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Company Responsible For Mobile Sales In Costco Implodes Overnight - $0

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The mobile provider from costco shutdown completely. Not sure what will happen to rebates submitted.

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supermanava
12-05-2022 at 05:17 PM.
12-05-2022 at 05:17 PM.
They always seemed a bit shady. Please just let Costco sell unlocked phones + Kirkland wireless (Google fi plans).
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bababoi
12-05-2022 at 05:36 PM.
12-05-2022 at 05:36 PM.
Darn sad for all of the people affected esp. during the holiday season. Hope they will all make it out okay.

But to the rude bish that gave me attitude when I was inquiring on a promo few days ago...lol go fk yourself
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12-05-2022 at 10:03 PM.
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sr_deal
12-05-2022 at 10:07 PM.
12-05-2022 at 10:07 PM.
Folks who are waiting on the rebates, please add if you hear something from Costco. For years these deals sounded unsustainable, but they kept on fulfilling the rebates. Finally I dipped my toes in Sep and before it could be fulfilled , this hppens Frown
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ELofLA
12-05-2022 at 10:16 PM.
12-05-2022 at 10:16 PM.
Who's next ?
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George_P_Burdell
12-05-2022 at 10:16 PM.
12-05-2022 at 10:16 PM.
Oh wow that sucks
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hkam
12-05-2022 at 10:22 PM.
12-05-2022 at 10:22 PM.
I feel bad for all the laid off employees right before Christmas.
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Hrshycro
12-05-2022 at 10:37 PM.
12-05-2022 at 10:37 PM.
Wasn't exactly shocked to see this. I'm surprised there are as many phone stores still open as they are. Most people just order them online nowadays and personally, I'd rather not talk to a sales person ever.

Sucks that they all got laid off via phone call this morning and now the entire company appears to be wiped from the internet overnight like they never existed. I'm sure Costco will figure out a way to make the rebates right with people, but someone on reddit said they had a couple hundred customers to call about their phones and rebates and such.
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Zero11
12-06-2022 at 04:20 AM.
12-06-2022 at 04:20 AM.
This is a surprise to me. They always seemed busy and their promotions were always better than other retailers.
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XxAuReaLxX
12-06-2022 at 04:30 AM.
12-06-2022 at 04:30 AM.
Looks like there were multiple factors driving this. Too bad there wasn't much transparency but at least the CEO provided some context?

Looks like Costco looking to end the partnership was the nail in the coffin.

https://tmo.report/2022/12/listen...-shutdown/
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LikeABadPenny
12-06-2022 at 04:31 AM.
12-06-2022 at 04:31 AM.
Oh shit, I have a good friend that works/ed there, she hooked up family members with iPhone upgrades earlier this year! They were looking for a new job, I hope they got it before this happened out of the blue.
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