Costco

[beatbox32]

So is anyone else incapable of leaving Costco without spending $100+ every time??

I always manage to find something that I just really need.

-beatbox32

[Jihforce]

HERE. I spend way too much there. I sometimes get scared going there. But I really love the place. Its got a lot of good quality stuff. I'm just glad i don't own a truck.

[chrissy]

yep

That's why we dropped our membership for a couple years- I couldn't do it anymore. I had bills, groceries and costco money...

Then in the spring, we needed tires for the truck... yep back into costco we go! At least Donnie isn't here till Feb

[yippiekiyeh]

costco is great! costco is horrible! what would I ever do without costco?!?

[utcpal]

we make it a habit, that we visit once in 3 three months. Anything reqd. in between, and if my friend goes, I will ask him to buy that specific thing for me (we share the membership too)

[boricua619`]

same with walmart, you go in there for one thing you come out wth $200 plus in your cart, you get home and wonder what the hell i went to walmart for, then you remember what for, and its the thing you dint get, so your stuck having to go back again.

[CornMonkey]

I love/hate Costco.

True story, a friend's 3yr old son...the first word he learned how to read/write was "costco."

[brainsmile]

0.99 once for bananas

[brainsmile]

0.99 once for bananas

[MrGreg]

I've gone there just for a chicken caesar salad before, but it's on my way home.

[uncledaddy]

I have a business membership and even without paying the sales taxes I manage to do $500 a month so I've steered away for the last 2 years.

[uncledaddy]

same with walmart, you go in there for one thing you come out wth $200 plus in your cart, you get home and wonder what the hell i went to walmart for, then you remember what for, and its the thing you dint get, so your stuck having to go back again.

Yes now the $500 goes to Walmart, LMAO

[mcs328]

I don't bring a cart unless I know I'm going to need one. I bring those bags you buy and reuse.

[Mommypooh]

I only get what I came in for. I can easily go in for just beef and leave with just beef. I ony buy what is on my list. Ocasnally I will buy something extra but it is usually something under $15 that I have an immediate idea on how to use.

[Napoleon54]

I really don't have that problem anywhere. The only times I absolutely NEED something, it's something I know about ahead of time and go looking for. Like if I have a particular song stuck in my head and I HAVE to go get the CD, etc. Once I'm in a store I almost never buy stuff impulsively. Except for groceries, maybe... like "ooooh, that would be good for dinner tonight", and it's never more than, say, $20 for a steak and some crab legs.

[boricua619`]

went there yesterday for to get some steaks, left with a cart with bout $200 worth of stuff, not going there for another month

[beatbox32]

I seem to have no willpower in this area of my life... Especially when I walk by the baked goods section and smell that sweet smell. Gotta have those chocolate chocolate-chip muffins.

-beatbox32

[thresher]

I bought a take-n-bake pizza there last night (only item) and spent 8.75. It was horrible = like cardboard only worse. Could have gone to Papa Murphy's a half mile further and had them make me one fresh for 6.99 and i know it would have been good but this one was "bigger" so I thought I was saving money. In reality? I was throwing away what I usually eat the next day (it was that bad).
Otherwise, I like Costco just fine - you just have to discipline yourself.

[beatbox32]

I bought a take-n-bake pizza there last night (only item) and spent 8.75. It was horrible = like cardboard only worse. Could have gone to Papa Murphy's a half mile further and had them make me one fresh for 6.99 and i know it would have been good but this one was "bigger" so I thought I was saving money. In reality? I was throwing away what I usually eat the next day (it was that bad).
Otherwise, I like Costco just fine - you just have to discipline yourself.

Ah, that's one thing I've never tried from them. The pizza at their little snack bar is pretty good, if not a little bit greasy. Thanks for the heads up though on the ready-bake stuff..I'll keep away.

-beatbox32

[oblongmelon]

I like Sams Club-because we don't have Costco here....and 99 cents for bananas? That's WICKED expensive!..omg go to an Aldi Store and buy them for 25 cents a lb.
I can honestly say I can go into Sams and walk out without buying anything..same with Wallyworld.

[Jeffbx]

I love Costco - it's my favorite B&M store.

I hear ya about the pizza, tho - the buy & bake ones are OK, but IMHO too big for a normal oven. They get too close to the sides & burn. If you have an oversized oven they'd probably be OK, or cook them 1/2 at a time. Or just let them cook it - much better that way.

[thresher]

Too bad they discontinued the old forever warranties on their tvs. The good ole days.

[johnnymk]

I don't even know what a Costco looks like. There are none in this area.

[oblongmelon]

This thread made me want to go to Sam's Club today-so I did..
I picked up 3 twelve packs of tomato paste, some flowers, and a big bag of chocolate for my great nephews who are in town this weekend..

[TofuNinja]

it is rear if I spend that much at Costco at all. I mean yeah I purchase a Wii or DS game or DVD set from time to time, but I normally get funny looks as I tend to just have 1-3 items in hand.