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> I don't need to drive to Costco anymore ...unless you care about price. Staples (detergent, drinks, etc) on Amazon easily cost 30% more than the comparable C
by Domenic_S 11y ago
> I don't need to drive to Costco anymore
...unless you care about price. Staples (detergent, drinks, etc) on Amazon easily cost 30% more than the comparable Costco purchase. I'm as lazy as the next guy, but I can't fill up that Pantry box without cringing at the prices, so off to Costco I go.
- rickyc091 11y agoSubscribe and save isn't too bad, but I agree, costco is definitely cheaper. Unfortunately in the metropolitan area without a car it's extremely difficult to get there. Have you guys checked out Boxed Wholesale? The prices are pretty comparable.
- ghaff 11y agoI did a comparison to Walmart a while back and Amazon was definitely pricier for bulk goods/detergent/etc. And I have one close by that I can easily drive to. If I lived in a city without a car, the savings in hassle might be worth it but otherwise doing a few runs to a local big box store each year is pretty low on my list of tasks to eliminate.
- _jal 11y agoAt least in San Francisco, Costco offers Google delivery for a subscription fee. I don't remember what it cost, but it didn't seem absurdly out of line. I don't use that because I live three blocks from Costco and can just drop in for a couple of things, so I do usually just walk instead. Once every few months I rent a Zipcar to get huge bags of whatever home.
- tw04 11y agoLegitimate question - do they pay their employees a living wage? What is the executive:average employee wage? Even if Costco were more expensive, I like to believe I'm helping our country out just by supporting a company that doesn't pay such a shit wage everyone collects welfare just to get by.
- xacaxulu 11y agoFor some this may be a concern. I'd make more money working for 2 hours than the money I'd save from driving to Costco. Substantially more. It's worth it to me.
- lsaferite 11y agoI do the mental time = money calculation all the time and come to the same conclusion. And I greatly prefer my work to shopping.
- irl_zebra 11y agoHave you factored in all the free samples and the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo? That might change your calculus. :)
- yellowapple 11y agoFor real, though. I can easily turn the free samples into my lunch whenever I'm there.
- tsotha 11y agoSure, but you have to subtract out the expected value of your cardiac care.
- yellowapple 11y agoYou mean add in. By the time I'm old enough to be experiencing heart problems, I'm sure mechanical, less-failure-prone hearts are going to be commonplace, which means far less expenditure on maintenance costs and longer estimated longevity.
- tsotha 11y agoHeh heh. Well, I guess retirement planning is all about the assumptions you make.
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