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Originally Posted by callalily
So, I actually went to the new store on opening day yesterday. I waited until about 5 pm, but it was still a zoo. There were about 40 people in line waiting to sign up for memberships. The membership sign up area had been open for at least a week, but nooo, they waited until opening day.
There were quite a lot of people who had never seemed to have been in a Costco, including the workers. Lots of traffic jams, including the worker with a huge garbage bin, who parked it next to the food court, blocking half the lane for the exit while he was talking to another worker who was moving a handicapped cart and blocking the other half of the exit lane.
They did have some sales that are for a limited time only, including Wagyu ribeye for about $60/pound. They also had a ton of Switch 2's near the front.
Parking was OK. I found a spot easily. But if yesterday was any indication, Costco could build another location a mile away and they both would be crazy busy.
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We went at 2 with the agreement that if we couldn’t find parking right away we’d leave, but even though cars were circling the lot there was a steady stream of cars backing out too, so we had no trouble parking. We got in there in the nick of time because a thunderstorm hit that we could hear rumbling from inside for quite awhile. It was crowded but bearable for the little bit of shopping we wanted to do (our usual Costco haul). We saw plenty of employees everywhere, and when we were ready to check out about 4 we walked up to a register with only one person in front of us. There was also plenty of stock of everything, even at the food court. Even though the line outside to get a membership was very long (all under tents) it appeared to be moving quickly, and when we left the store there was hardly any line at all. We were honestly very impressed overall considering we’ve never gone to any kind of store on grand opening day before. It was a very well oiled machine. Kudos to Costco!