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can we still get membership to costco ? it isn't on the benefits pages of the courier.
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Moved to blue shirts fourm.
Never heard of it btw.
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Yes we can. Did it few weeks ago.
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Is that the supermarket on coronation street??? The one curly used to manage.
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creedscat wrote:Is that the supermarket on coronation street??? The one curly used to manage.
No Costco is on the Phoenix Nights where the two Chinese men were in the cash and carry.
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Yes you can as we are on the BIG list they hang on the wall. You need your RM id badge and a payslip. Oh you have to have a knobby photo taken as well for your membership card. :left:
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Ok,what is it then? Is it these...
http://www.costco.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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POSTMAN wrote:Ok,what is it then? Is it these...
http://www.costco.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah thats it. Its just a cash and carry store which used to be for trade only but we qualify as well. You can get some bargains as you buy in bulk. Things like huge packs of bog roll and large industrial tins of coffee.
You can get HiFi and TV’s etc as well but the internet is probably more competitive theses days.

Oh the food section is worth a look and is good if your throwing a party. I bought a tray of 12 Danish pastries for £3.39 last time I went. :Sick :nervous

Membership cost £23 a year.
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krussel wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:Ok,what is it then? Is it these...
http://www.costco.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah thats it. Its just a cash and carry store which used to be for trade only but we qualify as well. You can get some bargains as you buy in bulk. Things like huge packs of bog roll and large industrial tins of coffee.
You can get HiFi and TV’s etc as well but the internet is probably more competitive theses days.

Oh the food section is worth a look and is good if your throwing a party. I bought a tray of 12 Danish pastries for £3.39 last time I went. :Sick :nervous

Membership cost £23 a year.
Just another hyped up home bargains type of shop then eh?? We probably qualify because of the shite wage we get paid.
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creedscat wrote:
krussel wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:Ok,what is it then? Is it these...
http://www.costco.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah thats it. Its just a cash and carry store which used to be for trade only but we qualify as well. You can get some bargains as you buy in bulk. Things like huge packs of bog roll and large industrial tins of coffee.
You can get HiFi and TV’s etc as well but the internet is probably more competitive theses days.

Oh the food section is worth a look and is good if your throwing a party. I bought a tray of 12 Danish pastries for £3.39 last time I went. :Sick :nervous

Membership cost £23 a year.
Just another hyped up home bargains type of shop then eh?? We probably qualify because of the shite wage we get paid.
Well I agree on the shite wage bit especially now they have taken out D2D money. :evil/mad

No I think we get in because of the old civil service connection. Its not a bad place to go really but does get very very busy. You need to buy in bulk to get back your membership fee and make the savings and try not give in to impulses because things look cheap.

From my location it’s a bit of a journey involving some pretty horrendously busy roundabouts so it’s a kind of treat thing. But if I had one on my doorstep I would go more often.
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krussel wrote:
creedscat wrote:
krussel wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:Ok,what is it then? Is it these...
http://www.costco.co.uk/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yeah thats it. Its just a cash and carry store which used to be for trade only but we qualify as well. You can get some bargains as you buy in bulk. Things like huge packs of bog roll and large industrial tins of coffee.
You can get HiFi and TV’s etc as well but the internet is probably more competitive theses days.

Oh the food section is worth a look and is good if your throwing a party. I bought a tray of 12 Danish pastries for £3.39 last time I went. :Sick :nervous

Membership cost £23 a year.
Just another hyped up home bargains type of shop then eh?? We probably qualify because of the shite wage we get paid.
Well I agree on the shite wage bit especially now they have taken out D2D money. :evil/mad

No I think we get in because of the old civil service connection. Its not a bad place to go really but does get very very busy. You need to buy in bulk to get back your membership fee and make the savings and try not give in to impulses because things look cheap.

From my location it’s a bit of a journey involving some pretty horrendously busy roundabouts so it’s a kind of treat thing. But if I had one on my doorstep I would go more often.
I dont know where my local one is, i may have to stick to cost cutters where i get all my fresh produce, tinned plums,bread,powder milk,special brew and coffee mate, unless i do abit of extended i can get meself a jar of nescafe.
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Went there to get a new tv the other week I ended up in Currys were the 40" Samsung was £153 cheaper than Costco :Very Happy
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Nearest one to me is Thurrock,fecking miles away.
So are they worse than Makro's then?
Their website is fecking pants btw.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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POSTMAN wrote:Nearest one to me is Thurrock,fecking miles away.
So are they worse than Makro's then?
Their website is fecking pants btw.
I prefer Makros at Charlton. Got the kids swimming pool from Costco years ago, that was a bargain at the time.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
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Stormproof wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:Nearest one to me is Thurrock,fecking miles away.
So are they worse than Makro's then?
Their website is fecking pants btw.
I prefer Makros at Charlton. Got the kids swimming pool from Costco years ago, that was a bargain at the time.
It's not like the old days when you could easily get a Makros card,from memory it's near on impossible unless you have VAT registered kinda stuff,unless it's changed again.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.