. -- Jeff |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/31/2014 9:39 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote: Costco is also proof that raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt business (probably improves it, in fact). scott Not to get into a political debate, but, well.... here I go..... I would argue the opposite. Costco is actually proof that the free market works. Costco pays higher than average wages for those positions and that's why you never know which employee at Costco is the manager. They all act like they are manager. They are all proactive, hard working, take charge people who take pride in their work and put customer service at the top of the priority list. Costco gets these kind of employees by paying higher than average wage. Everyone wants those jobs, so Costco gets to skim the cream of the crop and send the rest to WalMart. If Costco paid minimum wage, shopping there would be like shopping at WalMart. A lot of lazy people with poor communication skills and bad personalities, doing the bare minimum to get by, who act like you're ruining their day for shopping there. The store would be dirty, the shelves would be disorganized, it would take 10x as long to get through their checkout lines, etc, etc. Exactly! The only thing that raising minimum wage goes is raise the pay to those that that make minimum wage to begin with. For 90% of the people making minimum wage the productivity will not increase when they get their raise. When that happens, prices have to rise to offset the wage increase and you get inflation. Keep the friggin government out of the economy and the economy will do just fine. No one would pay a $50 membership fee to shop at "Bulk-WalMart" and Costco would've been out of business a long time ago. Actually a lot of people pay for the Bulk Walmart membership, at Sam's. ;!) |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 1/31/14, 4:55 PM, Leon wrote:
On 1/31/2014 9:39 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote: Costco is also proof that raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt business (probably improves it, in fact). scott Not to get into a political debate, but, well.... here I go..... I would argue the opposite. Costco is actually proof that the free market works. Costco pays higher than average wages for those positions and that's why you never know which employee at Costco is the manager. They all act like they are manager. They are all proactive, hard working, take charge people who take pride in their work and put customer service at the top of the priority list. Costco gets these kind of employees by paying higher than average wage. Everyone wants those jobs, so Costco gets to skim the cream of the crop and send the rest to WalMart. If Costco paid minimum wage, shopping there would be like shopping at WalMart. A lot of lazy people with poor communication skills and bad personalities, doing the bare minimum to get by, who act like you're ruining their day for shopping there. The store would be dirty, the shelves would be disorganized, it would take 10x as long to get through their checkout lines, etc, etc. Exactly! The only thing that raising minimum wage goes is raise the pay to those that that make minimum wage to begin with. For 90% of the people making minimum wage the productivity will not increase when they get their raise. When that happens, prices have to rise to offset the wage increase and you get inflation. Most Union contracts use minimum wage as the baseline. So when minimum wage goes up, so does the entire union workforce which raises the price of all that stuff, too. Keep the friggin government out of the economy and the economy will do just fine. No one would pay a $50 membership fee to shop at "Bulk-WalMart" and Costco would've been out of business a long time ago. Actually a lot of people pay for the Bulk Walmart membership, at Sam's. ;!) We were there.... and switched to Costco. :-) -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
" wrote:
Not that this isn't full of good information, but you guy do know that you are responding to a 16 (SIXTEEN) year old thread, right? Good stuff, but just wondering. Personally, I have found the way to handle Sam's is to buy their nasty cheap in store warranty. I had a monitor fail after about 9 months, and my $5 warranty got me an in store exchange which turned out to be an upgrade. I had a DVD player fail in about 6 months, same result. The premiums are sliding scale of course, but all the items I have purchased with that warranty stipulate in store replacement. Heh heh... 16 years old... Nothing dies on the internet! Robert I have no idea that DeWalt made CMS's 16 years ago. LOL |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 21:22:39 -0600, -MIKE-
wrote: On 1/31/14, 4:55 PM, Leon wrote: On 1/31/2014 9:39 AM, -MIKE- wrote: On 1/31/14, 8:38 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote: Costco is also proof that raising the minimum wage doesn't hurt business (probably improves it, in fact). scott Not to get into a political debate, but, well.... here I go..... I would argue the opposite. Costco is actually proof that the free market works. Costco pays higher than average wages for those positions and that's why you never know which employee at Costco is the manager. They all act like they are manager. They are all proactive, hard working, take charge people who take pride in their work and put customer service at the top of the priority list. Costco gets these kind of employees by paying higher than average wage. Everyone wants those jobs, so Costco gets to skim the cream of the crop and send the rest to WalMart. If Costco paid minimum wage, shopping there would be like shopping at WalMart. A lot of lazy people with poor communication skills and bad personalities, doing the bare minimum to get by, who act like you're ruining their day for shopping there. The store would be dirty, the shelves would be disorganized, it would take 10x as long to get through their checkout lines, etc, etc. Exactly! The only thing that raising minimum wage goes is raise the pay to those that that make minimum wage to begin with. For 90% of the people making minimum wage the productivity will not increase when they get their raise. When that happens, prices have to rise to offset the wage increase and you get inflation. Most Union contracts use minimum wage as the baseline. So when minimum wage goes up, so does the entire union workforce which raises the price of all that stuff, too. All it means is that there will be fewer "shovel ready jobs". Keep the friggin government out of the economy and the economy will do just fine. No one would pay a $50 membership fee to shop at "Bulk-WalMart" and Costco would've been out of business a long time ago. Actually a lot of people pay for the Bulk Walmart membership, at Sam's. ;!) We were there.... and switched to Costco. :-) No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 2/1/14, 11:19 AM, wrote:
