• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      And I’m dying to know, who are the weirdos who get the urge to buy things like that right now? who are those weirdos?

      I’m kinda thinking there are no people who feel the urge to buy Christmas things in the peak of summer. It’s all just marketing and placement isn’t it? shame on Costco

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          1 month ago

          This is plausible and yes I’d quite prefer to attribute early Christmas displays to astronomical asynchronicities, rather than to capitalist greed, consumerism, and overconsumption.

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        Before this was a thing in stores, elderly family members would buy things on sale so year for holiday and other special occasion gifts, because resources were limited. And there’s nothing wrong with being wise, even if one has sufficient resources. There’s a difference between that and stinginess/greed, and the line is thin and can easily become blurred. If I have what I need and operate from, hmm a lack mindset (”I lack personal operable transportation, poor me!), it is easy to fall into stinginess. When I operate from abundance mindset (”Good neighbors/friends/family go a bit out of their way, to make sure I can get to appointments and do other necessary errands! I’m so fortunate!" And compensate with gas money, chores, small but meaningful gifts if the others are declined or money is tighter), I can be wise and keep in my lane because the lines are seen more clearly.

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          3 months ago

          The thing with old frugal people is they would buy Christmas cards after Christmas when the Christmas cards are on sale so they would save money for sending out Christmas card the next year. That is the best scenario for buying Christmas things out of season.

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            3 months ago

            I guess maybe doing without meals to bless a loved one, you see it differently.

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    3 months ago

    Fun fact: in Danish, July is called Juli, which when split into to words is jul i, which in turn means Christmas in.

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          I read the first word as “I” instead of “They”. I thought you were saying you had a coffee table or something in your house with a bunch of candy calanders, and calanders with alcohol. Which I wasn’t sure how that would work. It’s not like you can open the flap for the 3rd, and pull out a 12 pack of beer.

          So my assumption is you open the flap, and it just says “Get drunk”.

          So I’m just over here thinking you’re a diabetic alcoholic.

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      Honestly it was before a month ago, probably 6-8 weeks ago I saw the first Halloween stuff there. Then it’ll all be completely gone by the end of September and they’ll spend the entire month of October celebrating Christmas

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    3 months ago

    Eh. It’s Costco. They’re going to have shorts and swimsuits in store by the start of January.

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      Swim wear is useful at that time of year if you’re travelling to a country in the southern hemisphere.

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        That’s not why Costco is doing it though. The crowd they’re catering to buys things in advance of when they need it, rather than just-in-time, and usually well before the actual seasons for thing.

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    3 months ago

    Oh do fuck off. It’s nowhere near time, we’ve not even had bonfire night yet.

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      All those comments, and only you knew what was really up? People really do treasure their ignorance…

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        Well… maybe. My response was mostly tongue-in-cheek… it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Costco was just selling Christmas kitsch in July with no other considerations.

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    I’ve heard of Christmas in July before. Seriously. Might be capitalizing on that.

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    At least it doesn’t look like chocolate stuff, always great to get those turning white because they baked in mid summer heat.

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    I like so many things about Costco, but they absolutely go batshit insane with the timing on their holiday items.