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Cake day: July 13th, 2023

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  • No. That 2% is with the membership, you get a certificate back every year based on what you spend in the store. The people talking about having to spend $3000 to break even are talking about this 2% return in relation to the membership fee. All the credit card rewards, cash back, or other points from whatever card you use are in addition, as well as all the discounted prices further reducing your cost burden.

    Yes, you are paying 120 (130now I guess) for the privilege of spending less for more, with the additional benefit of making back that payment and more by buying the same things you would have bought from Walmart or wherever








  • I’m currently 36 miles from the closest, it’s worth a trip at least twice a month for me. You just gotta plan ahead a little more and stock up for less frequent trips. One thing I like doing is getting a travel size version of house hold cleaning stuff like dish or laundry soap to use as the thing to refill from the giant Costco jugs instead of lugging a gallon of soap every time.

    Another non Costco tip is don’t use dishwasher or laundry pods, even being cheaper from Costco, they’re super overpriced for the same ingredients as a box of powder that you can get generic from any grocery store.



  • I worked for a guy who referred to it as “layoff by attrition” who essentially explained that they only have a couple heads over what they predicted based on production volume, and they know the conditions at the plant aren’t nice to be in, 95° F and 50% through most of the summer in a stamping and welding shop. So instead of a tiny layoff or firing people they just wait until the people who won’t put up with the conditions on the floor take care of it themselves.