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I love Costco! You can get great passport photos for only $5, pizza slice for $2, gift certificates to places like Starbucks, fancy restaurants, 24-Hour Fitness, for much cheaper than anywhere else.
So many great deals! And on the weekends, they always give out free samples, and I fill up on them & then don't have to eat lunch anymore.
Am not into the huge crowds though or the long lines at the check out. But everything else is great!
There are a lot of things I like about Costco, such as the tv I bought last year, random bulk foods that I can stock up on for when I don't feel like grocery shopping, and their discounted fuel prices. However, I still feel a little dirty for shopping there every time I see their giant display of farmed Atlantic salmon.
I felt even dirtier last night when, next to the giant display of farmed Atlantic salmon, was a display of blue marlin fillets. It made me throw up a little bit in my mouth.
Costco obviously has zero regard for sustainable fisheries. What's next? Shark fins?
http://www.takemarlino...
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I'm one of those people who makes a spinach salad one day and then eats spinach salad that night with dinner, the next day for lunch, the next evening with dinner, the day after that for lunch...you get the picture. When I get obsessed with a food I want it and I want it immediately and I want it in large supply!
At Costco I can get sink-sized tubs of Sabra hummus. I can get boxes of spinach that are bigger than my head. I can get jars of sun-dried tomatoes that should last a normal human 6 months but that last me 6 weeks at best. Olives, pepperoccini, CHEESE - did I mention cheese?
Costco marks its prices up 10% from the supplier which to you, the buyer = CHEAP. If a supplier raises their prices, they have to submit a written explanation for the increase to Costco. If they don't, or if the reason isn't good enough, the product is dropped.
Word of advice - if you go in a group or even with just one other person, make sure that everyone has a cell phone because if you get lost in Costco you aint never gonna be seen again.
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The best deals are at Costco! You can buy everything you need here!(And everything you don't need) in HUGE massive quantitties!! Value is awesome. Get a costco membership. It's worth it.
I have a complaint. You dont carry my glorious wonton soup anymore. It was 100 calories AND MY DINNER. It enabled me pretend like I was on a diet and feel like I was eating healthy. For months I consumed this product, and purchased about $100 over what I wanted to each time I went to pick it up...but now...you abandon it. I dream about this wonton soup...how amazing it was...its texture...how it made me full and gave me sweet dreams of full size shrimp in a nummy wonton sauce.
This isnt the first time you've done this to me Costco. WHY OH WHY do you pick up a product, have me fall in love with it, then take it away??? This is like when a woman wears a padded bra. You like what you see...get an idea as to what you like...and BAM. Gone. Alas, I still come back for more. This month you have something new I like, perhaps you shall take that away too? Its ok, I'd still hit it.
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This is my favorite store. That's all I got to say.
Costco now caters to us crazy people who "care" if our food is organic and is actually good for you! Good on ya COSTCO.
I hadn't been there in 10 years, my teeny-tiny 487sqft apartment could not hold a Kirkland pack of toilet paper without bursting at the seams.
But now I am in a big 'ol house, so I promptly joined the breeding (& partnered) masses who love to BUY IN BULK!
Costco is not always the best deal, so if you rely on them solely and don't shop around...you are most likely paying to much.
I save a fair amount of $$ at Costco, so I upgraded to Charmin!
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I had 3 prerequisites before moving to Seattle:
1) Does it have a Target?
2) Does it have a Trader Joes?
3) Does it have a Costco?
Check, check, and CHECK!!! Seattle is the home of Costco! This particular Costco is the closest to me. An employee mentioned that this was the first Costco EVER and I got really excited (I know, I'm lame like that). I was hoping it was going to be a super duper flagship Costco, but alas, it's not. It looks like every other Costco I've ever been to.
That's okay Costco. I'll forgive you. And I'll give you an extra point for having a car wash.
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after an on-again, off-again love-hate relationship with Costco, I am now in love. sure, the crowds are ridiculous, but I've come to grips with the fact that there is no good time to go; there is never ever a lull at Costco. you just have to deal with it. you are just going to have to risk mowing over a family of 5 with your giant cart. or being mowed over by some 4-year-old who shouldn't be allowed to push the damn cart in the first place.
that's how they roll at Costco.
but why do I love thee?
they freakin' have everything! you could innocently go in to pick up some printer ink and end up with a 30-pack of Fiber One bars, gigantic bottles of shampoo and conditioner, a lifetime supply of dental floss, some ribeye steaks (you can freeze some!), a brick of Tillamook cheese that costs less than a smaller brick at your local Safeway, socks, or a new bed for the cats!
and on the way out you get a car wash and a full tank of gas! maybe a slice of pizza for the road!
the possibilities are endless!
