itsawaldo
8 years ago
I was at work and heard this when we opened the doors at 945, had two people that wanted to apply for Costco membership as Sams was closed. Had a half dozen more myself that wanted to join through the day.

My heart goes out to these people that find themselves out of work, I bet we will be flooded with applications. Sure glad the economy is going so well....

As one that spent most of last year "holding out for a management position" I am so grateful to have been hired at Costco late last year. I was hired as a temp but I aced my 30 day review and still working while 80% of my "hired date" group have all been let go. Right now I'm feeling blessed.
deadeyedick
8 years ago
Congrats. At least in my area Costco is much better and always much busier than Sam's. Never understood how they competed.
dkeage
8 years ago
Shut down 3 of them around here. Didn't even tell the employees. Just a sign on the door when they showed up for work. Very bad form. 🤐
rfenst
8 years ago



My heart goes out to these people that find themselves out of work, I bet we will be flooded with applications. Sure glad the economy is going so well....

itsawaldo wrote:



They have promised all Sam's employees jobs at other Sam's and Walmart.
TMCTLT
8 years ago

Yes they're closing some here as well...always preferred Costco over Sams Club ( Sams was just the first to come to town here. )
SteveS
8 years ago

... always preferred Costco over Sams Club

TMCTLT wrote:



so have most other folks, ergo the closing of about 5 dozen Sams Club stores across the country ... we used to have "membership" in both Sams and Costco, but cancelled Sams after realizing we'd not used it even once in the prior year ...
DrMaddVibe
8 years ago

Congrats. At least in my area Costco is much better and always much busier than Sam's. Never understood how they competed.

deadeyedick wrote:




Wow, I belong to Sams Club because where I live the closest one is more than an hour a way. I'll pass 5 Sams Club locations to get to theirs. I had a Costco membership but stopped using it because it wasn't worth the extra time or gas money to get to them. Maybe Costco will expand one day to be a real threat to them, I don't know. This is the 1st Sams Club that I've ever heard closing though.

DrMaddVibe
8 years ago

Shut down 3 of them around here. Didn't even tell the employees. Just a sign on the door when they showed up for work. Very bad form. 🤐

dkeage wrote:




Agreed...VERY bad form. This on top of stating they were going to raise the minimum wage to 11 bucks and start chipping in to assist with families choosing to adopt children...its the Walton's too!


They can afford it!
madspackler
8 years ago
First off - congrats to you Waldo. It is amazing how poor of a work ethic so many of the gen-X and millenials have today.

Corporate closed 63 Sam’s Club locations yesterday with little or no notice to their employees. Including one close to where I used to live. Very hard on those folks, their families as well as the communities that count on the tax revenue. My old local store apparently contributed over one million dollars in tax revenue to the local city. Tough to loose that revenue stream.
The raises went to Walmart employees. Glad for them.
JadeRose
8 years ago

They have promised all Sam's employees jobs at other Sam's and Walmart.

rfenst wrote:





C'mon Robert...you're smarter than this. What you say may be true but how many $11 dollar an hour employees are going to move to a different city for another $11/hr job. They don't make enough to afford the moving expenses. I can't wait until Jeff Bezos buys Target and finally shutters Walmart for good.
Phil222
8 years ago
I was wondering why they were handing out raises and now I know.
Just Relax
8 years ago
#10 the sams that closed closest to me is next door to a Walmart so they don't even have to change bus stops. They won't need all 100 some employees though so I guess hand picking the 'cream of the crop' is an added bonus for them.

Personally I'm a bit happy then one near me is closing. It was the only reason the wife had to go to the crappy part of town still. Forcing her to drive a bit further north to the better neighborhood I think is a blessing in disguise. She's already priced everything she buys at sams with Costco and it's cheaper at sams so don't think switching to them is an option for us.
frankj1
8 years ago

C'mon Robert...you're smarter than this. What you say may be true but how many $11 dollar an hour employees are going to move to a different city for another $11/hr job. They don't make enough to afford the moving expenses. I can't wait until Jeff Bezos buys Target and finally shutters Walmart for good.

JadeRose wrote:


I hate Walmart...China's Retailer in America, helped create the class known as the Working Poor, people with jobs who qualify for government assistance.
dkeage
8 years ago

I hate Walmart...China's Retailer in America, helped create the class known as the Working Poor, people with jobs who qualify for government assistance.

frankj1 wrote:


Remember when Walmart was all "Made in America " items? Can you say bait and switch? 😣
frankj1
8 years ago

Remember when Walmart was all "Made in America " items? Can you say bait and switch? ](*,)

dkeage wrote:


I don't think they reached MA until after the switch, at least none near me that I remember.
MACS
8 years ago
I prefer Costco to Sam's as well, but our Costco is always wall to wall people... and they used to let the plus members go in a little early and now they don't. Costco plus membership = $110. Sam's plus membership = $100 and they give me a $25 voucher because of my service. Easy choice for me.

Sam's lets plus members in 2 hours early, and the lines are shorter and the gas lines are shorter.
Thunder.Gerbil
8 years ago
Sam's club gas is ok, not great. Personally, I'll wait the extra 10 minutes for better quality elsewhere.
frankj1
8 years ago
How much is a membership to Ram's Club?
opelmanta1900
8 years ago

I hate Walmart...China's Retailer in America, helped create the class known as the Working Poor, people with jobs who qualify for government assistance.

frankj1 wrote:



walmart/sams club "sh*t quality for a low price" approach to retail is perfectly summed up on their milk label... labels from decent quality milk say "from cows not treated with rbST"... walmarts milk label reads something to the effect of "nobody can actually prove rBST is bad for you"...
robo60
8 years ago

I hate Walmart...China's Retailer in America, helped create the class known as the Working Poor, people with jobs who qualify for government assistance.

frankj1 wrote:


My employer Caterpillar does the same thing today with a bunch of low pay scab outfits. My wages are frozen while I subsidize a fortune 50 corp. with my tax dollars. Ain't it great? [ram27bat]
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