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Re: Costco
I'm sorry Oink....but I DO like Costco! It's also probably different here, we are such a small population....we are lucky to have Costco....we won't get an IKEA....that being said for cheese, paper products and all sorts of every day basics like kids school fruit juice boxes, it wins hands down. It has a good delicatesan, they have nice quality cold meats and I can't buy Proscuttio anywhere else here...
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Originally Posted by MillieF
(Post 12083828)
I'm sorry Oink....but I DO like Costco! It's also probably different here, we are such a small population....we are lucky to have Costco....we won't get an IKEA....that being said for cheese, paper products and all sorts of every day basics like kids school fruit juice boxes, it wins hands down. It has a good delicatesan, they have nice quality cold meats and I can't buy Proscuttio anywhere else here...
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Re: Costco
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 12083827)
If you have School age kids at home, you cannot beat Costco for value. Food, clothes, School supplies, printer ink, wiper blades, engine oil......
More seriously, I'm pretty sure we did beat them for value for kids related stuff.
Originally Posted by MillieF
(Post 12083828)
...I can't buy Proscuttio anywhere else here...
Walmart's website has it and they list it as available at Fredericton stores too. In this form. http://www.marcangelofoods.com/wp-co...TO_package.jpg |
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I love Costco. If I can buy it from Costco I will. Costco has replaced M&S for me.
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Costco seems to fall into 2 categories, and people either love them, or don't care much about them.
I think they are best for those who can spend a hundred or 2 on things in one shopping or buy a few months of toilet paper at once. I generally found their prices to be no lower on most items, bigger yes, cheaper no. The clothing detergent pods last time I went about a year ago, if you divided the price per pod, the price at Costco was no cheaper, you got a lot more of them in the package, but the unit price was no cheaper. Same with toilet paper, per roll it was no cheaper, just a larger package of it. Fruit was a good price, but I found bread cost more there vs the store baked stuff at a normal store. Really depends on what your buying and your budget, for a low budget shopping family where we might only have $50/week for food, Costco makes no sense. |
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 12083908)
...Costco has replaced M&S for me.
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Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 12083902)
What's this got to do with me? I haven't contributed to this thread. Although I have seen tons of cradles all lined up at the Costco hotdog window stuffing their snouts before a sports game at the BC Place.
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We used to have a Costco membership, but found ourselves going less and less.
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Re: Costco
Originally Posted by Danny B
(Post 12083827)
For brand name Winter tires, I could not find a place locally that could match the quote from Costco. |
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Product garauntess and return practices second to none. Larger sizes and bullk buying save me going shopping as often, save in travel and sanity. online pricing good for many harware and office items as well.
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Originally Posted by Edo
(Post 12083310)
I am wondering what is the huge fuss about Costco that it is always so full of shoppers buying trollies after trollies full of groceries every day. Recently I got a membership after almost a year long deliberation on if I should do it or not, but having shopped at Walmart and Superstore all my life I just did not find anything special about Costco, especially in terms of the prices. It is not 'cheaper' at all IMO.
So yeah, why do people shop at Costco? Is it their quality that pulls people towards ti? Is it the convenience? ....Or is it just an illusion? I have been to Costco on a walk through recently with someone that has a membership. I did the comparative shopping list against what all is available locally in my area. Costco for quality or price on a full shopping cart of what we buy in groceries could not compare to my locals with price match. And yes, we have a year supply of bog paper on special/price match to Costco Canada that is 23% cheaper from my local Canadian owned stores On the Costco Gasoline price, well I suppose a yearly membership might be a break even, then again my closest Costco gas station is 12KM from my house. |
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Costco is good for families that shop mainstream brands- heinze ketchup, Campbell soups, kellogs cereal etc.
They're almost optimised for the advertising "mainstreamer" category. For everyone else, not so good. Now the ex has moved out I won't qualify for the card, and apart from the petrol I won't miss it. |
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Regarding the membership fee....if you aren't satisfied with it Costco will give you a full refund. I have executive membership...the annual refund they send me more than covers the membership fee.
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Originally Posted by Pizzawheel
(Post 12084363)
Costco is good for families that shop mainstream brands- heinze ketchup, Campbell soups, kellogs cereal etc.
They're almost optimised for the advertising "mainstreamer" category. For everyone else, not so good. Now the ex has moved out I won't qualify for the card, and apart from the petrol I won't miss it. |
Re: Costco
Originally Posted by Edo
(Post 12083310)
I am wondering what is the huge fuss about Costco that it is always so full of shoppers buying trollies after trollies full of groceries every day. Recently I got a membership after almost a year long deliberation on if I should do it or not, but having shopped at Walmart and Superstore all my life I just did not find anything special about Costco, especially in terms of the prices. It is not 'cheaper' at all IMO. Another down side is that they sell everything in bulky packs which are way too much than a normal sized family needs over a week or so. And you cannot buy perishable stuff more than you need at a given time cuz it will go bad on you and kill the whole purpose of shopping altogether. This particular store that I went to was quite short of options too. Something that a normal supermarket will have in six different brands Costo hardly had it in two on its shelves.
So yeah, why do people shop at Costco? Is it their quality that pulls people towards ti? Is it the convenience? ....Or is it just an illusion? I dont think its cheap, however they do have good "one off deals" on stuff, and i think the food is good, always like the Kirkland products, and their meat is always good but pricey, whcih i dont mind so much if you paying for quality. Im not actually a member myself as its not feasbile for someone living alone, but i do go in there form time to time with a friend, i bought some ski equipment there last year, and some boating gear, decent quality stuff and reasonably priced, i like it for deals like that.:thumbsup: |
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