I have both a Costco membership and a Sams Business card.
My favorite is Costco hands down.
Costco is clean, well managed, has help that is actually helpful and their products tend to be more upscale and a good value.
If I do nothing else than go in and buy their OTC Allergy medication, it costs me as much for a year's supply than buying it retail ($15 for a year supply vs.$15 monthly, saving me $165/yr.) If I quit there, I've saved money
We recently bought towels there that were better quality than what we were getting at JCP for less money. The same sheet set (threadcount/type/quality) that my wife was buying 1/2 price at Kohls for $119., we bought there for $59.99. Mrs. Tdbo just got new glasses there at a savings vs. our old optometrist.
We buy a great majority of our cleaning products there. My wife likes the sealed packages of chicken breasts there, which are priced everyday at sale prices in our grocery. We do not tend to buy a lot of groceries there, but tend to buy staple items (butter/cooking oil/olive oil to name several) at lower cost and sometimes better quality. Their pharmacy department tends to have good prices as well.
If I need gas while I am there, I will fill up and take the .20 price differential savings on a Saturday when we have a Speedway incident on a Thursday morning.
Their Kirkland brand provides great value for the price.
Even though we are only a family of two, I derive enough benefit from Costco membership that I will probably never let mine lapse.
I do need to examine why I have a Sams membership, however.
My favorite is Costco hands down.
Costco is clean, well managed, has help that is actually helpful and their products tend to be more upscale and a good value.
If I do nothing else than go in and buy their OTC Allergy medication, it costs me as much for a year's supply than buying it retail ($15 for a year supply vs.$15 monthly, saving me $165/yr.) If I quit there, I've saved money
We recently bought towels there that were better quality than what we were getting at JCP for less money. The same sheet set (threadcount/type/quality) that my wife was buying 1/2 price at Kohls for $119., we bought there for $59.99. Mrs. Tdbo just got new glasses there at a savings vs. our old optometrist.
We buy a great majority of our cleaning products there. My wife likes the sealed packages of chicken breasts there, which are priced everyday at sale prices in our grocery. We do not tend to buy a lot of groceries there, but tend to buy staple items (butter/cooking oil/olive oil to name several) at lower cost and sometimes better quality. Their pharmacy department tends to have good prices as well.
If I need gas while I am there, I will fill up and take the .20 price differential savings on a Saturday when we have a Speedway incident on a Thursday morning.
Their Kirkland brand provides great value for the price.
Even though we are only a family of two, I derive enough benefit from Costco membership that I will probably never let mine lapse.
I do need to examine why I have a Sams membership, however.