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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Costco & Price Club
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.032647.13363@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: 29 Jul 92 03:26:47 GMT
- References: <1992Jul16.033932.12234@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
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- marks@ssdevo.enet.dec.com (Randy Marks) writes:
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- : They do this so you don't go to the store with your friend, who is a
- : member, and do cooperative shopping. Your friend pays for it at
- : the store, and you reimburse your friend afterward.
-
- So, why should they care? The annual membership fee is just a small part
- of their business profit. Why should they really care who pays for the
- merchandise? It certainly would be inconvenient for me to wait for a friend
- to take me shopping there.
-
- Bill
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