The 5 Stages of Costco 

Lol. I can understand Costco being okay for a family of ten but Costco represents consumerism perfectly.

I honestly hate Costco. It's always crowded, stuff is never in the same place twice (sometimes you can't even find the same stuff twice); and if you just need a few things, it really isn't worth the time and hassle to save a few dollars by going to Costco and having to deal with the crowds and scavenger hunts. In addition to that, we have special dietary needs, and there literally are only 5 things at Costco we can even use. They are not special diet friendly at all. My membership expired, and I didn't realize it had since it's registered to my mom. I needed two things, and they wouldn't let me buy them unless I renewed right then and there. I was so mad I walked out and never went back. Now I have a Sam's Club membership, and it's so much less stressful on account of it's never busy so I literally can just go in and out with my 5 items.

I laughed out loud at this, how TRUE !

In 2020, during the height of the T.P. hoarding, I was looking ALL OVER TOWN for a couple boxes of Kleenex, specifically Kleenex because I like that brand and had JUST RUN OUT. Thankfully, I found them at Costco, but it came in a pack of 10! I had never monitored my Kleenex consumption habits and thought it was just a 1 year supply of Kleenex. It's been over a year now and I still have several boxes.

@@fairywingsonroses Costco has THE BEST prices! Olive Oil is the obvious one but I also got my electric bike, electric scooter, KitchenAid Mixer and other items there. Just took my neighbor there last week and they had the best price on a child't "water board" toy thing and the cubes that you put in those organizing cube shelves were 1/4 the price of the ones she found on Amazon. She bought a TON of stuff and filled my vehicle to the top! Not sure about your Costco but mine keeps things in the same place and well stocked. Maybe the things you can't find twice were being offered by a traveling vendor?

Right along with shopping right after pay day. I trip and good bye money.

lol there's always that weird mind trick where you buy something you don't need because it's a good price, as if you're saving money when you would save more money not buying it at all...

Hilarious!!!

Wait, they have towels?? Now I’m questioning my decision to get all new towels at target yesterday!

...and the BBQ suace doubles as personal protection... better than pepper spray and totttttttallllly leggggggal....!

@@papagena1 yes they do! They’ve held up really well. They’re on the opposite side of the food!

You got the juice boxes? Sheesh, people will lie about ANYTHING for attention these days. 🙃

Exactly!!!

You can’t afford NOT to get one!

No the chicken bake is premium 👌🏻

My mom and I always go for less than 5 things like sometimes we say, let's go for dog diapers and chicken ONLY. But end up paying 170-220$ at the check-out line and have the same issue of making space in the kitchen for all the stuff. And also making multiple trips to the car since they don't have bags.

Must get the berry ice cream even if on a strict no sugar diet! Oooh so good!

HALF.....? My WHOLE paycheck goes back to Costco!

I could never work there. It would be pointless.

@@SC-gp7kt honestly, I just try not to think about it. Lol 😂

It is indeed my friends, I'm glad I work here too

Plus stock in the company !!!!

You said it. Did tha once, had a cart full of stuff I could buy. But I live at home, for a time there was a two person rule per adress... I had my moms card, but yeah couldn't do it.😢😢😢 Now I'm scared dads talking about putting my name on the card since I'm more abled body then them and am my moms caregiver so to speak.

Nlmn

We did that last time we went to costco bc we planned on eating at the food court afterwards for dinner. Shopping while hungry makes an expensive trip 😅

This

Yep $30 dollars on pepperoni bites alone.

Oh, how I laughed !

😂

It's ok. You just open the diapers and wipes and dump the individual packages out and stuff them in various places around the car (did you know there is a lot of wasted space under your legs when you're using the gas & break? Use it!). Have fun unloading!

Costco diapers areTHE BEST!

@@richardmahn7589 you’re an expert I see 😂

Costco gives deals on new cars, too... just sayin' :)

@@richardmahn7589 haha! Oh yes, it’s true. I don’t know why more people don’t use that space under the gas...

Epic comment. 🏆👏👏👏

🤣🤣🤣

I build prefabricated houses.

@@markrichardsocioprojectgo1800 Excellent! We may need your assistance on aisle 25 in the near future. 🙂😅

@@workin4alivin585 haha

I thought same😂

Ikr.

I came to put nearly the exact same comment 😂🤣

Yes!!!!!

Yes!🤣🤣👏👏

That's what our neighborhood Costco looks like midweek right after school gets out. That's when I go.

They were probably allowed in to film before the store opened.

@@laurastr1 As someone who stocks mornings there I would be very surprised if they did. We have far too much heavy equipment on the floor to allow anyone in early, mostly because we have a pretty large amount of freight we're stocking the floor with. More likely they showed up in one our deadzones in the week days.

@@laurastr1 p

COVID occupancy limits?

I like the muffins. Chocolate chip and poppyseed.

How much does the membership cost though

@@watzap $60 For a year

Don't forget the fuel savings!

Right!? The wall clock and the pepper spray and the lounge chair. . . How many people bought stuff like that, that if they never saw it, they never would have bought it.

