"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote
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>> "Nancy Young" > wrote
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>>> I am skeptical about most people who make money printing
>>> DUH pronouncements. Many people most assuredly do save
>>> money, many don't and many lose money. I can't be the only
>>> person who doesn't go there just to save money, anyway, he
>>> doesn't need to worry about it.
>
>> The pronouncements don't take into account the fact that some people
>> barely have time to go food shopping, and have to limit it to just one
>> store where they're guaranteed to find everything they need. Others (some
>> in this newsgroup) seem to visit 3-4 stores each week, one of which is a
>> warehouse-type store. I would suggest that those people pay attention to
>> the cost of getting to all those extra places, but that's just me....
>
> (laugh!) Are you talking about me? Maybe, I do shop often but
> hardly go to Costco, maybe once a month, usually when I am running
> other errands in the neighborhood. As far as the grocery store goes, it's
> a mile away, I'd have trouble missing it if I had to leave the house,
> practically, it's no big expense to stop there. A tank of gas lasts me
> a long time.
>
> So I'm going to think you weren't talking about me.
>
> My motivation for joining Costco has little or nothing to do with
> saving money. It has to do with their meat department, with having
> access to products that people mention that I can't get elsewhere,
> along those lines.
>
> nancy
>

I hear the multi-store hobby mentioned so often here that any specific
identities are a blur. So, I wasn't talking about you.