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Walking through this Costco at any time with two kids in tow is enough to make me want to jump off of a roof. More than once, someone has come WAY too fucking close to running over my three year old (while she was holding my hand!) I try to walk around people waiting in line so I can rush to the bathroom and people scoot forward, afraid that I am going to take their spot in line despite the fact that I am not pushing a cart and have nothing that I am buying. If it weren't for the awesome prices of things like meat, diapers, wipes, bread, and a few other things I would never come here. I try to keep my head down and pay attention only to where I am walking otherwise shopping at Costco (esp. this one...) would eventually cause me to lose my faith in humanity.
Oh, and a side note. I am sure some of you reading this have done it and will continue to do it but for gods sake do people really have to wait 15 minutes to park at the spot right in front??? I often, in fact always, see people sitting and waiting for a spot in the very front that is only about 4 or 5 spots away from a bazillion other ones. How can people be so lazy?! I have two bloody kids and I still don't give a fuck about wasting time so I can walk a shorter distance to the door.
Anyway, three stars for prices, -1 for shopping experience. Having Costco gas a mile from my house is not bad either, although it is still pretty expensive compared to some other locations.
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My friend and I were going to Seattle to work/play and of course I HAD to visit the first Costco!
I was hoping for a difference but it was pretty much like every other one I've ever been to...not that that's a bad thing! We walked through it and bought some random item before leaving.
When we were walking to the car we noticed that they had a car wash too! Woah, its one thing for Costco to have their gas stations but now car washes too!?! Pretty sweet.
As a single guy, i ate the hotdogs and pizza all the time. you can't be the price. and now as a married guy, i still eat the hotdogs and pizza. although not as frequently. for the price, it's too good of a deal and it tastes pretty darn good too. a trip to costco is not complete w/o filling up my gas tank and getting either a polish+soda, a slice of pizza, or both. I wish a food cart with the same menu would pull up downtown during lunch time...
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I love you, Costco. It does not matter that I am single and live alone- I still love the gallons of spaghetti sauce that I can buy for $7 that will last me 2 months and all the meat and vegetables that a guy can eat in two week for a mere $40.
It does not matter that you are always busy and your parking lot is filled. It does not matter that some people feel it is appropriate to try on clothes in the aisles in plain sight. It does not matter that the elderly see you as a free version of a sizzler buffet. What matters most is that you are there to sell me a 30 pack of paper towels, a 2 lb tube of toothpaste, and enough eggs to make a giant omelet large enough to feed every Elite on Yelp.
You're a life saver Costco and I just wanted you to feel appreciated.
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I love their food samples, cheap hot dog and soda. Like many stores, the weekends can be very packed.
I agree with another yelper that Costco is not always the best deal. If you are a frequent visitor of bargain hunting websites for groceries, you already know you can use multiple coupons to get, for example, a box of cereal for close to free. You are never going to do that well at Costco.
Let's face facts...if you were moving into your house the day before Super Bowl, there would be only one store you could go to get EVERYTHING you need from the furniture, to the plates, decorations, the meat, the side platters, and the big screen tv and sound system. That store is COSTCO!
I love this particular location, because in addition to the photo center, the gas station, the optical section, the hearing aid store (which I have never used btw), and the infamous food court which beckons at most. This one ALSO has a print center AND an amazing car wash.
Prices are very reasonable and I have yet to be disappointed by the quality at these stores. Even as a single man (although I do tend to entertain), I shop there on a twice a month basis. Granted I go there largely to make sure the tires I bought at the auto center are properly filled and I can top off my tank with ridiculously cheap gas.
Oh Costco...How I lived before thee...(oh wait, I never have....)
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I am writing about one thing only at Costco- the Costco Dog. Is it wrong that my friends & I stop here just for lunch sometimes? Probably. But $1.50 for a fat polish dog, fresh onions, relish, deli mustard, and even sauerkraut with a soda....unbelievable.
