[mellincf]

Good info, thanks.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by mellincf

Good info, thanks.

Which post(s)?

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by mellincf

Good info, thanks.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Which post(s)?

Why... all of them, of course.

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

It just slays me the people who will drive all theses miles to save $.05 cents on a can of green beans.

Never in my life have I purchased canned green beans, at Costco or elsewhere. Ugh! I eat fresh vegetables (which Costco sells), never canned.

Also I drink Peet's coffee - which Costco sells. I buy it from their website and it is delivered to my home. I haven't bought a can of Folger's coffee (gag!) since the mid sixties.

[Mleeja]

Originally Posted by manaboutown

Never in my life have I purchased canned green beans, at Costco or elsewhere. Ugh! I eat fresh vegetables (which Costco sells), never canned.

Also I drink Peet's coffee - which Costco sells. I buy it from their website and it is delivered to my home. I haven't bought a can of Folger's coffee (gag!) since the mid sixties.

Hummmmm...... Peet's Coffee is available from Sam's. Several different types. Here is an example.

Peet's Coffee House Blend Decaf, Dark Roast (60 K-Cups) - Sam's Club

Sam's also sells fresh green beans, or even the Farmer's Market in Brownwood, or Publix, or Winn-Dixie, or Aldi's, or Whole Foods, or Wal-Mart. Should I go on?

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

Hummmmm...... Peet's Coffee is available from Sam's. Several different types. Here is an example.

Peet's Coffee House Blend Decaf, Dark Roast (60 K-Cups) - Sam's Club

Sam's also sells fresh green beans, or even the Farmer's Market in Brownwood, or Publix, or Winn-Dixie, or Aldi's, or Whole Foods, or Wal-Mart. Should I go on?

Glad to hear you patronize Sams. I did buy and still hold WMT!

[coffeebean]

We shopped at Costco for nearly 30 years. We still have a Costco membership and also have a Sam's membership. We take the hour trip to Costco about once a month to purchase items Sam's just does not carry.

For example.......Costco carries Charmin toilet paper that is 4 1/2" wide and it is the only store that I know of that carries that size. FYI..... the toilet paper stays put on the holder and does not slide around from side to side. I MUST have my 4 1/2" wide Charmin toilet paper. Costco carries Sunsweet Prunes, not the off brand Sam's carries. Costco's Kirkland brand of cooked grilled chicken breast is the best I've tasted of all the brands I've tried, including name brands. I will only purchase the Kirkland brand of grilled chicken breast. Costco has much better frozen Atlantic salmon fillets.....Sam's has some sort of silver skin on theirs so just "NO". Costco has nice thick frozen tilapia as opposed to the very thin frozen Tilapia fillets at Sam's.

Let's see.....what else? Costco has the Phillips crab cakes which I find are tastiest with huge chunks of real crab and very little filler. You can purchase these same crab cakes at Publix for much more money. Sam's does not have Phillips crab cakes. A huge jar of Bella Sun Lucci sun dried tomatoes can be found at Costco but not Sam's. Costco carries soft soap with lotion in it. I can not find that in any store in this area, Sam's included. I LOVE Costco.

We will take that trip to Costco once a month and while we are at it.....go to lunch at PF Chang's which is very close. Love that restaurant!

[Mrs. Robinson]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

I love that I can go to costco just because I want to. The quality of the products has been the response, not saving money.

Originally Posted by JSR22

really like the Costco at Millenia. They carry prime meat and great shellfish. I do not like the meat at Sam's. Plus there are great restaurants in the area and great shopping at the Mall.

Originally Posted by Mleeja

One would think if the posters were that enthralled with Costco, they would have checked the Costco locations before buying here. The stores we have are just fine. If you can't find it you probably don't need it. Driving to Orlando or Tampa just for a store... Maybe a Costco Club could be formed and bus tours taken to the different Costco's around the state.

I don't know anyone who goes to Costco because they "have to;" people go to Costco because they "want to." The distance has nothing to do with living in TV and driving to Orlando because that isn't an issue.

A Costco Club with bus tours? Surely you jest!

Costco's quality of their items far exceeds Sam's. In addition, the selection of similar items at Costco, far outnumbers the amount of choices that Sam's offers. Just look at the difference between the two of them in the coffee aisle.

