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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
(Post 2324210)
I don’t understand the fascination with store where you have to paid to walk in door?
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Costco has the best meat department and bakery of any store hands-down. I go to the Clermont store about once a month to stock up. Just picked up some big, beautiful, bright red New York strips that were 2 inches thick for $10.99 lb. Perfect for grilling medium rare. Every other place I've been to you're lucky if you get an inch and a half thickness.
Bought an American standard 1.25 HP garbage disposal for $99. Walmart has it for $145. That alone paid for almost half of my membership.
Their Kirkland (generic) product line is also the best. The Kirkland organic salsa is the best store-bought salsa I've ever tasted. I have made my own salsa from my own garden and Kirkland's was every bit as good.
Kirkland frozen tilapia is very good, and not sourced from China. Big white fillets and not fishy tasting.
I have Sam's and Costco and for the things that I normally buy, Costco is way better. Costco also seems to be very careful about the products it brings into its store, making sure they are good quality.
Costco's return policy is unmatched. Within 90 days you can return anything, no questions asked, even if you have partially used something. Who does that? And when you do return something, the employees don't give you an eye-roll. The only question they ask you is if there was something wrong with it. That's it. This is an especially important when you're trying something new because you're buying bulk/large quantities. If something doesn't taste good, for example, you're normally stuck with it. Not at Costco though.
Costco also treats its employees pretty well. I have talked to people that work there. During a visit there I was asking about employment for my ex-wife. The cashier and person who unloaded the carts at the register both had been there for over 10 years. Both looked over the age of 40 and didn't seem like the type of people who couldn't find a job elsewhere. They said they genuinely liked working at Costco. Most of the people I have seen working at Costco work hard, they don't look like they hate their job.
The only thing I probably wouldn't buy there are tires. My neighbor is a GM mechanic and he told me that Costco, Sam's Club, Walmart, etc. get tires from manufactures that aren't up to the same quality standard as the ones they ship to places like tires plus or pure tire dealerships. I don't know how true that is though.
There's a reason Costco is so popular, it's not just herd mentality. Very good products at very good prices, awesome return policy, and they treat their employees well. Why wouldn't people want to shop there?
