I prefer Costco. Costco has lots of luxury hard to find onetime sale of items. I found a discontinued Lladro for $390 which was selling for well over $900 in the net. That savings alone is good enough for 8 years of membership I had with them.

And btw Costco makes most of their profits in membership sales (last I read $1.2 billion), they have a very small % markup on their merchandise (its capped at 14%).

GioVee said:I prefer Costco. Costco has lots of luxury hard to find onetime sale of items. I found a discontinued Lladro for $390 which was selling for well over $900 in the net. That savings alone is good enough for 8 years of membership I had with them.

And btw Costco makes most of their profits in membership sales (last I read $1.2 billion), they have a very small % markup on their merchandise (its capped at 14%).

Supporting article for Costco 14% max markup and all profit came from membership fees I have been Costco member for over 12 years and I am very happy with their hand picked product selections and feel confident on getting the best deals every time I shop there.

I think it was the Fairfax VA Costco, but they had just the batteries. Not sure what price ($15? $20? after coupon). I went to another Costco a few months ago, and they changed the packaging of the kit. When I got the kit, it came with a plastic case that would fit the charger and batteries. The new kit package does not include a plastic case.

Weren't people all over the pizza coupon last time? Oops. I think this is the one in the refrigerated section, not the already cooked ones.

Any way to find out which one's are no limit/limit 1 etc?
Interested in the carrot juice, listerine cool mint, honey bunches of oats.

Just saw the scanned versions... Cereal is the only one i wanted without a limit

Any reviews on Cuisinart food processor from fellow FWers?
cuisinart 11-cup processor $130 after coupon?

smalldeal said:accumulator said:disposable said:
although i hate walmarts for their tactics in marketing, and their association with china, it's practically impossible to buy a lot of things NOT made in china today, including at costco.

to say that costco has higher quality with all their food isn't true. i've had to take things back to costco, and that never happened in the past. i will say that the majority of their food is premium quality, and that paying the same price for meat there as at a grocery store is a better deal, but there isn't anything automatic about them being better than sam's, at least not now.
As I understand it (explained by a friend who was working on an MBA, and for whom WalM@rt was a marketing case study), the policy at WalM@rt is to deliberately solicit manufacturers to cut costs in any way possible - including lowering quality - while encouraging / requiring them to put the items in packaging that made them indistinguishable from their "regular quality" products. Brand name manufacturers tend not to reduce quality (or at least not by much), because it has a negative effect on their brand quality identification; but the generic imports are typically of very low quality, so that the margins can be kept more reasonable.

Regardless of whether this is true, I do know that the difference between how Costco treats its employees and how Sam's treats theirs are very significantly different. It is for that reason alone that I don't shop at Sam's.

I doubt that this is true. Some brand name products are much cheaper at Costco than retail stores. They either have to lower their quality (or use of premium ingredients) or raise their price elsewhere to supplement those at wholesale store.

The point was that Costco doesn't do this while WalMart does.

Got mine in the mail today.

Schmide said:All i know is my Irish cheese is $1 cheaper per pound at Costco.

Is that really "all you know"?

How does it work to get the tire coupon deal? can I use on BFGoodrich tires??? can I place the order online??or must be at the warehouse...anyway how can i get the actually coupon myself
PS: do they have tire special for thanksgiving or somewhere else???

Thanks for the info, OP. It seems like I only get every other coupon booklet. I got October's but not Nov.