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- From: mbuscho@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Michelle Buscho)
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 02:09:28 GMT
- Subject: Re: Price Club Info Sought
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- I've been going to Price Club for years in northern California. My experiences:
- Pros:
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- - low prices on a wide variety of items; tires I purchased there were selling
- for 50% more at a "warehouse direct-to-you" tire store
- - tire installation service on site with a reasonable (1/2 hour-1 hour) wait,
- so they can be installed while you do the rest of your shopping
- - now that they scan bar codes, check out speed is relatively good considering
- the volume of purchases that go through there
- - you can join with a business license/credit union membership; a business
- license lets you get in during some hours without the crowds - great for
- the Christmas season
- - you can bring 3 friends along with you to shop (note payment restriction
- below)
- - they deliver furniture
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- Cons:
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- - payment is cash or by check written on an account specifically linked to that
- card; no credit cards accepted
- - employees don't seem to know where anything is in the store
- - many of the items you see on one visit won't be there the next time you come
- - limited selection of brands (e.g., one brand of refrigerators)
- - you are confined to their delivery schedules for furniture, depending on
- where you live
- - you have to buy a larger quantity of most items (dishwasher soap, food, etc.)
- than perhaps you can consume in a reasonable amount of time or store easily
-