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pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
Have other people bought appliances at Costco? I'm in the market for a stackable electric washer/dryer.

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pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
I stopped at church to get gas today, the lot was drat full. I guess everyone is stocking up for thanksgiving and also possibly panic buying dish detergent?

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Chinatown posted:

How would those who lost their homes have been able to rebuild without Costco? Thankfully it will be there to help.

The house I grew up in is 7.1 miles away from that costco, I remember when the Lowes went in and then the Costco in that location.

Yeah it actually looks like the fire's northernmost part is about 2 miles south of that house.

pseudanonymous fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Jan 1, 2022

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Gatts posted:

Only this time it is capitalism that did this.

Capitalism did it to the Soviet’s as well. Most of why socialism fails is the capitalist countries conspire to make it fail, they refuse to trade meaningfully with socialist countries.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

LionYeti posted:

There is a grocery strike in my state right now. It has made me even more happy to be a church member, they're the only grocery type store that has seemingly treated their employees right and have taken the pandemic as seriously as :capitalism: allows. Wish they were a union shop, but the pay and bennies are close enough that they might as well be.

I think Costco's strategy is to treat their workers so well they don't want to unionize. Like there are costs to running a union, in theory "rational" businesses would calculate the cost of running a union for their employees, and then calculate out benefits and wages such that it doesn't make economic sense for their workers to unionize. But that is so obviously not what happens; it always makes me laugh when people refer to firms as rational "profit-maximizing" entities. And yes I mean rational in the technical economic sense.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Chinatown posted:

they are dropping "diet" in favor of "no sugar" because ~*millennials!!!*~ dont like the word "diet" anymore.

according to some overpaid marketing people

Overpaid is redundant here.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

PolishPandaBear posted:

I bought a 6 pack of chicken thighs and when I got home I noticed that one wasn't under vacuum and was leaking chicken juice everywhere.

If I go back, do I need the bring the whole thing or just the one punctured pack?

To complicate things, I'm a false believer and using my parents' membership. Will I be excommunicated from the church at the customer service window?

If you try to eat a hot dog while you are there I bet Jim will smite you himself from on high.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
And you know there is a whole universe of people out there obsessed with getting insane MPGs, doing tricks, posting things, overinflating tires massively, coasting down hills, etc..

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

norp posted:

You can't tell me what to put in my clam chowder :colbert:

I put chili in mine, it pisses everyone off.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

norp posted:

I've never noticed a "tannic" taste in the skin of a pink lady
Then again I'm a weirdo that eats apples in their entirety (including core) from base to stem.

Some people can’t actually taste tanins, it’s genetic.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Renegret posted:

Add an egg. I boil one for 6 minutes.

It'll change your life.

You boil the egg first? Like hard boiled or?

Any way when I make ramen I crack an egg into the water once it reboils after adding the noodles and the egg coats the noodles in a really nice way.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

MarcusSA posted:

If it’s not food what is it?

It’s hot. And it’s ready.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

When you said blowgun I thought you meant the kind you shoot stuff with. That'd be cool with an air compressor.

Yeah why don’t you call it in the air and we’ll find out if it’s cool.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Sudden Loud Noise posted:

My freezer is already full of costco.

I found this amazing warehouse store where you can buy in bulk and quality cheap big ticket items like freezers.

May Costco be with you in all your shopping.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Soul Dentist posted:

The obvious solution is Freezerhenge, with one chest freezer on top of two uprights. This has the advantage of being modular as well.

I think you mean Freezer Lintel. Frozenhenge implies a kind of Costco zealotry and dedication that I am not of sufficient faith to engage in.

Frozenhenge is a calling.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
Checked out the Costco Business Center in Fife. For sure if my regular attendance is at a Church, this was a Cathedral.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
I like Costco a lot but I don't like hotdogs and I've never gotten a hotdog there and I won't.

There I said it.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

teamdest posted:

Costco signature Visa card.

poisonpill posted:

Can someone just tell me the good credit card to use

The Costco card is good for gas and travel, not actually so good at Costco.

You can frequently get 5% on wholesale stores, but usually via rotating categories on some card.

If you combine that with executive membership that's 7% back.

If you use the Costco card at Costco, it only gives 2% back.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Pennywise the Frown posted:

The Best Toilet Paper from NYT

:hmmno:

I love it. (at least my regional TP)

I probably just used up my once a month NYT article view, or whatever they allow, on toilet paper.

There’s a double meaning in that.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
Has anyone ever like.. reversed their card situation. My mom has an exec membership and I didn't realize that meant she didn't get rewards for my spending. I am much more devout and go to church much more regularly, so I'm wanting to reverse the situation, I'll pay for the executive membership and she'll just get a free card.

But you know I've been a regular atendee for 14+ years, i want my hymnal to reflect my tenure.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Jingleheimer posted:

Next time you're there you can stop by the membership desk to get the exact details on what they can do, but I'm fairly certain they can just switch you to be the primary person on the account. Your mom will probably have to go in there and officially take care of it herself though, since she's currently the primary on the account.

