Yesterday my sister told me the sad, sad story of how she tried to buy a PS3 from HSN (that’s the Home Shopping Network, for those not in the know).  The buying it from HSN isn’t necessarily the sad part, however, them totally sticking it to her is sad.  So, she ordered the PS3 a [...]

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Perhaps you are a bit of a procrastinator, or maybe you just really haven’t had the time to get out and do your Christmas shopping yet; it happens.  You might think that you’re sunk and will have to make due with whatever you can fight the crowds for at your local stores.  Luckily, Costco.com has [...]

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Okay, you’ve just gotten finished with Thanksgiving (with at least most of it from Costco, I assume), so it is the perfect time to start your Costco Christmas.  And what better place to start than with the lovely centerpiece of your decorations – the Christmas tree. I’m not talking about the fake ones that you’ve [...]

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Big news for shoppers to the North Austin Costco location: they’ve updated the registers and in the process have added a couple of self-checkout lanes!  We used this for the first time last weekend and it was so easy and so much quicker than waiting through the normal checkout lines.  This is even easier than [...]

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Have you seen the gorgeous poinsettias at Costco? They’re huge, gorgeous, and the perfect holiday decorating item. There are quite a few items at Costco that you can use to make the perfect winter holiday home, however, few have the impact that you can get for spending just $15.99 on a poinsettia (that’s $4.00 less [...]

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