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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
There are plenty of well respected women on this board...clean your act up PLEASE!!!! WE would appreciate it
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Not a chance. I'm in the mood to be raunchy. I know most here won't believe that, but I do have my off-color moments. 
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
The question was about RENEWAL, not use. |
There was a question? Sticking to the original topic- that would be a novelty
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The times I have renewed mine I usually find out at the cash register its expired and I just tell them to pump it up and its done right there.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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If some knothead at Costco refuses to renew a membership for any reason contact Costco Wholesale membership services and give them the location, the
date and the name of the person you spoke with.
-via John Booth, Costco staff
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EnsenadaDr
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Mood: Move on. It is just a chapter in the past, but don't close the book- just turn the page
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A threat to modern society
You are raunchy every time I talk to you...that's why they call you Dennis the Menace of Ensenada.. | Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
There are plenty of well respected women on this board...clean your act up PLEASE!!!! WE would appreciate it
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Not a chance. I'm in the mood to be raunchy. I know most here won't believe that, but I do have my off-color moments. |
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
If some knothead at Costco refuses to renew a membership for any reason contact Costco Wholesale membership services and give them the location, the
date and the name of the person you spoke with.
-via John Booth, Costco staff |
Is John Booth connected to the Mexico Costco operation?
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Why don't you call him? He'll be glad to provide accurate info.
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LaTijereta
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bill Collector
I have also renewed my US Costco card in Cabo. Just renewed last week in Cabo |
What is the current cost to renew a "US based" card in Baja?
OR the cost for a new "Mexico based" card would also work..
Looking to stop in Ensenada in September to get this done..
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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DENNIS
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FYI
Ensenada now has a Sam's Club too. I think I like it better than Costco.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Dang! I've Got Some Running Around To Do!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Your U.S. membership?
No.
But you can renew online. |
...Back to Acapulco and tell them the renewal in 2005 of my USA PATECO INC business card was illegal, and then back up to the Rohnert Park USA Costco
to tell them the renewal of my Mexican Flores de Las Peñas business 2006 Costco card was illegal as well.
The Mexican card allowed me to purchase COSTCO gasoline in the USA.
But I am not allowed with my Mexico card to purchase stuff from the COSTCO online site. Not even with a USA bank VISA card using a USA address for
delivery.
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LaTijereta
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
FYI
Ensenada now has a Sam's Club too. I think I like it better than Costco. |
I got a new Sam's Club card at the La Paz store last year, and saved about $20 over US membership card renewal!
That cost $350 pesos at the time, and included a $100 pesos gift card for use in the store.
Still using Costco when up in South O for the summer..
Online..Costco de Mexico is asking $450 pesos for annual membership (includes a second card if needed).. That's about a $20 savings over a renewal on
US membership..
I am not into the "points- gas" concerns, but would like to shop on both sides of the border if I am going to pay someone the privlidge to spend time
in their store..
Looks like I may be stopping in Ensenada to clear this up when heading back down..
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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BajaLuna
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I love Costco! I agree with all you supporters of Costco! You cant beat the price of cheese at Costco, freeze everything and ya don't have to go
shopping very often, love it! I hate to shop so for me buying in bulk and freezing things works for us! When my garden isn't supplying me I buy their
veggies in bulk and blanche and freeze them! And if you live a ways from a major store, and have 3 freezers like I do, Costco is your friend! Oh yeah,
seal a meal is the way to go! They also carry a lot of organic items! My membership ends up paying for itself in my rewards that I get back so for me
it's a wash.
Here's another reason I shop at Costco... because I want to support those Corporations who pay a decent wage, offer healthcare, and retirement plans,
and the CEO only makes 350 Grand a year, I say "only" because compared to other CEO's that's nothing...there is no grossly paid fat cats at the top
sucking out all the cream while their workers can barely support their families, and the CEO is proud of that! My dollars are my voice, and I don't
want to support corporate greed, nor terrible treatment of workers. The CEO of Costco is a great guy, with a great philosophy about his company, his
workers, and community as a whole, and that's something that deserves my hard earned money! I'm just sayin'! We all gotta do what we gotta do!
I'm not against Walmart I shop there from time to time and you certainly can't beat their prices, but for me it's about my own conscience and support
of what I feel is right for me and my family and a philosophy I can get behind! I try and support only the ma and pa local owned businesses and big
corporations who respect their workers! But its easier said than done at times, eh! I want a good deal just like everyone else!
