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southwesterly

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Costco carnage.
« on: February 06, 2016, 10:18:37 AM »
The Wavestorm graveyard is filling up fast this El Niño winter.

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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2016, 11:12:57 AM »
Saw one at the trash can at 36th
and a day later at the Hook.

Hmmm....I guess some owners don't realize
they can turn a damaged board into Costco for a new one.
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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2016, 01:27:58 PM »
i guess some others don't know that you can pull something out of the trash and turn it in for a new one at Costco.

(i've never done that but once I bought some broken Craftsman tools at a garage sale and traded them in for brand new ones)

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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2016, 02:35:50 PM »
It seems like whenever I'm leaving Sano there's at least 1 in one of the many dumpsters along the road.
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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2016, 02:43:56 PM »
i guess some others don't know that you can pull something out of the trash and turn it in for a new one at Costco.

You would have had to actually bought one in the past to do that. They look up the purchase using your member number.
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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2016, 03:34:25 PM »
i guess some others don't know that you can pull something out of the trash and turn it in for a new one at Costco.

You would have had to actually bought one in the past to do that. They look up the purchase using your member number.

I've not purchased one and I'm not  member, guess I'll just have to look for stuff at garage sales.

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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2016, 05:55:24 PM »
Wavestorm sells about 100,000 surfboards a year through Costco. You're gonna see some busted boards coming back, but for $100 to 150 it won't be a significant number, or a major cost to the manufacturer.

The Costco price is $149, sometimes $99. I suspect they pay wavestorm $75, which makes the Costco biz worth 7.5 million gross. With that volume the cost delivered to Costco's distribution center is probably pretty low, maybe $50. No telling what AGIT's margin is, but they're probably earning $2-3 million. Not huge, but not bad for a company with no advertising expense.
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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2016, 07:51:33 PM »
... and for a buck fifty more, you can get a polish dog and a coke.

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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2016, 08:30:05 PM »
@SW yeah boy!!!! With onions and mustard!

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Re: Costco carnage.
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2016, 12:08:18 AM »
Just sauerkraut on a polish for me.
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