There's not going to be any ethical bank; the author is letting perfect be the enemy of good. Synchrony is scummy in its own right, providing services for myriad store cards and fucking over individual customers, which Costco would likely prefer to avoid.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2024
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What about a credit union?
That will process credit cards for a massive international retailer?
There are no good companies. They bow to profit at the end of the day
Aldi is pretty cool. It's too bad they don't have a lot of options but if they did I would go there more often.
They also treat their workers like crap.
Do they? Don't they get paid pretty fairly? A few of my friends have been wanting to get jobs there.
This might seem petty by comparison but I feel like Costco is one of the worst for having wildly oversized packaging with so much wasted material. It hurts a little every time I buy something from them these days. I don't know that I've seen much about it but the additional energy to produce and transport small goods with oversized packaging has to add up, no?
Bigger containers = less package per unit volume. If your household is going to consume the full amount, the larger containers reduce waste.
Not to mention lower price which is.... the point.
A lot of times they have big packages containing small packages, though. Sure, you get a bulk size of mac n cheese or ramen or something... but they have individual packaging. So now you not only have to deal with the individual package waste, but also the big packaging too.
Not to mention clamshells that have manufacturer sub-packaging on single items.
Yeah, I was thinking of some of the home goods like knives or silverware. I bought a beard trimmer that could have come in a nice slim box and instead I got enough cardboard and empty space to hold 4 more. For me that has become the norm at Costco and I feel gross every time for participating.