It's true that getting into costco can be a beast and parking in the lot of Sodo can be difficult, but once you pay your 1.50 + tax for that dog it is all good.
I have just been updated. Polish Dog is going away! I shed a few tears and say RIP polish dog.
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What I am about to say does not come from a place of hatred, it comes from a place of love. It is because I care about small children I say the following
Trying to get a cart down the main aisle is like trying to walk across a street paved with three year olds. What kind of parent lets a three year old walk around without holding their hand?
Let alone have them wobble infront of carts that typically contain a few hundred pounds of merch. It's dangerous, inconsiderate ad neglectful. Those kids could get their baby teeth knocked out! USE THE SEATS IN THE CARTS.
Perhaps the high costco cart to soft toddler head death rate explains why Seattle is the second most childless city in America?
That aside when it isn't kids it's painfully single people giving families attitude so they can get their grape juice and hot pockets thirty seconds faster than they would have if they didn't swerve their cart to a stop infront of you.
However their food court is always easily accessible and their "hygiene" section is always fully stocked. I've been to better and to worse.
Their floor plan makes for easy shopping but despite the entire layout urging shoppers to go in a circle clockwise- people run around like chickens with their heads cut off. It's like trying to get parents to form a line out the door of a school office instead of smashing in and literally breathing down your neck as you sign somebody out. Maybe neeext time.
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My employer must have read my review because I got a gift card to Costco for Christmas this year. I would have preferred a nice bottle of tequila.
WTF am I going to do with a 70 pound box of corn flakes?
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Makes me want to fellate a 12 gauge shotgun.
I don't get road rage. I get big ass shopping cart…
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When Momma Sarah B used to live close enough to come visit by car, I would always insist on driving her around the city. She drives like the grandma she is & gets lost if an intersection looks at her sideways. Combined with her lack of Seattle-fu and my general taste for impatience, having her drive anywhere is a total disaster.
However, I am not perfect, nor am I used to driving tiny short cars. Shortly after taking the wheel, I hit a curb and popped a tire on her cute little purple Honda. Oops. Thank goodness for unconditional maternal love.
One hour and a sad little donut tire later, we found ourselves at the nearest branch of Costco to see about getting a replacement tire of the type she'd outfitted the car with at the Yakima location recently. While they didn't, they also told us her tires had an abnormally heavy amount of wear for having been on her car for just a few months, which probably resulted in the tire popping in the first place. The warranty information didn't have the date of installation marked on it like it should have, so they took my mother at her honest word about the installation date. They assumed that the abnormally worn tires were somehow defective, and gave her four shiny new ones for free. We wandered around for a bit, ate $1.50 poli dogs, and were on our merry way in no time at all.
People who are nice to my momma make me happy, and so do people who don't assume that every customer is trying to scam them. I'm not a Costco member, but I've considered joining on many occasions just so I can get my tires here since the service has never been anything but excellent.
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Sunday's are hard for me as an overachieving control freak type. What should I be doing with this day? The day upon which we are to rest as our creator did (if you like believing that line of crap), the day before we all go back to the grind (if you're an average worker bee like myself). Should I vacuum two flights of stairs? Organize a closet? Run for a couple of hours? Give myself a facial? Hit the local Iglesia and sing praises to Santa Claus or whatever the fuck it is they do in those places? Do they charm snakes or something? With their tongues? The speak to snakes with tongues? Their tongues are actually snakes? What? Clearly, the Iglesia is out. Don't get it. Don't want to.
Or should I just sit on my ass and watch movies? Man, I wish I could just sit on my ass and watch movies, but alas - my mental illness prevents it.
So today, in addition to many other tasks/actvities, I went to Costco with Satana, aka Crazy McMoneybags, aka Mommy Dearest. Even though I call her all these awful things, she still wants to spoil me rotten - but on her terms and today her terms were Costco.
I live in what is essentially a stack of shoe boxes. Three tiny floors of townhouse with barely any storage space - it's just me and a person just over 3 feet tall here. We really don't need two tons of rice, or two gallons of milk, or three giant bottles of ketchup etc....ad fucking nauseum.
But you can NEVER have too much toilet paper. And they have a good deal on the Nicorette, and the patches which I'm going to give a try so my teeth don't rot out of my mouth, and they have large bottles of Advil PM, and books on the cheap and sets of flannel sheets. So if Satana wants to take me and buy me all that crap - fine. I'll go.
