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Lifer
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I heard a commercial for this place, and they were talking it up like some stuff is up to half off, and it is a member's only place. Has anyone here been to one of these?
 
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destrekor

destrekor

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I so want to quote that, but I don't think that mods would like that. :laugh:

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Jugernot

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mh47g, jeez man, take a pill. It wasn't funny, can you edit your message and remove that shit?
 
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mh47g

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Originally posted by: Jugernot
mh47g, jeez man, take a pill. It wasn't funny, can you edit your message and remove that shit?
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I shortened it a little just for you :lips:
 
Demon-Xanth

Demon-Xanth

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From what I understand, it's like Costco with a really expensive membership, crappy products, stupidly high markups, and poor service.

...which means it's a complete and utter piece of crap company.
 
Toasthead

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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
From what I understand, it's like Costco with a really expensive membership, crappy products, stupidly high markups, and poor service.

...which means it's a complete and utter piece of crap company.
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So its nothing like Costco at all?
 
kranky

kranky

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Oct 9, 1999
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Yeah, it's a bad idea, but no one is giving any specifics. They charge a huge fee to join (maybe $3000 or more). They don't handle everything you might want. They won't go to bat for you if there's a problem with your order (they submit your order to the manufacturer, that's it). Notice their commercials talk about people saving $10,000, $20,000, even $50,000? That's because you better be buying a boatload of stuff to make it worth paying the (nonrefundable) membership fee.

They won't let you compare prices and they will only let you visit once as a non-member (so they can apply high-pressure sales tactics while you're in their store). They won't tell you ahead of time what it costs to join. If you don't join that day you can't come back later. Wouldn't that alone be a red flag?

I can see where it would make sense in very narrow circumstances - you know they carry exactly what you want, you know what they will be charging, you know what your savings will be, and you know it will more than cover the membership cost. Only problem is, you can't find all that out before you join.
 
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waggy

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Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Avoid anything that has commercials on daytime television.
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yeap avoid, Honda, Toyota, All soaps, Pepsi, Coke, etc etc etc.
 
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Sinsear

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Originally posted by: kranky
Yeah, it's a bad idea, but no one is giving any specifics. They charge a huge fee to join (maybe $3000 or more). They don't handle everything you might want. They won't go to bat for you if there's a problem with your order (they submit your order to the manufacturer, that's it). Notice their commercials talk about people saving $10,000, $20,000, even $50,000? That's because you better be buying a boatload of stuff to make it worth paying the (nonrefundable) membership fee.

They won't let you compare prices and they will only let you visit once as a non-member (so they can apply high-pressure sales tactics while you're in their store). They won't tell you ahead of time what it costs to join. If you don't join that day you can't come back later. Wouldn't that alone be a red flag?

I can see where it would make sense in very narrow circumstances - you know they carry exactly what you want, you know what they will be charging, you know what your savings will be, and you know it will more than cover the membership cost. Only problem is, you can't find all that out before you join.
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Nail. Head.

Read more here.

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Saulbadguy

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Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Avoid anything that has commercials on daytime television.
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yeap avoid, Honda, Toyota, All soaps, Pepsi, Coke, etc etc etc.
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If you are at home during the day (and not working), you should probably avoid all of those. Except maybe soap.
 
Demon-Xanth

Demon-Xanth

Lifer
Feb 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: Toasthead
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
From what I understand, it's like Costco with a really expensive membership, crappy products, stupidly high markups, and poor service.

...which means it's a complete and utter piece of crap company.
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So its nothing like Costco at all?
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Exactly.
 
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tw1164

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Dec 8, 1999
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Originally posted by: Toasthead
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
From what I understand, it's like Costco with a really expensive membership, crappy products, stupidly high markups, and poor service.

...which means it's a complete and utter piece of crap company.
Click to expand...

So its nothing like Costco at all?
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How are their hot dogs?
 
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imported_Imp

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Dec 20, 2005
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Total scam.

Local news just did a story. You can't check out their stock before you pay an outeageous membership fee. And then they let you in to see everything priced at or above the regular.
 
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shabby

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Oct 9, 1999
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I take it the people saying its a scam never used it?
My sister has a membership and used it to buy lots of things for her house, she spent $40k on a kitchen that would of normally cost almost 20k more.
Dont expect deals on small items, its the large/expensive stuff that gets heavily discounted.
 
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