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- Path: sparky!uunet!walter!wind!jchen
- From: jchen@wind.bellcore.com (Jason Chen)
- Subject: Re: Price Club Info Sought
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.220803.17680@walter.bellcore.com>
- Sender: jchen@wind (Jason Chen)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: wind.bellcore.com
- Reply-To: jchen@ctt.bellcore.com
- Organization: Bell Communications Research
- References: <1992Dec27.152249.7460@panix.com> <1992Dec29.153557.44068@watson.ibm.com>
- Distribution: us
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 22:08:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.153557.44068@watson.ibm.com>, rubin@watson.ibm.com (Bill Rubin) writes:
- |> ... too bad, too, since I might have joined if they'd let me in
- |> to see what it was like before making me stand on the long line to plunk
- |> down my membership dollars.
- |>
- |> -- Bill rubin@watson.ibm.com
-
- Are you sure? Price Club has some odd rules for membership eligibility. You have
- to be either an employee of a credit union, utility company, or government, or
- a small business owner to be eligible.
-
- But you are right about their attitude: cold, indifferent. Once you realize
- the way they do business, it is not hard to deal with them. They are not
- unreasonable. In fact, I find that the work force in PC has a higher efficiency
- than other retailers.
-
- Back to the original question. I found PC membership is worth it. The prices are
- from good to great, depending on individual items. Selections are o.k., but
- supply is unstable. The quality of goods is generally good,
-