Costco doesn't have prices. It has a code. And almost nobody shopping there today can read it.
You walk past a stack of the same protein bars every week at $16.99. Then one week it's $12.97 and you have no idea if that's a real deal or just a coincidence. You buy it anyway, hoping. Meanwhile the guy next to you is grabbing five packs like he knows something you don't.
He does.
A longtime warehouse employee explained exactly how Costco's tag system works — the tiny numbers and symbols printed on every single price sign that tell you, in advance, whether something is full price, about to go on clearance, or about to disappear from the store forever.
Their take: "Costco never announces a sale. It just changes two digits on a tag. If you don't know what they mean, you're paying full price standing right next to someone paying half."
Here's how to actually read a Costco tag 🧵
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“Now you have an exceedingly small number of people watching mainstream television and reading newspapers. They are way down.”
“So where do you get your news? How do you know what you’re getting is not just what you’re looking for as opposed to what’s happening?”