I don't discount that Costco might accept a return on a SPOT device, but I know they have amended their return policy for other electronics, and have been pretty up front about it, so asking before buying a SPOT would be good. No more buying a 32 inch wide screen HDTV then returning it, citing dissatisfaction, and getting your money or an 'equivalent' a year later, a 42 inch HDTV. Electronics tend to age differently than icemakers, I think its wise not to try to offer the same return policy for them that they do for icemakers and the like.

REI also has a great return policy, it gets abused too - downstairs in the basement where they offer up returned merchandise for sale, I saw a pair of very old, grubby, well-worn boots with a tag on them, quote "Used 10 years. Pinched left toe." Unfortunately folks who abuse return policies will end up changing them for the rest of us.