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Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
just scored 6 cans of chicken chili for $5

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Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Kelp Me! posted:

Ok so I'm trying to justify the cost of just owning up and buying my own drat membership. The thing is, meat and cheeses and produce are great but it's just me and my wife and even supermarket produce has a tendency to go bad because we wait too long. So I'm trying to compile a list of non-perishables that justify the membership cost. So far I've got:

-Frozen veggies & chicken for stir fries
-Paper towels/TP/Kitchen wipes
-Bar and hand soap
-Laundry detergent
-Those microwave veggie bowls
-Olive oil

Any other major items worth stocking up on?

coffee and alcohol

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
I have some Costco milk that's two weeks past its expiration but there's absolutely no sign of it going sour. its like some kind of Costco miracle (Praise Be!)

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Prokhor Zakharov posted:

it's not a long story, I was in line to return a bookcase when the woman at the front of the line just blew up. she was shouting and screaming at the Costco lady behind the counter about how they had to take the return, you can't terminate my account, I'll sue you, etc. The receipt checker (a fat old guy) ran over saying that he was calling the cops to make her leave. she stormed out screaming and cussing at everyone.

looking back the funniest part is how all the customers couldn't have given less of a poo poo. people didn't even move out of their place in receipt check line.

I'm not giving up my spot in the receipt check line

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
"hi I'd like a whole food not half a food the whole thing" - imagine saying this like some kind of an idiot

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Pennywise the Frown posted:

My ex-wife and I went to Cape Canaveral with her parents and her dad was doing this. This was loving NASA and we're driving around looking for a close spot in a gigantic empty parking lot. I wanted to loving strangle the life out of his stupid loving smug Tom Wilkinson looking face.That was probably one of the high points of my life though. They should have put me on one of those leashes for kids cause I was like little school girl at a Back Street Boys concert or whoever is popular now.

Uh, yay Coscto.

My protocol for finding parking spots: take the first open spot you see

Girlfriend’s protocol. Head directly to the spot closest to the store. Find that it is occupied and act surprised. Check every spot in order of increasing distance until you find an open one (this takes at least 15 mins which I could spend eating a dang dog)

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
just got back from the 'stco. huge rear end bags of Craisins and alaska pollock burgers on sale.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
I was going to get some flank steak and some butthead took the last 2 packages, yeah if you're reading this you know who you are.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
you shouldn't feed your kids dog food tho, that's not cool

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
just bought some sick rear end flank steaks (the last time I was there some jag-off took the last 2 packs of flank steak)

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

How many costco probiotic gummies is it safe to eat in a sitting?

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Pennywise the Frown posted:

I always feel bad taking samples and not throwing the product in my cart. So I say, "Hmm that's good. I'll have to consider purchasing this fine product." But I never do. :ohdear:
free samples are just one of the many benefits of shopping at the 'sco, you should never feel bad about taking them.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
the only sample faux pas is if you take multiple samples when other people are obviously waiting in line

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Thinking about buying some COST stock its down a little bit

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Xaris posted:

imo do it.

costco stock is p much going to keep going. constantly breaking membership and sales recs and cautiously opening more stores. its mostly down because of the amazon->wholefoods thing but i think that's going to peter out, probably not outright fail but WF was already on decline and bezo cash injection probably isn't going to change they're just flat our losing customers now that less people care about organic nongmo $10 juices and poo poo.

yeah all the grocery stocks went down when that was announced and I just don't see it being justified

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

FogHelmut posted:

Renewed my executive membership with my dividend check, this poo poo pays for itself.

I find that my checks basically make up the difference between getting an executive membership vs. getting a basic membership every year, so I stick with the executive.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
tbf Tilamook Jalapeno and pepper jack owns

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
the big round of brie they sell is also a pro-buy (PBUC)

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Chinatown posted:

Hittin' the 'sco on the way home from work/gym tonight for some random stuff like olives, gum, gasoline of course.

Also some of these bad boys (my parents discovered them over the 4th of July):




Noice. I'm a big fan of the Chicken, apple, and gouda sausages in fact I had one for breakfast today.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Chinatown posted:

also i told my coworker i was going to costco as i was leaving and she shoved a $20 in my face and was like PLEASE BUY ME KIRKLAND VODKA I JUST RAN OUT lol

she gets it

Women flock to a man with a membership at the 'sco I hope your single or she's gonna be heartbroken

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
How can I kill the time until August 3rd? Yeah I have a business trip which will help but ..still.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Chinatown posted:

wait Costco has some stores with self-checkout now? gently caress!

truly, new wonders are seen every day. PBUC.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Peachfart posted:

Costco puts the most popular stuff(dairy, chickens, etc) in the back of the store so that people will browse and purchase much more than expected. Offering pre-order removes most of what makes Costco work.

People always say this about grocery stores but I don't know if it's true. Prepared foods: obviously your prep area is going to be in the back/side of the store. Dairy: people have to go in there and stock it, so again, it has to go in the back.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

Spoondick posted:

You'll almost always find dairy and produce on opposite sides of a store so people getting common items have to walk through the majority of the store to get them

both those items need to be kept cold, so it makes sense to put them at the side of the store. After you account for the front of the store which is taken up by the entrance and checkout, there's really only 3 sides to put those kind of things at.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Check this out, Safeway doesn’t design their stores around your predilections for apples and yoghurt, they design them around how they can take deliveries and keep stock most efficiently. The notion that grocery stores are playing a 3rd dimensional chess game is consumer narcissism. No more, no less. It’s Ahab screaming at a mindless animal.

Harald fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jul 27, 2017

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
Amateur hour at the sco today; some lady trying to use coupons that won't start until August 3rd.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
I will return any empty carts I see sitting in the parking lot it's called Being an Executive Member, PBUC

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
you can't not afford a Costco membership, imho. Sam's clubs near me are shutting down and I am turning my coworkers to the one true faith

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

FormatAmerica posted:

That $14 1.75L bottle of rum is just so perfect.

yuuup, and the Kirkland Vodka is another pro-tier buy

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
why doesn't costco have a way to air up your tyres at the gas station?

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

FilthyImp posted:

Because that's over by the auto services area, dope

okay, I asked the gas guys and they were like "we don't have that", but I will have to check it out, thanks.

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Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
I love their tinned salmon, mackerel and sardines

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