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   / Good morning!!!! #102,421  
Ted- I am happy to see you posting and especially so regarding your ability to keep your licensure with on-line CEC's. It sucks to read about your computer challenges. Good luck.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,422  
Morn'n to all,

Hope all are well.

Haven't been around for a short while, too many little project.

An interesting thing happened to me via Costco, not a biggy, but just interesting.

I had found an item at Costco, that I thought was by far the best thing that Costco has sold in along time, mind you now, I like Costco and a lot of their stuff. The item I found their is a food stuff, great tasting Olive Tapenade, made by Fotis and Son.
Well as it goes at Costco they ran out and decided not to stock it in my area, WHAT, I also couldn't order it in on-line, tell me that makes sense. I asked the local stores Customer Service about the product and was told there was a stocking adjustment made that eliminated it from this store, I asked why that would happen and was told usually because of sales, ok.. BUT , if it used to on the shelf and people were always buying it, why would it be removed from inventory, NOT, NOT, NOT... no answer, well at least one that made sense.
Then I asked why can't I order it from the Costco Web Site for delivery to my house... I would gladly pay shipping... BLANK STARE... for some reason if it isn't stocked in your store, it can't be order for deliver to your area.
The Customer Service Agent, trying to be helpful then told me I could drive to the next county, they have it there... a one hour drive to get something I like, yes, not too bad but not acceptable.

I contacted Costco Corporate HQ, the same basic answers, this really doesn't make any sense to me.

So instead of taking the one hour trip, I contact the maker, Fotis and Son, they told me I couldn't buy it locally because of the Costco Contract, I understand BUT ! They appear to understand my wants and needs so they said they would contact Costco and see what is happening. a week later I get an e-mail from Fotis and Son, they had talked to Costco and they will be restocking the item. GREAT !
One month later nothing, I contacted Fotis and Son again, asked for an assist to get it back onto shelf at my local Costco... Wham Bam, it's back.
I would not have thought any input form me would have changed anything and really I don't think it has but all I know is one of the best Tapenade's I have ever tasted is on the shel again... Thank you Fotis and Son nd Costco for LISTENING !

So the squeaky wheel does get oiled, sometime !
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,423  
"... So the squeaky wheel does get oiled, sometime !"- Grev

I am happy that your perseverence resulted in a surprising (to me) + (large) corporate response.

I like olive tapenade. We buy Trader Joe's brand. It's pretty decent.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,424  
Scrambler, you are one persistent guy! :thumbsup:

David, fine looking truck. I have the same running boards on my Ram and it sets the lines of the truck, just like yours.
Clean good looking truck, very snazzy in black. Though I'm sure the grill would swallow small children.;)
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,425  
might I humbly add that all of the big three have huge grills, Ford and Chevy are in a race as to who can come up with the largest grill, while
Denalis have always had the most attractive grills out there because they were actually minimalist. Enormous but not overdone. I'm a car guy so I follow this
and think David's truck, if he has a car wash next door, will look really good for a long time. Even the new electric trucks are miming the big front ends when they
don't even need to. If you play in the big leagues you have to have a big hood and grill. Seems there is a huge I wanna be a Kenworth vibe going on.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,426  
I share your dissatisfaction with Costco's stocking practices, Scrambler. They stopped carrying the jumbo packs of Quilted Northern TP, and the replacements offered, well, let's just say they're too tough for me. They also no longer offer Bounty paper towels with full size sheets, and two of the half sheets are bigger than the old sheets resulting in waste. I get the same circular logic when I ask a manager WTF? If I were you, I'd stock up on that spread before they discontinue it again:shocked:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,427  
RNG - yes all Outback. Very possible to find a component of different manufacturer with different capabilities, not possible to integrate 100% information and control wise. Even some of the older Outback stuff isn’t 100%. I like system integrity. Like the remote access too.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,428  
might I humbly add that all of the big three have huge grills, Ford and Chevy are in a race as to who can come up with the largest grill, while
Denalis have always had the most attractive grills out there because they were actually minimalist. Enormous but not overdone. I'm a car guy so I follow this
and think David's truck, if he has a car wash next door, will look really good for a long time. Even the new electric trucks are miming the big front ends when they
don't even need to. If you play in the big leagues you have to have a big hood and grill. Seems there is a huge I wanna be a Kenworth vibe going on.

The latest solar guy showed up in a new, big and ugly, Ford F350. Just another reason to hang onto my '00, paid for, F250...:laughing:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,429  
Nice looking truck, DABSGT. Congrats
 
   / Good morning!!!! #102,430  
RNG - yes all Outback. Very possible to find a component of different manufacturer with different capabilities, not possible to integrate 100% information and control wise. Even some of the older Outback stuff isn’t 100%. I like system integrity. Like the remote access too.

You and I are on the same page with respect to sticking with one manufacturer. Saves a LOT of finger pointing when something goes wrong.
 

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