Costco has apparently decided to ‘re-order’ Dinesh D’Sousa’s best selling book. The backlash on Costco’s Facebook page has been about what you’d expect when Costco decided to go fascist against their customers. Apparently, one of their customer service reps gave a snotty response to those complaining about Costco pulling D’Sousa’s book. It doesn’t appear as if Costco will make a public announcement about the ‘re-ordering’ of the book. So the damage is far from done.
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| After backlash, Costco re-orders Dinesh D’Sousa’s book |
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From below……Costco Dear Costco Member – Costco is not influenced by political considerations in selecting product for sale in our warehouses or on Costco.com. This includes our selection of books. Our book buyers are solely interested in book sales, and do not favor any political persuasion over another. Recently, after deciding to sell the book “America: Imagine the World Without Her”, beginning on June 1, a decision was made to pull the book from sale on July 1. This decision was based solely on the number of copies sold during that month, and had nothing to do with the content of the book.
Costco is not a book store. Our book shelf space is very limited. We exercise discipline in the best utilization of that limited space based solely on what our members are buying. We can’t carry every title that our members are interested in reading. We are constantly monitoring book sales, and make decisions to pull books off the shelves frequently based on sales volume to make room for other titles. Politics or controversy over content do not influence our decisions.
After we made the return, a documentary was released about the book. Since then there has been heightened interest by our membership base and brisk sales at locations still in stock. Therefore, we have made the decision to reorder the book. – Karen
Let this be a lesson to the rest of you progressive liberal fascists. You still can’t censor everything, no matter how hard you try. Also, if you were planning on boycotting Costco, I say continue with it. Hit them in the pocketbook!