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FCKGW posted:oh god these fuckers What are the things on the shelf above them. I'm foreign and don't understand.
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Bologna slices. They're loving gross, the American cheese of luncheon meats, like some foul dark shadow of head cheese.
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Aug 25, 2018 17:47
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GORDON posted:Does that sign say they add 7 or 8 cents the the cost, at checkout? Yeah, sales tax,innit?
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Aug 25, 2018 18:00
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Foreigners need not be concerned with that picture. It is a shameful picture.
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Aug 25, 2018 18:03
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Jack-Off Lantern posted:Yeah, sales tax,innit? In many places in the US, food is not subject to sales tax. I would guess that the price is different for people who have a shopping/rewards card versus those who don’t?
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Aug 25, 2018 18:03
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FilthyImp posted:Bologna slices. They're loving gross, the American cheese of luncheon meats, like some foul dark shadow of head cheese. 
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Aug 25, 2018 18:09
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I dropped my skillet recently and dented the poo poo out of it, plus it had a large scratch down the middle. I needed to hit up Costco and pick up my contact lenses and new glasses yesterday anyway so I decided to pickup this 5.5qt T-Fal Jumbo skillet. Goddamn that thing cooks awesomely, and under $20. So since I went in for just the pan, of course I left with a 3 lb. bag of almonds, some new electric toothbrush heads, a shitload of steak and had to stop and grab a chicken bake on the way out. PBUC
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Aug 25, 2018 18:17
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FilthyImp posted:Bologna slices. They're loving gross, the American cheese of luncheon meats, like some foul dark shadow of head cheese. I used to work at this CA tech company that had their own cooks/free lunches (not an uncommon setup in the area) and the food was pretty alright... but the people who founded the company were from the South so we would randomly have some kind of terrible southern abomination straight out of your worst nightmares. Examples: - A giant slab of bologna, fried in fat and just eaten with mustard (?) - A gigantic slice of iceberg lettuce, like literally a quarter of an entire head of iceberg lettuce, with nothing blue cheese dressing on top, and that's the entire meal (?!?!) I guess my point is that southern food is loving weird. There are bright points, like BBQ and Cajun food, but it's best as Americans that we don't speak on or post pictures of these shameful items.
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Aug 25, 2018 18:24
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Taima posted:Examples: I've seen roommates make that and every time it's just  Granted, i have bad memories of eggs cooked with shreds of ham (ugh, makes the ham lukewarm and gross and it's not crispy or anything just this tepid slab). The second is like a ghetto Cobb/wedge salad. Hipster places do that poo poo.
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Aug 25, 2018 18:52
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GORDON posted:Does that sign say they add 7 or 8 cents the the cost, at checkout? I've never seen food tax small print put on a price sign before. I thought everyone would just know that tax is a thing...? PS used to buy those dogs and cook them in the microwave. Dab of mustard for each bite.
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Aug 25, 2018 19:25
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Maybe they are a sausage like product and not even categorised as food?
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Aug 25, 2018 19:37
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AWarmBody posted:I've never seen food tax small print put on a price sign before. I thought everyone would just know that tax is a thing...? I think the sign is advertising the price the supermarket bought the hotdogs for, and they are bragging about the small amount of markup they pass to customers.
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Aug 25, 2018 19:43
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They explain it here: http://www.cashsaverfoodstores.com/store-info/faqs The whole idea is that they display the cost price of the item (the price they got it for) then they add a flat 10 percent to cover their costs. Ultimately it's just a way to trick poor and/or dumb people I think. They have no actual reason to state the prices that way other than to obfuscate the reality of what people are paying, or to otherwise make people believe that they got a better deal than they did. To be super clear this is NOT sales tax it's just a marketing ploy and you pay tax on everything on top of that.
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Aug 25, 2018 19:59
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So basically, they're advertising a price on the product in 100 point font, and then the fine print literally says that isn't the actual price. That needs to be illegal.
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Aug 25, 2018 20:13
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Taima posted:I used to work at this CA tech company that had their own cooks/free lunches (not an uncommon setup in the area) and the food was pretty alright... but the people who founded the company were from the South so we would randomly have some kind of terrible southern abomination straight out of your worst nightmares. The bologna thing is gross. Sounds like you're referring to a shittily made wedge salad (Serious Eats recipe for example of non-poo poo).
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Aug 25, 2018 20:54
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tangy yet delightful posted:The bologna thing is gross. Sounds like you're referring to a shittily made wedge salad (Serious Eats recipe for example of non-poo poo). Oh nice! Kenji is my favorite recipe source. That looks WAY better than what we got. I might actually make it tonight because I was going to make lettuce wraps anyways and this is a good side dish (if a bit lettuce heavy overall). Thanks!
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Aug 25, 2018 21:20
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Taima posted:They explain it here: 10% seems like a pretty reasonable profit margin, it's pretty dang transparent albeit convoluted.
