The COSTCO Thread

[Jeff Lebowski]

I applaud DH and his wife for carefully analyzing their budget and making strategic decisions to better manage their money. Wherever that leads.

[Indy Coug]

Seriously, at this stage of most of our lives, does saving a few pennies really matter anymore?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Seriously, at this stage of most of our lives, does saving a few pennies really matter anymore?

[Pheidippides]

FTR, I don't feel picked on at all. I'm bagging on Costco in the Costco thread. I expected some push back. And if I'm wrong about milk, it's only by a few pennies. A gallon at Winco or Smith's is usually between $2.49 and $2.79. Last time I bought milk at Costco it was $5.35 for two gallons.

Much as it's fun to bag on DH, I totally get what he's saying. My wife and I came to a similar conclusion re buying extra crap, although our solution was just to not buy extra crap, and that worked well. But we did consider canceling the membership.

[smokymountainrain]

FTR, I don't feel picked on at all. I'm bagging on Costco in the Costco thread. I expected some push back. And if I'm wrong about milk, it's only by a few pennies. A gallon at Winco or Smith's is usually between $2.49 and $2.79. Last time I bought milk at Costco it was $5.35 for two gallons.

Yikes.

$4 for two gallons at the local Costco. A gallon at the local Smiths or Winco is also usually between $2.49 and $2.79. So around here, it's not close.

[cougjunkie]

Seriously, at this stage of most of our lives, does saving a few pennies really matter anymore?

Exactly, you can't take it with you!

[cowboy]

I don't think anyone has questioned CS orthodoxy like Donuthole has in this thread. Bravo to him.

Amen, brother. Also, I'm a little uncomfortable with how mean people have been to him in this thread. That said, he's wrong about the milk.

CS should be a place where people can question Costco critically without having to fear backlash. Having a Costco card is important in our culture, and questioning the value of Costco publicly can result in being ostracized by friends and family. We should support Donuthole in his difficult decision to leave Costco. I've also heard that Costco's founder once recited the N-word version of eeny meeny miny moe, and I don't understand how anyone could patronize such a place. No matter how great its fruits are, nobody can deny that Costco is a corporation, and doesn't care about much of anything beyond making money from you so it can build more Costcos and get more market share.

[clackamascoug]

CS should be a place where people can question Costco critically without having to fear backlash. Having a Costco card is important in our culture, and questioning the value of Costco publicly can result in being ostracized by friends and family. We should support Donuthole in his difficult decision to leave Costco. I've also heard that Costco's founder once recited the N-word version of eeny meeny miny moe, and I don't understand how anyone could patronize such a place. No matter how great its fruits are, nobody can deny that Costco is a corporation, and doesn't care about much of anything beyond making money from you so it can build more Costcos and get more market share.

He can go to UTB5 if he wants. He doesn't need to come here and denigrate our ways of life.

[SandYFan]

CS should be a place where people can question Costco critically without having to fear backlash. Having a Costco card is important in our culture, and questioning the value of Costco publicly can result in being ostracized by friends and family. We should support Donuthole in his difficult decision to leave Costco. I've also heard that Costco's founder once recited the N-word version of eeny meeny miny moe, and I don't understand how anyone could patronize such a place. No matter how great its fruits are, nobody can deny that Costco is a corporation, and doesn't care about much of anything beyond making money from you so it can build more Costcos and get more market share.

You guys have a POTD system here? This gets my vote.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I applaud DH and his wife for carefully analyzing their budget and making strategic decisions to better manage their money. Wherever that leads.

The pathway to hell is paved with well managed budgets.

[wuapinmon]

Seriously, at this stage of most of our lives, does saving a few pennies really matter anymore?

I'm fairly certain your profession was the one to discover that pennies can lactate.

[Omaha 680]

We took the cross town bus yesterday to the the East Harlem Costco excited to buy some patio furniture we had seen the day before only to discover Costco is closed on Memorial Day. Our balcony will have to remain barren for another week.

[Dwight Schr-ute]

[color= or Winco. Winco's produce is definitely cheaper, and is comparable in quality here in LV.

In a pinch last night, I had to run to Albertson's to grab a gallon of milk. Albertson's brand, 2%, $3.49. I don't remember off the top of my head what we pay at Costco for two gallons, but it's somewhere around the $5 range. What do you pay for milk?

[Donuthole]

In a pinch last night, I had to run to Albertson's to grab a gallon of milk. Albertson's brand, 2%, $3.49. I don't remember off the top of my head what we pay at Costco for two gallons, but it's somewhere around the $5 range. What do you pay for milk?

As I said above, anywhere between $2.49 and $2.79 a gallon. Smith's and Winco almost always have one brand going in that range. I don't shop as much as Mrs. D, but I know she avoids Albertson's unless there is a specific sale she wants to hit.

And yes, Costco milk is usually between $5 and $5.50 here.

[wuapinmon]

Milk is so cheap out west.