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Y'Ever Walk Into Costco For One Thing And Walk Out With Something Completely Unrelated?
March 31, 2019, 11:11 PM
ensigmaticY'Ever Walk Into Costco For One Thing And Walk Out With Something Completely Unrelated?
Planned to clean the pistols I took to the range Wednesday. But the man cave (still a work in progress) is cold and I thought "Why haul the supplemental space heater for the computer room down there again? Just go get another." "Honey, when you were on Costco last, did they still have space heaters?" "I think so," she replied.
Off we went.
Well, no, they didn't have any space heaters. What they
did have was 43" Samsung 1080P TVs that were on the chopping block. I don't need nor want 4K, so I figured I'd save the $70 while the savin' was good.
Walked in for a small electric space heater. Walked out with a 43" TV
(No, the pistols did not get cleaned.)
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tannerYup
March 31, 2019, 11:20 PM
GustoferI usually walk in for one or two items and walk out $300 lighter.
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March 31, 2019, 11:23 PM
kkinaAt least it wasn't giant lobster claws.
March 31, 2019, 11:37 PM
Otto PilotHey...I'm sure I'll need 425 AA batteries sometime or another.
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March 31, 2019, 11:39 PM
Jim ShugartThey're masters at that shit.
"Hey, I think I'll drop by for one of them $1.50 dogs. What a deal. I'll save a lotta money."
Nay. Nay.
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April 01, 2019, 12:01 AM
XLTThe wife and I went in to get a few things and bought so much crap that we couldn't fit it all in the vehicle so we had to make two trips, after we picked up the second load we laughed all the way home.
April 01, 2019, 02:24 AM
qxsoupPro tip:
DON't USE A CART. I go to costco rarely these days (because Sams club is closer to where I live) but when I do I make myself a list and never grab a cart on the way in. I usually head to the frozen food section and grab a box to put my items in.
It's a pain carrying all my stuff around but I have saved a ton of $$
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April 01, 2019, 06:03 AM
LBAR15I've never spent less than $100 at Costco even when I went in to get bottled water for $4 a case. It's horrible, we just ran out of milk this morning because I kept putting off going there to get more for the same reason. It's a running joke in our house.
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April 01, 2019, 06:22 AM
P-220Everyone does.
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April 01, 2019, 06:32 AM
mcrimmHa, ha......that never happened to me - at least so far this month. (It’s April 1).
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Sig209that's exactly their business model
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April 01, 2019, 06:32 AM
Tailhook 84quote:
Originally posted by qxsoup:
Pro tip:
DON't USE A CART.
They just replaced the carts at our local Costco with even BIGGER carts.
But the same cart rules still apply: You cannot leave Costco until the cart is full.
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SportshooterAbsolutely not! Only weak willed shallow minded people do such things. BTW, I still believe in Santa Claus.
April 01, 2019, 06:59 AM
RogBWhich is why buying their stock is a winner.
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April 01, 2019, 07:13 AM
FredwardI let my membership lapse. They never had what I needed. I did get a couple of years worth of hearing aid batteries though.
April 01, 2019, 07:35 AM
oddballEvery single trip to Costco.
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April 01, 2019, 07:39 AM
M-11More often than not. But I do only get a cart when it's TP, tissue or PT time and I get those first to fill it faster.
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RHINOWSOI thought that was Costcos business model, well in addition to the hotdogs..?
April 01, 2019, 07:46 AM
a1abdjThat's me everywhere I go assuming I can even remember why I went in the first place.