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Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by rglullis »

skinnymuch wrote: post #222
rglullis wrote: post #164

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I am amused by how clear it is to spot those that didn't even bother to open the link. All of them, no exceptions, could be summarized as "I am completely ignorant of what's actually being talked about and I am not really inclined to dig deeper into it. Anyway, let me interject with my worthless opinion and find a way to make this about me ." But then again, perhaps this could be a meta-commentary about how American…

What’s wrong with someone coming to HN for the comments? The headline allows for commenting about that subject. For all you or I know, this story has most of its upvotes by people who want to talk about or read comments about Costco, not the story of the article.

> What’s wrong with someone coming to HN for the comments?

I don't mind reading the comments without reading the story. I mind people writing comments without reading the story.

> most (...) want to talk about (...) Costco, not the story of the article.

And that is incredibly shallow. If I wanted to read senseless comments based on the title of an piece, I'd just prompt GPT-3 for random wikipedia entries.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by sntran »

Couple counter points:

Appliances shipped from Costco.com are in their original packaging. They usually come with damages. I have had a couple items that I had to bring them back to the store to return.

Another thing is how they choose which items to sell at a particular warehouse. I used to visit one to buy a Sony Bravia 77" OLED and was told that the model was only sold at locations with high-income neighborhood.

Other than that, they have a way to get my money. It seems like we go there every week or so.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by inferiorhuman »

kfrzcode wrote: post #101
inferiorhuman wrote: post #76

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> when it comes to a $4,000 gazebo or some $2,000 appliance I have really come to trust Costco's vetting. How does that jive with selling Samsung (and LG) appliances? Samsung is easily the worst appliance manufacturer in North America across pretty much any appliance. LG's not too much better but supposedly their dryers and front load washers are decent.

I've been happy with my Samsung range, fridge, dishwasher and TV It's been 6months. When should I expect issues?

1–5 years typically

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by inferiorhuman »

christophilus wrote: post #135
noSyncCloud wrote: post #102

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> Samsung is easily the worst appliance manufacturer in North America > LG's not too much better Any sources for these blazing hot takes? Or are we supposed to take your hearsay at face value?

Last time I shopped for a fridge (2 years ago, maybe) every single sales guy and maintenance guy I talked to at maybe 4 different stores said: “Never buy a Samsung.” They all seemed to think that LG had gotten its act together, though. I ended up with an LG fridge.

I've currently got an LG fridge that's a year old. Everyone's said that this is one of their most reliable refrigerators and yet here I am with a 60° freezer. The nicest thing I can say is that the warranty process is hugely disjointed and parts are 2+ weeks out.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by edmcnulty101 »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #229
edmcnulty101 wrote: post #223

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What can we do to make India, Africa, Asia, and South/Central America filled with high trust societies like Europe, North America, and Australia? And keep these current high trust societies trust from continuing to be eroded? On the front page of HN at the same time this article is. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32050417

The simplest answer is that good, capable people need to participate in the civic process. Not just voting every year. Running for office, campaigning, donating, knocking on doors, participating and starting civic organizations, having children, raising those children with the proper values. Unfortunately, a lot of that can be undone by things like lack of resources, which means things like securing your own or your…

The countries in Europe, North America, and Australia were all in the right place at the right time.

While the countries in Africa, Indian, Asia, and South America weren't.

That's one possible explanation.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by edmcnulty101 »

formerkrogemp wrote: post #87
lotsofpulp wrote: post #9

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Because they are higher trust societies with less low level corruption, allowing one to have more peace of mind in day to day life. Simply going out in a vehicle is magnitudes riskier in the country my parents come from. My whole extended family can afford maids, cooks, and drivers, yet they all moved because they wanted a lower volatility life for their children, even if it meant doing your own laundry, cleaning, co…

> Because they are higher trust societies with less low level corruption, allowing one to have more peace of mind in day to day life. Certainly this is a factor, but let's not forget the decades of destabilizing influence, coups, assassinations, wars, sanctions, and foreign policy promulgated by the US to keep some countries poor to maintain US interests.

I didn't see where the US interfered with China or India's elections. I didn't see where the US interfered with Mexico's elections.

Those are a huge portion of the immigrants to the U.S if not the majority.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by frumper »

Caboose8685 wrote: post #156
jedberg wrote: post #86

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Fun fact, if you get the upgraded membership and don't spend enough to make up the difference from the regular membership, they will refund you the difference if you ask. So technically it doesn't make any sense to not get the premium membership as long as you're willing to float them the difference for a year.

Where is this stated in their rules or whatever? Something I can reference if I need to try this and the person pushes back.

They’re more than happy to tell me about this, so I’m sure if you ask they will be happy to share with you. They’ll even refund the whole membership

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by ThunderSizzle »

walrus01 wrote: post #79
karlding wrote: post #45

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I think the break even point for the upgrade is actually $3k/year, not $2k/year? The standard Gold Star Membership costs $60/year, and the Gold Star Executive Membership costs $120/year [0]. This is an additional $60/year (ignoring sales tax, etc.). In order to break even, you need to earn at least $60 using the 2% cash back from the Executive Membership in order to cover the upgrade. This works out to ($60/year) / 0…

The standard $60 a year membership can pay for itself fairly quick just in gasoline price savings (often 20c or more better than other local stations) if you happen to frequently drive along a freeway that has a Costco on your route. Can easily be a $8 per tank difference.

Definitely true now. Under Trump, Costco was only beating by 1-5 cents, sometimes. Now, they can be half a dollar cheaper easily.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by mongol »

ArtemZ wrote: post #206
mongol wrote: post #202

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Beg to disagree. You are not banned from owning a car.

There are virtually no free parking places unless you own a house in Stockholm. You can't park your car long term on the street near your apartments block because there is always a day in a week during which parking is forbidden, so you have to move the car at least once a week. If you get sick and end up in a hospital for more than a week or want to go to a long term vacation you will face HUGE penalties and likely…

Too bad for you but that is far from being banned.

Re: Love Song to Costco

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Post by mongol »

klyrs wrote: post #211
mongol wrote: post #98

Costco will open in Sweden soon. On the opposite part of Stockholm from where I live, so I don't think it will be useful for me. I don't know much about it but I am excited to see what it will bring, and if it will affect the general grocery market around here.

I love Costco for many of the reasons people are citing here, but I didn't have a membership until very recently because the store is a bit useless if you don't have a car and a pantry. I really wonder how well they'll do in dense European cities where those aren't the norm.

The store will be in Arninge. This is quite a bit from city center. Many of the richest neighbourhoods are nearby.
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