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> It’s not an arbitrary rule that needs advance warning

Yes, it is. Until now, absolutely nobody would care if you wanted to buy TP by the pallet, and Costco would be happy to let you return it if you wanted to.

> there will be more instances of hoarding in these communities in the future.

By all means make a new rule and communicate it for the future. I only object to retroactively punishing previously-allowed behavior.



This is turning out to be an excellent test of people’s ability to reason, to separate what they would like to be true from what is.

Judging by the balance of comments, and the comment I’m replying to approaching #DDD, people are having a surprisingly hard time with it.


If the hoarders are running out of space and need to get rid of toilet paper, they can always donate it to seniors.


Costco isn’t bound by the Constitution. Their fine print lets them basically do what they want to and if you didn’t want them to have that right you shouldn’t have signed their membership agreement.




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