Costco B&M: Zojirushi NS-WAC10 5.5 cup Fuzzy Logic Rice Cooker for $89.99

Quote from shortyes : Just at Costco today in Tampa, FL and did not see it.

Costco managers get a lot of input on what to carry so unless you live in a neighborhood where there's a lot of people buying high end rice cookers you'll likely never see this. The closest I've come is seeing the new super cheapened down micom fuzzy cooker at the Costcos here (the one that's missing the LCD display entirely).

Cali people get all the rice cooker Costco deals

Quote from KyleMittskus : What if the person isn't from Asian? I know that it's stupid to have an ideological debate about offensiveness on a deals site, but what the hell. Why is oriental offensive? Don't tell me that it is. Tell me why. And keep in mind what the word actually means, not what people have told you it's supposed to maybe mean to someone.

It's offensive like anything else that's offensive, because people at some point used it as a slur. That said, oriental is a little weird in that a large part of it's offensiveness also has to do with how it forces a euro-centric viewpoint on people of another ethnicity whereas Asian just refers to the continent someone is from like European does.

I personally don't get offended if people use oriental unless they're a younger person. I pretty much just assume older folks just call all asian people orientals. But it's weird when a younger person uses it because the word is so outdated that if you're going out of your way to use it, it seems suspiciously like you're trying to choose a word that's also a slur. So if you're not over 50 I really have to wonder why you'd insist on using it when it's insanely outdated. It's like going around and referring to black people as negroes-even if may not be an all out slur it's bizarre for you to choose something so anachronistic. If you're 95 years old then you can get away with it but if you're 30 you're just being a dick.

1. Made in China
2. This price has been at Costco for over 6 months (actually was even cheaper at $84.99 for a long time)

[QUOTE=appple;52239946]Where did you get that? Thanks
sale end 08/12 regular $ 280 w/ 25 % off = $ 202 plus tax = $ 220
on line order http://www.pacifichoods.com/Produ...uffaloRC18
list of location link http://www.2pacific.com/en/location.php

Quote from wildhorse1966 : i seen these at my local costco outlet brand new in box for $60 i need to go back and pick one up .. (im in so cal )

nm saw your post

Quote from wildhorse1966 : http://orangecounty.craigslist.or...91831.html there is another outlet in onterio and one in tustin i like the onterio one alot and havent been to the one in tustin yet its brand new ,,,

do you know what the other costco outlets in ontario and tustin are called? the same name?

Just remember, "oriental" is for objects like an "oriental rug", "asian" is for people, like an "asian gentleman."

Quote from freelance : I think Costco only carries these rice cooker in areas where there is a larger oriental population. I may have to drive to Cali and pick one up. Our oriental population has increased over the years, but not enough to get all the good stuff. We also have very few oriental stores in the area and they don't carry the Japanese rice cookers. Just the regular stuff you can find anywhere. Anyone find this in Roseville or Sacramento area?

Quote from wfg97079 : Just remember, "oriental" is for objects like an "oriental rug", "asian" is for people, like an "asian gentleman."

True. I stand corrected.

Edit: Only problem with parsing language is where you are from and what you are used to. Living in Hawaii for decades we get used to the lingo. People of Asian ancestry do not refer to themselves as Asian and the word Oriental is interchangeable.

We seem to be a lot more sensitive to race baiting in the Mainland and take offense quickly.

I truly miss Hawaii where people accept each other and their words without assigning malevolent meanings.

No, I am not Asian or Oriental. My best friend of over 20 years is half-Japanese and half Portuguese. Our children's Godmother is half-Filipino and half Portuguese, I have heard them both using the terms interchangeably. My co-workers, drinking buddies, confidants, are full Japanese (one of them is part Okinawan but that's another story referring to "pure" Japanese according to her) - They too use the words interchangeably and there is no stigma with either one.

Getting back to the rice cooker: Thanks OP, none here.

Going back to California next week and hit a couple of Costco's in the areas - I might get lucky.

Quote from 1200mk : I believe you are referring to the term "Asian". "Oriental" is offensive.

Not really. Oriental is the opposite of Occidental and whether the term is offensive depends on the context.

Quote : However the term is misused, you can call a rug oriental, but a person is called an Asian.

What about the word Persian? Its a rug and an ethnicity. The reason oriental seemed offensive is because it was often used in derogatory context to describe far east Asians. There is nothing wrong with the word itself.

I am an Asian myself and I don't find it offensive when people call me Asian or Oriental depending on the context. I do find it pathetic when people ask me question like "what's the difference between Korean and Japanese or what's the difference between Chinese and Japanese?".

Quote from lilyema : Not really. Oriental is the opposite of Occidental and whether the term is offensive depends on the context. What about the word Persian? Its a rug and an ethnicity. The reason oriental seemed offensive is because it was often used in derogatory context to describe far east Asians. There is nothing wrong with the word itself. I am an Asian myself and I don't find it offensive when people call me Asian or Oriental depending on the context. I do find it pathetic when people ask me question like "what's the difference between Korean and Japanese or what's the difference between Chinese and Japanese?".

The level of education in this country is offensive and needs to improve by leaps and bounds. Pathetic is a great word. No sense of history, geography, or even language. I read that Texas intelligentsia is going to eliminate teaching critical thinking from the schools. That should make the question: What is the difference between a Chinese and a Japanese more prevalent in the future. Inquiring (and starving) minds would really want to know.

Quote from 1200mk : oriental, eh?

What can you say, can't win them all. Ignorance at it's best.

If anyone see any Costco in OC, Calif carry the cooker, please tell.
TIA.

I weep for the stupification of this thread.

Quote from 1200mk : I believe you are referring to the term "Asian". "Oriental" is offensive.

"Asian" is offensive to Indians because nobody thinks of Indians as "Asians".