04-10-2020, 05:39 PM
What time of day was this. My experience recently has been that the lines only occur just before a store opens, people who think there will be lots of people wanting to get in and get there early and start a line.
About an hour after the store opens when all of the people who had lined up get in, the lines disappear.
I experienced this at Costco two weeks ago with Senior hour, got there early, waited in a line around the block, and when I was leaving the store an hour after getting in, at around the start of their normal business hours, there was no line at all. My takeaway was that Senior hour was a bad idea unless you're trying to buy something in short supply, and it's best to go a little later when there's no lines and the stores are less crowded.
About an hour after the store opens when all of the people who had lined up get in, the lines disappear.
I experienced this at Costco two weeks ago with Senior hour, got there early, waited in a line around the block, and when I was leaving the store an hour after getting in, at around the start of their normal business hours, there was no line at all. My takeaway was that Senior hour was a bad idea unless you're trying to buy something in short supply, and it's best to go a little later when there's no lines and the stores are less crowded.