Pretty sure that they can't count the items they bought as business expenses... but they might be able to count the fuel?

@arabellasmom Stage 6: Buyer's Remorse.

A trip to Cosco? The China Ocean Shipping Company?

@@simonstevenson6686 I think he meant the company that makes car seats for babies.

Made me think of employee of the month movie. “Good luck killing your husband!”

I see what you did there

Anyone else thinking of buying a coffin to use as a storage bench until we die?

Just so we have it....omg. said that so often

Then you could put it on the roof, Causing all the neighbors to worry more.

Newbies

In some costco's , you can .

OMG GENIUS. lol

@@kimnapoleone9934 or buy a plastic skeleton in October and put it in the coffin with an arm peeking out and put it outside as a Halloween decoration

I lost it at the GIGANTIC bag of charcoal for some reason, lol

Yes, this suddenly made me want to check out Costco--haven't been in years! But a chair that's also a cart? Something I never knew I always needed!

I have to move to a town in Missouri which has COSTCO as MY favorite constellation is Cassiopeia (I love it so much I had to ask Siri to spell it for me.).!

Oh dear. I just did that 😬

I've always done that at the supermarket, until they finally brought in self-serve kiosks 😆 I mean why NOT make things a bit easier for somebody doing a tough job? Esp when otherwise all you'll be doing is standing there for 5mins desperately trying to avoid the lure of the candy bars!! 😅

That bear spray was a killer deal! I almost got it

True story

Wait... you mean they didn't!?

Haha or RU-vid is paying them

I'm laughing. I live in Kirkland. Very close to the original Costco. Which is why it's Kirkland signature. And the funniest part is that we used to get hot dogs there, the original hot dog stand really was a hot dog cart. Hot dog and a can of soda for $1.50. Price hasn't changed in roughly 40 years.

@@heidifruchtl354 you can still get a hot dog and a can of soda for $1.50?

Our living room set came in two boxes. We use washable patio furniture (Ocean State Job Lot). Now the dog can sleep on the couch.

Hilarious

yup and stay out of the aisles if you dont need anything down them!

#targetstores

This is what I just said! We don't go overboard like they did in this (of course that was the be comical) but we always are like $200 over what we thought it would be or what we planned to spend. Then we criticize each other (wife and I) for all the things the OTHER person bought that we don't need and could have made budge if THEY would have just stuck to the list and/or our bare essentials. (getting the coffin is of course a bare essential)

@@richardmahn7589 😂😂😂😂

Ewww! 💩

Can't stand the T.P. I have old 1970's toilets that don't have the extra pressure that new toilets have. Took me a while to work out Costco TP is much too large.

How much do you pay a year for both?

They both pay you back with literally the same benefits.

Or get the credit card that pays 5% cash back on gas. That alone pays the membership.

we get $500+ back each year lol

Seconded for Costco, especially if you get gas from them regularly, that will pay it off alone

That me and my husband. I can get out of Costco with only a pizza, but everytime my husband comes back from Costco, I ask him, "you spent how much?!!" 😆

Oh no, you wont be able to do that! Especially around the holidays.

@@SC-gp7kt especially if you like ham…nothing beats Costco brown sugar glazed spiral ham for Christmas!

@@elizabeatscancer Oh God yes!!!!

Don't worry you'll get into plenty trouble yourself. It's a wonderful place to shop. Also the samples will get you!!

@@elizebanarsee6767 Facts all over the place. He will love it!

I'm gonna pretend that I didn't see this-

But.....on the other hand....as long as you're there....😂

@@pattyzolenska3146 exactly, plus you never know when you might need...whatever it is you're questioning, better grab it, just in case.

@@gillianpioske2769 Lol they must exercise self control!

COSTO accountants doing back flips of joy as the entire premise is "we do not need it so let's buy in ... in bulk" the entire premise!

🤭 been there 😆 Happy bday to your son!!

Truth! And more money when they let you try the samples.

$500 at Costco is so easy to accidentally do! Been there done that, more than once!

my mom went there to get eggs. She bought a washing machine and a fridge.

@@tvshowsnmovies1234 There are some great posts on this Vlog but this one had me falling off the sofa! I mean I laughed ... but yikes, it kinda goes "Whoa there, Mom!"

You might want to double-check prices. I've been saving around $0.60 / gallon for the past 1 1/2 year. As for the wait, yeah, there have been more than a few times I've left and come back later.

@@arts9995 prices where I'm at, Costco is almost $0.80/gallon cheaper then anywhere else

I'm with you - I think that line is ridiculous to save a few dollars.

i mean with how its looking these days those .82 cents for x gallons are gonna be worth it 😳

You sit in the Costco petrol line for 30 minutes eating your Costco pizza and hot dogs. It’s the perfect Costco experience. It’s the only thing in my life after having 3 kids that is structured

It’s a marketing ploy! I read an article that they admit they sell them far under value and “lose money” but it’s because they know by selling them cheap and at the back of the store people will likely spend money on several other items, and it works!

