Costco - Frustrating.
Warning: Rant ahead.
I am very frustrated when I checkout at Costco, as I did again today. I went ahead with a large sum of purchases, mostly because of the price of wild seafood, and also because I do my once a year run of daily consumables. The bill was almost 4 figures, but that's beside the point.
As usual, the checkout lady tries to convince me to upgrade my Costco membership (the return doesn't make sense), and then the Costco Mastercard person runs over to get me to signup. I tried to be polite, but at that point I was madly packing, and then chirped something along the lines of "back off. I get a better return on my MC so stop pestering me!"
All this to state - I'm really frustrated when I checkout at Costco. Does anyone else feel the same way? I wish they would just leave us alone.
I suspect that they are commissioned or have some sort of quota (both for the MC and for the Costco Executive? member signups or whatnot. Anyone know for sure?)
On an unrelated note:
I have noticed that several items that used to be great to buy at Costco no longer are. Shampoo/body wash/mouth wash, etc, all barely net any savings at Costco vs Walmart. I need to re-think my Costco membership!
I am very frustrated when I checkout at Costco, as I did again today. I went ahead with a large sum of purchases, mostly because of the price of wild seafood, and also because I do my once a year run of daily consumables. The bill was almost 4 figures, but that's beside the point.
As usual, the checkout lady tries to convince me to upgrade my Costco membership (the return doesn't make sense), and then the Costco Mastercard person runs over to get me to signup. I tried to be polite, but at that point I was madly packing, and then chirped something along the lines of "back off. I get a better return on my MC so stop pestering me!"
All this to state - I'm really frustrated when I checkout at Costco. Does anyone else feel the same way? I wish they would just leave us alone.
I suspect that they are commissioned or have some sort of quota (both for the MC and for the Costco Executive? member signups or whatnot. Anyone know for sure?)
On an unrelated note:
I have noticed that several items that used to be great to buy at Costco no longer are. Shampoo/body wash/mouth wash, etc, all barely net any savings at Costco vs Walmart. I need to re-think my Costco membership!
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