My wife and I have a cruise coming up in the fall. The port we’re sailing out of is in Spain. So we’re getting there a few days early just to visit locally before we board the ship.
We had a near miss one year and decided it best just to get to the port a day early. Takes the stress out of it.
Costco. My wife was obsessed with restarting a membership with them. One of the stupidest things she's ever done. I probably haven't felt that depressed and angry in 20 years. Paying $65 so you can pay more for your groceries seems like a really dumb thing to do.
There wasn't one good deal I saw in the entire store. Nothing. Maybe the 100" TV from Hisense. Everything edible was a you gotta be kidding me moment. Walmart is much cheaper than Costco. Every person I passed by I thought was a moron for being there.
Out of eggs. Had nothing I eat or wish to consume. Checkout guy says if you want eggs you have to come first thing in the morning because that's the only way to get them. Black Friday for eggs when you're paying 65 dollars to overpay.
Well at least there was the hotdog and very berry sundae. Nope. Out of vanilla yogurt. Just left in a rage. Utterly disgusted by what Costco has become and will never go back. Wife was embarrassed to be around me I was so pissed off muttering about the store looking at what things cost there. Just the icing on the cake to have no eggs and no sundae. There is literally no reason for me to ever return. If they would've given us half the membership fee back I would've gladly taken it and never returned.
My wife loves it. So excited to be back there. She thinks if she overpays by a few dollars on something it's a great deal because it's Costco and not Walmart.
I don't care if they switch to free Pepsi or free Coke. Costco is a joke.
Hey we saved 23 cents a gallon on gas. I should've covered myself in it and lit a match.
We like COSTCO for certain things. Vitamins, and supplements, pre-packaged easy-to-cook meals, hearing aids (for us both now), laundry stuff, M&Ms (peanut of course, in those large plastic jars), batteries, cereal. There's probably more, and I do try to go on Sunday just before they close. The place is deserted.
That's when we were there an hour before close when I got my pic taken for my new membership. I wish they would've taken it after I shopped. Double-barrel birdies. 
I'm glad you find value there. My wife thinks this is a grocery store. You buy 4 items and it's 60 bucks. 15 dollars for 1lb of cubed salmon? Super deal. 
The way my wife's mind works is she was thirsty. What does she do? Buys a 40-pack of Kirkland bottled water. We don't do bottled water in our house. Makes great sense when you're thirsty to buy 40 bottles of water when you need just one becuse it's such a good deal.
I knew I should've just hung out by the TVs and waited to see her get the highlighted receipt and I would've been so much happier.
sdandrea1 I’ve only been to Costco twice. Like BJ’s, everything you buy is the “OMG size” so it’s a lot of money, but you won’t need to rebuy anytime soon. If you look at the unit price it’s usually a good deal. We bought a big assed thing of Tide pods which came out to half the price of us buying at the grocery store. My protein powder 5 lb bag was less than half of why I paid for my last 5lb container from Walmart.
There was no protein powder. That was one thing I was looking for. I came home and compared and found Walmart was better on most everything broken down to cost per ounce. Wife's response, "Yeah, but Costco is better." But, she wouldn't buy a rotisserie chicken at Costco because "Walmart's are better due to all the chemicals they put in them."
What protein powder do you buy? I walked around that section 2 times and only saw the pre-made bottles that I guess people love more than making their own.
Family does a monthly Costco trip. Normally get paper towels, tp, ground beef, chicken breast's, bacon, steak by the bag (multiple steaks that need to be trimmed), advil(when needed), yes a lot is spent, however it's one stop monthly. Compared to hitting the local grocery store every few days or week. Family also plans it around things that are happening in that area so it's not a special trip. Then come home, un pack, break down ground beef from 10 # to about 1 # ziploc and freeze for later. Freezer in the garage most always has food. Even if it's microwave burritos or chicken pot pies.
Paper towels can be found at much better prices at places like OfficeCrave, Shoplet, CleanItSupply, etc. You can get a box of 6 rolls that are massive that will outlast store bought towels and at significant savings. Toilet paper, too. I buy a 96 roll box of TP with 500 sheets per roll for under 40 bucks. Costco can't come close to that.
Walterjn however it's one stop monthly. Compared to hitting the local grocery store every few days or week.
Some families still have to live paycheck-paycheck. So buying bulk is not something they can do, sad to say. Costs them more long run, but it's how they have to live. Only so many $$ for food in the weekly/bi-weekly budget. And joining any 'club' is out of the question for such families. 'Luxury', as they would have to see it.
Been there/done that, so I do speak from prior experiences. Many people are still doing that in 2025.
My wife worked for a doctor, wayyy back, that had a Sam's account that employees could use. We only went 1 time and could not buy anything. Would have saved a shit-ton, but not in the budget for the week.
I thought that should've been there. I saw some pre-made bottles or something from them and was sure they should have protein powder but never found it. I don't like any fake sweetener stuff but I tried ON a few weeks ago (has sucraslose but not Acesulfame Potassium) and thought it was probably the best tasting protein powder overall. Vanilla and Thin Mints are the two flavors I've tried.
Will look online for it. I'd say I'll look for it next time but I'm not going back.
Just saw it's 67.99 . I try to keep my protein powder purchaes to around 8 bucks a lb. In bulk quantity like over 5lbs the price per pound should drop. It will spare the wife from trying to find it for me.
This is what I did see there. This and creatine.
. Aaaaaand, today I cashed in $93 in rewards.