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Just -- don't ever put any of this shyte in your system. Never, ever.

The main ingredients are horse urine and sawdust. I had half a box, properly heated and it's all coming back out with a vengeance.

I guess I should have known when it tasted worse that some barf I've done on the way back up. I got the country veg, and I'm guessing that it's from some country on another planet cuz the only thing I could vaguely identify was some bits of corn.

Sorry, I gotta go! :mad:
 
I use their vegetarian stock all the time. Personally, I think if you're dumb enough to buy those boxed things you deserve whatever you get. Soup is very easily made, can be made in quantity and often frozen for later consumption.
 
Yeah, I bought a packaged product, used as advertised, and I deserve to get sick. Nice. Class act.
 
I tend not to experiment at Costco - if I don't like something I'm stuck with a case of it. They know that which is why one could make a meal of food samples they give out throughout the store on typical weekend peak times.

That said, I'd be surprised if the local store (er... "warehouse") where you bought it didn't try to make it right by you, particularly because its a Kirkland branded product. At the very least they generally ask no questions on any returns; you may have to speak to someone at the corporate CS level and I think they'd do better by you.

I've had a rough around the edges experience with their affiliated cell phone reseller, and corporate made it right (full refunds, no restocking fees, etc.) -- and with their optical department, again corporate made it right.
 
docmirror said:
Well, I guess I can only hope you eat some ****, get sick and suffer too.

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Cut him some slack. Used to know a couple like him. Vegan snobs. Anytime they came around I would make it a point to binge eat slim jims.
 
docmirror said:
Just -- don't ever put any of this shyte in your system. Never, ever.

The main ingredients are horse urine and sawdust. I had half a box, properly heated and it's all coming back out with a vengeance.

I guess I should have known when it tasted worse that some barf I've done on the way back up. I got the country veg, and I'm guessing that it's from some country on another planet cuz the only thing I could vaguely identify was some bits of corn.

Sorry, I gotta go! :mad:
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And collectively, if we weren't such cheapos, we'd throw the danmed thing out if it didn't taste right.
Or put the sour milk back in the fridge for the next guy.
 
DJTorrente said:
I tend not to experiment at Costco - if I don't like something I'm stuck with a case of it. They know that which is why one could make a meal of food samples they give out throughout the store on typical weekend peak times.
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You're not stuck with it. Costco's return policy is rather generous, and they make no secret of that fact. With very few exceptions, if you're not satisfied with a product, you can return it, even if it's food and half eaten.

In my case, though, the nearest Costco is 45 minutes away, so I tend to experiment less with products from there. However, other stores such as Sam's Club and Aldi have similarly generous return policies.


JKG
 
docmirror said:
Just -- don't ever put any of this shyte in your system. Never, ever.

The main ingredients are horse urine and sawdust. I had half a box, properly heated and it's all coming back out with a vengeance.

I guess I should have known when it tasted worse that some barf I've done on the way back up. I got the country veg, and I'm guessing that it's from some country on another planet cuz the only thing I could vaguely identify was some bits of corn.

Sorry, I gotta go! :mad:
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A) Is it loaded with calories? Sawdust and horse urine can't be that bad.
B) does it come out cleanly, e.g. liquid instead of axle grease or drywall mud? Sounds like it.

What's the problem?
 
docmirror said:
Well, I guess I can only hope you eat some ****, get sick and suffer too.

:raspberry:
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But I won't, because I avoid eating processed foods. Yeah, I guess I'm being a bit of a brat, but like I said, soup is so easy. Meat and fowl based soups are even easier than vegetarians soups, which are easy. Sorry you ran afoul of it. In a fit of laziness I actually looked at that stuff, until Mrs. Steingar reminded me of how easy it is to make soup.

Like the others said, take it back on your next visit to Costco. They'll refund your money, and you can try something even worse.
 
I'm bummed Costco isn't going to give me $400+ in cash every year anymore. (They're killing their deal with AMEX.)

But that's another thread I guess.

Was nice while it lasted. I never spent any other money there except theirs if I bothered to spend it. I'd usually buy two or three things and pocket the rest.
 
So I googled Kirkland boxed soup and the only thing to come up (so to speak) was an organic black bean soup. An 8 pk runs $32?

The reviews were all positive though. Funny that this thread was at the top of the google search too.
 
denverpilot said:
I'm bummed Costco isn't going to give me $400+ in cash every year anymore. (They're killing their deal with AMEX.)

But that's another thread I guess.

Was nice while it lasted. I never spent any other money there except theirs if I bothered to spend it. I'd usually buy two or three things and pocket the rest.
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Plenty of cash rebate credit cards out there. BoA offers that same 1-2-3% deal that the Costco Amex did. I liked the 3% on gas because at $3/gal it basically erased the $0.10/gal credit card surcharge that most stations near me charge. I'm shifting my card use to PNC with 1.75% rebate on all purchases and expect to make out better overall. That said, after having some internal exposure to the credit card industry, I tend to use cash much more often than I used to.

