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priznat: Jul 7, 2009; Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Flaggy posted:

So back story: Our store had just opened and we were signing up for accounts on Day 1. I, as a joke, filled out my name as Ticklebuns to make my wife laugh. She did not. But the manager of the this particular Costco thought it was hilarious and granted me the name Ticklebuns on my card. So now, I get asked every time I go through check out. Worth it.

~extremely sheriff of Malibu voice~ is this your only ID?

# ? Mar 3, 2020 00:08

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 17:42

SirPablo: May 1, 2004; Pillbug

Flaggy posted:

So back story: Our store had just opened and we were signing up for accounts on Day 1. I, as a joke, filled out my name as Ticklebuns to make my wife laugh. She did not. But the manager of the this particular Costco thought it was hilarious and granted me the name Ticklebuns on my card. So now, I get asked every time I go through check out. Worth it.

Ticklebuns, serving 4-6 months upstate.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 01:15

Renegret: May 26, 2007; THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

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Flaggy posted:

So back story: Our store had just opened and we were signing up for accounts on Day 1. I, as a joke, filled out my name as Ticklebuns to make my wife laugh. She did not. But the manager of the this particular Costco thought it was hilarious and granted me the name Ticklebuns on my card. So now, I get asked every time I go through check out. Worth it.

Oh my god

# ? Mar 3, 2020 01:23

Renegret: May 26, 2007; THANK YOU FOR CALLING HELP DOG, INC.

YOUR POSITION IN THE QUEUE IS *pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt*

Cat Army Sworn Enemy

Also went to Costco today. Cashed in my rewards check and returned $70 of baby formula I bought 8 months ago and never used.

...Then I gave it all right back. The produce was on point today though.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 01:24

DARPA: Apr 24, 2005; We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Disaster during this visit. Most cards stopped going through. People are getting rung up and then told to use the single atm to get cash. Lines stretching full length of the store.

Edit: 14 people waiting at the atm. Not going to be pretty if it runs out of cash

# ? Mar 3, 2020 01:28

AreWeDrunkYet: Jul 8, 2006

Saw the same thing at a non-Costco grocery store just now. Credit card transactions were randomly getting declined and lines were getting silly.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 01:42

AreWeDrunkYet: Jul 8, 2006

Looks to be a wider debit/credit processing outage, a bunch of large retailers are impacted.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 01:51

buddychrist10: Nov 4, 2009; Obtuse.....even hokey.

Thank you whoever recommended the peanut butter whiskey. It just made it to our Costco and it is incredible.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 02:24

Tiny Timbs: Sep 6, 2008

Went in tonight to stock up on dog food. The id checker up front was giving everyone Lysol wipes

It�s Here

# ? Mar 3, 2020 03:02

ascii genitals: Aug 19, 2000

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# ? Mar 3, 2020 03:13

.Z.: Jan 12, 2008

Fallom posted:

Went in tonight to stock up on dog food. The id checker up front was giving everyone Lysol wipes

It’s Here

Portland Costco at opening time on Sunday (not my photo):

# ? Mar 3, 2020 03:29

Original_Z: Jun 14, 2005; Z so good

Costco Japan is also facing shortages:

I love the wording with this. You guys are panicking morons and there's no problem with supply in this country, but you won't listen anyway so this poo poo is unnecessarily sold out and we have to implement limits. Also, the hell with our sales, you suckers will pay full price for them anyway so we're cancelling them!

# ? Mar 3, 2020 03:50

MarcusSA: Sep 23, 2007

Lol

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheDanJimenez/status/1234671488843730945

# ? Mar 3, 2020 04:13

Inspector 34: Mar 9, 2009; DOES NOT RESPECT THE RUN

BUT THEY WILL

.Z. posted:

Portland Costco at opening time on Sunday (not my photo):

Fuuuuuuuuck that looks like my church. I've got this rewards voucher I need to cash in but haven't wanted to deal with that kind of mayhem. Hopefully by Wednesday or Thursday I can sneak in for my cash and a dog and get out without too much hassle.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 07:22

Pick: Jul 19, 2009; Nap Ghost

Flaggy posted:

So back story: Our store had just opened and we were signing up for accounts on Day 1. I, as a joke, filled out my name as Ticklebuns to make my wife laugh. She did not. But the manager of the this particular Costco thought it was hilarious and granted me the name Ticklebuns on my card. So now, I get asked every time I go through check out. Worth it.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 07:28

SirPablo: May 1, 2004; Pillbug

People are dumb.

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1234728462390136837?s=19

# ? Mar 3, 2020 08:00

Cartoon Man: Jan 31, 2004

# ? Mar 3, 2020 12:54

toplitzin: Jun 13, 2003

I'm going to church after work for dog food. I pray that I can pass through easily and get my slice on the way out.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 13:19

FogHelmut: Dec 18, 2003

If you'd have bought that bidet seat, you wouldn't need to make a run on TP.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 13:23

JK Fresco: Jul 5, 2019

SirPablo posted:

People are dumb.

