Secret Ways to Save Money at Costco (That You’ve Never Heard Of) 

This is actually scientifically proven 👍🏽

Brilliant!

Love it! So true...and those warm pretzels are so yummy!!

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Hahaha this is great!

This is great advice, Jodi! Making a list before going to the store is always one of my top tips for saving on groceries.

It does feel good and empowering to be the one in control of spending/budget instead of Costco deciding for you;)

We have done!!! If we're driving buy $4. Cheaper then the grocery store and larger!! And yes people do look at us like🧐!!!!

@@bcgirl9369 i get stares when i walk out of costco with just 2 cases of water haha

@@MillionaireMindsetClub 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have gone before just to eat the cheese pizza!

I leave with just the rotisserie chicken 🙂

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Totally agree

Love your point. We are looking for suggestions for our construction company. We currently provide one case per week to each worker. Do u think there is a way we can provide water without so much plastic waste?

That’s the first thing I thought too. Now do I buy bottled water sometimes? Yeah a couple times a year I’m riding in places that don’t have water so I can’t filter it. But for daily use get a filter and a insulated bottle and most places have a water fountain and if your company doesn’t maybe it should.

Filtered water pitchers are a waste of money - the flavor doesn’t come anywhere near RO water.

@@username00009 what is RO water?

I brought a zen water filter $89 open box...cost $15 for filters & its cleans, mineralized, purifies the water, 4 gallon counter top system...best decision i ever made ❤

Totally agree. We saved money when we went to Costco less

And?

No. You need to insert a membership card before you start to pump.

Yes, you can use a gift card for gas. You do not have to insert a membership card if you are using a gift card. I am a member and have bought gift cards to use only for gas since they don't accept cash at the pump.

my guess is the added expense is to cover administering the Prop 65 warning that eye exams cause cancer...

When did that happen?

BUT the fuel prices at Sams and Costco are worth the memebership. I too am single and typically shop at Aldi

Price of gas across the street from me wss $2.81 on the same day it was $2.80 @ Sam's Club which is approximately 5-8miles away. Not worth it

I don’t think any of the eye exams are “owned” by Costco…but the independent optometrist usually always agrees to the. Costco pricing. I have found NO better place or quality or service than the Costco optical center (glasses). Had to go to a low vision specialist for my exam. Cost of exam: $385…their “in-house” glasses and prescription another $489. Held off and checked at Costco optical. Same exact prescription with full bells and whistles, scratch-proof, progressive, and light-to-dark and back (term is evading me), was a total of $130, including my frame choice.

Paribus

What about dental insurance?

@@lydiah7184 Thanks!

Talk about an easy money saver

Like in California when you pay more on CRV than the actual price of the item 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@MickeyR6 Plus the health effects of micro plastics. I’d rather buy a filter service instead of buying water. It’s more cost effective.

Aldi is usually cheaper for produce and has a greater selection of day to day food items. However Costco is better for overall quality and actually cheaper in a few categories. Costco is cheaper for organic snacks, bulk condiments, paper products and some deli products. I also buy all my meat and fish at Costco v. Aldi or grocery store sales because meat on sale is usually approaching it's expiration date, while Costco meat is very high quality. I would say it depends on how many ppl you are shopping for and what you actually plan to buy. For my family of four $300 a month at Costco gets us all paper products and household cleaning supplies, meat and fish, cheese, butter, eggs, snacks, organic pasta and sauce, frozen berries, avocados (one produce item that while cheaper at Aldi is SO much higher quality you save money at Costco) sweet potatoes and a few other sale items that very by month. I also do a weekly $60-70 Aldi/Lidl run after I meal plan and get mostly produce (Lidl is similar to Aldi ). For a while I was able to do $250/mo at Costco and $50 at Aldi but in my region food is expensive and I try to get a few produce items organic so that budget had me really micromanaging.

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The old saying "There is no such thing as a free lunch." comes too mind. The company either receives direct payments from the consumer or payment from the government (who got the money from you in the form of taxes.) Down side of the latter option is the inefficiencies present in almost every government that exists.

@@OptimizeNurse no such thing. I pay my taxes to the goverment in the end of fiscal year, as the shop pays their taxes., no free passes. the eye shop gives for free this exam. I also can do it for free in the public hospital with a doctor, but i have to make appointment. also when I buy the glasses the government return to me money in my bank account. I also don't pay medical bills in the hospital, just my prescription that I pay in the farmacie with discount also. I'm not joking, thats why I was so surprised.

Paribus i think

Not true.

@@traelakloster8537 so there is almost no difference between the world and so called Christians?

Drinking isn’t against scripture, but drunkenness is. Halloween is definitely against scripture. My family takes no part in a day honoring death. We cannot make evil good.

I used to celebrate Halloween until I learned from theology scholars the history/origin of Halloween. After I learned that a few years ago, I do not celebrate it. I have family that still celebrate though, it depends on the individual. But after my research I personally will never celebrate it again.

Differences on opinion based on religion on this topic. Right or wrong, I’m sure everyone follows what they believe in their heart to be true. People become Christians because they love and believe in God. But we are also human therefore imperfect.