S/O: Costco stories

[Anonymous]

Never been to Costco. At what point do they check membership, when you walk in, or at checkout time? I'd like to just have a look and see how it is and the prices, but not buy anything.

When you walk in


I never show my card walking in. You don't have to be a member to go in, only to buy. The only time you need your card is at checkout.

The Costco I go to requires you to show your card walking in. But you can absolutely tell the door check person that you are considering membership or are coming in to sign up.

[Anonymous]

Jeez, people. The receipt check takes 10 seconds. They count the number of items in your cart and look at the # of items on your receipt. It's quicker than waiting for your groceries to get bagged at the grocery store.

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Anonymous wrote:At my old Costco in NC a woman was nursing her baby on the patio furniture display. Someone complained (perhaps they were shopping for furniture??) and she was asked to use their lactation room instead. Outraged that she was asked to move, she took to Facebook and recruited 100 other lactivists to come back and stage a nurse-in in the middle of Costco.

I'm all for breastfeeding, but surely most sane people can understand why a furniture display isn't the most appropriate place for it?

What are you talking about? Furniture displays are fine places for nursing. I had no idea costcos had lactation rooms, and I was already sitting down nursing, there's no way I would get up and move. I have breastfed dozens of times in the target furniture displays and have never had a problem.

I said this to the other poster... But it is the fact that your bodily fluids could get on the furniture someone else might buy.

No but What?? Nursing doesn't leak milk on anything. And I'm sure you wouldn't have said anything if a baby was drinking a bottle while a mom sat on a chair in Costco.

NP. I would, actually. Well, not say anything but at the end of the day I don't care really, but I would find it rude in general when people treat for sale items like their own personal space. Just because there's a chair doesn't mean you get to plunk your ass down.

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Anonymous wrote:At my old Costco in NC a woman was nursing her baby on the patio furniture display. Someone complained (perhaps they were shopping for furniture??) and she was asked to use their lactation room instead. Outraged that she was asked to move, she took to Facebook and recruited 100 other lactivists to come back and stage a nurse-in in the middle of Costco.

I'm all for breastfeeding, but surely most sane people can understand why a furniture display isn't the most appropriate place for it?

I have nursed in the patio furniture display at Costco actually. I'm not a crazy lactivist, but we got caught in horrible traffic on the way to the store and the baby was very thirsty and melting down. I'm discreet though and covered with a blanket. Thankfully, no one said a word to me. It's not that weird to sit on a chair and feed a baby. Most public spaces don't have designated "lactation rooms" and it's no big deal to just find a spot where you won't be in the way and nurse. Just like you'd sit down wherever and give a bottle.

Yea but it is frrniture on display for other shoppers to look at and buy anyone just doing their thing in it is a hindrance to other shoppers.

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Anonymous wrote:So...why is it OK for a store like Costco to ask me to show my receipt for items that I have already bought and now own?

So they know you are not shoplifting them and just picking them up off the shelf and walking out without paying for them genius

[Anonymous]

I saw a guy returning an 8 ft artificial Christmas tree in the middle of January. Hmm

I also can't tell you the number of times I have been in line for a sample and someone walks by and grabs one without any regard to us waiting in line.

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Anonymous wrote:So...why is it OK for a store like Costco to ask me to show my receipt for items that I have already bought and now own?

So they know you are not shoplifting them and just picking them up off the shelf and walking out without paying for them genius

Just like grocery stores bag your small items and stamp or sticker your large ones. Duh.

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Anonymous wrote:At my old Costco in NC a woman was nursing her baby on the patio furniture display. Someone complained (perhaps they were shopping for furniture??) and she was asked to use their lactation room instead. Outraged that she was asked to move, she took to Facebook and recruited 100 other lactivists to come back and stage a nurse-in in the middle of Costco.

I'm all for breastfeeding, but surely most sane people can understand why a furniture display isn't the most appropriate place for it?

I have nursed in the patio furniture display at Costco actually. I'm not a crazy lactivist, but we got caught in horrible traffic on the way to the store and the baby was very thirsty and melting down. I'm discreet though and covered with a blanket. Thankfully, no one said a word to me. It's not that weird to sit on a chair and feed a baby. Most public spaces don't have designated "lactation rooms" and it's no big deal to just find a spot where you won't be in the way and nurse. Just like you'd sit down wherever and give a bottle.

Yea but it is frrniture on display for other shoppers to look at and buy anyone just doing their thing in it is a hindrance to other shoppers.

