Fans who showed up with personal memorabilia, were turned away. That's because, anything autographed by Perry, had to be bought at Costco.

Is William Shatner doing journalism now?

Wow. I figured Costco managers wouldn't be that farking stupid.

What really pissed people off is that you had to buy a refrigerator to get the autograph.

Perry? isnt he famous for being just a big fat fark?

This is definitely, not the kind of publicity, Costco wants. If I were them Id, call Perry back, for a new...autograph...session...


/KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
//KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

Unless I can bring my homemade football on steel cord for him to sign, it's not worth it.

Sam's Club is better

What kind of person PAYS another for their signature? People with more money than common sense.

I work for Costco, so i'm really getting a kick out of these comments...

Step 1: Advertise autograph session
Step 2: Force compulsory purchase
Step 3: Profit Get eaten by the Fridge for pissing off his fans

Perhaps it was Perry who asked for that stipulation.

Ditto Biness.

"thas right mofo!"

"This is my discount microwavable chili autographed by the 'Refrigerator'."

But did you have to buy a fridge to get it autographed by the Fridge?

What could you possible purchase at costco for him to sign? Wholesale gatorade?

I wonder if he would sign the $267,000 necklace I just "purchased" from a local Sam's Club.

Every book signing I've been to has required you to purchase one item for the author to sign. How is this different from that, aside from there being no book to sign? Perry undoubtedly charged Costco a lot of money to make the appearance.

I popped in because I knew someone would post a pic of the action figure. Farkers once again utterly fail to disappoint.

Would you please autograph this 5 gallon tub of mayonnaise? Or perhaps my 144 pack of condoms?

Every book signing I've been to has required you to purchase one item for the author to sign. How is this different from that, aside from there being no book to sign? Perry undoubtedly charged Costco a lot of money to make the appearance.

That's absolutely fine. Hell, they could even set a minimum price of purchase. But demanding that the only things he could sign had to be bought at Costco? That could be rough, what with Costco not being particularly known for selling NFL merchandise. If they didn't, then the demand is just bizarre.

Then again, everyone that sells anything is selling Bears stuff in Chicago right now. So they probably had something Bears related and if that's the case the whole thing makes a lot more sense.

/,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
//Sprinkle those about as you will.

Nobody does anything for the sake of doing it anymore. Everything has a marketing/sales angle. We get bombarded with it from all sides every day.

However, I do agree with the comment about getting signatures. Unless they are on checks, they aren't worth the bother.

I've attended autograph signings for over 20 years and while it wasn't always that way, that's how it is now when a session is held at a place like CostCo. Barry Sanders appeared at a Sam's Club, and you had to buy his new book there to get it signed. When Paul Stanley of Kiss did a signing to promote his new line of cologne, that was the only thing he'd sign and you had to buy it there.

Now what stinks about this incident is that Perry didn't seem to be promoting anything other than himself. The article makes no mention of a DVD or a book, just that you had to buy the photos at the store. At the very least they should have said "you have to buy a photo to get signed, and Perry will sign one or two other items that you bring up to him."

I saw Perry at an auto show a few years back, he looked awful. Had to walk with a cane and everything.

Perry? isnt he famous for being just a big fat fark?

No, that's Jeff Garlin.

Peter Wood:

Your pic looks more like Doug Williams. Could that be?

I thought he was dead.

Every autograph session I have seen has been like that, or you had to pay for it, doesnt matter I have never cared about that kind of shiat.

He may be large, but he's no dumb cookie.



/obsc---aw, screw it. I know someone will get it.

Bauhaus: What kind of person PAYS another for their signature? People with more money than common sense.

The same kind of person who would buy a jersey with a particular players name and number on it.

Having an autograph signing at Costco was a not-so-subtle hint that it would cost something.

/wouldn't travel to see the fridge
//wouldn't buy his autograph even if it was convenient

Okay no one's asked it yet, so I gotta.

Where are all pictures of women wanting to get their Costco-purchased breast implants signed? You know, the big economy sized ones.

Hello? Mr. Perry? Could you sign this box of tampons for me?

/They've got wings, just how your mom likes 'em.

HEY, FRIDGE! Sign my economy sized pack of TP!

THANKS!

jmr1961

Yeah, that's Doug Williams, all right.

jmr61, too.

/Fark it, I'm tired.

There was no official comment from Costco, or the fridge.

Shouldn't fridge be capitalized? Did they try to interview a Westinghouse.

/Remembers when Perry started and the commentators said he was to big to play.
//Today's defensive linesmen make him look small.

MisterBill: Every book signing I've been to has required you to purchase one item for the author to sign.

I was at a book signing that was a bit out of control, you could have any book by her signed and there was no need to have proof you bought the book. One could have picked a book up from a table, had it signed then leave.

"Sam's Club is better"? You, sir, are an idiot.

I call Attention Whore on this one...

25.00 for nothing!

wow

"Welcome to Costco, i love you.."

Sgt Otter
I thought he was dead.

That's Sweetness.

I remember I used to go to PriceClub just to buy a hotdog from the stand out front. I used to pull up, park my car right there pissing the shoppers off, and get my dog. They'd call security or cops or whoever but I was in my car and gone before anyone ever showed up.

I loved them hotdogs.

TappingTheVein
You just won a million internets for that pic.

submitter: Autograph session at Chicago area Costco

Well, turn up the radio.

Birnone

I hope you get blocked in by a horde of senior citizens.

http://www.bigassfans.com/fridgefans/

The fridge was at a material handling convention my dad was at a few weeks ago. They were giving hats away for free with autographs.

EMPulse_of_KC
He may be large, but he's no dumb cookie.

Your lookin at the Fridge, and he's the Rookie.

Come on, I've been listening to that song every Sunday this season.

The only thing Perry should be signing is an apology for preventing Walter Payton from scoring a TD in his only Super Bowl. I'm a life-long Patriots fan and it was a travesty when I watched it then, and it's a travesty now.

Can anyone explain why people buy replica team uniforms and wear them to games? Are they hoping to fool some hot chick (or dude, whatever) into thinking they're on the team, and enhance their chances of scoring? Or maybe that the coach will step onto the field, scan the crowd, and say, "Hey, that fellow up there in Row 37 has his own uniform, and it fits him pretty well; let's sign him up for the remainder of the season!"?

I mean, I don't put on a Taco Bell uniform to go buy a burrito. I don't pull my trousers halfway down my ass when I engage the services of a plumber. And I don't wear Imperial Stormtrooper body armor to go watch Star Track, or whatever that movie was.