PSPINC CEO Kenichi Uchikura's Blog

I used the one-day membership coupon and went to SAM’S CLUB. I am used to COSTCO, but the product, layout and prices are very similar to COSTCO with one exception.

The exception is that at SAM’S CLUB there are hardly any customers. I was able to park right outside the front entrance. How often does that happen at COSTCO.

They told me there is a 10% surcharge on the product that I purchase as one-day member. But manager there waived that fee. I purchased few gifts for my Japan trip like chocolates and vitamins. I bought them at SAM’S CLUB because almost everything sold at COSTCO here are also sold there in Japan. That would not make good gifts.

Unlike COSTCO, SAM’S CLUB takes Master Card, Discover Card and Debit card for the payment. But they do not take VISA. I have VISA and AMEX. I ended up using my cash card to pay for everything I purchased.

Do I like SAM’S CLUB?

It is not bad at all. Only if they are little closer, I might consider joining. I went to Renton SAM’S CLUB. I live in south Bellevue and go to Kirkland COSTCO.

I went to NWEN breakfast meeting this morning to listen to the founder of Pet-Holding which owns and operates www.icanhascheezburger.com site. His name is Ben Huh. If you have never heard of this site, you should visit it. And if you are like me, you would say, it is cute but so what. Do you know this site is one of the most growing sites in the world and have more than 9.5 million visitors every month?

To put his venture in perspective, when you Google cheese burger, this site will come up on top. And this is done organically, not by advertising with Google. I was really pleased with the presentation he gave and was informative and very interesting. I actually learned some things this morning.

Companies like Netflix, at&t and Dominos advertise on this site. He talked about the business model. It was really interesting. At the bottom of this post, you will see the link to the presentation he used this morning.

http://www.benhuh.com/nwen.pdf