My Costco is stupid.

[CptGreedle]

a friend of mine told me he once bought an HDTV at costco, got it home, opened it, and found it was already messed with. In fact it was already open with the batteries in the remote, and the HDTV clearly unwrapped.
He returned it to find out that there is a clause on the membership agreement saying that electronics at Costco can be refurbished items without prior notification... in other words anything you buy there could be a broken model they fixed up and resold to you without telling you.
So buyer beware. Don't buy HDTV at Costco.. but the movies and others things should still be fine.