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| - I'm a shameless lover of Costco. And this review is more a general review, but I'll add some specifics, as this is where we shop.
As I understand it, their business model is a shining example of equality and worker appreciation. I wish more businesses would follow their example. Anyways, that's a bigger picture thing than is really relevant to my review.
Aside from the company as an entity, Costco offers great products with an excellent promise of customer satisfaction. You buy it, you don't like it, even if you've eaten/opened it, you can return it for a full refund. Costco really values its customers. And very rarely have we purchased anything we didn't enjoy.
I have one general observation and one complaint, that go hand in hand. Costco's products sometimes seem to fade out, as in disappear from the shelves. It seems that this is due to two factors - either they're not stocking it currently (or ever again) or they've moved it to another shelf/aisle. Now, if it's gone, that sucks, but that's life. If it's just been moved...that can present a problem because it is so difficult to find someone to ask. This is consistent with any Costco I have visited; there are plenty of sample table workers, but any time I've asked they remind me that they're not Costco employees, and don't know. So, if anything, I'd like for that to change. At present, they'll ask you at check-out if you had trouble finding anything, and then they'll hunt it down for you -- but at that point, I want to be done. (So four stars as a company)
Specific to this location, as others have mentioned, this is the only Costco I've ever seen that does not stand alone. It's not a problem, but, when you're looking for it, remember that this is a Costco attached to a larger mall. Parking is all right. There's a narrow strip of parking (maybe 5 or 6 rows) directly next to the entrance, but that opens up into a much larger parking lot, you'll just have further to walk if you park there. Finally, and maybe this is regional rather than store specific, but this location has the worst masses of people around the sample tables that I've seen. I know they're a draw for many, but ten people waiting around the table, blocking the aisle, just gets old. (And four stars as a location)
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