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Probably a dumb question but I'm assuming the holy land puts out a lot of standing rib roasts this week or do I have to order something over the phone?
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Tim Whatley posted:Probably a dumb question but I'm assuming the holy land puts out a lot of standing rib roasts this week or do I have to order something over the phone? My church had a bunch last weekend already when I was there.
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Probably not the first to mention it, but the carnival barker salespeople that are now crowding every corner of my Costco are making me think twice about re-upping membership for the first time in years. I have always gotten swarmed by salespeople in the tech section, for the last few years at aisle intersections throughout the store for people trying to sell me water subscriptions or Traeger grills, and now they also have two douchebags stationed on the way to the exit trying to get people to buy home renovations or insurance or something. If it weren't for the pharmacy bringing me there monthly I'd probably cut my membership just for how annoyed I get having to weave around, dodge, or push off these jackwagons. Absolutely tanked my appreciation of the place.
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My costco had the Lego City Set, MSRP of $140 for $70. Also the Wellie Wisher dolls, normally like $99 were $40. Kids are getting a good Christmas this year, thanks to these deals. Some Lego Dreamzzz sets were also listed on a steep discount, but they were already gone.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:Probably not the first to mention it, but the carnival barker salespeople that are now crowding every corner of my Costco are making me think twice about re-upping membership for the first time in years. I have always gotten swarmed by salespeople in the tech section, for the last few years at aisle intersections throughout the store for people trying to sell me water subscriptions or Traeger grills, and now they also have two douchebags stationed on the way to the exit trying to get people to buy home renovations or insurance or something. If it weren't for the pharmacy bringing me there monthly I'd probably cut my membership just for how annoyed I get having to weave around, dodge, or push off these jackwagons. Absolutely tanked my appreciation of the place. Wear headphones and ignore them Or don't wear headphones and still ignore them
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Dec 18, 2023 19:14
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Johnny Truant posted:Wear headphones and ignore them Right, it's not an insurmountable problem. But it's an annoyance that stands out for a store whose business philosophy is ostensibly to make being in their store as not-a-pain-in-the-rear end as possible to move large amounts of products. Another way to ignore them is to shop somewhere else where they don't bother you constantly with these salespeople, which becomes a more attractive strategy every time I am in the store. Just sucks to see Costco self-enshittifying this way.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:Probably not the first to mention it, but the carnival barker salespeople that are now crowding every corner of my Costco are making me think twice about re-upping membership for the first time in years. I have always gotten swarmed by salespeople in the tech section, for the last few years at aisle intersections throughout the store for people trying to sell me water subscriptions or Traeger grills, and now they also have two douchebags stationed on the way to the exit trying to get people to buy home renovations or insurance or something. If it weren't for the pharmacy bringing me there monthly I'd probably cut my membership just for how annoyed I get having to weave around, dodge, or push off these jackwagons. Absolutely tanked my appreciation of the place. It's weird. They sometimes have those guys here at my Costco in Canada, but I don't remember any of them saying anything unless approached for years. Maybe ten years ago one asked me if I wanted to try a smoothie from whatever blender he was hawking.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:Probably not the first to mention it, but the carnival barker salespeople that are now crowding every corner of my Costco are making me think twice about re-upping membership for the first time in years. I have always gotten swarmed by salespeople in the tech section, for the last few years at aisle intersections throughout the store for people trying to sell me water subscriptions or Traeger grills, and now they also have two douchebags stationed on the way to the exit trying to get people to buy home renovations or insurance or something. If it weren't for the pharmacy bringing me there monthly I'd probably cut my membership just for how annoyed I get having to weave around, dodge, or push off these jackwagons. Absolutely tanked my appreciation of the place. 3 ez words "Already got one"
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large hands posted:It's weird. They sometimes have those guys here at my Costco in Canada, but I don't remember any of them saying anything unless approached for years. Maybe ten years ago one asked me if I wanted to try a smoothie from whatever blender he was hawking. God that would be nice. Ours alternate between yelling a sales pitch to nobody and zeroing in on passersby to grab any second of attention they can to run their game. It's a gauntlet of annoying interactions.
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Slotducks posted:3 ez words lol, doesn't work "You love it right? How about buying one for a family member? A friend? A coworker? Get another one for yourself, hold on - let me tell you about the new [blah blah blah]", forever.
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Yeah, they've never been that aggressive at my warehouse. Just "hey, you interested in x?" "Nah" "ok" Actually, now that I think about it the person near the exit never even approaches anyone. They just hang out there in case someone wants whatever it is they're selling DeadFatDuckFat fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Dec 18, 2023 |
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DeadFatDuckFat posted:Yeah, they've never been that aggressive at my warehouse. The ones at my store are annoying as hell, there's no way the store management doesn't see or hear them accosting every customer in the store so I assume the management is approving the behavior.
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Dec 18, 2023 19:28
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The only aggressive ones I’ve encountered are for Sunrun; all the others just have a thousand-mile stare as they are ignored by the masses.
