Comments on: In Defense of Costco

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:15:54 +0000

“Honestly, probably the only people that save at costco spend hundreds of dollars stocking up to feed the family of twelve for a month. Also, the costcos here are so packed all of the time that you can’t even maneuver your cart around without running over little kids…” – Bailes

ehh….Isn’t this rather contradictory? I mean, how many families of 12 do you have in your town?
I’m guessing Costco is a far different experience on the East Coast than those on the West. From Seattle to San Francisco, Costco is a welcome respite from the drudge of noisy, ignorant drifters found in most other stores. The membership fee seems to keep out the undesirables, as it were. True, not all products are a good deal; those I buy elsewhere. Where else can I kill an hour playing Crystal Castles on a full-size MAME machine (on display) while my wife browses among super-fresh produce and $100 bottles of wine? Few kids are ever around, so I can even take a snack break to raid the artichoke dip lady’s tray and not have to wait in line for the arcade.
Sorry for the 3-year delay. I found your babbelog searching for the Costco Cinnabon muffin mix, and….yada yada.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:00:27 +0000

You don’t have to work there…Costco does a lot of illegal things, you don’t even want to know about.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 22:40:06 +0000

You’ve got to love a company that let’s you buy a TV in 1985 (we’re talking rotary dial, 8 channels here), use the hell out of it and then, when it stops working in the year 2005, lets you return the TV for full purchase price (which I put towards a new TV).

That makes me happier than Courtney Love with 1 line gone and 2 to go.

By: Krusty

Krusty — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:24:37 +0000

Alright god dammit. That’s it I am fed up with the lust for Costco. I speak passionately on this as the laziest zillionaire alive. All of MR’s postive arguments all lead to one over powering negative pain in my ass. MR I am blown away that you can miss this. Costco appeals to customer more than the multiple child family. This means that in my shopping experience I have to listen to babies crying, little kids screaming, terrible white trash parents smacking their mullet wearing kids around. Every corner I turn their is like a fifty percent chance of me running into a breast feeding mother in a mumu. Costco is second only to Disneyland for being the worst child infested environment on earth. For shame on you MR as a zillionaire I am shocked at your patience and control of cuss words that it requires to enter such a business for even a minute.

By: Bailes

Bailes — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:36:50 +0000

Good old Frazzini, man I miss going to Central basketball games and seeing that guy make an ass out of himself, never failed. Thanks for sharing.

By: MR

MR — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:51:03 +0000

Someday I’ll tell the tale of Frazzini announcing to the patrons in his restaurant, “I’m gonna go melt some snow!” and walking over to the side entrance, where he unzipped his fly and urinated out the door. The dozen or so guests at my birthday party simply watched in amazement.

I smiled, as the one thing I had wished for when I blew out the candles came true: John Frazzini exposing himself to my friends and family. It goes without saying, this was easily the best birthday I’ve ever had.

By: solo

solo — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:33:04 +0000

I think nothing beats john frazzini urinating out the back at MR’s 19th birthday, another zillionaire conference I didn’t attend.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:44:10 +0000

Well Grant’s is obviously much better than Sbarro, I just wish they had Grant’s in malls around the country. A free all-you-can-eat there could be worth the plane ticket I’d have to buy and the vacation I’d have to use up…

By: DA

DA — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:03:12 +0000

Let’s settle this over a good ole fashioned all-you-can-eat at Grant’s in Eburg! I’m buying!

“In Defense of Sbarro…” You kill me. :) I bet there is a sponsership deal in there for you somewhere.

By: Bailes

Bailes — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 06:02:54 +0000

I’m going to have to agree with Dave on this one. Costco is a complete waste of time and money in my opinion unless you have a herd to feed. Honestly, probably the only people that save at costco spend hundreds of dollars stocking up to feed the family of twelve for a month. Also, the costcos here are so packed all of the time that you can’t even maneuver your cart around without running over little kids… reminds me of Whirly Ball now that I think of it. Anyhow, it is such a pain to go to costco here that I gave up my membership long ago. YOu have to fight traffic and drive out to the middle of nowhere to get there, like Dave mentioned, and then when you get there it’s like freakin’ Disneyland, like a vegas cabbie would put it. Tons of people wandering around aimlessly, not knowing what they want, just knowing that they need the 20 pack of deodorant and hotdog buns. Full circle to the drugs in the food if you ask me. I never thought about the umbrellas on the tables until you mentioned it Dave, what they hell do they think they’re trying to pull? Anyhow, I have been down on Costco for a while and Dave’s article affirmed my judgements.