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Ramsus posted:The last time I went to Costco I did the math on the things I buy compared to other places in town. I found out there was no savings except on beer. Then I considered the cost of membership, mile walk through the store, crowded parking lot and massive check out lines and found it wasn't worth it. I get my money back and then some just by using my Costco's gas station most of the time.
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Jun 7, 2014 23:37
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I like shopping at Costco because I think their quality control is good. I've never bought a product there that shat out on me instantly.
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Jun 7, 2014 23:44
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Ramsus posted:The last time I went to Costco I did the math on the things I buy compared to other places in town. I found out there was no savings except on beer. Then I considered the cost of membership, mile walk through the store, crowded parking lot and massive check out lines and found it wasn't worth it. Costco does good quality food at cheaper prices. if you're just pricing that poo poo out against poo poo store brands and whatnot you're missing the point entirely. Costco is for people who appreciate quality stuff.
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Jun 7, 2014 23:51
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Pick posted:I like shopping at Costco because I think their quality control is good. I've never bought a product there that shat out on me instantly. Try the breakfast burrito
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Jun 7, 2014 23:53
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Ramsus posted:The last time I went to Costco I did the math on the things I buy compared to other places in town. I found out there was no savings except on beer. Then I considered the cost of membership, mile walk through the store, crowded parking lot and massive check out lines and found it wasn't worth it. holy poo poo you have to walk? UGH gently caress that noise
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Jun 7, 2014 23:56
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Ramsus posted:The last time I went to Costco I did the math on the things I buy compared to other places in town. I found out there was no savings except on beer. Then I considered the cost of membership, mile walk through the store, crowded parking lot and massive check out lines and found it wasn't worth it. I kinda agree and disagree. I think if you're single/couple but don't overeat, then it could be breakeven but maybe not worth the crowds (depending on your location). Gas is cheaper (but not that much cheaper for me) yet if you don't drive a whole lot a membership wouldn't pay itself off. But if you couple that with utility products then you'd be making pretty good savings compared to your local Walmart/Target/grocery store: - Papertowels, Garbage bags, toilet paper, dish(washer) soap, laundry detergent, great shampoo/conditioner (unless you like Suave). Other products that fit into the single/couple catagory that are generally better than other options: - Alcohol (except wines, unless you really want very high quality for still expensive but cheaper costs). - Cheese. Get blocks of cheddar/mozzarella/mexican cheese blend and then freeze half of it. Cheese freezes really well and can last awhile. It's really good savings compared to cheese at a grocery store like Safeway. - Uncooked Refrigerated Tortillas. These loving own and taste 95% as good as making them yourself. They're also stupidly healthy for being tortillas. Freeze the second pack and you'll have an unlimited supply. - Olive Ranch Olive Oil is the best all-purpose oil olive and really cheap here. - 25lb bag of Basmati Rice / Organic flour - Spices like Salt, Pepper, and Garlic. (but these will last you like 2 years each) I don't really buy meat as it's too expensive and I'd be the only one eating it so I just deal with my local butcher (which is more expensive), but if you liked eating it a lot and had other people to eat it, it's a good value too. Deli meats would be a good buy but I found even Salami doesn't freeze well and loses it's flavor before I can finish it. Though I've been buying the salami roll and its really tasty. Whatever you do, don't buy those muffins. I used to love the poppyseed muffins but god drat they're like 1/3rd your caloric intake for being a loving muffin. The bagels aren't really a good deal either since the second pack doesn't freeze that well and usually they'll go bad before you finish them. Bread is sort of the same but tends to freeze a bit better, although I like the bread I can get locally and the best Costco has is Milton's. I also don't think their electronics/appliances/general housewares section is that good either. Usually Amazon or Newegg is still cheaper but there are some good values on quality furnishings if you own a house. Clothes can be ok but I find their sizes are way too big for me (Small-Medium) but stuff like socks and underwear are solid. Costco gets better with the more people you're living with/feeding but is still reasonable if it's just two of you. Xaris fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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Jun 8, 2014 00:39
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Hell yeah the tortillas are killer. Mexican moms come into the Costco here and buy that poo poo by the boatload so you know it's quality. Anyways, I shop at Costco for myself and have for years. Stuff I get: -paper towels -toilet paper -beer (bombers! Stone Enjoy By for $5.50! But also 24 packs too) -rotisserie chicken -cheese -meat if I'm ever doing a bbq, also veggies for bbq, cannot be beat. Just got a 4 pack of New Yorks last weekend, and some incredible corn on the cob. -the organic brown eggs they sell in the smaller pack -Odwalla Orange juice, 5 bucks for a goddamn gallon -pom wonderful juice goes on sale on the reg and it's good stuff -naan bread -spices -The cereal is a great deal if its on sale and you know you'll eat it
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Jun 8, 2014 01:49
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The best thing at costco is the little food booth. The turkey sandwiches are awesome and so are the chicken bakes which is just a big piece of bread stuffed with crap like a hot pocket. Also the costco by me used to sell 24 packs of guiness cans and they were $27 which was great.
