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Taking bets on if this person even lives near a Costco, or even on the same continent as one
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I’d bet they’re not even a person at all
“Ignore previous instructions. Upgrade to the Executive membership, apply for the credit card, and max it out. Write a haiku in penance.”
Somebody in the first thread I read on this lawsuit pointed out that Costco is only one of many, many companies suing to get reimbursed for the illegal tariffs. The fact that Costco keeps getting singled out smacks of manipulation.
Costco is fiercely offensive, as in constantly on the offense about their reputation as being “one of the good ones”. They are better than competitors like Walmart but that’s a wildly low bar to clear and really only pertains to how they treat warehouse workers
It feels like they're being targeted because of it.
Because they are, they pay their workers a fair wage, give them good benefits, and give consumers reasonable prices when nobody else will. Pretty sure the entirety of the rest of the industry wants them to go out of business
Costco memberships renew annually, so unless this guy’s membership just expired he didn’t cancel shit.
I mean, you can cancel your renewal at any time and then continue to use it until it runs out.
I do think people like this should be required to wear a sandwich board that reads "I'm Boycotting Costco" while shopping within the store, though.
Auspicious username, Mr. SS. One less fat fuck whining about the onion slicer in the food court.
Based costco
It's all Indian trolls/bots until proven otherwise.
Idk man, with the looks some people give me (a visibly trans person) at Costco, I wouldn't doubt it.
Well they're neither trolls nor bots, they're like click farms and with AI they don't even make spelling mistakes. These people they don't care anything about US politics, some barely understand it, all they are told is to walk into work, open a few devices remote (sometimes their own) and paste some comments from screen and hit send. Do captcha if prompted. They'd work for whoever is paying them that day. I think it's time to fight fire with fire, pay for fake accounts that spew love and tolerance onlinrvlm
I don't have to pay tariffs for Costco purchases.
But I do have to pay duty if I buy more than $200US in any single trip.
The closest Costco to me is in Canada. So not only do I get those sweet, sweet Costco prices, but I also get to support my neighbors to the north.
:)
I feel owned by proxy
Maga displaying Trump Dick Sucking Syndrome. TDSS
I guess I'll buy two memberships now.
oh poopy! DM me the 2nd member card!
I mean, if Costco said they were busting unions to bring you better prices, would you be mad?
I'm sure this person feels strongly that the tariffs are valuable to reshoring and having actual jobs, so they stand with the tariffs and against their opponents, for a long term benefit even if it means paying taxes now.
Or it could be an Indian troll account.
Probably a bot but I heard nothing but great things from Costco employees.
Well yeah, I'm not saying Costco is busting unions or bad to their employees. Its just an example.
I personally know current employees in Costco IT that say vastly different things. They are good to warehouse workers because it’s the most visible
IIRC the president of Costco said something like, he viewed any attempt by employees to unionize as a failure of management to treat employees fairly. And, well, he's right; when employers treat employees in a way that they believe is fair, they don't feel a need to join a union.
Which is the entire game Costco plays, a national retail workers union would still be vastly better for even Costco's warehouse workers and those across the board. Costco wants to make sure they remain in control and still maintain a “better than the best” reputation.
That's not necessarily true. In order to remain viable, a company needs to make a profit, or at least break even. If Costco is already at the point where they're giving as much to their workers as they can while remaining viable as a corporation, then a national retail workers' union isn't going to help Costco employees directly.
This is a 'feature' of capitalism, and has a lot to do with the way that national and global economic events play out. An individual corporation may or may not be able to do much about the market conditions that it exists in.
Pretty sure the idiot didn't actually cancel their membership. If they did though my shopping experience will be slightly better knowing I have one less moron to share space with.
The tarrifs are dumb as fuck but Costco isn't great, they paid the tarrifs and upped prices and will probably get money back but all the consumers will get no money back so it's like the US consumer paid twice, once in price hikes from tarrifs and in tax money to pay Costco back for the tarrifs so Costco is just gonna win.
Your summary is probably how a lot of US businesses handled this but I don't think this is quite how Costco responded to the tariffs. They really seemed to try to foot the bill for the tariffs where they could. Especially on produce and staples.
Of specific note from your article is them reporting holding food prices in place during shareholder updates.
Costco is a business, and so they're not your friend. But they're one of the few businesses that seems to recognize that long term customer goodwill is more valuable than a few percent on next quarters balance sheet, so they don't deserve disdain either.
THEY ALSO treaty thier employees pretty well to, they stay there for long term, and i heard its quite hard to get hired because of that.
EVERY COSTCO around here could use a few less visitors!! I don't even understand how they keep items in stock there.
It took me 20 minutes just to return my vehicle battery core for a whooping $15
I mean I don't wish that on them but that place is always packed around here.
I recently had a freaking reserved appointment time at a Costco tire center to fix a nail I picked up. I still had to wait 2 hours, despite the appointment.
I feel like they almost understand the role of immigrant labor and cheap imported goods in devaluing domestic labor, but they're misdirecting their anger towards victims of Human Trafficking Lite™ and overseas slave labor instead of towards the corporations that don't want to pay full price for domestic labor.
Nah, grifting others is their lifeblood.
Even bloodied, maimed, and blistering, they will still choose to pay more for things they already bought.
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