Most likely you've all noticed it. You walk into Costco. You see a microwave oven. It looks just like your old one at home. You buy it and take it home. Then comes the shock. The small microwave oven you bought has grown into a monster of a machine. It doesn't even fit on a regular size counter, much less where your old microwave sat. Miracle? Strange, growing phenomenon? Dr. Shrinker's device working in reverse?
No. You have experienced "the Costco Effect".
When in Costco, the items you pick up appear smaller than they really are. I've experienced it often. The microwave incident was mine. TVs have the same problem. Even frozen food, once you get them home, appear to have grown larger than any shelf in your freezer.
A few words of advice, before you go to Costco...
- Move away from the TV. A 60" TV will not fit at the foot of your bed, no matter how small it looks on the pallet.
- That pool table only looks like it will fit in the spare bedroom. Once you get it home, it won't even fit in your living room.
- That neat looking freestanding pool is not a wading pool. Once you get it home, this Olympic Pool won't even fit in your backyard.