Not to mention baby might spit up on furniture.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:At my old Costco in NC a woman was nursing her baby on the patio furniture display. Someone complained (perhaps they were shopping for furniture??) and she was asked to use their lactation room instead. Outraged that she was asked to move, she took to Facebook and recruited 100 other lactivists to come back and stage a nurse-in in the middle of Costco.

I'm all for breastfeeding, but surely most sane people can understand why a furniture display isn't the most appropriate place for it?

I have nursed in the patio furniture display at Costco actually. I'm not a crazy lactivist, but we got caught in horrible traffic on the way to the store and the baby was very thirsty and melting down. I'm discreet though and covered with a blanket. Thankfully, no one said a word to me. It's not that weird to sit on a chair and feed a baby. Most public spaces don't have designated "lactation rooms" and it's no big deal to just find a spot where you won't be in the way and nurse. Just like you'd sit down wherever and give a bottle.

You should've stayed in the car.

Costco seems to be a progressive company that treats their employees well and they seem like they would be ok with breastfeeding in their stores. In that same vein, who gives AF if a mom feeds her hungry baby there? She said she was covered, and even if she wasn't, it's not a big deal. To PPs who are concerned about bodily fluids, what about an incontinent old man sitting on the patio furniture? A kid with a poopy diaper? An obese person with their butt crack hanging out? All of those people are more likely to befoul the furniture than a woman breastfeeding an infant. SMDH.

OMG - this reminds me of something not really associated with Costco. I *can't stand it* when parents sit their toddlers up on the counter while they're paying for something. Who knows where that bum's been, or what's in that Pull-Up?? It drives me batty.

Or change their diapers on public benches/furniture. Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think Costco is that much cheaper or has that higher quality of goods. You get better prices at places like Aldi per ounce without buying in bulk. I did like their croissants and cookies though. Mmmm

Wine and liquor is definitely a lot cheaper.

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Anonymous wrote:So...why is it OK for a store like Costco to ask me to show my receipt for items that I have already bought and now own?

Part of Costco's membership agreement you sign when you become a member.

If you told guests you invited to your home that "they were subject to a pat down search before leaving", because "that was your policy", do you think anyone would come over?


That's why I'll never belong to Costco. Because I won't do business with a place that assumes I'm stealing and requires me to prove otherwise.

Go ahead and save $.02 an ounce on a gallon of mayonnaise. My honor and self respect are worth more to me than that.

Lots of places check your receipt as you're leaving...it's not an attack on you, personally. Are you similarly indignant about stores using anti-theft tags and security cameras?

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Anonymous wrote:At my old Costco in NC a woman was nursing her baby on the patio furniture display. Someone complained (perhaps they were shopping for furniture??) and she was asked to use their lactation room instead. Outraged that she was asked to move, she took to Facebook and recruited 100 other lactivists to come back and stage a nurse-in in the middle of Costco.

I'm all for breastfeeding, but surely most sane people can understand why a furniture display isn't the most appropriate place for it?

I have nursed in the patio furniture display at Costco actually. I'm not a crazy lactivist, but we got caught in horrible traffic on the way to the store and the baby was very thirsty and melting down. I'm discreet though and covered with a blanket. Thankfully, no one said a word to me. It's not that weird to sit on a chair and feed a baby. Most public spaces don't have designated "lactation rooms" and it's no big deal to just find a spot where you won't be in the way and nurse. Just like you'd sit down wherever and give a bottle.

You should've stayed in the car.

Right. In 105 degree weather in Texas. Fortunately people there are a lot more chill. Attitudes like yours are why nutty lactivists exist.

Why not nurse discretely on the picnic tables near the concession stand rather then on display items? They are inside. I'd think the same thing about a baby with a bottle. You can't just plop down and nurse/feed your child wherever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ agreed. That is why floor models are sold at a discount.

The black light special

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Anonymous wrote:^^ agreed. That is why floor models are sold at a discount.

The black light special

lol

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Anonymous wrote:Witnessed a physical fight between two women (who didn't appear to know each other) at the Gaithersburg Costco. It was crowded. Passive-aggressive pushing led to actual pushing, led to punches being thrown. I'll never go back there, even though it's near my office!

I saw two Asian men fighting over the last bag of a 50lb rice bag at the Gaithersburg Costco a few years back.

I laughed out loud at this. Would make a nice toile or chinoiserie pattern lol