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Floyd R. Turbo

(33,335 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:50 PM Yesterday

What would you do? My Keurig died last week. It lasted a measly 2 1/2 years. I bought it at Costco so they'll take it

back and give me a refund. I scored a new Keurig today on sale for $100. at another retailer.

Would you return the dead Keurig to Costco or just write off the $100.+ it cost?

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What would you do? My Keurig died last week. It lasted a measly 2 1/2 years. I bought it at Costco so they'll take it (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Yesterday OP
Nope...Costco stands behind the things they sell.... MiHale Yesterday #1
I do and I will! Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #10
Get all your money back, and buy a french press. FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #2
Too much work! Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #11
Yes and no, FoxNewsSucks 20 hrs ago #22
I like Chemex. Pour over method... legallyblondeNYC Yesterday #3
Can't wait for my fix! Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #12
Pour over cone, $10.99. Fresh grind. I can take it cachukis Yesterday #4
Yes. This has been my ideal solution for years now. Makes great coffee without waste. hlthe2b Yesterday #7
Too complicated! Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #13
I just returned an air fryer to Costco that was purchased 1 1/2 years ago. Intractable Yesterday #5
True that! Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #14
Screw the wasteful Keurig style coffee makers Bobstandard Yesterday #6
Exactly. Those capsules are full of plastics and other environmental contaminants...Pour over works great. hlthe2b Yesterday #8
You can take my Keurig when you pry it from my cold dead hands! Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #15
That's how I feel about my gas stove, FoxNewsSucks 20 hrs ago #21
Just like me! Wasteful and expensive!😁 Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #25
u can get a reusable thingie. mopinko 20 hrs ago #23
I have one! Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #24
Nothing beats an electric kettle and instant coffee for convenience. hunter 7 hrs ago #39
For small batches I use a Coffee Gator. VGNonly 23 hrs ago #9
Praise K-cups!😈 Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #16
Stop beating around the bush! True Dough 21 hrs ago #17
The first thing I'm going to do is raise the price of the hotdogs! 🤗 Floyd R. Turbo 21 hrs ago #18
Ha! True Dough 20 hrs ago #19
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 20 hrs ago #20
Melita ceramic coffee dripper. no_hypocrisy 10 hrs ago #26
I'd break it! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo 9 hrs ago #31
They make them in plastic too. Jes sayin' no_hypocrisy 4 hrs ago #45
I'd break it! Floyd R. Turbo 3 hrs ago #46
Return. The cost is built into their business model. They get good will with the public. bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #27
Good point! Floyd R. Turbo 9 hrs ago #32
I would stop wasting my money on Keurig, and buy a cheap Emile 10 hrs ago #28
I love my Keurig! Floyd R. Turbo 9 hrs ago #33
Just get a good drip coffee maker or a French Press then find a local person who roasts his or her's own Botany 10 hrs ago #29
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo 9 hrs ago #34
Those plastic prefilled coffee things are made from oil and non recyclable Botany 8 hrs ago #37
Thanks but I gave up grinding twenty years ago! Floyd R. Turbo 6 hrs ago #41
My friend can ship the beans ground. Botany 5 hrs ago #44
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo 2 hrs ago #47
Just An Add-On ProfessorGAC 2 hrs ago #51
Return the broken one to Costco, return the new one and then buy one at Costco. What dem4decades 9 hrs ago #30
Costco doesn't have the model I bought! The most inexpensive one at Costco is $70.00 more than what I paid! Floyd R. Turbo 9 hrs ago #35
Costco doesn't buy the lower end models, that's how they can stand behind their products. dem4decades 8 hrs ago #36
The one I purchased normally retails for $180. to $210. depending on the retailer. Floyd R. Turbo 2 hrs ago #48
So Costco gives you $100. The new one costs $170 TexasBushwhacker 6 hrs ago #42
I bought a $180. + for $100. Floyd R. Turbo 2 hrs ago #49
Oh bummer on the change TexasBushwhacker 50 min ago #52
I did not know that about Costco...makes me like them even more. maptap22 8 hrs ago #38
Wow! The longest I ever had one was five years! Floyd R. Turbo 6 hrs ago #40
2 Words.... Sane1 6 hrs ago #43
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 2 hrs ago #50
Take it back Figarosmom 37 min ago #53

