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"With Amazon, I also know the return process will be easy if I need to make a return, and I won't have the go back to the store and argue with a manager." Cost

by niggler 14y ago

"With Amazon, I also know the return process will be easy if I need to make a return, and I won't have the go back to the store and argue with a manager." Costco is the same way, and they do it in-store ... "I have got get to the retail store" While true, oftentimes you are going there or in the general direction as part of a commute or for some other reason (like getting gas for your car) The more I think about it, the more compelling a long-COST-short-AMZN trade sounds ...

travisp 14y ago
Perhaps this is the difference in where we live. I live in New York. Never is anything more than an expensive small gourmet grocery store or a pharmacy possibly "on the way." Things also tend to be much more expensive than average here. Costco is out of the way and would probably require the rental of a car, or paying for a taxi. Returning something to Costco would be a big hassle compared with just leaving a UPS package for my doorman. Further, I don't have the apartment space necessary for Costco quantities. I prefer to buy smaller quantities (even at higher per unit prices) if it means that I don't fill up my small apartment with paper towel rolls.
- niggler 14y ago
  I live on union square south but drive out once a month to get bulk items. Depending on where you live, parking can be cheap (I'm paying 450/mo at union square and 300/mo at central park south)
  - travisp 14y ago
    I sold my car -- it wasn't worth spending $300+ on parking plus insurance and gas just in order to have to spend hours of my life to bulk shop and crowd my apartment. But, everyone has different priorities.
smackfu 14y ago
This post is about Connecticut, and Connecticut has five Costco's to cover the whole state. It's a small state, but that still ends up being a lot of people who are 20-30 miles from the nearest one (for me it's 17 miles). $4 of gas and 40 minutes of driving just to go shopping. (And NEVER EVER short AMZN. It's a really good way to lose a lot of money.)

by niggler 14y ago

travisp 14y ago

Perhaps this is the difference in where we live. I live in New York. Never is anything more than an expensive small gourmet grocery store or a pharmacy possibly "on the way." Things also tend to be much more expensive than average here. Costco is out of the way and would probably require the rental of a car, or paying for a taxi. Returning something to Costco would be a big hassle compared with just leaving a UPS package for my doorman. Further, I don't have the apartment space necessary for Costco quantities. I prefer to buy smaller quantities (even at higher per unit prices) if it means that I don't fill up my small apartment with paper towel rolls.

niggler 14y ago
I live on union square south but drive out once a month to get bulk items. Depending on where you live, parking can be cheap (I'm paying 450/mo at union square and 300/mo at central park south)
- travisp 14y ago
  I sold my car -- it wasn't worth spending $300+ on parking plus insurance and gas just in order to have to spend hours of my life to bulk shop and crowd my apartment. But, everyone has different priorities.

smackfu 14y ago

This post is about Connecticut, and Connecticut has five Costco's to cover the whole state. It's a small state, but that still ends up being a lot of people who are 20-30 miles from the nearest one (for me it's 17 miles). $4 of gas and 40 minutes of driving just to go shopping. (And NEVER EVER short AMZN. It's a really good way to lose a lot of money.)