Amex is kind of a 'no better friend, no worse enemy' situation. If you're current with them and run good volume through the card, their CS will gladly waive fees, and go to bat for you on chargebacks as necessary. OTOH, their collection practices on delinquent accounts leaves much to be desired. I compare to one experience arguing a Visa chargeback against Wally world for a relative that was a bit more involved, though ultimately successful. Amex also charges merchants a higher percentage of the transaction than Visa/MC or Discover.
 
Gerhardt said:
So I googled Kirkland boxed soup and the only thing to come up (so to speak) was an organic black bean soup. An 8 pk runs $32?

The reviews were all positive though. Funny that this thread was at the top of the google search too.
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POA has a super high Google rank, and stuff is there instantly.
 
DJTorrente said:
Plenty of cash rebate credit cards out there. BoA offers that same 1-2-3% deal that the Costco Amex did. I liked the 3% on gas because at $3/gal it basically erased the $0.10/gal credit card surcharge that most stations near me charge. I'm shifting my card use to PNC with 1.75% rebate on all purchases and expect to make out better overall. That said, after having some internal exposure to the credit card industry, I tend to use cash much more often than I used to.
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Care to expound on that a bit? It may be interesting. I'm pretty much a cash person but use my MC for certain things and never carry a balance. Big merchants get to pay the swipe fee and the locals get cash or check and get to keep that 3% or whatever.
 
Norman said:
Care to expound on that a bit? It may be interesting. I'm pretty much a cash person but use my MC for certain things and never carry a balance. Big merchants get to pay the swipe fee and the locals get cash or check and get to keep that 3% or whatever.
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Because there is something wrong with an industry that appears to feed off of nothing, and feed well. I choose to just not support it.
 
Henning said:
Because there is something wrong with an industry that appears to feed off of nothing, and feed well. I choose to just not support it.
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But fifty million or so feel it's OK to keep the bankers rolling in dough. :mad2:

I don't.
 
[Thread drift] I have no problem with anyone making money providing a service. Not every business can operate cash on the barrel head. Some level of merchant credit has existed for centuries. Then there were always "seconds" in B-to-B collections; bankers would buy businesses' accounts receivable at a discount, then make their money when payment was made and bear the risk of collection -- they take more than 2-3% for their trouble. Therefore, to some businesses, paying 2-3% in exchange for reliable collections and steady cash flow is a good deal.

I'm not giving away any privileged information to say that credit card companies have a large and thriving business based on the data they collect and aggregate. You want to know the pulse of consumer spending trends for up to the minute economic forecasting? Ask the people processing ~$2T worth of consumer transactions a year. The data can be distilled down to local levels for marketing purposes as well. All of these data products come with a price tag. The interchange companies have that data because they were paid to process the underling transactions.

At one time I would run most of my household expenses through a single credit card, and pay it off every month religiously, and collect a few hundred in cashback at the end of the year. Then I realized exactly what insight this gave that credit card company to my lifestyle and habits. Fanciful though it may be, I could just imagine some analyst sitting in a cubicle on Friday saying "Gee, I wonder why DJT didn't have lunch at Panera this Tuesday?"

So anyway, as a measure of privacy protection, I tend to use cash more often.
 
By means of collecting purchasing information, the credit card industry is doing the same thing that just about every retailer is doing by using loyalty cards. They're looking for trends and doing analysis of bulk data, and in the banking industry, at least some of that is legitimately done for fraud prevention.

It's hard to imagine any individual's purchasing power being great enough to warrant the cost of a ongoing detailed examination of their individual data, unless of course you are a man of such YUGELY MASSIVE WEALTH that the system isn't equipped to handle your data anyway (and you want us all to know who you are!).

Even if individual data were personally examined, I'd be hard pressed to think of how or why it would matter. Generally speaking, the card industry isn't going to alienate customers, and neither are retailers. As with loyalty cards, you give up some data to get discounts or cash back in return, but the data that most people surrender in those situations generally doesn't expose much, if any, risk. Go ahead and pay with cash, but by that time I've already collected far more personal data on your purchases and behavior--thanks to the CCTV recording--than I'll get from your use of a loyalty or credit card.

Yes, the credit card industry preys on people who can't pay their bills or responsibly manage their money, but the same is true of state-run lotteries and most of the gaming industry. No matter how much you try to spin it, those industry behaviors aren't a cause, they're an effect. Credit cards can be a useful tool of convenience which also work to protect the financial well-being of the responsible consumer. And no, I don't work in nor am I affiliated with (and neither do I completely trust) the banking industry.

Regarding privacy, I'm far more concerned about the government snooping in my bank transactions for "suspicious" activity, where they get to be the arbitrary judge, jury, and executioner. Home Depot or Chase bank can't seize my assets without a legitimate claim and court order, but the government can if they think that my multiple deposits or withdrawals are "suspicious." And yes, it happens to completely innocent people, and more often than you may realize.


JKG
 
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