<prompt> Human: Interesting. The only reason anyone I know has an AMEX card is because its the only credit card Costco accepts.  <response>: My dad has worked for costco price club for over thirty years. This is what he said, American Expresss statement today surprised our company, it was not expected. American Express is an incredibly arrogant company that thinks no one can do it as good as they do, and no one has the right to make suggestions. We have learned in the last year that we were their number one client, yet they did not feel that they needed to change anything or improve their service with us, even after they lost the Canada business. And the lost the Canadian contract is a fair open bid. My personal opinion, this is a preemptive shot over the bow by American Express. I think its two fold. One, I think theyre hoping that ardent cardholders who are Costco members will try to persuade us to change our mind. 2, by them releasing the statement very early in the negotiations, I think they feel they can make it look like we were the ones that were not willing to negotiate, when they were the ones that were unwilling to make any improvements or concessions. I think the both! Lets look online at what happened with the stock prices today. Their stock went down 8, ours was unchanged. 