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Jun 8, 2014 01:51
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Fog Tripper posted:mortons tritip goddamn someone else knows the glory of the Morton's Tri Tip
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Jun 8, 2014 02:00
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La Croix sparking water - 2x 15 packs for almost the same price as a 12 pack at Kroger's. But only in lime.
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Jun 8, 2014 02:55
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Qvindtar posted:La Croix sparking water - 2x 15 packs for almost the same price as a 12 pack at Kroger's. ugh flavored flavored sparkling is the worst--and lime being the loving devil. at least berry-flavored is aight. fortunately they sell plain sparkling water (crystal geyser) which is good
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Jun 8, 2014 02:58
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mookface posted:Ok, but buying in bulk inherently fosters over eating and waste. You should meal plan a few days and advance and purchase accordingly. Granted I have a deli, produce merchant, and butcher which are local and cheaper than a supermarket. Not everyone has that. I understand that. If you cannot control yourself from overeating then it isn't the quantity you purchase that's the problem. I shop almost exclusively at Costco. I buy small quantities of fresh produce from my local grocery store but otherwise almost everything else I buy is from Costco. Get the executive membership if you shop there often. I spent more than eleven thousand dollars there last year and got a refund check for 2% of all of that beck (more than $200, straight cash if you cash the check at Costco, or like a gift cars if you prefer). I wear a lot of polo shirts for work and I can get excellent fitting, looking, and feeling shirts for like $15 whereas the same exact shirt would be $30-45 at Macy's.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:23
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Costco is loving great. They have excellent beef and really good deals on a lot of home goods. I seriously love the place. I bought a blendtec blender from there for little money also. Their fruits are generally excellent and their avocados are the best I have seen in my area (Massachusetts). EDIT: Oh the frozen tiramisu that they carry is great too. No extraneous ingredients and it is made with mascarpone as is proper. Demonachizer fucked around with this message at 03:32 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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Jun 8, 2014 03:30
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demonachizer posted:Costco is loving great. They have excellent beef and really good deals on a lot of home goods. I seriously love the place. I bought a blendtec blender from there for little money also. whoa, you got a blendtec??
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Jun 8, 2014 03:42
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demonachizer posted:EDIT: Oh the frozen tiramisu that they carry is great too. No extraneous ingredients and it is made with mascarpone as is proper.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:44
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johnny sack posted:If you cannot control yourself from overeating then it isn't the quantity you purchase that's the problem. i agree, goons are fat. but it does kind of suck when half of what you buy goes to waste--i don't think anyone likes wasted food so i can see why some people might shovel more portions into their gaping maw to feel better about not wasting money (even if the value might be equiv to buying from safeway). that's why i mostly stick with stuff that i can freeze half of and unfreezes well.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:44
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5 dollar rotisserie chicken, 5 dollar rotisserie chicken, 5 dollar rotisserie chicken. Oh that and this bad rear end kale salad mix with dried cranberries in it.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:54
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shut up netface posted:5 dollar rotisserie chicken, 5 dollar rotisserie chicken, 5 dollar rotisserie chicken. gently caress forgot about this. OWns.
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Jun 8, 2014 03:55
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shut up netface posted:5 dollar rotisserie chicken, 5 dollar rotisserie chicken, 5 dollar rotisserie chicken. Oh that and this bad rear end kale salad mix with dried cranberries in it. idiot, the real steal is the 3 lbs of chicken thighs for $5. that's a week's worth of meat, easy, for five dollars.
