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We have exec. membership and the AMEX membership card, rebates pay for extra stuff and membership fee, so it costs nothing to belong.

Not everything is good (most is though) and not everything is cheaper, but if you know what you are buying and don't get tempted to impulse purchase, it is a good place to shop.

Bulk buy when on discount and savings can be 20 - 30%, well worth bulk buying everyday supplies that don't go off. Took a while to get used to buying 192 toilet rolls at a time!

Returns policy and service is exceptional.

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I dont mind Costco but not really useful for single folks so I hardly ever go and only go when someone I know with a membership is going, never joined myself.

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Went to Costco once and got scared off by the 5kg blocks of cheese ! Not keen on the whole bulk buying thing.

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A slice of onion and some buttered bread, perfect sandwich.

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On Costco bread roll and with a Costco onion maybe! Land of the giants! :D

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That's another thing, all those people dressed in strechy clothing snaffling up all the free samples or wolfing down those horrible cheap hotdogs that stink, its disgusting.

The only reason I go is to curtail HID from spending too much money and coming home with half zebra or a six gallon bucket of tube socks.

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I like the fact that their trolleys are super sized so that you can fit two pesky kids in the seats at the same time. Coupled with timing the free samples perfectly, you can have a semi-enjoyable shopping experience with two small children tagging along...

...as long as you keep them in the trolley and the queue isn't too crazy that is!

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I like a nice trip round there as I usually bump into someone I know, such is thecstate of my social life.

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What kind of things do they offer as free samples?

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Chav food.

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Dear Lord, you don't want to be in the Costco in Markham when a free food booth opens, it's like being on the gangplank for an Air China flight. You're trampled by a stampede of yittering midgets.

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I think I get the picture. I can't understand timing one's shopping around some dodgy in-store food samples. Surely a sitdown food court or McDonalds would be preferable to that.

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:rofl:

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Now the Urban Fare does a promotion near Christmas where they have some really nice treats to sample plus wine. Makes a nice stop on the way home from work.

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So you're not against the freebie food, simply biased on quality and (ahem) fellow patrons.