MiHale

(13,200 posts)
1. Nope...Costco stands behind the things they sell....
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:56 PM
Yesterday

I’d at very least …if you have your original receipt…I’d try…worst they can say is no.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,949 posts)
22. Yes and no,
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:27 PM
20 hrs ago

I have a one-mug ceramic press that I use at home, and an insulated stainless steel 34 oz press that I take for work when I make coffee for myself and a couple others.

At home, I have what I should probably consider an embarrassingly-complex ritual that I go through to make myself HOT coffee, and it's sooooooo good. It is more work, and it does take longer than just pushing a button.

At work and traveling with the group, I just make the large press of coffee, dump the grinds and that's all. It's not that much more work.

A while back, I stayed a week at a place that only had a Keurig so I bought a box of K-cups from a local roaster whose beans I often buy when I'm in that city. It was a lot better than the starbucks and Folgers cups provided, but not even close to as good as the exact same coffee made in a french press.

legallyblondeNYC

(198 posts)
3. I like Chemex. Pour over method...
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:20 PM
Yesterday

Yeah it takes longer but my coffee is oh, so good (and no plastic touches my morning brew).

hlthe2b

(114,767 posts)
7. Yes. This has been my ideal solution for years now. Makes great coffee without waste.
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:57 PM
Yesterday

Intractable

(2,408 posts)
5. I just returned an air fryer to Costco that was purchased 1 1/2 years ago.
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:33 PM
Yesterday

Damn thing just stopped working.

They took it back, no problem.

Costco is one of few companies that actually inspire customer loyalty.

Bobstandard

(2,385 posts)
6. Screw the wasteful Keurig style coffee makers
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:40 PM
Yesterday

Better, cheaper coffee from just about any style coffee maker. Those capsules are an abomination against nature.

hlthe2b

(114,767 posts)
8. Exactly. Those capsules are full of plastics and other environmental contaminants...Pour over works great.
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:58 PM
Yesterday

FoxNewsSucks

(11,949 posts)
21. That's how I feel about my gas stove,
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:19 PM
20 hrs ago

but k-cups are wasteful and expensive. The coffee is OK, if it's a good coffee. I've used them in hotels.

hunter

(40,883 posts)
39. Nothing beats an electric kettle and instant coffee for convenience.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:53 AM
7 hrs ago

It's also a quick and easy way to make tea and hot chocolate.

I've been known to drink cheap beer too.

My wife prefers quality.

I like to keep things simple.

The ritual of making or buying coffee does nothing for me.

My wife bought a Keurig as some kind of compromise.

We have a French press, manual drip coffee maker, and grinder so we can make fancy coffee if we choose to. We've also got the reusable k-cups. Most days those sit in the cupboard.

When I'm being an annoying environmentalist I'd say that simply growing coffee is bad for the environment. There may be ways of getting a caffeine fix with similar ritual that have a smaller environmental footprint.

VGNonly

(8,567 posts)
9. For small batches I use a Coffee Gator.
Mon May 25, 2026, 05:54 PM
23 hrs ago

Pour through glass, with a very fine mesh stainless steel paperless filter.

Big batches a stovetop old fashioned steel percolator.

Plastic is the DEVIL!

True Dough

(27,366 posts)
17. Stop beating around the bush!
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:43 PM
21 hrs ago

Just buy the entire Costco operation call it "Floyd's". Then the coffee-maker will be the least of your worries.



True Dough

(27,366 posts)
19. Ha!
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:04 PM
20 hrs ago

That would be one way to ensure you're even less popular than the current White House incumbent!

no_hypocrisy

(55,454 posts)
26. Melita ceramic coffee dripper.
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:13 AM
10 hrs ago

$8.99 and you use #2 sized filters.

