I Shopped At Costco

[SheilaT]

79. Thank you for posting that.

Several years back I lived in an area that had a Costco and I shopped there literally once or twice. I simply have no need to buy in that kind of bulk. And that was when I was married and had a couple of kids at home.

These days I live alone, quite happily, and I simply have no place in my small home to put 36 rolls of toilet paper. Or 60 frozen waffles. And so on. However, since they apparently do sell wine by the bottle, if one were to open in my city I'd at least check out their wines.

I really wish the piece had addressed more closely the subject of where their products are made. Nowhere was that mentioned, other than wines coming from France, Napa Valley, and so on. Are their toys made here? Or in China? If the latter, how are they better than WalMart, if as shown they are just like WalMart in pressuring the suppliers to lower prices. I am very concerned about this.

It was also interesting that the founder got a start at FedMart. My brother worked for them for many years. They were sort of a warehouse store and I know they took a smaller-than-typical markup on their goods. But they did not pay their employees any better than the prevailing wages for retail, and did not give an employee discount on their items. I wonder if Costco employees get an employee discount.