I even see a difference in the personnel from management on down. Going to Sam's is like Walmart revisited.

[Villager Joyce]

I forgot to mention eye glasses. Number one most if not all years.

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

It just slays me the people who will drive all theses miles to save $.05 cents on a can of green beans. Do you figure in the gas wasted into your "savings"? Let alone your time!

They may have good products. I was in the consumer product business. Folger's sells the same coffee to Costco as the do Sam's.

If people want to drive to Costco, god bless them that they have a safe trip...

Do they still sell Folgers? Never had it, but we French press, and can't remember last time I bought a can of anything.. We don't just drive to a Costco we go to the Italian market, get our massages, and visit friends. We just happened to be lucky to have multiple Costco's. Course it takes us 20 minutes just to get any grocery store, unless there is traffic. We aren't driving just to save .05, we drive so we can put food on the table.

[UpNorth]

I prefer Costco, but Sams is not bad, and one heck of a lot closer. Thankful that Sams isn't BJ's which is way down on my list. I take BJ's "free" 3 month membership every other year or two, just to check it out. Never impressed, compared to Costco or Sams.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Mrs. Robinson

I don't know anyone who goes to Costco because they "have to;" people go to Costco because they "want to." The distance has nothing to do with living in TV and driving to Orlando because that isn't an issue.

A Costco Club with bus tours? Surely you jest!

Costco's quality of their items far exceeds Sam's. In addition, the selection of similar items at Costco, far outnumbers the amount of choices that Sam's offers. Just look at the difference between the two of them in the coffee aisle.

I even see a difference in the personnel from management on down. Going to Sam's is like Walmart revisited.

Isn't sams club just Walmart in bulk with membership fee??

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Mleeja

It just slays me the people who will drive all theses miles to save $.05 cents on a can of green beans. Do you figure in the gas wasted into your "savings"? Let alone your time!

They may have good products. I was in the consumer product business. Folger's sells the same coffee to Costco as the do Sam's.

If people want to drive to Costco, god bless them that they have a safe trip...

I have observed over the years that "Shopping" is actually a hobby for some people. It's sort of like Pickleball, golf, cards, garage sales, painting and such are hobbies for others. They will drive several miles to shop. They like certain stores like a golfer will "Swear" by certain golf balls and golf clubs. They are good at what they do and can tell you the price of coffee, tea, green beans, where the sales racks are in department stores and which are the "best" because they know.

To each his own.......

[manaboutown]

Originally Posted by Villager Joyce

I forgot to mention eye glasses. Number one most if not all years.

Me, too! Some years ago Consumers Reports did a study on the quality of lenses from various vendors. Bausch and Lomb was number one but Costco was a close second - at half the price! That is when I switched - permanently!

Others have mentioned the quality of the Costco Kirkland brand is top notch. I know it sounds trivial but their paper towels are the best.

[John_W]

We have been members of Sam's Club of Lady Lake since we moved here in 2011. Our first purchase was an air mattress to sleep on the floor for 3 weeks in our new CYV, our furniture was delayed. There were no tractor trailers that had space coming to this side of Florida for a while. It actually worked out nice, the moving company reimbursed us $125 a day, so we got a check in the mail for $2100 just 5 days after our furniture arrived, we had only paid $2700 for the move and nothing for storage.

Our next big purchase was in 2012 for a 60" Vizio LED HD TV for $979, we actually bought it through the website because I didn't have a big enough car to pick it up at the store. It was free delivery and arrived in 5 days. A neighbor liked mine so much he went to Sam's and bought the same TV. Two months later my neighbor's TV screen went black. Vizio said there was a defect and gave out a serial number you needed to look for. My TV from the Texas warehouse didn't have that number and is still working fine five years later. My neighbor who bought his TV at the store had the serial number so Vizio sent him a new TV. Since the price of TV's have come down, today you can buy that TV for about $698.

Other than buying a pair of prescription glasses in 2013 we really haven't made anymore big purchases and small purchases we can't find much for just two people. We stay members for one reason. They stock excellent crab meat, $22 a pound and my wife makes the best Maryland Crab Cakes around. If we can't get them here in a restaurant at least we can have them at home. Winn Dixie was the only other place that has crab meat, and it wasn't good, so Sam's is our go to place.