brsmith
Ask a friend close by with the membership to get you the 24 pack ?
If you have a family, the membership fee will redeem itself with the first visit to the warehouse.
Even if you're a single, if you're willing to divide and package your provisions, you'll probably make the fee back within the first month or two.
Then of course, if you have the executive membership with CiTi VISA, you'll get 4% back on gasoline purchase, 3 % on restaurants, 2% on most the Costco items and 1% on everything else. That rebate will pay for your fees in a hurry.
The growth of their warehouse membership is incredible as soon as consumers figured out the savings.
Convenience packaging found in some of their meat and poultry section, so less work to subdivide at home.
Yes, not every item in the warehouse is the absolute bottom price, but you don't need to drive miles to different locations to get bargain priced door buster deals.
But if you don't play much golf now then it makes no sense to get additional golf balls. I'd befriend someone works or volunteers at local golf courses and get all the golf balls you want from them.