However. I fucking HATE that place. It's an disgusting testament to the nasty consumerism that plagues this country. Over-packaged, over-sugared, over-preserved, excessive quantities of crap, Crap, CRAP! I feel, as an overt uber consumer, I can say this with credibility. COSTCO is THE DEVIL.
But, I'll go. If I'm not paying.
Fuck.
I'm a whore.
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O Costco! My Costco!
You provide for my every need,
Well, almost every need,
If you were to offer blowjobs in bulk,
Then you would indeed.
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I am easy.
Yes, it's true ladies and gentlemen, I am admitting something I've tried to keep cleverly hidden all these long years and now I am ceasing this futile un-covert operation and saying what you've all be thinking: I am easy- like processed "cheese" in a can.
And what do the easy girls do? They wait and wait and wait for their grandmothers to renew their own Costco memberships and then beg, borrow and steal their ways into a shiny new "spouse" card. The glorious thing about this was that grandmama hadn't actually used her last membership so she was a full and complete Costco virgin, unlike her easy and younger but not more attractive counterpart.
Two Wednesdays ago the momentous day occurred and if grandmama hadn't already bought me years ago, she did it this day. Not only did we get a FREE pizza for signing up but we also got to listen to a 10 minute shpeel about American Express and how useful it is, yadda yadda yadda. Never mind that Costco is like the only place American Express is even relevant anymore. Nevermind that grandmama already has too many of those glossy plastic cards and nevermind that I realllllyyy want to go see how much their salmon is per pound and oh, do they still have those Island Sorbets in frozen fruit halves?
And so we progressed through Costco after escaping the great American dream of owning ONE MORE CREDIT CARD.
Grandmama on her electric cart and me making like a Costco representative as I sell her on the virtues of buying in bulk. I felt like Julie Andrews in Sound of Music, complete with the sweeping arms and singsong voice.
You want two $12 tubes of Preparation H for what?
You want a bag of 25 limes? How about that facial cream that you saw on QVC for twice the price? Oh yes, grandmama was certainly in her happy place.
Whilst I was squirreling away a pumpkin pie from the bakery section, she just "swung" by the jewelry counter and low and behold, "these prices are marvelous".
$350 bucks later, I had a white, puffy winter vest, a pack of fresh jumbo scallops, which I have never cooked in my life, and 5 lbs of black, seedless grapes. Grandmama, however was the one who made the real killing. And she didn't even use her American Express card.
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I don't have a Costco card.
But, let me tell you a secret: Even if you're not a member, you can use the Pharmacy. And their prescription prices are AWESOME.
Another secret: While you are waiting for your prescription, you can eat their delicious food, even if you're not a member!
I highly recommend the hot dogs and pop for $1.50. Seriously.
Hell, even if you don't have a prescription to fill, go down there, tell them you're going to the pharmacy, and then stop in for a hot dog. Your stomach AND your wallet will thank you.
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Hmmm. What can I say that hasn't been said. You can buy Mexi-Coke here. And Watch out for the crazy people driving in the parking lot.
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What can I say, I'm a sucker for $99 patio furniture and giant piles of khaki shorts? But in all honesty, their produce is cheap(er than a regular grocery store) and great. Oh yeah, and $1.50 for a hot dog and Coke? Safeco should get in on that....then maybe more people would go to see Mariner's games.... diss....
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They stopped carrying Tom's of Maine toothpaste.
They stopped carrying a decent selection of spaghetti sauce.
Worst of all..
They popped out the lenses of my glasses, charged my card, and then called to say they couldn't create new lenses for me. They wanted me to drive ALL THE WAY TO TUKWILA to pick up my now lens-less frames. They can't return the money I paid for it back to my credit card and want me to pick up my money at the South Seattle branch.
I'm sticking to Eyes in Fremont for glasses and Costco for toilet paper.
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Costco is good for certain things. Do not get sucked into the you need to go there every week and fill up your shopping cart because you don't.
By the essentials and go to the markets and the local stores for the rest of the stuff.
Cat food, Cat litter, Washing up liquid, Dish washing tablets, a years supply of q-tips and 6 months of tin foil and toliet paper etc needs to be purchased at Costco.
However most food does not so get picky and choosy about your food.
