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Default New Costco Member!



"Bruce" wrote in message news
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 18:04:06 -0800, "Cheri" >
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>"Leonard Blaisdell" > wrote in message
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>>I dislike the notion of paying money to shop somewhere. I have shopped
>> Costco as a guest a few times in the distant past. The store was not
>> easy to get to, and the experience didn't appeal to me. There's a new
>> Costco with ample parking a few miles from me now. It still didn't
>> appeal. My wife has friends who shop there so...
>> We needed a new TV. "You just gotta get it from Costco!", they said. So
>> I turned my wife loose with them for a new TV. She bought a membership
>> and started shopping. "You just gotta get a premium membership!", they
>> said. "It pays you back!", they said. Now we have a premium membership.
>>
>> We also have a new Samsung TV which Samsung was too cheap to include
>> wall mounting bolts with. Samsung suggests a Samsung wall mount for
>> about another ninety bucks, but we mount the TV above a old fireplace
>> mantle in a wooden frame, so the TV has to extend. I have a grand
>> extensible mounting bracket, but I have to get 4 bolts and 4 or 8
>> washers that aren't readily supplied. But I'm getting there.
>> Meanwhile, she bought a bunch of frozen salmon filets in a bag, a bunch
>> of frozen larger uncooked shrimp in a bag and assorted other stuff.
>> My freezer is chock full of bags now. But I'm getting there.
>> All I need is four M8-1.25 X 50 mm Phillips machine screws and flat
>> washers to fit. I can order them from Lowe's or Home Depot, but I got a
>> guy who is going to provide them. His wife shops at Costco.
>> Meanwhile, the TV is on its boring stand on a old Maggie radio cabinet.
>> I can't even go to Costco now without my wife and her super duper card,
>> and she doesn't like to shop much!
>>
>> leo

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>You should be included in her membership.


When you become a member, you get a husband for free?

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But what if you already have one?