buying blue - BJ's and Costco

[2Design]

I believe Costco is a Blue company or has been in the past and pays their employees living wages
I am sure I have read that home depot is NOT blue while Lowe's is blue - is this right?

What about BJ's?

[Liberal Veteran]

1. Must. Resist. Snarky. Comment. About. Liking. BJ's.

:P

[blondeatlast]

7. Nah, go with it--just be really clever!

:rofl:

[2Design]

10. not that n/t

[Occam Bandage]

2. BJs are a good solution if you have a, y'know, blue problem.

[lonestarnot]

3. Snort!

:rofl:

[Initech]

4. BJs isn't blue when you compare it to ZJs.

"What's a ZJ?"

"If you have to ask, you cant afford it!"

[Fridays Child]

5. When buyblue.org was up and running...

Costco was listed as 100% blue, IIRC. Home Depot was red. I don't remember what the rating for Lowe's was and I've never heard of BJ's. Is it a home improvement store like Lowe's?

[2Design]

8. warehouse like costco n/t

[haele]

6. Do you mean TJ's? - Trader Joes?, oh, edit - hubby knows what BJ's is

BJ's is apparently an east coast warehouse club
http://www.bjs.com/

buyblue.org is the place to look for "blue" stores.


Haele

[2Design]

9. BJ's is a warehouse store like costco - not everywhere but

found out their is one near me - there is a wall mart too but I avoid them at all cost

[jackster]

11. my bf works at Lowe's

while I don't know if they are a "blue" co or not, they take pretty good care of their employees. Very decent wages for retail and pretty good bennies. They are more environmentally conscious than other orgs - working on becoming virtually paper free, recycling is mandatory.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. Welcome to Costco. I love you.

[ColbertWatcher]

14. That should have been Wal-Mart.

The only reason Wal-Mart wasn't used in that movie is because they paid to keep their name out.

Despicable.

[EOTE]

21. I could really use a Starbucks now.

Yeah, well, I really don't think we have time for a hand job, Joe.

[WillowTree]

13. Costco may be blue...

....but they've quietly settled a slew of sexual harassment claims on behalf of one of their highest echelon executives in lieu of just firing him. I know one of the women involved and what was done to her was reprehensible. They may pay a living wage to employees in the stores, but the way female employees are treated at the corporate level is such that I'll never set foot in one of their stores.

[2Design]

15. all corporation treat women horribly - I was interested in buying blue

and people who pay7 a living wage - this did not add information about whether BJ warehouse is blue or not - thanks for maligning a blue company though that will help walmart

[Sydnie]

16. I have both in my area

and from what I recall, BJ's is very red. I used to have a BJ's membership and stopped going there completely many years ago due to working conditions in the store. I now sport a Costco card and stop in when ever I am in the area. Costco is not as close to me as the BJ's is, and they also have a BJ's just across the highway from the only Costco around, so I always plan a stop into the Costco when I am going in that direction. I would shop there more often if they were closer to me, but the cost of gas stops me from driving the 45 minutes for that alone.

YMMV.

[2Design]

17. thanks for information about costco and bj warehouse -

The costco is within 20 miles while walmart is 5 miles and bj is a different direction and about 10-15 miles and right next to a lowe's - I was surprised to run across the costco - the one I had been looking at was about 35 miles away - I just want to buy blue when I can - some I pick for different reasons - but WalMart has been off my radar for about three years now - bought one thing while crossing the country because no one else carried the item or they wanted $30 to 40 dollars more - I have been very proud of myself for completely staying out of their stores -

Are the memberships worth it? It seems to be a high price for discounts.

I have a membership to Barnes and Noble because they are blue but so many times amazon beats them by sometimes 10-30 dollars on a book - I try to time my purchases with discount coupons they send me and get airline miles by going through my frequent flyer site - I question having the membership but SO want to support blue companies since they can leverage a lot more money for my ideals than I can.

[Sydnie]

19. The membership is $35 a year

and with that you get a second card for a family member as well. If there are two of you (even a friend) who you could share the membership cost and the card with, it would make it worth it even if you only go a few times a year. I have purchased things at Costco that no one else even carries and they keep their overhead low by only carrying around 4,000 products in total. They only have certain vendors/manufacturers that they do business with as well, so you will be buying from the same family of product groups each time you visit even if a model changes.

Find a buddy to share the membership cost with and try it for a year. I think you'll like it. Heck, you can even buy a casket from Costco.com and they are reasonably priced! Where else can you do that?

[Sheets of Easter]

18. I don't think Lowe's is blue, per se,

but much better to their employees, etc. than Home Depot.

[renate]

20. I'm pretty sure nonmembers can buy from costco.com

I think they'd pay 5% more for not being members, but the deals are still good.

The thing I like about Costco is that they are quality-oriented as well as price-oriented. It saves a lot of time with comparison shopping, because I know they don't sell crap just because it's cheap--if they sell it, it's probably a good product.

Can you tell I :loveya: Costco?