That's cool, do you think I can do it at a business center? I'm going up to Seattle to see her this weekend, I can just go to the one in Fife since there's no business center near PDX

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
Went to church, mostly just got staples, foster farms chicken wings, also Kirkland chicken wings, Normandy blend, parmesan "cheese", pesto, tried the frozen brussel sprouts with bacon, also got 2 kinds of cauliflower rice, some big hard plastic containers, they were $9 and like 20 @ big box hardware store, also couple fold up chairs having nerds over to play magic this weekend.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Thwomp posted:

5. The answer is 5.

Now imagine all 5 of those dogs in your mouth at once.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

silicone thrills posted:

Hm I ordered a blower on 4/7 thats a 2 week shipping time and they just dropped the price by 60$ on the 13th.

I wonder if I can call them and get them to gimme 60$ back

edit: neato there is a handy form on the customer service side of the website where you can just request the adustment with the order number.

PBUC

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Gravitee posted:

They're similar to the shiritaki noodles you can find at Asian or health food stores. They are on the chewy side and have little to no flavor. They're low carb if that's your bag.

They’re good with Costco pesto and powdered Parmesan I’m eating a bowl of them at this moment.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
I've bought two Hermon Miller Aeon's used, one for my home and one for work, and they both have been great. I'm dummy thicc, so it's one of the only chairs that fits my frame, and even then it takes a bit of adjusting but my back doesn't hurt anymore after I work for a while.

There are decent resellers on craigslist and used office furniture stores. Worth looking into.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Jingleheimer posted:

Those croutons are terrible. Until I tried them I didn't know croutons that were anything but delicious even existed.

Go get a fresh baguette loaf, (actually a slightly stale one works better) leave it on your fridge for about 2 days, cut it up into cubes, grab a wok, throw a bit of olive oil in there, mix it around, put in your cubes, add a dash of salt and pepper, toss them around, add a bit more olive oil.

Fresh croutons are on a whole other level.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Tricky Ed posted:

It hits your credit on multiple axes. It's a hard pull, it's a new credit line (average age of accounts), more revolving credit, presumably you're going to use it (higher credit utilization), and ultimately it frightens and confuses your loan officers, who are skittish and easily spooked.

I opened a new $500 Home Depot card for the sweet discount before my first mortgage closed and it ended up costing me an additional .5%. I didn't have any other debt at the time.

I'm guessing whatever models they use for some reason place a heavy emphasis on people taking out a bunch of debt then abandoning things. I opened a couple of CCs for the SUB this spring and now I might have to get a mortgage and I'm deeply regretting it.

It's actually really frustrating in a way because churning subs is really smart if you can do it effectively, and would indicate a high chance you're properly utilizing your credit, but I'm pretty sure when the powers that be use the term "based on your creditworthiness" what they actually mean is "based on your profitability".

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

FilthyImp posted:

Mortgage Lenders ask for like 7 copies of May 2021's Pay Stub 4 times through the process and you think they'll just be like "oh a new 10k line of credit cool cool"???

It's actually pretty dumb though, right, like what difference does it make if you open a new line of credit right before or right after. Like does that magically mean you'll max it out? That your DTI ratio will really change? It's an incredibly archaic way of judging "creditworthiness" and totally opaque, and almost certainly massively racist.

There's no way they are using deep learning to actually figure out the odds of being repaid and determining your loan and rates on that basis. There's obviously a ton of other poo poo going on behind the curtain.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Chinatown posted:

do not go to costco this weekend unless you desire pain

Are there sights to show us?

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
I’m surprised nobody sells like appropriately sized and colored milk crates or some system like that.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

esperantinc posted:

I'll pay 2$ for the combo if they bring back onions and sauerkraut.

If you paid 2$ for it, it wouldn't be "the combo".

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Bucnasti posted:

Been thinkin bout getting an Air-fryer. Costco has like 4 different models. Anyone have recommendations or suggestion?

Instapot

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
I think the real test is when you paddle your two-person kayak to a store to do a kitchen remodel, and that store is inside Ikea?

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.
Costco should have like Adult Swim hours and Geriatric Swim hours and Family Swim Hours. I know they'd never do this but.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

bird with big dick posted:

I just bought a nutribullet and took it out and filled the box full of potatoes and returned it, thanks whoever upthread gave me the idea. Sorry to whoever ends up paying $99 for a box of potatoes.

Amazon wouldn't price match me on a set of 2 new twin dell monitors where the price dropped like $100 like 7 days after I ordered them. I talked to a rep and she started arguing with me about the cost of price matching which is something Amazon used to do, and even when I demonstrated mathematically that no, Amazon would not go out of business if they kept price matching, she just kept arguing.

I was pissed off, so I "returned" the monitors while ordering a new pair at the cheaper price, then just sent back 2 old monitors I had instead of the new dells.

A powerful blow struck against the fortunes of Jeff Bezos and Amazon, they are definitely trembling in their market caps.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Soul Dentist posted:

I'm sorry but you are going to crime jail

I don't want to work at an Amazon workhouse.

pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

Smugworth posted:

Kimchi is on sale
Better stock up folks, I suggest buying 6-10 jars

0 jars of Kimchi is the amount I want in my pantry at all times.

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pseudanonymous
Aug 30, 2008

When you make the second entry and the debits and credits balance, and you blow them to hell.

FilthyImp posted:

I'm not ready for the Executive upgrade

Why do you think you can't see the good thread?

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