[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Marigold

Sent them an email yesterday.
Response received today...........We appreciate you taking the time to email Costco Wholesale. Our real estate team takes many factors into account when considering a new location, and generally do not base such decisions solely upon a petition. Please be assured that we have forwarded your great interest in having a new Costco in your area to our real estate department, and they do review all such suggestions sent to them. Ok folks, lets all send them an email.........

I think this is just a standard reply letter like the one Dotti received.

Originally Posted by dotti105

I recently talked to my local Costco in Utah and mentioned how much I will miss shopping at Costco once in TV.
I was told to go online and contact corporate. They have a very easy email interface to use. It was very easy yo use and I received a reply immediately mentioning that their Real Estate division is always looking for areas to build where there already exists plenty of potential customers.

It can't hurt! And it might help if lots of us contact them to express interest in a Costco located closer to us!Let them know we are here and would love to shop at a local Costco!!

Originally Posted by jhrc4

What you received is a Standard Reply, nothing more than that. Now for a reality check, Costco will Never, Repeat, Never build here why ? It is to close to a Sam's Club, that is it in a nutshell. Get a Sam's Club card and stop fretting.

Originally Posted by janmcn

The difference is Clearwater is right in the middle of Pinellas County, population 750,000, and right across the bay from Tampa. The total Tampa Bay area has a population of over four million. In 2012, Sumter County had a population of just over 100,000.

Plus the Tampa/Clearwater Area probably has a lot of families, not retirees who eat out a lot of the time.