Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Press Center

As the leading supplier of high-quality, low-cost soulmates Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet garners a good bit of press attention. And being as how we are all hams and media-whores it's no wonder. On the playa, we are quickly labeled media-friendly.

With a clear understanding that viral marketing is the only way that we can accomplish our corporate mission of finding soulmates for every citizen of Black Rock City, we rely on media exposure and word-of-mouth to spread our message throughout the playa.

If you are a members of the press, please stop by for a drink from our corporate bar. For media-relations or interview requests, please contact our Corporate Plumber and Director of Hot Water and Public Relations, Softie Softerson.

Recent Press Releases

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Embraces a 'Dolphin Safe' Playa, Welcomes TV's Flipper as Camp Mascot
CSTO Vows to Brings Fresh Fish To Burning Man 2002
March 26, 2002

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet and Enron Corporation Partner to Extend Financial Reach in Early FY2002
Enron Corporation Turns to Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet For 401k and Bookkeeping Guidance
February 8, 2002

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Sponsors Burning Man 2001
Repeat Costco Sponsorship Helps Burning Man Shed Wierdstock Image
May 1, 2001

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Sponsors the Human Genome
Secret Messages in Human Genome CD Reveal Long-Time Burning Man Institution's Corporate Sponsorship
March 4, 2001

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Sponsors Burning Man 2000
CSTO Sponsorship Helps Burning Man Shift From Fringe Festival to Mainstream Event
July 24, 2000

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Attracts New Employees with Toyota Wagons
Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Stays in Fast Lane With Creative Recruiting Strategy
June 18, 2000

Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet Celebrates Third Year on the Playa
Black Rock City Location Widely Lauded as Leading Soulmate Provider
June 18, 2000

Recent Press Coverage

Anything goes at 'Burning man' fest
from CNN.com
Participants also operate hundreds of theme camps such as the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet where celebrants can line up dates.
August 13, 2001

Revel with a Cause
from BusinessWeek online
Business is brisk at the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet, where you can exchange your mate for another.
October 9, 2000

Time for an orgy?
from Salon.com
In a week of extended theater, a camp calling itself Costco offered soul mates at a bulk rate, then promised to take over all the other theme camps through mergers and acquisitions.
September 6, 2000

The Burning Man Summer Journal
Every day is different, with so many new people coming in and new camps going up. One day I applied for a soulmate at the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet.
Summer, 2000

Burning Man Gets Wireless LAN
Organizers point out there's no need for personal ads on the Burning Man 2000 Wireless LAN thanks to the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet.
July 17, 2000

Burning Man Culture Clash on Salon.com
Maid Marian says that the organizer of the Costco Soulmate Outlet made the Web site for his campers password-protected when the discount giant made noise about it.
May 31, 2000

CNN.com
One tongue-in-cheek entrepreneur, who called himself Rico (and who in real life is a Web site manager for an Internet start-up in Santa Cruz, Calif.), created a theme camp called the Costco Soulmate Trading Outlet.
September 17, 1999

Computerworld
The camp, which had no connection to the company of similar name, encouraged visitors to have their pictures taken and to fill out application forms created on the camp's PC. The applications were matched for compatibility, and more than 3,000 participants were directed to someone who could be Mr. or Ms. Right.
September 13, 1999

MetroActive, San Francisco
At the Costco Soulmate Outlet (fill out a form and get a soulmate!), I learned that the Costco Soulmate workers had conveniently grouped Black Rock's citizens into several types
September 16, 1999

WiredNews
Costco Soul Mate Trading Outlet - "We've got the best soul mate matching at the lowest prices," promised Costco's Rico, inviting people to bring in used soul mates so the camp could fix them up with fresh, new loved ones."
September 7, 1999

Lunesse.com
I got my Costco Soulmate Card. They took my picture, and now 24 hours from now I go back and get the address and name of my Soulmate from Cost Co. Isn't life grand?
September 3, 1999

ITV.net BurningMan Webcast
Glimpses of Black Rock City. Join us as we visit the Costco Soulmate Exchange, where thousands of people go to find love and deep soul connections.
August 31, 1999

spotfans.com
At the COSTCO Soulmate Outlet Store, many stray personality surveys were scattered about on a table in the makeshift tent area.
March 18, 1999

Sage on the Playa on wrybread.com
I went over to Costco Soulmates and helped them work today. That was a lot of fun. I got to take poeple's pictures on the computer and meet alot of new faces.
March 18, 1999

Press Contact:

Rico
CEO