I live near the Richmond Costco, and since I needed a few things I thought I'd go and check it out at a little after 9am this morning. My thinking was that if it was really crazy busy I'd just turn around and go home. Much to my surprise there were fewer people than normal! I went in, got the things I needed, and had no wait in the checkout line, really! Costco seems to have planned for a larger crowd as there were plenty of checkers and helpers. There were a number of people who had plasma TV's in their carts, but otherwise normal goings-on.