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Article: Are big box stores the greenest choice?(Lifestyle)(Reprint)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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I rarely buy new clothing. I shop mostly at thrift stores, and I still proudly wear the same Grand Funk Railroad t-shirt I bought in 1975 when I saw them in concert at the Toledo Sports Arena. (They rocked, BTW.)
But when I truly must buy something new, I have a simple rule of thumb: I only buy my clothing at stores that also sell pork chops, in bulk. You know, big box stores -- a.k.a. membership warehouse stores -- like Costco, Sam's Club, and similar chains.
If you're a cheapskate like me who hates shopping, big box stores have two major advantages. First, of course, are their competitive prices. The per unit cost of items sold at big box stores is ...