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New Costco Member!
"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "Bruce" wrote in message
> news
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> 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.
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>>> 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!
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>>> leo
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>>You should be included in her membership.
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> When you become a member, you get a husband for free?
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> But what if you already have one?
You can add him/her, I had one for a few years before adding dh. Go to the
membership desk.
Cheri
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