Consumer Reports recently came out with survey results regarding how American retailers stack up against each other.  The survey asked respondents to judge eleven retail stores on service, speed of checkout, value for money, ease of returning items, product quality, as well as problems with the stores or staff.  There were 30,666 Consumer Reports subscribers that took [...]

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Have you purchased a television, computer, projector, camera, iPod or maybe an MP3 player from Costco?  If so, then you can receive free technical support for that product through their Concierge Technical Support program.  You can get expert advice or troubleshooting help and truly get the most out of your product.
As I mentioned in a [...]

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Kind of a slow shopping week for us at Costco, as it usually is right before another coupon book starts up again.  I do have a great story about why I love Costco so much though.
Costco Customer Service is Tops – In August, we purchased a TrippLite battery backup system, our second one actually, that [...]

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If you haven’t heard, there’s a nationwide recall on pistachio products from Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella Inc. from California due to possible salmonella contamination.   They are recalling around one million pounds of pistachios.  The pistachios were used as ingredients in a wide range of food products from different companies, as a result, there will [...]

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Several stores have had to remove organic brown eggs from their shelves because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.  The producer, den Dulk Poultry Farms, located in Ripon, California, is taking part in a voluntary recall after it was determined that the eggs in question tested positive for Salmonella during an internal investigation by the [...]

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