Costco is a little bit like REI so you can return things with out much of an issue.
I've had a Costco membership for roughly 5 years or so My entire family has the membership through my parents . I shop there pretty regularly, have purchased a few larger items there etc. I generally spend a decent chunk of my paycheck there.
That being said... I hate Costco. It''s not because of the over-full parking lots, or the overwhelming amount of people inside, nor is it because of the long lines at the register Those I can all handle What I cannot handle is the horrible, often insulting Customer Service of their employees Maybe I'm spoiled, as I work as a Customer Service Regional Manager for a leading chain if stores, so I know what good Customer Service is-and I also know when I'm not receiving it.
It's not just the average Costco employee that's rude either It''s the Customer Service Reps as well The very people that are responsible for soothing upset/dissatisfied customers are some of the most rude and ignorant people they employ. I have shopped Costco for ages, so I know the return policy, which is far more than I can say for the Customer Service employees. Are they allowed to make up addendums and clauses on the spot? Because I can read, and there's a sign right above their heads on the board that states the return policy...
It's super awesome how I have to ask 15 employees where a specific item is, each one pointing in the general direction of one of many isles and saying "over there" in the most lazy, lackadaisical manner possible (yes, that's a word). Even better, once you've fought the crowds with your gargantuan cart, stood in line for 15 minutes behind the lady with 4 crying children, and are at the register...you get to be ignored by the cashier AND the courtesy clerk! They will proceed to have a conversation ranging from mildly inappropriate to offensive, all the while ignoring the fact that you're trying to pay and get the fudge outta there.
Apparently the only hiring criteria they have at this particular location is the ability to breathe on your own volition.
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If you knew me you would buy stock in Costco. Its pretty much one of the only places I shop, except for Nordstrom. Why? Customer service, return policy, prices, and selection. Oh, and gas, and car wash!
Things they let me return: beef, mild, coach purse, pens, jeans, computer printer, the list goes on! The funniest thing I returned was the beef. I had purchased $30 of New York steak, and when I opened it 2 days later it smelled ICKY. I went into Costco a few days later and told them and asked them if I needed to bring in the meat to show them. They THANKED ME for NOT! Ha-ha!
I recommend if you shop like me to get the executive card. You get cash back on your purchases and it will pay for you membership in the end as well.
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Costco is simply amazing.
From a year's supply of toilet paper to $1.50 Polish Dogs and Soda.
Best time to go is 10 am on a weekday.
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Maybe I'll take Alex G's advice and go at 10am on a weekday. Take a day/morning off from work though? Are the bargains that good? Does the crap they sell warrant that, missing work to purchase stuff? Methinks not.
As stupendous as the prices are, the throng of people in the parking lot, weaving up and down aisles with shopping carts, or in lines waiting to check out are horrendous.
This is all in opposition the feelings I have for Costco's C.E.O. Jim Sinegal and the way he treats his employees (the reason for 3 stars and not 1.5). Sinegal pays himeself $350k/year-or 12 times more than those typically working on the floor. Eat your heart out, other CEO's!
According to an ABC news report, workers are paid an average of $17, 40% higher than Sam's Club workers. And if that's not enough, 90% of workers have health-care coverage (not bad for a place that hires a lot of people who attend college)
Ahem, I suppose I'll have to keep admiring Costco from a distance to avoid the infestation of popularity that has long since been Costco. UNLESS, that is, I can coral someone into buying what I want.....now THAT'S a novel idea!!!!!
Come Dec. 31st, most people look back on their lives over the past year and reflect on their struggles and victories, the lessons learned, and try to apply any wisdom gained in the form of New Year's Resolutions to help themselves live their next year just a bit better.
Not me. I wait until about April or so, when my Costco membership expires, and they present me with the option of upgrading to the Executive Gold Star Membership. "It will pay for itself," they tell me. "And if it doesn't, we'll downgrade your membership and refund the difference." The Executive Gold Star Membership costs $100, and returns a 2% annual reward 'on most items.' That means I would need to spend $5000 a year at Costco.
And that causes me to pause for reflection.
What have I been spending my money on? What was my life like this last year. Will it be the same this coming year? Last year I was keeping my house supplied for two people. This year it will just be me. Will that make me a bigger spender, as I am no longer accountable to anyone but myself? Or will I be more frugal, as I don't really need... well... that much toilet paper!
