Dull Men's Club

Love my Costco membership. Family of three. Get a few seasonal items, allergy meds, soap, trash bags, toilet paper, laundry detergent, dishwasher detergent...

For food, I really do like to buy ingredients here, too. I will buy the big thing of ground beef and meal prep and freeze. I'll get the bell peppers and cut and freeze them. I used to do the onions when they had huge 10 pound bags. I also get my chicken, butter, and certain cheeses. I like to get shelf stable condiments here, since they aren't in the huge tubs. I used to get canned goods here, but nowadays I pretty much just stick to the chicken.

For food that is ready to eat, I like to get them as occasional treats. My local store has a two pack of quiche that is so good. I used to get their lasagna, but those were so thin that it doesn't feed all three of us.

Kirkland Signature brand stuff is almost always amazing. They have a really good return policy that I have only used twice. Once was for a jar of olives none of us liked. The other was for a container of Kirkland Signature laundry soap. There was no way to smell it before I bought it, and omg it smelled SO BAD.

I like it for the gas, but I work remote so this isn't as big of a deal as it used to be.

If you're the type of person that would be tempted by the delicious treats at Costco and would eat all the savings, pass. But otherwise, I would consider.

My partner and I keep our membership for TP, Kleenx, Paper towels, Coffee, shelf-stable snack items, and then miscellaneous stuff we see in store or online. We keep the cheapest membership and it is worth it.

Buying tires from Costco us with the price of membership. Especially with the road side warranty

Costco is mainly good for goods that having a lot of will not make you overconsume them and toilet paper is a great example: having more will not make you go take a shit ten times a day.😃

For me it's been worthwhile just for the cheap hearing aids and free service on them. If something breaks, they will fix it no cost so long as parts are still available. Had my last pair 6 years and they would service them even past the 2 year warranty.

My $0.02 worth: It's a toss up and depends on how much you buy and what other retailers are charging (shocking I know!)

My best reason to go there is for the pharmacy (several meds that insurance doesn't cover [still prescription, just not "on my plan"]) are cheaper than the competition in my area. I would say food and electronics are generally a good price there consistently vs having to wait for a sale at another retailer.

Fuel for me isn't normally cheaper there than other places I go. YMMV.

Buy a washlet (bidet). Your toilet paper usage will plummet, and your general day to day comfort and cleanliness will soar.

But also yes, renew your Costco! We're a household of two and we still lean pretty heavily on our membership.

My parents still have their Costco membership even though it's just the two of them. Mom buys meat and vacuum deals what she doesn't use immediately, and bulk paper goods store forever. They still go to a smaller grocery store for things they don't need in bulk

• Buy a year's worth of toilet paper.
• Let it expire this year, renew next year.

There’s only two of us and we still get our moneys worth. We don’t buy much perishable that we can’t freeze. I don’t think we waste much

I only have a Costco membership in the years that I know I will use it for things I ALREADY intended to buy and can save money on the Costco version. Other than that, if you track your spending, Costco costs most people more money. They buy bigger quantities which leads to more waste. They buy expensive brands when there are other options in other stores. If you have a business or a big family, Costco can make sense, however you have to be a very disciplined shopper to actually see the benefit.

Where I am paper goods are so expensive at the grocery store that they alone almost pay for the full price of membership over the year (and maybe they even do now, I haven’t calculated in a few years). Its gas prices are also usually $0.60/gal less than nearby places (and it’s on one of my regular routes) so in my case it’s a no-brainer.

Get yourself a vacuum sealer for foods you can repack and freeze (ie: meat), and get items you need smaller quantities of at a local grocery store. Costco's pharmacy has a very low filling fee, and the optical department has great prices. And, of course, you can get paper products.

I live in a 2 person household and use whichever is most sensible for what we need. In this economy, value for our money is important.

A wise person once said "Will it make you happy? If so, then do it."

Not sure if it was Lincoln, I'll have to check into that

Step 1: renew membership

Step 2: Buy a bidet

Best of both worlds brother. Plus whatever holes you have will thank you.

I live with 2 fur babies and find it worth it. TP isn't going bad, meats and milk can be frozen, 2 dozen eggs last weeks in the fridge, plus I can donate to the food box.

I had a membership a while back when I was buying electronics, i.e. a laptop and computer. They had a full-money-back no-questions-asked return policy (up to I think a month, used to be longer but people abused it.) Selection wasn't that great, but it was good enough for me. Dunno if it's still like that.