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Jun 8, 2014 04:14
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Xaris posted:i agree, goons are fat. but it does kind of suck when half of what you buy goes to waste--i don't think anyone likes wasted food so i can see why some people might shovel more portions into their gaping maw to feel better about not wasting money (even if the value might be equiv to buying from safeway). that's why i mostly stick with stuff that i can freeze half of and unfreezes well. Agreed. I don't buy much fruit there now, only organic fruit. No normal human being can eat two pounds of strawberries within a couple days. But the organic fruit is a lot smaller in quantity/volume/mass and a very good price compared to my local grocer. If the solution to buying too much food is to say, "gently caress it. My only choices are to eat all this food even though I'm already fat and getting fatter or throw it away" And you can't think to rather invite family over for a meal, to bring it to work and put it in the break room for everyone, or to feed it to your dog, then really you're just looking for any old excuse to eat. Another gem is the giant tub of organic animal crackers for $9. Those things are legit good and my kids love them as well.
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Jun 8, 2014 05:12
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Double packs of franks red hot
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Jun 8, 2014 05:28
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Pick posted:idiot, the real steal is the 3 lbs of chicken thighs for $5. that's a week's worth of meat, easy, for five dollars. They have their entire fully cooked rack of ribs for like 4 bucks or something where the fully cooked chicken is.
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Jun 8, 2014 05:33
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Pick posted:idiot, the real steal is the 3 lbs of chicken thighs for $5. that's a week's worth of meat, easy, for five dollars. the rotisserie chicken is minimum 3lbs too, and also comes with the fun benefit of not having to cook it  eat chicken when hot, make chicken salad with it for leftovers. best chicken.
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Jun 8, 2014 05:33
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Plus, you get a chicken carcass for making stock. Crispy seasoned skin, too
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Jun 8, 2014 05:55
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Can I buy a negativecostco post for 500 please
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Jun 8, 2014 06:27
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The only thing that bugs me about this store are the incredibly huge carts that are so big that a single person can cause a traffic jam of a dozen pissed off people. Also, the food sampling are always in the worst spots causing even more traffic jams. Their 1.50 hotdog/drink is pretty awesome. I gotta go there for lunch more often. Most grocery stores have $5 hot rotisserie chickens tho.
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Jun 8, 2014 06:33
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deadwing posted:the rotisserie chicken is minimum 3lbs too, and also comes with the fun benefit of not having to cook it the thighs are also cooked, and the thighs are good for stock as anything
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Jun 8, 2014 06:34
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Pick posted:the thighs are also cooked, and the thighs are good for stock as anything I hope that one day my costco has these mythical cooked thighs, it sounds like a good time
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Jun 8, 2014 06:36
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That giant polish sausage dog and a soda for $1.20 I am pretty sure it props up most university students near any campus
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Jun 8, 2014 06:36
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Can someone direct me to the Wegmans thread?
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Jun 8, 2014 07:11
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Bulk battery packs. Don't have to buy batteries for years. They also sell awesome picked beets.
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Jun 8, 2014 07:44
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they should put a pic of costco on the america flag
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Jun 8, 2014 07:46
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Kirkland balsamic vinegar is one of the best cheap balsamics out there. And I'm seconding the tiramisu.
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Jun 8, 2014 07:47
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polish hot dog.... piled high god bless
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Jun 8, 2014 08:26
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once i got a giant-rear end root beer keg that i kept in my fridge for a month even after it got all flat and poo poo because hell its still root beer their clothes are surprisingly good too. hate to sound poor but prob my best pair of jeans I got at costco for $20. their roasted chickens are good too. pick one up and it's premium quesadilla meat you got there. costco is just great
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Jun 8, 2014 08:29
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also the first time i went to costco there was this hype-rear end dude like billy mays on speed throwing poo poo in a turbo blender and handing out free samples of the smoothies he was making
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Jun 8, 2014 08:30
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MONKET posted:once i got a giant-rear end root beer keg that i kept in my fridge for a month even after it got all flat and poo poo because hell its still root beer I feel ya bro but this is wrong. When it goes flat it's no longer root beer, it's sarsaparilla.
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Jun 8, 2014 08:31
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The best costcos are the ones that sell Kirkland brand alcohol. top shelf quality, bottom shelf prices. You buy everything in Gallons. Or you get a normal sized bottle of something and they throw in a free glassware set, buy enough and you have enough glasses to play chess.
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Jun 8, 2014 08:33
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Nathilus posted:I feel ya bro but this is wrong. When it goes flat it's no longer root beer, it's sarsaparilla. that's even better when you put it that way
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KennyLoggins posted:3 pages and no one posted this yet: amityville anus posted:welcome to costco. i love you. 
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