And while I reflect over this, here's a few other notes:
-- I bought my cell phone here, great deal. The phone was faulty, they took it back (90 days or less), but make sure you keep not only your receipt, but any of the 'extras' they throw in, like the ear piece, car charger and leather carrying case, as you'll need those to make a return or exchange.
-- Gas is much cheaper here. You also have to sit in a huge line unless you show up at the ass-crack of dawn.
-- Car wash! Not sure if it's environmentally friendly, though.
-- Exercise! Generally you can only find parking way the hell out in the boonies. Hey, I need the walk!
-- They accept american express, but not Visa or Mastercard. Debit cards are ok.
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Decently priced, qual tires with no hard sell or add ons. A good option to those cRaZy we gotsta sell ya dudes at Schwabby or Discount.
The Costco in this location went from the oldest Costco to the newest. How? They tore the old one down and paved over the mother to become a parking lot for the new-and-improved one.
As somebody (Ms. Mitchell) said "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot". That's true, if Costco is your paradise.
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"There is no free lunch!", a famous-in-his-own-mind business professor once proclaimed. Well, dear professor, I have proof that there is such a thing as A Free Lunch, and I'm going to Yelp about it.
So, who might this generous benefactor be, you may ask? Costco! (Or, more accurately, the many businesses who sell via Costco.) On any given weekend, you can avail yourself of a nice lunch buffet, I swear it!
Not a Costco member? Don't fret! Just wait for a confluence of groups and saunter in, nodding knowingly at the entrace "guard". Don't be anxious. It's really in Costco's best interest to let in as many potentially-paying souls as humanly possible. The guard is just there to maintain some semblance of legitimacy. On busy weekends (as Costcos always are), even the most zealous of guards become weak-willed.
Once inside, the eating can begin! At the end of almost every food aisle (and sometimes at both ends!), there'll be a nice someone dishing out samples. Independently hired, these people are there to make sure the sample trays never run out. They'll most likely not mind that you have seconds, or even thirds and fourths. Here again, if you're the worrying sort, don't sweat it! The weekend crowds work to your advantage. There are so many flailing arms and hands that it takes a real sharp (and overzealous) cookie to call you out.
Okay, I've just given you the tactics. Now for the strategy. Lest you end up wasting valuable stomach space on potentially useless items, a quick reconnaissance is always a good idea. Note what's being offered, and make yourself a mental route map. On Saturday, for instance, I laid out a carefully choreographed zig zag that took me by all the best the day had to offer.
Appetiser - Beecher's. The nice ladies of Beecher's were there. They had a h-u-g-e table, and were laying out generous wedges as quickly as the hungry hands could grab. Note to self, Beecher's Flagship really is lovely.
Main course - Italian. There was a lady setting out nice portions of breaded chicken. Two aisles down, a guy was dishing out a ravioli-like creation. Mmmmmm! Went down well with the fresh juice being offered by the blenderizer-hawking hired hand (I have absolutely no recollection what the gizmo was - you can tell I'm a marketer's nightmare).
Dessert - Parfait. Past the Beechers and main course, there was someone setting out little cups of granola/trail-mix. A nice dessert, when combined with the fruity yoghurt samples at another stand.
Extras. On the way out, I hit the healthcare section. The nice lady there was pushing yummy multi-vitamins (what kind, I cannot tell - see note above about marketer's nightmare). I washed down the sample with another little cup of freshly juiced juice.
4 Stars - For those who abandon mission, Plan B is dollar dogs at the cafe.
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What could be wrong with the world? Costo has:
* Prime rib for reasonable prices for the holidays (sooo good!)
* Seafood for cheap
* An unbeatable return policy (even with their reduced electronics return limit, its still 90 days!)
* $1.50 hot dog and sodas
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Costco is a time eater. I can't even remember how many Saturday I've decided to brave the ridiculous crowds, parking, and lines at Costco just for the "experience". So much crap that I'd never need, but way more stuff that I constantly need. It's impossible for me to leave there with a bill under $150, and I think that is low, probably because I go every week and a half.
Prices on everything from clothing to cheese are superb, I'd just watch some electronics. The membership fee is quickly recouped in your first few trips. We bought a Vita-Mix there last week, totally impulse (and totally expensive, geez), but love it to death. That is what Costco does to you. So prepare to have your wallet invaded by the Costco ghost. They accept debit cards, but not credit cards except Amex and maybe Discover.
