Costco (Page 4): You can also order items online at Costco. I do this frequently; you can save yourself the gas and travel time.

CAS1951 Loc: San Diego

warrior wrote:

I have been trying hard to get myself to use Costco.
I live 27 miles from the store.
How can I justify the cost. There is the yearly fee, 54 mile round trip, when Walmart and Target is just a 2 minuet drive.
I do my own printing.

You can also order items online at Costco. I do this frequently; you can save yourself the gas and travel time.

CAS1951 Loc: San Diego

mwsilvers wrote:

Funny, but I find they compete very well against o... (show quote)

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jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

mwsilvers wrote:

You can justify it by actually shopping there, not just using it for prints. I shop there for many food and pharmacy items, household appliances and casual clothing items, as well as printer ink, batteries, printer paper, computers and printers and thousands of other items. I save a couple of thousand dollars a year compared to buying those same things elsewhere, and they have a terrific and extremely generous return policy. By the way they also sell cameras in kits as well as memory cards.

Also, check to see if your Costco has a gas station. Their gas is usually five cents cheaper than anywhere else you go. So the cost of getter there and back might not be as bad as you think.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

donnahde wrote:

I do use Costco and it's just me and my s/o. Thei... (show quote)

Love the TP too! Virtually everything with the Kirkland brand is first rate :)

CWW Loc: North Jersey

I've had good luck with Walgreens. Had a large print made, turned out excellent. 40-50-% discounts make my day.

Kuzano

mwsilvers wrote:

Love the TP too! Virtually everything with the Kirkland brand is first rate :)

I saw on television that Costco is the second largest car dealer in the nation.

I was also told for my own needs that Costco has a very good hearing aid program, particularly pricewise.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

jeep_daddy wrote:

Also, check to see if your Costco has a gas station. Their gas is usually five cents cheaper than anywhere else you go. So the cost of getter there and back might not be as bad as you think.

Only 5 cents cheaper? Here in central New Jersey I believe the average difference is about 20 cents or so cheaper for regular at Costco. And compared to a number of stations nearest to our interstates, it's closer to 40 cents cheaper per gallon. I use premium fuel. As of right now, the Shell station near I287 is charging $2.80 for premium. The Costco, one mile away is charging $2.13 for premium. That's $.67 less per gallon, or $13.40 less than the Shell station to fill a an empty 20 gallon tank!

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Kuzano wrote:

I saw on television that Costco is the second largest car dealer in the nation.

I was also told for my own needs that Costco has a very good hearing aid program, particularly pricewise.

I'll be 70 on my next birthday, and with my hearing not as good as when I was younger, I may have to look into that. Thanks.

londonfire Loc: NY to NC

studavis wrote:

Save the five minutes and print your pictures. If you travel to take the picture (not you back yard) You strive to take the best picture, work on it to be great and then save time to go to Walmart or the likes of them it make no sense. But we are all camera people, to each his(or hers) own.

I have never been disappointed with prints from Costco. I'm guessing that their printer is at least as good as the desktop variety some have at home. If you print for a business that's great but otherwise keeping all the ink cartridges fresh requires a part time job.

10MPlayer Loc: California

mwsilvers wrote:

You can justify it by actually shopping there, not just using it for prints. I shop there for many food and pharmacy items, household appliances and casual clothing items, as well as printer ink, batteries, printer paper, computers and printers and thousands of other items. I save a couple of thousand dollars a year compared to buying those same things elsewhere, and they have a terrific and extremely generous return policy. By the way they also sell cameras in kits as well as memory cards.

They have reasonable prices on tires too. So after making all those 114 mile round trips you can buy some new tires cheap.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

warrior wrote:

I have been trying hard to get myself to use Costco.
I live 27 miles from the store.
How can I justify the cost. There is the yearly fee, 54 mile round trip, when Walmart and Target is just a 2 minuet drive.
I do my own printing.

I quite don't understand, if you do your own printing, then you certainly don't want the crap (comparatively) you get from Costco!

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

warrior wrote:

I have been trying hard to get myself to use Costco.
I live 27 miles from the store.
How can I justify the cost. There is the yearly fee, 54 mile round trip, when Walmart and Target is just a 2 minuet drive.
I do my own printing.

I will not shop Walmart or Target for two reasons; I think Walmart's predatory business practices and the way they treat their employees is terrible. I haven't been in a Target since they banned the Salvation Army bell ringers at Christmas time.

Personally, I would take the drive to Costco with my camera in the jump seat looking for photo opportunities on the way, and just enjoy the day and the leisurely drive.

Elliern Loc: Myrtle Beach, SC

Kuzano wrote:

I saw on television that Costco is the second largest car dealer in the nation.

I was also told for my own needs that Costco has a very good hearing aid program, particularly pricewise.

Agree. We live in a town that caters to retirees. My husband went to Costco for his hearing aids because of so many personal recommendations. They were just about half the cost of similar hearing aids from other places. When he soon lost them both on the golf course, they had a one time free replacement. What a savings!

Bushpilot Loc: Minnesota

I shop at Costco every other week, great money saving prices. The rebates on my Executive Membership pay for my membership every year.
The part I really like about them is their courteous and helpful staff. Costco's starting wages are above average, most of the workers I see there are the same ones that were there when I became a member 13 years ago, you don't see that too often in the retail business.
By the way I don't use them for photos because I am quite happy with White House Custom Color (doing everything online).

yrral

I stopped using all Costco photo services when they discontinued film processing. Also discontinued Walgreen photo services when they started outsourcing film processing but refusing to return processed film, which is all I wanted. I find it inexcusable for a film service to refuse to return processed film. Oh, yeah, Walmart is equally at fault on that score. So screw the lot of them.