Works well for commercial ground coffee (Maxwell House, Chock Full 'O Nuts) as well as home-ground and store-ground beans.

Just don't chip or break it.

bucolic_frolic

(55,929 posts)
27. Return. The cost is built into their business model. They get good will with the public.
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:24 AM
10 hrs ago

It's simply your turn to be covered.

I'm learning new ways to coffee. The rec is to buy light roast beans, grind fresh weekly, to max chlorogenic acid. Not sure the hardware I'll use. Boiled water over grounds is my low-tech method for years.

Emile

(43,355 posts)
28. I would stop wasting my money on Keurig, and buy a cheap
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:27 AM
10 hrs ago

Hamilton Beach coffee pot for around $15.00 @ a dollar store.

Botany

(77,916 posts)
29. Just get a good drip coffee maker or a French Press then find a local person who roasts his or her's own
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:48 AM
10 hrs ago

… beans and grind them yourself. Much better coffee.

Those Keurig machines are terrible for the planet.

Botany

(77,916 posts)
37. Those plastic prefilled coffee things are made from oil and non recyclable
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:30 AM
8 hrs ago

And fresh ground beans taste much.

P. Mail me if you want some information on a little local coffee place in Columbus. He roasts his
own beans and ships them anyplace. Btw I get nothing out of this. It really is a small business.

https://joe.coffee/locations/oh/columbus/yeah-me-too-coffee-columbus/





Botany

(77,916 posts)
44. My friend can ship the beans ground.
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:57 AM
5 hrs ago

BRW you can never be unhappy when you
are grinding your own coffee beans.

ProfessorGAC

(77,342 posts)
51. Just An Add-On
Tue May 26, 2026, 03:18 PM
2 hrs ago

Nearly all plastic is non-recyclable.
Other than sneaker uppers & carpets, the amount of recycle that can be used in new plastics is very small.
7% recycle is considered very good. 4 or 5% much more likely.
None at all is still too common.
Compound that with the fact that people only feed about 70% of plastics into the recycle stream and plastic recycling starts to look more like myth than reality.
It's why I'm such a strong proponent of a return to paper.
Milk, juices, household cleaners, prepared meats, bags for groceries....
Those things, made of paper/cardboard, served us well for a couple hundred years. Going back to that offers no downside to the consumer & eliminates millions of tons of plastic waste.

dem4decades

(14,425 posts)
30. Return the broken one to Costco, return the new one and then buy one at Costco. What
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:53 AM
9 hrs ago

are you thinking, reward Costco for being a good company, it will only reward you back.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,335 posts)
35. Costco doesn't have the model I bought! The most inexpensive one at Costco is $70.00 more than what I paid!
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:11 AM
9 hrs ago

TexasBushwhacker

(21,304 posts)
42. So Costco gives you $100. The new one costs $170
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:21 AM
6 hrs ago

So you get a $170 model for $70 and it will last longer than 2.5 years. It's a win/win, for you and Costco.

But please, at least switch to compostable pods.

https://sfbaycoffee.com/products/bay-bridge-blend-onecup-coffee-pods-80-count

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,335 posts)
49. I bought a $180. + for $100.
Tue May 26, 2026, 03:11 PM
2 hrs ago

I used SF Bay French roast for years then they changed the blend due to supply chain issues. 😢

TexasBushwhacker

(21,304 posts)
52. Oh bummer on the change
Tue May 26, 2026, 04:59 PM
50 min ago

I've never been Keurig fan anyway. I want my coffee to BREW. French press or drip for me.

maptap22

(280 posts)
38. I did not know that about Costco...makes me like them even more.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:46 AM
8 hrs ago

I have had the same Keurig since 2012. I keep waiting for it to die but it just keeps going.

They are most likely making them cheaper and cheaper now.

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