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Scuba

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1. There are other important differences as well ....

Reply to Bunnahabhain (Original post)

Thu Aug 29, 2013, 12:00 PM

Aug 2013

And yet goods are actully as low priced - or lower - at Costco.

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Why Walmart and CostCo Are So Different [View all] Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 OP

There are other important differences as well .... Scuba Aug 2013 #1

How does CostCo compare to Sam's Club? GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #2

Yeah, that's more apples & apples. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2013 #3

Read the article Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #9

Yeah, but they're not skilled and I am worried that Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #5

it's NOT about the customers - it's about profits and who gets to keep them. Walmart is a greedy msongs Aug 2013 #4

Comparing Walmart and Costco doesn't make a lot of sense to me. City Lights Aug 2013 #6

Second chart in post #1 does just that leftynyc Aug 2013 #11

Thanks! City Lights Aug 2013 #12

This is a dumb comparison. Walmart's customers can't afford to shop at Costco and cbdo2007 Aug 2013 #7

Wal-Mart and CostCo get compared on DU all the time. Bunnahabhain Aug 2013 #8

McArdle seems to be on a "Dump on that commie Costco" mission. Gormy Cuss Aug 2013 #10

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