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1234728462390136837?s=19

https://twitter.com/ChairmanBernard/status/1234729571682938882?s=20

# ? Mar 3, 2020 14:34

The Midniter: Jul 9, 2001

I stopped by Costco last night to pick up a bunch of "just in case" non-perishable staples last night as well as a bunch of canisters of formula for my kiddo.

Right when I got in line is when the credit/debit system took a poo poo, and no one was interested in paying by cash/check (aside from a few olds who still carry checkbooks), so I just took out some cash at the ATM and booked it out of there. Had to be ~60 people in line, at 8pm on a Monday night, who may not have been able to complete their purchases. Poor saps.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 16:52

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The Midniter posted:

I stopped by Costco last night to pick up a bunch of "just in case" non-perishable staples last night as well as a bunch of canisters of formula for my kiddo.

Right when I got in line is when the credit/debit system took a poo poo, and no one was interested in paying by cash/check (aside from a few olds who still carry checkbooks), so I just took out some cash at the ATM and booked it out of there. Had to be ~60 people in line, at 8pm on a Monday night, who may not have been able to complete their purchases. Poor saps.

Sounds like it was more than just Costco. I arrived at Trader Joe's just after the card machines started working again. Then was told the same thing by the Costco checkers.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 16:58

Chinatown: Sep 11, 2001; by Fluffdaddy; Fun Shoe

Confirming that the Costco Citi Visa has made the Costco experience just that much easier.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 17:40

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

A win for checkbooks!

# ? Mar 3, 2020 17:44

canyoneer: Sep 13, 2005; I only have canyoneyes for you

BONGHITZ posted:

A win for checkbooks!

smiling cash and check customers at every table in the food court.
smug debit card users left dogless.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 17:49

priznat: Jul 7, 2009; Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Hey if writing a check for a litre of half and half is good enough for the dude, it�s good enough for me.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 18:47

Lazyhound: Mar 1, 2004; A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous—got me?

My local food court now had seafood chowder.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 20:06

Paul MaudDib: May 3, 2006; TEAM NVIDIA:
FORUM POLICE

FogHelmut posted:

If you'd have bought that bidet seat, you wouldn't need to make a run on TP.

it's on sale again fyi, definitely the galaxy brain move considering the TP shortage

# ? Mar 3, 2020 20:10

toplitzin: Jun 13, 2003

# ? Mar 3, 2020 20:39

Nurge: Feb 4, 2009; by Reene; Fun Shoe

toplitzin posted:

I saw they had bread testers out at the store today and ate a couple of each one they had out. gently caress the virus free food trumps all.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 20:44

Mr.Pibbleton: Feb 3, 2006; Aleuts rock, chummer.

Flaggy posted:

So back story: Our store had just opened and we were signing up for accounts on Day 1. I, as a joke, filled out my name as Ticklebuns to make my wife laugh. She did not. But the manager of the this particular Costco thought it was hilarious and granted me the name Ticklebuns on my card. So now, I get asked every time I go through check out. Worth it.

Man, I signed up myself for costco membership and in the big nickname box I put "Flash, savior of the universe" and for my nickname they just gave me "Flash" but my buddy who is black and asked for a Chapelle show character, he doesn't get the first five letters of his nickname, instead they left it blank!

Character in question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnTfZ_mE5k

# ? Mar 3, 2020 22:38

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Mr.Pibbleton posted:

Man, I signed up myself for costco membership and in the big nickname box I put "Flash, savior of the universe" and for my nickname they just gave me "Flash"

Should have gone with 'King of the impossible'.

# ? Mar 3, 2020 22:44

No Butt Stuff: Jun 10, 2004

Has anyone seen the March ad yet? All I can find is this:

https://www.costcoinsider.com/upcoming-costco-coupon-books/

quote:

March 2020 Coupon Book | March 11th � April 5th
Kirkland Signature Jelly Belly $4 off
Kirkland Signature Adult Multivitamin Gummies $3 off
Coppertone Sport Sunscreen SPF 50 $4 off
Scotts Turf Builder Weed & Feed or Bonus S $10 off
Huggies Plus Pull-Ups $7.50 off
Zyrtec Tablets $8 off
Claritin Tablets $8 off
Flonase Allergy Relief $11 off
Softsoap Advanced Clean Liquid Hand Soap
Hormel SPAM $5 off

e: lol god dammit, I refreshed the page and the march ad is up
https://www.costcoinsider.com/costco-march-2020-coupon-book/#coupon-book

# ? Mar 3, 2020 23:31

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Bottled water is going to be on sale!

# ? Mar 3, 2020 23:44

hollylolly: Jun 5, 2009; Do you like superheroes? Check out my CYOA Mutants: Uprising

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We went to Costco yesterday evening for our usual stocking up trip (Clackamas OR location) and it was busy, but not insane. TP and cleaning wipes were sold out. Thankfully we still have plenty at home.

I brought my own wipes for the cart and then my toddler stuck the seatbelt buckle in his mouth so, :rip: