What do you buy at Costco...??

Yeah, way way way off the subject.  But since the board has been quiet, I thought I'd ask you guys.  Didn't want to ask the women.  Sometimes men have a different prospective.  I was a Costco member for years as my kids were growing up.  We ended up dropping the membership since our kids grew up and left the roost.  Just my wife and me.  I have my house, a small farm we lease out, and 2 rental.  I thought I would join again.  But after a few months I am finding (besides the free samples and the polish dog/ pepsi combo) there is not a lot of things I need in bulk.  Or I can find a ton of stuff at the dollar store type places or at Walmart/Target.  Soooo...What justifies your $55. per year membership??  If you have a business...Yes, it makes sense.  Just don't know if I'll recoup my money over the year...PS  Don't eat carbs....That will keep it back on subject...

I was in the same scenario and thought about dropping them. But  I signed up with an executive membership and have the Costco / American express card that I use there, I get 2 rebates per year and the both them more than covers the membership cost. I have the room to buy non perishables in bulk so I do save a chunk of change that way also.

Daniel

If substituting Sam's for Costco is permissible there are several things that I will get in bulk.  Toilet paper, paper towels and paper plates are 1,2 and 3.  Water or G2 if they have a flavor I want to drink for an extended period of time.  Liquid laundry detergent, boxes of trash bags, Equal sweetener and K-cups are brought home fairly regularly too.  Since it is 50+ miles to Sam's it is quite often that I will pick up various and different things that folks ask me to when they find out I'm going.

^^^^ That is my shopping list at the "Wholesale Club"- lets be generic [generic, see there I made a funny]. Also my vitamins and calcium supplement come from there. Bananas, meat, shredded cheese, bag salad, sliced cheese... Lots of things... The rebate more than pays for the membership. Heck I even bought the wife a giant TV there (which promptly quit working a day later= those things are a ***** to move). In short, couldn't get by without it.