Plus the hot dogs, they totally kick butt and are good enough to stop by and get one without even shopping!
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A story of a return:
Bought a sectional couch at the Costco Home Store back in the summer of 2006 (June) for under a grand. The wife and I thought what a great deal! FYI... that was our "Christmas" present to each other. "SWEET" I says to myself... "don't have to worry about gifting THIS year!"
Get it home and geez was it stiff. no bounce. Needs to be "worked in" we say. FFWD a month and boy is it soft... to soft. Month 2: drop the remote under the cushion and as I attempt to retrieve it I proceed to slice my arm with some metal that is exposed. Not good. Also it gets to the point that our knees are above our chests when we sit in the sweet spot of the couch where TV viewing is optimal. (ok a little exaggeration... but the couch was already going bad after a couple of months)
So, we're thinking we have to return this before we get stuck with a bad couch BUT we don't have a replacement. Another month or two goes by and finally we find a bad ass leather sectional at SKARBOS but it's on back order... until May 2007(approx 5 months) and almost a year since we bought the darn Costco couch.
Holy crap there is no way they will accept it back for return. after a year has passed? Come on! Then I call my sister because they had a similar experience with a big screen TV which they had for a few years and returned it because of water damage that was their fault no less. Sure she says they take anything back as long as you got the receipt. Anything?
I call the local Costco to ask if they accept items bought at the Home Store. "Sure, the lady says, "as long as you got a receipt." Even a couch? "Yep!".
Boo-ya!
I spent the $19.99 to rent a U-haul load ed up the couch and off I go to Costco still very nervous about the whole thing thinking that there is no way they're going to take it back. I began mouthing my speech to myself as to why I'm returning it all the while looking in the rearview mirror to see if I the "innocent" eyes are coming through.
I roll up go to the return counter to inquire about the return and without a flinch the lady asks if I can use some help unloading it. Indeed I did! 2 guys came running up ready to serve. I take em to the truck & they let me know that all is ok and they got it handled and suggested I go wait in line to start the return process and I did an about-face and skipped back to the store like a little kid!
At the counter the lady asks why I am returning it and start to go into my rehearsed reason and she simply cut me off saying that will be enough and scribbled some chicken scratch on the form and asks how do you want it. I squinch my forehead for more and she says "large bills or small?" Large please! And proceeds to cash me out Las Vegas style! 1 hundred, 2, 3, 4, 5...
While there the couch is rolled in right where everyone exits and kind of loiters taking their last bites of their pizza, dogs, or licks on their cones. People started checking out the couch and started sitting on it. One couple sat down and bounced a little and look at each other nodding their heads all the while looking for a price tag and I kindly chirp in and let them know it's a return.
Longs story short: You get what you pay for and Costco is the shizit! Great friendly folks that are simply there to please the customer with their needs and have you walk away satisfied with their service and your experience.
2 glorious thumbs up!! WAAAY up!
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I would give Costco 5 stars if it wasn't for the fact that working there has numbed my soul.
I really like Costco as a whole. Great things to buy, pretty good prices. However, because I have had so much contact with the members within the store, I can easily say that they are ridiculous and childish. Ill never forget the time when I saw a grown man ram his cart into the back of another mans ankles because the guy was walking too slow on the way to the door.
Classic!
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Things that I love about costco:
So much snapple! I love snapple and it comes in bulk here!
Also, like the other reviewers have said, I love their free samples on saturday, yum!! They also , have great edamame frozen ( although last time it was all gone), Did I mention Snapple?
Things I don't Like:
The staff is not very helpful, and does not know where things are. when I asked for the edamame they were just like uhm I don't know. The parking really really sucks, it's hard to find a spot, and everyone is rushing around like madmen! The lines are really really long, and they don't take visa!
Anyway, even with all those negatives, I really like costco, it's a fun place to explore and end of spending way more money than you planned on spending. The first time we went we were like ohhh we need 300 sandwich bags, and we need this , and we need that, and 300 dollars later we were heading home, and we were like OMG we are 2 people, how did that come to 300 dollars, well except for the snapple and a few other things we still have a ton of toilet paper, sandwich bags, etc.... and so this place is great!
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