And, a first in a lifetime email from Costco.
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Last Friday, we whined that we still hadn’t received the gov’t supplied test kits that we ordered on Jan. 18.
Based on Joe’s promises — shipped in 7 to 10 days, day or two in the mail — they should have been here by the end of January … when my wife was on the DL with nasty cold symptoms, and we worried that she might be covid-infected.
Well, on Sat. morning, this email hit my e-mailbox:
A week late … after our immediate need passed … and a day after the HomaFiles exposé.
Hmm.
Coincidence or surveillance?
Well, at least I have some test kits on the shelf.
Hope thy work on the next covid variant starts circulating…
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On the brighter side, I also got this email Costco (where I scored covid test kits when we needed them).
The key lines read:
Recently, our buyers were able to negotiate additional savings for this item.
As a result, we will be issuing you a Costco Digital Shop Card in the amount of $8 per item.
I don’t remember ever getting a proactive, after-the-fact, auto-generated refund when a retailer subsequently got a lower price from their supplier.
Let’s hear it for Costco … and, more generally, for the private sector.
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