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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:13 PM Original message |
Is being generous good for business? (Costco gets bashed, yet again...) |
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neuvocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well if the pukes wanna get all moralistic... |
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getmeouttahere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here's my "Well, Duh!" for the week.... |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, Kozloff... |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Poor Wall Street, if more companies were like Costo, we would be |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Isn't that the truth! |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. WOW, I didn't know Costco pays so well. |
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Pystoff (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Oh yes they are |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. So, if WORKERS are given a living wage and |
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Fenris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. "he could force employees to pick up a little more of the burden." |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Shit, I could make more money working at Costco! |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. New York Times had a long article about COSTCO over weekend. Said that... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
47. So Sinegal doesn't even qualify for the Bush* tax break |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Looks like Costco's making the other corps look selfish, |
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getmeouttahere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. There can be only one answer to that question.... |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. Bingo! |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. they offer top pay, generate top profits...they MUST BE STOPPED! |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. By the way, they have the lowest employee turnover % and theft rate... |
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MN ChimpH8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. What greedhead tools these WS types are |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
13. What reason do they always give for high CEO salaries |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Southwest Airlines has the same business philosophy... |
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Nia Zuri (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. I try to patronize them because of their business practices |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. When the lines back up at the costco I shop at, |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. MBA have been taught for the last twenty years to attack & destroy |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. My best friend's stepfather is a professor (business). |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 06:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I'm sad to hear that |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. He claims that it is 1000x worse. |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Well, he sounds like a good person |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I hope it doesn't get much worse. |
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catnhatnh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Ding,Ding,Ding.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Exactly. Spreading rumors about competitors is fine. They also |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm going to get a Costco membership now |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I LOVE Shopping At Costco!!! |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. And they DON'T contribute a single buck to repugs. |
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pelagius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Jim Sinegal (Costco CEO) contributes regularly... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. Me too! |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. My Local Costco Employees Are HEROES!!! LITERALLY! |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Too cool! |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. All the more reason to shop at Costco |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. This is why I shop Costco & not BJ's & Walmart. I think I'll buy stock now |
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pelagius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Sinegal, whose father was a coal miner and steelworker..." |
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wildeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Tell it, pelagius! |
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bunny planet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
31. Walmart down 5%, just wait until Robert Greenwald's movie about them |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. You can send an email of support to CostCo. |
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tommcintyre (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 06:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Thanks for the link, I just sent the following email: |
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wellstone dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 07:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. My email |
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6th Borough (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. The differencve between Wallmart/Sam's and Costco? just lookie here... |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
41. Bookmarked and Recommended. The word needs to spread. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-22-05 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
48. As of July 22, this is the most e-mailed story of the NYT |
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