My relationship with Costco is of the love/hate variety.
Love:
- That they're starting to carry healthy foods in bulk - it is a lot cheaper to buy things like coconut oil or quinoa in larger sizes here (assuming you use them a lot) than at organic stores like Community or Planey Organic!
- Bulk meats, toilet paper, personal care items - you name it! Again, a lot cheaper for these day-to-day items than at the grocery store.
- Cheap gas with your membership card.
They even have deals on brand-name jewelry like Links of London and Pandora!
Non-members can shop at the liquor store. They have a great selection of wine on the cheap!
Hate:
- Costco customers. I hate them in the parking lot. I hate them in the aisles. I hate them in line. If you're single like me, do yourself a favour and don't shop here on the weekends. The best times to go are in the evenings. Weekends are a shopping nightmare - hoardes of people, children themselves at your shopping cart, mass chaos. And for those of you going there on the weekends - do yourselves and everyone else a favour and GO ALONE (unless you are purchasing large/heavy items)! Leave your kids at home - it's a WAREHOUSE, not a playground. Letting your kids run around cement floors and pallets unattended is not only dangerous, it's flat-out stupid.
- That they don't take other major credit cards besides American Express - even at the liquor store or gas station.