Re renewing my Costco membership. . .

[Stargleamer]

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[Attilatheblond]

1. Same thoughts here

[Simeon Salus]

2. Bought some dried mangoes today.

Very busy store, but the lines moved fast.

[LAS14]

3. I always chalk up that efficiency to decent pay and benefits. nt

[MontanaMama]

4. Been an executive member forever.

Never not made my membership fees back. Costco backs up everything I’ve ever had to return. The folks that work there feel like friends, they’ve been there for so long.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I renewed my Costco membership a while back

[mgardener]

6. I wish we had a Costco

We have Sam's

[wackadoo wabbit]

14. My nearest Costco is two hours away

It's worth the drive.

[ShazamIam]

7. Now we have a serious reason to be loyal Costco members, though their prices and service have always exceeded current

normal standards.

[Zackzzzz]

8. Since everything comes in bulk,

we ate our way through their chocolate raisins and biscotti.....for the jars.
So now we have storage for the cereals, rice, beans, flour, cookies, screws & nails, etc, etc, and so forth.

[OhioTim]

9. Signed Up For A One Year Membership

and they put me on a auto-renewal.

[DaBronx]

10. Costco gas prices are always cheaper

Another great benefit.

[Wifes husband]

11. It is very good gas too

[Maru Kitteh]

12. We bought $100 gift cards for the adult kiddos for Xmas

We are shifting as many purchases as possible to Costco. Just bought a generator there the day after Xmas.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Renewed my Exec. Membership the end of October for the next year.

As well as received my new Costco Citi VISA card that I will use for all my expenses besides rent. Earn cash back as I spend for what I need. I have been a Costco Executive Member since 2013. LOVE Costco!

[EuterpeThelo]

15. We just renewed too

Truthfully, we don't got that often because we're a two-person household and the closest stores are about six miles away. We have other local options that are much closer, usually more economical and are either blue, politically neutral or at the very least slightly more democratic than not but, in some cases, are the only store that carries some particular item we need (and we do vote with our wallets in this house). They do have great deals on a lot of things; for some things, we don't always have the storage space or can't finish stuff before it goes bad.

However, I'm so proud of the corporate citizen they are that I don't want to NOT support them (that little thing with the abortion pills aside...pisses me off no end, because women's rights is one of my KEY issues, but I guess nobody's perfect...I don't use their pharmacy and it's not like CVS or Walgreens is ANY better on that front).

[TBF]

16. They talked us into executive also -

it did make a lot of sense when we still had teens in the house. We buy whatever we can there.

[FakeNoose]

17. I would support Costco if I could, but it's not going to happen

Costco seems to have their collective hearts in the right place but ....

It's not the membership cost, either, I think their membership is fair. It's that everything is sold in large quantities. It's not a savings for me when I can't store 6 month's worth of everything they sell. Even when I shop at my regular grocery store - in the Pittsburgh area I shop in Giant Eagle and Aldi's - even there I'm forced to buy certain things in larger quantities.

I'm a single, older woman and I'm okay with buying quantities of items that will last me one month, such as toilet paper, paper towels, canned goods, dried goods, etc. I can store those items in my house, either in the kitchen or in the basement. But Costco (also Sam's Club) expects me to buy 6 months' worth of the same product and I can't store all that. Nor do I want to. I don't have a large freezer or pantry.

Costco is marketed for large families in big houses, not for singles or even older couples.