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Originally Posted by John_W
We have been members of Sam's Club of Lady Lake since we moved here in 2011. Our first purchase was an air mattress to sleep on the floor for 3 weeks in our new CYV, our furniture was delayed. There were no tractor trailers that had space coming to this side of Florida for a while. It actually worked out nice, the moving company reimbursed us $125 a day, so we got a check in the mail for $2100 just 5 days after our furniture arrived, we had only paid $2700 for the move and nothing for storage.
Our next big purchase was in 2012 for a 60" Vizio LED HD TV for $979, we actually bought it through the website because I didn't have a big enough car to pick it up at the store. It was free delivery and arrived in 5 days. A neighbor liked mine so much he went to Sam's and bought the same TV. Two months later my neighbor's TV screen went black. Vizio said there was a defect and gave out a serial number you needed to look for. My TV from the Texas warehouse didn't have that number and is still working fine five years later. My neighbor who bought his TV at the store had the serial number so Vizio sent him a new TV. Since the price of TV's have come down, today you can buy that TV for about $698.
Other than buying a pair of prescription glasses in 2013 we really haven't made anymore big purchases and small purchases we can't find much for just two people. We stay members for one reason. They stock excellent crab meat, $22 a pound and my wife makes the best Maryland Crab Cakes around. If we can't get them here in a restaurant at least we can have them at home. Winn Dixie was the only other place that has crab meat, and it wasn't good, so Sam's is our go to place.
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We buy cat litter and tuna for the furry boys who run the house, and we buy roasts, hamburger and ribs for us and we have purchased a fountain, an easy chair and two Serta Mattresses. We buy their giftie candies at Christmastime, and I buy their canned chicken, also frozen appetizers at times when we gather a group. Small appliances and casual shoes are priced well there and I have never once had a problem with the help and don't know the managers, I just shop there and don't find anything to complain about. I always wonder when this discussion occurs about Walmart and Costco why some people get their knickers in a hitch. We belonged to both Costco and Sam's back in Cincinnati and I could never see a nickels worth of difference. The bottom line and the reality of the situation is that Sam's is HERE. Typical of certain groups to make a non-issue an issue.
Let me be clearer; I understand liking a coffee brand well enough to go to a particular store for it but I DON'T understand about getting het up about some supposedly superior pay at one. Employees at both have jobs and are working which I find commendable.