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I wish I had bought more Costco stock, because it's up $100 in the last month
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The Le Chic Patissier Chocolate Covered Caramel Cookies are literally the greatest thing ever. Sure, they are just Twix in cookie form, but the point stands.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:The ones at my store are annoying as hell, there's no way the store management doesn't see or hear them accosting every customer in the store so I assume the management is approving the behavior. have you filed a complaint with Costco either at your local store/online? that's what i'd rec if your salespeople are actually bothering you this is an already solved and easy problem though so if it's a dealbreaker for you idk what to tell you 
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Johnny Truant posted:this is an already solved and easy problem though 
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Serious_Cyclone posted:Right, it's not an insurmountable problem. But it's an annoyance that stands out for a store whose business philosophy is ostensibly to make being in their store as not-a-pain-in-the-rear end as possible to move large amounts of products. Another way to ignore them is to shop somewhere else where they don't bother you constantly with these salespeople, which becomes a more attractive strategy every time I am in the store. At mine it's been the mobile kiosk guys practically standing in the middle of the aisle. It's to the point where I just route around via appliances instead.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:Right, it's not an insurmountable problem. Johnny Truant posted:Wear headphones and ignore them again, if they're still actively harassing you then that's definitely into Contact Costco Territory, but like i said earlier Johnny Truant posted:if it's a dealbreaker for you idk what to tell you if it's a big enough annoyance that you're willing to cancel your membership then idk what to tell you. that's an overreaction to a very minor irritation at maximum imo, but you're not me so
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SamDabbers posted:I got an email AND a phone call from Costco about a food recall for some Quaker oat granola that's potentially contaminated with salmonella. My family already ate more than 3/4 of the package So this was weird. My wife got the email and phone call from Costco about this recall, which is strange because neither her phone number or email is listed on our account. I'm the account holder and I didn't get anything. And even beyond that, we haven't bought any of the recalled items from Costco. We did buy one of the recalled items from Target, but nothing from Costco. I went back through a year's worth of receipts and didn't see anything that would match 
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Your wife has a secret Costco membership I'm sorry you had to find out this way
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Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Sales Bullying Real Hahahaha Memba Just Walk Away From The Dude Like Memba Don't Look Em In The Eyes Haha
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The sales people won't be going anywhere. Those companies pay Costco a ton of money to let them harass members. If 50 people canceled their memberships because of them, it would probably still be a net positive financially for Costco.
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The Bibigo Beef Pho dumplings are fire
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Rufio posted:Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Sales Bullying Real Hahahaha Memba Just Walk Away From The Dude Like Memba Don't Look Em In The Eyes Haha Pro strat is to look them dead in the eyes as they start their sales pitch and immediately say “No.” in a flat affect, break eye contact, and keep walking. They usually don’t even finish their sentence
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Serious_Cyclone posted:whose business philosophy is ostensibly to make being in their store as not-a-pain-in-the-rear end as possible this is not remotely a goal of costco though. see: refusing to update any tech, constantly moving products around in the store to get people to "treasure hunt," cracking down on membership sharing with a million card checks and yelling at people about it, making people wait in lines just to exit the store, and those people soliciting you that you hate
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All the random kiosk hawkers are dumb and out of place but it's really easy to just smile and say no thanks and keep walking. I understand having different tolerances for dealing with this but I can't ever see extending my displeasure for a small inconvience to canceling my membership. I don't think I've ever once been actively solicited in my Costco though, or if so it was so forgettable that it may as well have never happened. Related, charity muggers are back on the streets of my city in force and I hate it. I thought COVID did away with that garbage.
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You can literally just ignore them and keep walking, no props needed
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You can just ignore the sellers and annoying folks. As for the people blocking aisles waiting on samples? you can plow through them too, if you have conviction and enough speed
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The secret is to walk around looking like a dangerously overstimulated autist. None of the barkers will bother you and people will just dive out of your way. I have mastered this secret technique, and can teach the willing
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Tato posted:You can just ignore the sellers and annoying folks. As for the people blocking aisles waiting on samples? you can plow through them too, if you have conviction and enough speed Pro-tip: mass up the cart with a bunch of cases of booze/water first, aisle blockers will crumple way easier.
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I say excuse me at a normal volume, wait a beat, say excuse me much louder, wait a beat then bump carts and roll with whatever happens
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sock it to me! posted:The secret is to walk around looking like a dangerously overstimulated autist. None of the barkers will bother you and people will just dive out of your way. I wear a fake hunchback and stumble around like I-Gor, looking at people cross-eyed and squealing with delight whenever they make eye contact now the costco lines part like the red sea for me
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I strap dead Costco outside vendors to my cart to warn off any living ones
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^^^^^^ fake edit but also lolRufio posted:Hahahahahahahaha How The gently caress Is Sales Bullying Real Hahahaha Memba Just Walk Away From The Dude Like Memba Don't Look Em In The Eyes Haha Lmfao this made me snort But yeah, this, unironically
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Crusty Nutsack posted:this is not remotely a goal of costco though. see: refusing to update any tech, I'm curious what Costco employees think on this one as I beleive the last time it came up was their program is good and efficient and likely any replacement is going to suck because that's how life works.
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Big Bowie Bonanza posted:I strap dead Costco outside vendors to my cart to warn off any living ones Also effective in clearing sample table blockades
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Jingleheimer posted:The sales people won't be going anywhere. Those companies pay Costco a ton of money to let them harass members. If 50 people canceled their memberships because of them, it would probably still be a net positive financially for Costco. Yeah, this is part of the reason why I don't see "just contact the management!" as some kind of solution. This is a business decision they're making. And it's their decision to make, but for a store that has up to now driven most of its retail decisions on making being in the store as painless as possible to make their bag on memberships, it's an unfortunate thing to see happen, and will no doubt just get worse over time. Costco has the only pharmacy in the area that isn't either completely incompetent or outright fraudulent, which puts me in the store on a regular basis. I believe you can use the pharmacy without a membership but I assume it requires you to negotiate with the door cop every time you enter to explain your situation, which accomplishes little more than adding yet another unwanted interaction to the gauntlet.
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At Sam's club the vendors just sit at their little kiosk and leave you alone and there's no one at the exit but the receipt checker 
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