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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
Sorry. It seems the majority of people who go for the free samples are greedy pigs.
The samples are not there for you to stuff your face or give one sample each to everyone in their family.
Costco isn't supposed to be a free buffet.
The free sample hogs can GTFO, or at least get out of the way.
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I’d disagree, the model appears to be to get people in the store for a free buffet. They have very low cafeteria prices as well. They probably have research that shows the longer you are in a store the more you spend and that by having the free samples people stay longer and spend more.
The probably want everyone in your family to have one because all it takes is one kid to like it to make a sale. In addition you are making kids have good memories of Costco which probably helps long term loyalty as children get older. Greedy irrational pigs is the Costco target customer.
I wonder if their Covid data would show the affect of having and not having samples across various jurisdictions restrictions.