Costco Photo Center... Awhile back on here a discussion about Costco shutting down some of its Photo Centers. I know the one at my store is still open, has anyone had one by them close...

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Awhile back on here a discussion about Costco shutting down some of its Photo Centers. I know the one at my store is still open, has anyone had one by them close up shop??? And it doesn't look to be closing anytime soon.
Just curious

GaryI Loc: NY & Fla

One closed by me. They still take orders and process pictures, but in a different store. It takes about a week for delivery to that store. The other store works the way it did, just a bit farther to get same day service

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

I cannot justify the 50 dollar a year and 54 mile round trip.

Bamboo Loc: South Carolina

warrior wrote:

I cannot justify the 50 dollar a year and 54 mile round trip.

What is the $50 a year for? My membership fee is more than that but I shop there regularly anyway. My photos come out very good. Just make sure you specify not to auto correct.

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Bamboo wrote:

What is the $50 a year for? My membership fee is more than that but I shop there regularly anyway. My photos come out very good. Just make sure you specify not to auto correct.

My wife and I have the Executive membership and generally receive a rebate every year of around $200...

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

Tom DePuy wrote:

Awhile back on here a discussion about Costco shutting down some of its Photo Centers. I know the one at my store is still open, has anyone had one by them close up shop??? And it doesn't look to be closing anytime soon.
Just curious

Costco in Durham NC still open I do not know if the. The new Cary opening has developing

Joe

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Mine is open too, with no indication of closing in the future. I suspect they closed the ones that were not producing sufficient revenue for the required square footage. It is a large area. Just my intuition.
Mark

Tom DePuy wrote:

Awhile back on here a discussion about Costco shutting down some of its Photo Centers. I know the one at my store is still open, has anyone had one by them close up shop??? And it doesn't look to be closing anytime soon.
Just curious

Papa j Loc: Cary NC

markngolf wrote:

Mine is open too, with no indication of closing in the future. I suspect they closed the ones that were not producing sufficient revenue for the required square footage. It is a large area. Just my intuition.
Mark

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Vern Denman

Closed in McAllen Tx.

Vern Denman

OOPS!!!!!Closed in McAllen Tx.

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

They were going to close the one in Enfield CT, but the members yelled and screamed and they decided to keep it open. Sam's Club closed their photo centers and could care less what the members said.

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

An aside - (not for photocenter)
Costco has approximately 82,000,000 members. At $65 per year, they have a clear profit of 5+ billion dollars from membership fees. If each members spends $100 per month and their profit margin on sales is a mere 1%, they clear approximately 1 billion. That's 6+ billion per year of clear and guaranteed profit. They'll be around for a while.
Mark

photoman022 wrote:

They were going to close the one in Enfield CT, but the members yelled and screamed and they decided to keep it open. Sam's Club closed their photo centers and could care less what the members said.

Vern Denman

I might add that in the McAllen store, they hired part time techs who knew very little about their machines and could care less. Things were always breaking down and they just could not give good service with all the problems. Perhaps it was good that they closed.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Tom DePuy wrote:

Awhile back on here a discussion about Costco shutting down some of its Photo Centers. I know the one at my store is still open, has anyone had one by them close up shop??? And it doesn't look to be closing anytime soon.
Just curious

Seems the issue was just mainly in the South-East around Atlanta and Miami. No closures in California or other Western States.

dnathan

Per my guy at the Warrington PA store. NO photo centers are closing! To much negative (get it?) feedback from customers.