The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 6 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Contradicted
Sol Price intentionally designed warehouse clubs for wealthy shoppers saving money
“No, so price had that figured out to announce. Yes. He always wanted the rich man trying to save money.”
Charlie Munger Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 52:06 Charlie Munger (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Contradicted
Costco sells 500 million rotisserie chickens globally every year
“They sell five hundred million chickens a year. Not pounds, chickens.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 21, 2023 ▶ 2:28:09 Costco (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Contradicted
Rosenthal: All of Costco's profits come from annual membership fees
“When you take out the cost of running both the backend logistics and the warehouses themselves, they are making no profits on the actual retail business, and all of the profits of the company come from the memberships, the annual memberships.”
David Rosenthal Aug 16, 2022 ▶ 3:26:43 Amazon.com · Acquired
Assertion Contradicted
Costco is the world's largest seller of fine wines
“Costco is the largest seller in the world of fine wines. Fine wines are defined as 20 to 300 dollar bottles.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 21, 2023 ▶ 2:48:48 Costco (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Contradicted
Costco sells one-third of all jumbo cashews globally
“They sell one third of the jumbo cashews in the entire world.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 21, 2023 ▶ 2:52:37 Costco (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Contradicted
Costco has never conducted an employee layoff in its corporate history
“The company has never done a layoff.”
Ben Gilbert Aug 21, 2023 ▶ 2:35:29 Costco (Audio) · Acquired
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