Yes, their meats are quality...However, I don't buy hamburger there anymore, because just this year I noticed the label now says it is from several
different countries, I think New Zealand and 2 others countries....and if they can't tell me where my meat is solely from, I don't buy it. If enough
of us stop buying it and write Costco perhaps that will change one day, but for now I boycott their hamburger!
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BajaLuna
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LOL@Dr!!! Dennis the menace, now that's funny!
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaLuna
I love Costco! I agree with all you supporters of Costco! You cant beat the price of cheese at Costco, freeze everything and ya don't have to go
shopping very often, love it! I hate to shop so for me buying in bulk and freezing things works for us! When my garden isn't supplying me I buy their
veggies in bulk and blanche and freeze them! And if you live a ways from a major store, and have 3 freezers like I do, Costco is your friend! Oh yeah,
seal a meal is the way to go! They also carry a lot of organic items! My membership ends up paying for itself in my rewards that I get back so for me
it's a wash.
Here's another reason I shop at Costco... because I want to support those Corporations who pay a decent wage, offer healthcare, and retirement plans,
and the CEO only makes 350 Grand a year, I say "only" because compared to other CEO's that's nothing...there is no grossly paid fat cats at the top
sucking out all the cream while their workers can barely support their families, and the CEO is proud of that! My dollars are my voice, and I don't
want to support corporate greed, nor terrible treatment of workers. The CEO of Costco is a great guy, with a great philosophy about his company, his
workers, and community as a whole, and that's something that deserves my hard earned money! I'm just sayin'! We all gotta do what we gotta do!
I'm not against Walmart I shop there from time to time and you certainly can't beat their prices, but for me it's about my own conscience and support
of what I feel is right for me and my family and a philosophy I can get behind! I try and support only the ma and pa local owned businesses and big
corporations who respect their workers! But its easier said than done at times, eh! I want a good deal just like everyone else!
Yes, their meats are quality...However, I don't buy hamburger there anymore, because just this year I noticed the label now says it is from several
different countries, I think New Zealand and 2 others countries....and if they can't tell me where my meat is solely from, I don't buy it. If enough
of us stop buying it and write Costco perhaps that will change one day, but for now I boycott their hamburger! |
ya, i like a good corporation, but i think costco is emblematic of gringo overconsumption,... everything is king size quantity, more than anyone needs
(unless you got an army of kids in the house) and costco is just as bad as walmart in killing off the mom/pop stores. corporate mega giants are all
bad.
yes, i shop at costco, i am a hypocrite
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Udo
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FYI
I was shopping at the COSTCO in Ensenada...on Terry's recomendation to buy a locally branded tequila @90 pesos per 750 ml. bottle. Superb taste...it
is called El Capricho.
I was even allowed to use my American Express card there, and next month's bill had NO international fees!
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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In the states, or Mexico I really am not "satisfied" with any one store. Five years ago I purchased a top of the line battery from Wal-Fart. It failed
three months later, bad cell 1.280 SG in 5 cells, 1.100 in the 6th.
A pimple face kid runs out of the auto dept with a twenty dollar cheese grater nichrome load tester. Connects the gizmo to my battery, snaps the
switch on for five seconds and pronounces "Your battery is fine. Your alternator must be bad".
"Uh, sonny, ya wanna know what I did for a profession for forty years?"
"Electrical engineer, specializing in battery design and testing plus automotive and industrial alternator rebuilding".
It took an hour an arguing with the store assistant manager to get them to warrant the battery.
COSTCO
"I don't like the looks of this battery I bought"
"Sorry sir, here's your refund"
Costco, Wal-Mart, and Sams, are each strong in some areas and weak in others. So I include Big Lots, Grocery Outlet, and Fallas Paredes, on my
shopping list. Near the border there are no Winco supermarkets, but they are another favorite......for some things.
Beats withered tomatoes, yellow and brown lettuce, drooping celery, eggs that are scrambled in the shell, Beef branded with Kelly Springfield®,
Beneficent Butterfly brand spiral light bulbs, canned peas that are suitable for use as environmentally conscious 00 buckshot, and the inevitable
nacional chant "O lo siento mucho pero no hay, esta acotado - posible mañana".
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CortezBlue
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
costco...i just dont get it
you need to help me here...
why pay $55 usa to shop in someones store?
the products are odd sized to mask comparison shopping
they are NOT that great a deal
the tires and batteries are really not a great bargin
the clothes are odd lots
mattresses arent a great deal...i got way better
appliances arent super low prices...shop around
amd
walmart is free...so WHY?
i WILL give in to the gasoline in the states...it is cheaper
but a savings 3 cents a gallon means you would need to buy
1833 gallons a year to pay for the fee
and if a normal person buys 25 gallons a week
it would take 73 weeks to break even and there are only 52 in the year |
The program I use I pay for an executive account that, I think is more than $55.