No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). Yes, I would love to get my tires there, but the selection is lacking. -- -MIKE- "Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life" --Elvin Jones (1927-2004) -- http://mikedrums.com ---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/1/2014 12:19 PM, wrote: No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). What makes Sam's better? Last time I was in one was many years ago but go to BJ's regularly. No Costco near here. I"m also interested in what people have to say. I quit subscribing to any of those many years ago because I just did not see the savings in being a member. We are only on the threshold of seeing our first Costco in the Syracuse area so maybe that will change that landscape, but until now - it just never paid off for us to buy a membership in Sam's or BJ's. -- -Mike- |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 2/1/2014 5:19 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 2/1/2014 12:19 PM, wrote: No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). What makes Sam's better? Last time I was in one was many years ago but go to BJ's regularly. No Costco near here. I"m also interested in what people have to say. I quit subscribing to any of those many years ago because I just did not see the savings in being a member. We are only on the threshold of seeing our first Costco in the Syracuse area so maybe that will change that landscape, but until now - it just never paid off for us to buy a membership in Sam's or BJ's. We too are getting a costco here. If the town will let them build. They keep holding them up during construction. A small business here somehow kept BJ's from carrying clothes and furniture, and now Costco has been restricted too. But when Costco opens, I'm going to give it a try, as BJ's is very limited here due to concessions with this store (Flemington Dept. Store) to be able to get acceptance. -- Jeff |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:44:29 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/1/2014 12:19 PM, wrote: No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). What makes Sam's better? Last time I was in one was many years ago but go to BJ's regularly. No Costco near here. More stuff we buy (very little at BJs), cheaper. Sams, at least here, has very good meats. We had a trial membership to BJs a couple of years ago. We found we weren't buying anything there. Twenty years ago, in VT, Costco had good meats, too, but after a couple of years it went downhill big time. That was when their tire selection went downhill (and attitude, as well) and they had Kirkland everything. We didn't see the point, anymore. Note that there are only two of us so it's not like we're feeding an army. 55gal drums of peanut butter don't interest us much. ;-) |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 17:19:05 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote: Ed Pawlowski wrote: On 2/1/2014 12:19 PM, wrote: No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). What makes Sam's better? Last time I was in one was many years ago but go to BJ's regularly. No Costco near here. I"m also interested in what people have to say. I quit subscribing to any of those many years ago because I just did not see the savings in being a member. We are only on the threshold of seeing our first Costco in the Syracuse area so maybe that will change that landscape, but until now - it just never paid off for us to buy a membership in Sam's or BJ's. My wife ran the numbers and the laundry supplies, alone, at Sams paid the $35 membership. Their chicken is better and much cheaper than we can buy locally and the beef is very good. We only go once every other month, or so because we don't buy a lot of other stuff in bulk. |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/1/2014 12:19 PM, wrote: No Costco here but there is a BJs. Sams is much better. We had a Costco membership when we were in VT. We let it lapse because we were no longer using it (when the switched to the Kirkland brand and their tire inventory went way down). What makes Sam's better? Last time I was in one was many years ago but go to BJ's regularly. No Costco near here. Not better, just different. We have both Costco and Sam's memberships. I gravitate to Sam's, and Linda to Costco. The employees at Costco, as well as a lot of the merchandise is also a better class. I prefer Sam's meat dept, particularly the steak, their bagged salad, canned soup, gas, buy my work cargo shorts there, and they also carry my preferred table wine. That's about all I buy there anymore, but save enough over the course of the year to make the membership fee worthwhile. Costco does have one of the best deals on lunch, bar none, with their polish sausage hot dog, guaranteed. -- www.ewoodshop.com (Mobile) |
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DeWalt #705 12" CMS at Costco
On 2/1/2014 5:19 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
What makes Sam's better? Last time I was in one was many years ago but go to BJ's regularly. No Costco near here. I"m also interested in what people have to say. I quit subscribing to any of those many years ago because I just did not see the savings in being a member. We are only on the threshold of seeing our first Costco in the Syracuse area so maybe that will change that landscape, but until now - it just never paid off for us to buy a membership in Sam's or BJ's. I see a lot of savings. Boneless pork loin at BJs is $2 a pound, at the supermarket it is $4.50+ Saving $15 a month Butter is $2 cheaper. Dishwasher detergent is half the supermarket price. Generic OTC drugs very cheap. Some items less so, but we save quite a bit monthly. Certain items I don't buy there because we don't use enough to justify the larger containers. |
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