willy2 said:Costco also regularly discontinues things, but gives you warning by the * on the price label...

imxman said:barrymis said:TiredOfTaxes said:Unfortunately no Costco in Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse/Binghamton in NY; the closest one for us is in Canaduh.

Also, Costco stores that I've been to in the east coast, close at 8:00PM and have no self-check out counters. BJS has them and they usually close at 10:00PM where we live. This helps when you want to make a smaller purchase like a can of milk and cereal and get out. Hope that helps someone.

In any case, Green for you OP.

I lived in Buffalo for 7 years. You have BJs that we don't have in Illinois.About 10+ years ago, it seemed to me that the main difference between BJs (formerly Price Club) and Costco was that BJs used to carry stuff more family oriented (bulk food, toys, etc.) and Costco had a focus on things for adults. My personal problem w/ BJs is that they seem to stop carrying anything that I am buying regularly. We had to join Costco a couple of years ago because BJs stopped carrying Oscar Meyer bulk-pack bacon.

After some testing, I think that both buy/sell inferior gasoline (not worth the savings given the decreased vehicle performance).

You may want to check. Memory is that Price Club merged with Costco. BJs is a different chain of warehouse clubs that still exists. No question that Costco is the best.

Sorry about 'northern' areas of NY state; perhaps Costco will find an appropriate location(s) there.

BTW, some in Albany may appreciate one as it appears that the State Senate may need to purchase in significant bulk for its 'extended stay'

But you can get a Visa AMEX card.

You can also get a full refund on your membership anytime.

Toadster said:a membership is worth the price just in the gas savings alone - easily pays itself off in the yearWould you mind providing some math to back-up this statement? The gas at Costco is at best 8 cent cheaper than the cheapest gas stations around (like a Delta). So lets say you have a 15 gallon tank, you just saved yourself a $1.20. If you fill up 52 times a year, that comes out to $62.40. Now lets factor in the 30 minute average wait time until you can actually pump, and the out of the way drive you'd have to make in order to make it to a Costco to begin with. The benefits have just cancelled themselves out. In the end, unless you live right next to a Costco, and only pump gas when no one is there (which is rare), you gained nothing.

Caveat, I'm a costco member, and find their prices great which is why I shop there. Can't be $6 for a 24 pack of Poland Sprint sport bottles. I pay $100/yr, and receive my annual 2% Cash Back check of around that much making my membership pretty much free.

I guess the point of this tirade was that you should NOT get a costco membership just so you can pump gas there, because you'll quickly run out of patience.

yesidonoitall said:Idz21 said:Toadster said:a membership is worth the price just in the gas savings alone - easily pays itself off in the yearWould you mind providing some math to back-up this statement? The gas at Costco is at best 8 cent cheaper than the cheapest gas stations around (like a Delta). So lets say you have a 15 gallon tank, you just saved yourself a $1.20. If you fill up 52 times a year, that comes out to $62.40. Now lets factor in the 30 minute average wait time until you can actually pump, and the out of the way drive you'd have to make in order to make it to a Costco to begin with. The benefits have just cancelled themselves out. In the end, unless you live right next to a Costco, and only pump gas when no one is there (which is rare), you gained nothing.

Caveat, I'm a costco member, and find their prices great which is why I shop there. Can't be $6 for a 24 pack of Poland Sprint sport bottles. I pay $100/yr, and receive my annual 2% Cash Back check of around that much making my membership pretty much free.

I guess the point of this tirade was that you should NOT get a costco membership just so you can pump gas there, because you'll quickly run out of patience.


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Now lets factor in the 30 minute average wait time until you can actually pump,


30 minutes, you are lucky.
Here in Oregon, they have to pump it and they are slow pokes.

i always get my gas at costco in the morning 6:30am.... there is never a line save about 10 cents a gallon plus i get 3% back for using Costco AMEX card

AishaDad said:With all the RED on the deal, please tell us where you can a better deal on a Costco membership!

Here

Does Costco take manufactures coupons? I know BJ's use to! Sams does not.
THanks

jtdeals said:angel77 said:Does Costco take manufactures coupons? I know BJ's use to! Sams does not.Costco only takes their own coupons. BJ's takes any MFG or BJ's coupons. I don't know about Sams Club

Nice thing about BJ's is you can use more than one coupon for an item. So if you have 2 coupons for life cereal and they sell a box with 2 bags of cereal, you can use both coupons.

jplee3 said:handyguy said:But you can get a Visa AMEX card.

You can also get a full refund on your membership anytime.

What's a "Visa AMEX" card?

It's a combo card. Weird, but I saw Visa offering them once.

willy2 said:Costco also regularly discontinues things, but gives you warning by the * on the price label...

imxman said:barrymis said:TiredOfTaxes said:Unfortunately no Costco in Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse/Binghamton in NY; the closest one for us is in Canaduh.

Also, Costco stores that I've been to in the east coast, close at 8:00PM and have no self-check out counters. BJS has them and they usually close at 10:00PM where we live. This helps when you want to make a smaller purchase like a can of milk and cereal and get out. Hope that helps someone.

In any case, Green for you OP.

I lived in Buffalo for 7 years. You have BJs that we don't have in Illinois.About 10+ years ago, it seemed to me that the main difference between BJs (formerly Price Club) and Costco was that BJs used to carry stuff more family oriented (bulk food, toys, etc.) and Costco had a focus on things for adults. My personal problem w/ BJs is that they seem to stop carrying anything that I am buying regularly. We had to join Costco a couple of years ago because BJs stopped carrying Oscar Meyer bulk-pack bacon.

After some testing, I think that both buy/sell inferior gasoline (not worth the savings given the decreased vehicle performance).

so thats what the * is for... I was always wondering what that means - is it new or recently lowered in price or what/// thanks!

I pm'd the OP for clarification, and received no response.

The site offering this costco membership deal is PMG Data Services, Inc. I phoned Costco.com to ask if the upgraded membership offer on this site would immediately note my renewal date as beginning today or from when my last membership expired. I asked this because I wanted to order online today for deals expiring tomorrow. The answer was the costco.com csr said she was not aware of this offer, and did not believe it was valid and that it would therefore probably not communicate my membership renewal & upgrade to costco.com for my order. I know, csrs are often wrong but just thought I would share the information.

Would someone who upgraded their membership using this offer share their experience?

Bring on the red for phoning.