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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Costco I get, the membership fee thing makes sense when they're offering that kind of massive inventory and bulk savings. If you know what you're doing you can recoup your initial fee outlay in just a few visits from the money you save buying in bulk. But small shops charging a cover charge just to look around?
If anything I think that would prompt me to do even more online shopping, not less.
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My understanding of Costco is the membership idea was to circumvent certain tax issues and retail legalities by classifying themselves as an exclusive 'members-only' organization - not open to the general public.