Wait, when you were a kid and did this, who was the "your" that got the stuff in his/her closet?

@@richardmahn7589 shared a bedroom with my older sister. Yeah... that wasn't clear. Thanks for asking!

Haha! $700 seems to be our magic number too!

Yes, the sticker shock at check out is REAL!

Same😂😂😂

Ever leave Costco for less then 400... 😂

Ha ha ha, that’s me Amber…I blow my Costco budget every time 😆

OMG! I just checked and the coffins are $999.99! They're cute too!

Conscious phrase "they killed it" observation on coffins comment ... so sick! And hilarious! And still sick!

Don’t feel bad about that hip check. At my local Costco they make Running Man’s Dynaball look like Miss Daisy.

Hello Patricia how’re you doing?

I think they sell rear view cameras to install into your car. They could just buy that and attach it quickly before they leave?

That's what the side mirrors are for, silly!! :)

We always went for the rotisserie chickens and their big tray of chocolate muffins and then of course ended up with tons of other groceries, hahahaha

Word.

🤣

I tried to convince my Dad to buy himself a Costco coffin. He had been looking at the really fancy expensive ones. When I was a kid he said, "Just bury me in any cheap wood box." I tried to be helpful with my info about wholesale cheap coffins. Didn't go well.

😂👍👍

Got any more frugal suggestions for when I croak? Seriously asking.

I went to Costco today and bought the 18 inch pepperoni pizza, I mean sure it was just me at the house but for 10 bucks, hell yeah

I live 10min away from a Costco and my husband and regularly pop in for a cheap concession sandwhich.

I think Costco should just give you a chest freezer when you sign up.

I know right? Amateurs! 🤣

@@PacheGayd who said they didn't?

Newbies

I keep trying to convince my wife . I keep telling her " but honey !! Just look at all this meat just laying here going to waste !!! " ( true story , and we WERE in the meat dept . at the time . )

We get compliments on our Costco giant reusable bags in every store we use them. Grocery baggers love them!

The belt of Orion is the easiest to puck out !

Convienently, they also sell deep freezers in isle 24. It's an essential to have if you're a Costco shopper.

Yep

Uhoh, I was just thinking today that I need more ziplocs.....I don't know if I am financially prepared for a trip there right now...(*panic begins to set in)

Nice!

now i want a modular couch!

I have a couch I just purchased. Wait, let me look if there is a COSTCO near me. A four hour round trip? And I have a KIA Soul? Oh, phooey, that's just details! Let me just put address in "Mapquest" ....

Hello 👋how are you doing?

That's what WE needed to keep track if ours !! We bought the small fire safes and now we can't find our passports !!!! Or my coin collection . or my wife's jewelry . or ..... Kids!! Where the hell are you !!!! So much Costco stuff it's taking over the house like it's a living breathing thing !!!!

These questions need to be answered.

@@gillianpioske2769 02.24.2022. A lot of answers (except how they look like models: great metabolisms is my guess) on their Vlogs from their participation on The Amazing Race..

They do have at least one book on relationships which I bet is GREAT. Also there's several videos on relationships on their website and yep, like another poster mentioned they did say in their TAR podcast that they went to couples counseling. They just seem like the nicest people...I mean, normal people with issues like us all, but that they seem to be continuously striving to improve and do the work to be good and mentally and emotionally healthy. Yes, they are both so funny...Penn especially is hilarious and I love his exuberance. He is SO TALENTED and creative. They're both vulnerable and open and it's beautiful. And yep, they are both very attractive people inside and out!

For the last question, one of their videos suggests Kim has 27 different kinds of soaps. One for her face, another for her face, one to keep her face tight, another one to only put on at night, one that's costs 37 dollars, exfoliating Jojoba seed, Dead Sea mud, and several more.

Ha ha ha ha ha….So True Richard 😆

I could literally go back every week and go over the limit. It's insane! I now limit it to once a month and local grocery for $100/w in between Costco trips. Bought a basement freezer commercial size just for Costco. I now freeze everything from muffins to bagels to cream cheese. Damn them 🤣

This video was only about DAY 1 of Costco membership-save that for episode 2+ cuz it’s so true!! 😉😂😭😂

Funny stuff....now! Because we always exceeded our weekly budget the next week we took out cash for Costco to stay on budget.....let's say $250. We got our total at checkout and exceeded our cash! So we still had to use our card and then ended up with that cash withdrawal too. 😂

I was going to say the 6th stage is grief of having to unload everything. You know I only really have to bring the rotisserie in the ice cream cones ill hide from the teenagers in the deep freeze the rest of this ill forget until I get ready to drive to work late on Monday. morning.

On my birthday I didn’t even hear from my bf,then two days later at work I think we were on break but could’ve been lunch. He says ‘I’m going to miss you when you die.’ I’m 10 years older. Guess that was my birthday sentiment. 😂😂

Don't feel bad . Get flyers from all kinds if crematoriums , funeral homes , and the Poisidon society . They either want to bury ne burn me or drown me . I m only 68 !!!!!