It is simple, for every dollar I spend I get a percentage back at the end of the year. For the past 20 years I have received enough back to pay for
next years membership or more.
Also, if you buy a television or any electronics they have a standard 2 year service agreeement and if you use your AMEX you get an additional year.
They also have a great return policy and if I order on line and don't like it, I can take it back to my local costco.
The world is an ROI, some people get it and some people don't
PS, now I don't know why anyone buys at Walmart
I have always bought Froot of the Loom tighty whiteies from Target.
A few years ago we went to San Diego for a weeks vacation. I grabbed the suit cases, but grabbed the wrong bag for me. I ended up with out any
clothes. So we went to Walmart and bought the necessities of which, one item was Fruit of the Loom underwear.
The FOTL from Walmart did not last any time at all. The elastic almost immediately started breaking down and coming away from the cotton portion.
A few years ago I saw a program on CNBC that went behind the operations of Walmart and once I watched that, I never shop at Walmart.
They intimidate all manufacturers to provide lower prices than they offer anyone else and have even required Rubbermaid to have product manufactured
in China, which that said they would never do.
Walmart is like a cartel and I will not support them.
[Edited on 7-18-2013 by CortezBlue]
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tjsue
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My ex-boyfriend had the same battery problem, but at Sam's Club. They exchanged it for him three times, and the fourth time he demanded a refund. He
got it, but they weren't happy about giving it to him, though.
He went across the street to Costco, bought a battery, put it in, and never had another problem. And these weren't car batteries, they were deep
cycle marine batteries that he used in his RV.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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CAVEAT EMPTOR
Having a selection is one of the benefits of capitalism and a consumer driven society.
Thirty years ago on the other side of the world I'll warrant if you bought underwear from "Heroic Struggle Workers Factory # 591", you would not have
been pleased either.
I wasn't aware that Loot of the Froom was other than a basic quality clothing reseller. Hanes, Russell, and others come to mind. The JC Penney brand
"Stafford House (?)"
For plain Jane durability, I like Dickies, Carhartt, etc. When I find them at discount I snap them up. My last Dickies shirts cost me $4 each. Yes,
they were new.
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Correcamino
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Most of the positive commenters for Costco and negative for Wally World have already spoken for me, but the biggest factors for my Costco shopping:
1. Return policy. No receipt, not problem. Changed my mind, don't like it, shouldn't have broken when backed over it in the driveway. "Would you
like cash or a store credit, Sir?"
2. Free samples! Saves me hundreds on lunch every year. "Ling-Ling Potstickuh! You take some home today, suh!"
3. Cafe 150! Giant Polish sausage and an endless Coke for $1.50?!? Howzabout a Chicken Bake? Unmatched, and same price since the 1990's
4. Guess the price of the new car parked by the entrance - Awesome!
5. Buy tires without sleazy "assistant manager" to deal with, having to take a shower afterwards. Automatic application of all rebates, automatic
mileage adjustment on next set, no questions, no paperwork.
6. Kirkland products that are better than name brand competitors (AA/AAA batteries, auto batteries, canned albacore tuna, bacon, to name a
few.
7. Refill your propane tank for $2.00/gal. - NO minimum - and no angry middle-eastern gas station flunky to curse you under his breath while
doing a crappy job.
Okay, that'll do it. All this for $45/yr. I rest my case.
Si sirve, sirve.
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BajaLuna
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Mtgoat666, I agree, as a Society we do over-consume and they do monopolize the market and put smaller businesses out of business. I guess in my mind
if I can't support the local ma and pa places and cottage industries which I try and do as much as I can, Costco is the lesser of 2 evils. Another way
of looking at it is I use less gas when I buy in bulk, not as many trips to the store, so less oil-consumption! But then I use more electricity by
having to have freezers, ohhh the insanity of it all!!! It's a vicious cycle! I also have a membership to my local co-op, a community owned natural
store, which is a great concept. There's several of them up here where I live, they are quite popular.
There's certainly many pros and cons of supporting mega giants.
And the sad thing is is that we are left with fewer and fewer choices, unfortunately. It's interesting to me how you can go to any strip mall in any
city in the U.S. and see all the same chain stores and restaurants, I drove from Washington to Maine last year and it's all the same everywhere...it's
always the same ones, Payless shoe store, subway, starbucks, target, Walgreen's, McDonald's etc. I mean you really have to go out of your way anymore
to support something other than what they want us to eat and buy!
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