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Aug 25, 2018 22:50
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FormatAmerica posted:10% seems like a pretty reasonable profit margin, it's pretty dang transparent albeit convoluted. Is 10% the profit, or the markup? I think Costco is about 10% markup, so profit is a lot smaller.
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Aug 26, 2018 00:12
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Any idea about what the minimum credit score you need for the Citi card is?
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Aug 26, 2018 00:46
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Jim Rome knows whats up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN-yQxuuU8M
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Aug 26, 2018 04:25
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MAJOR STRYkER posted:Any idea about what the minimum credit score you need for the Citi card is? It’s more an issue of faith
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Aug 26, 2018 04:30
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FormatAmerica posted:10% seems like a pretty reasonable profit margin, it's pretty dang transparent albeit convoluted. Eh. They are depending on the human mind's ability to disregard the extra 10% and focus on the cost price, which is not a real number in any consumer-oriented sense. If they wanted to actually be transparent they could just list the cost price, and then have the real price in a larger font to emphasize the price you're actually paying. That accomplishes their goals while being super clear and easy to understand. Instead they are going out of their way to avoid being clear about the price. They don't do that for no reason. Their research shows that by obfuscating the price, consumers spend more than if they were straightforward about the pricing. Therefore the pricing strategy is inherently exploiting consumer's lack of understanding.
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Aug 26, 2018 04:59
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MAJOR STRYkER posted:Any idea about what the minimum credit score you need for the Citi card is? The general internet consensus is that you want at least 720 and probably more like 750 for guaranteed approval. e: Wallethub says 750+ https://wallethub.com/d/costco-credit-card-72c/ Taima fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Aug 26, 2018 |
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Aug 26, 2018 05:02
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Taima posted:The general internet consensus is that you want at least 720 and probably more like 750 for guaranteed approval. I'm pretty sure my score wasn't even close to those numbers when I got mine. I think I was at 680.
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Aug 26, 2018 07:16
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https://twitter.com/SamsClub/status/1017550709963669504?s=19 sams club trying to loss lead with polish to snatch up people pissed about the menu changes i guess, but my costco just ditched the al pastor salad for chili... so now i can have chili dogs
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Aug 27, 2018 01:43
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Spoondick posted:https://twitter.com/SamsClub/status/1017550709963669504?s=19 I swear when I was at Sam's they had polish. Also gross if you have beans in you chili dogs.
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Aug 27, 2018 01:50
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The polish dogs have been gone at my local Costcos for years and frankly I'm glad they're gone
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Aug 27, 2018 01:51
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Spoondick posted:https://twitter.com/SamsClub/status/1017550709963669504?s=19 I've never tried them, but I've heard they are basically cat food.
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Aug 27, 2018 03:21
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I mean...the promotional photo they’re using to sell the hot dogs doesn’t even look all that good. Shriveled, greasy looking sausages in flat, cold, stale looking buns. And that’s the beauty shot. I can only imagine what the actual product looks like.
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Aug 27, 2018 03:54
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Lol at anyone who goes to Wal-mart's knockoff of costco
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Aug 27, 2018 03:55
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Taima posted:I used to work at this CA tech company that had their own cooks/free lunches (not an uncommon setup in the area) and the food was pretty alright... but the people who founded the company were from the South so we would randomly have some kind of terrible southern abomination straight out of your worst nightmares. If fried bologna sandwiches and wedge salads are new and surprising to you, you are extremely sheltered and need to get out more.
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Aug 27, 2018 04:20
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Both of those items are not really a thing here, I don't know what to say. We have gobs of ethnic food. I'll put down an offal soup no problem. I love food and there's almost nothing off limits in terms of ingredients or style. Never seen a fried bologne sandwich before then in my drat life (or since).
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Aug 27, 2018 04:30
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Dick Fagballzson posted:If fried bologna sandwiches and wedge salads are new and surprising to you, you are extremely sheltered and need to get out more. Both of them are bottom tier foods.
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Aug 27, 2018 04:39
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don't support the loving walton family jesus fucjk
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Aug 27, 2018 04:43
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iceberg lettuce is poo poo, logistics of eating a wedge salad aside
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Aug 27, 2018 04:45
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Dick Fagballzson posted:If fried bologna sandwiches and wedge salads are new and surprising to you, you are extremely sheltered and need to get out more. *calls someone sheltered* *lives in one of 3 states where that type of food is legally allowed to exist*
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Aug 27, 2018 05:10
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FCKGW posted:*calls someone sheltered* If the law sheltered you from that food then you'd be sheltered wouldn't you?
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Aug 27, 2018 05:22
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hakimashou posted:If the law sheltered you from that food then you'd be sheltered wouldn't you? that's not the intent of the phrase so no also i'm not saying fried balony is actually outlawed lmao
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Aug 27, 2018 05:29
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hakimashou posted:Lol at anyone who goes to Wal-mart's knockoff of costco my mom and her husband go to sc for some reason and it's bizarre. I went to help them get flooring and they kept going to different cashiers across multiple checkouts, terrified that the waltons themselves would rip the deal away
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