Comments on: The truth about Costco: My membership saves $500+ per year http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/ Where economy and ecology meet the good life. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web | Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web life| Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web > | About Life, Free Life Articles, Moments of Life http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-58171 Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web | Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web life| Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web > | About Life, Free Life Articles, Moments of Life Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:26:44 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-58171 [...] I would also like to point you to a few posts I found enjoyable to read: ▲ Cheap Like Me writes about whether a warehouse membership is such a good deal. [...] [...] I would also like to point you to a few posts I found enjoyable to read: ▲ Cheap Like Me writes about whether a warehouse membership is such a good deal. [...]

]]> By: Back-to-school dinner | Cheap Like Me http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-3212 Back-to-school dinner | Cheap Like Me Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:58:44 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-3212 [...] calculation also shows the value of buying items in bulk. We save significantly on ingredients like blue cheese, butter, flour, sugar and nuts by buying [...] [...] calculation also shows the value of buying items in bulk. We save significantly on ingredients like blue cheese, butter, flour, sugar and nuts by buying [...]

]]> By: Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web « Employed Today http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Random Linkage: Frugal Around the Web « Employed Today Sun, 31 May 2009 14:23:01 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2172 [...] I would also like to point you to a few posts I found enjoyable to read:▲ Cheap Like Me writes about whether a warehouse membership is such a good deal. [...] [...] I would also like to point you to a few posts I found enjoyable to read:▲ Cheap Like Me writes about whether a warehouse membership is such a good deal. [...]

]]> By: Costco will accept food stamps at 2 clubs as trial | Cheap Like Me http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 Costco will accept food stamps at 2 clubs as trial | Cheap Like Me Thu, 28 May 2009 18:36:54 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2157 [...] week, I wrote about my savings at Costco and received a comment criticizing Costco for its policies on accepting food stamps and other [...] [...] week, I wrote about my savings at Costco and received a comment criticizing Costco for its policies on accepting food stamps and other [...]

]]> By: Cheap Like Me http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2145 Cheap Like Me Wed, 27 May 2009 18:29:01 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2145 @TSue - Thanks for your comment, and I'm sorry if I wasn't clear! The $538 is what it would cost to purchase *comparable amounts* at the grocery store. So, for instance, yeast comes in 30-ounce bags at Costco, and that bag cost $3.59, or 12 cents per ounce. At the grocery store, yeast cost $1.72 per ounce ($6.89 for 4 ounces). So if I purchased a comparable amount of yeast (30 ounces) at both places, it cost $3.59 at Costco, and would cost $51.60 at the grocery store. The $538 figure is the sum of those comparable amounts, calculated by a spreadsheet formula. I hope that helps. @TSue – Thanks for your comment, and I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear! The $538 is what it would cost to purchase *comparable amounts* at the grocery store. So, for instance, yeast comes in 30-ounce bags at Costco, and that bag cost $3.59, or 12 cents per ounce. At the grocery store, yeast cost $1.72 per ounce ($6.89 for 4 ounces). So if I purchased a comparable amount of yeast (30 ounces) at both places, it cost $3.59 at Costco, and would cost $51.60 at the grocery store. The $538 figure is the sum of those comparable amounts, calculated by a spreadsheet formula. I hope that helps.

]]> By: TSue http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2143 TSue Wed, 27 May 2009 16:33:04 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2143 Thanks for the article. Like your blog, just added to my RSS feed. Little confused by your spreadsheet, when I glance down the grocery store column, it only seems to add up to just over $100, not $500. What am I missing? Thanks for the article. Like your blog, just added to my RSS feed. Little confused by your spreadsheet, when I glance down the grocery store column, it only seems to add up to just over $100, not $500. What am I missing?

]]> By: Claire Walter http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2131 Claire Walter Tue, 26 May 2009 15:36:12 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2131 A link to this informative post is at http://www.milehighonthecheap.com/2009/05/blogger-compares-warehouse-clubs/. We've also added this blog to our links list called "Our Cheap Friends" on the righthand side of MUOTC's home page. A link to this informative post is at http://www.milehighonthecheap.com/2009/05/blogger-compares-warehouse-clubs/. We’ve also added this blog to our links list called “Our Cheap Friends” on the righthand side of MUOTC’s home page.

]]> By: Claire Walter http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 Claire Walter Mon, 25 May 2009 05:17:21 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2112 IMHO, one of the main cons is that retail warehouses that undercut small, locally owned retailers that can't compete and ultimely close -- to the detriment of the community and to fragile downtowns. Personally, I wouldn't set foot in a WalMart or Sam's Club. We belong to Costco because they are a more decent company to their employees, but we really do try to patronize local businesses whenever possible and don't use our Costco membeship all that often. Claire @ http://www.milehighonthecheap.com IMHO, one of the main cons is that retail warehouses that undercut small, locally owned retailers that can’t compete and ultimely close — to the detriment of the community and to fragile downtowns. Personally, I wouldn’t set foot in a WalMart or Sam’s Club. We belong to Costco because they are a more decent company to their employees, but we really do try to patronize local businesses whenever possible and don’t use our Costco membeship all that often.

Claire @ http://www.milehighonthecheap.com

]]> By: Jeff9 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2111 Jeff9 Mon, 25 May 2009 05:15:52 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2111 Save money and the Earth and be clean at the same time! Get serious and add Bathroom Bidet Sprayers to all your bathrooms. I think Dr. Oz on Oprah said it best: "if you had pee or poop on your hand, you wouldn't wipe it off with paper, would you? You'd wash it off” Available at http://www.bathroomsprayers.com with these you won't even need toilet paper any more, just a towel to dry off! Don’t worry, you can still leave some out for guests and can even make it the soft stuff without felling guilty. It's cheap and can be installed without a plumber; and runs off the same water line to your toilet. You'll probably pay for it in a few months of toilet paper savings. And after using one of these you won't know how you lasted all those years with wadded up handfuls of toilet paper. As for water use a drought is always a concern and must be dealt with prudently but please remember that in the big picture the industrial water users always far exceed the water use of household users and in the case of toilet paper manufacture it is huge. The pollution and significant power use from that manufacturing process also contributes to global warming so switching to a hand bidet sprayer and lowering your toilet paper use is very green in multiple ways. Blog; http://jeff9.livejournal.com/932.html Save money and the Earth and be clean at the same time! Get serious and add Bathroom Bidet Sprayers to all your bathrooms. I think Dr. Oz on Oprah said it best: “if you had pee or poop on your hand, you wouldn’t wipe it off with paper, would you? You’d wash it off” Available at http://www.bathroomsprayers.com with these you won’t even need toilet paper any more, just a towel to dry off! Don’t worry, you can still leave some out for guests and can even make it the soft stuff without felling guilty. It’s cheap and can be installed without a plumber; and runs off the same water line to your toilet. You’ll probably pay for it in a few months of toilet paper savings. And after using one of these you won’t know how you lasted all those years with wadded up handfuls of toilet paper. As for water use a drought is always a concern and must be dealt with prudently but please remember that in the big picture the industrial water users always far exceed the water use of household users and in the case of toilet paper manufacture it is huge. The pollution and significant power use from that manufacturing process also contributes to global warming so switching to a hand bidet sprayer and lowering your toilet paper use is very green in multiple ways. Blog; http://jeff9.livejournal.com/932.html

]]> By: Valerie http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/food/warehouse-membership-a-great-value/comment-page-1/#comment-2104 Valerie Fri, 22 May 2009 20:10:07 +0000 http://www.cheaplikemeblog.com/?p=962#comment-2104 Oh, the gas savings alone is in the hundreds of dollars for us - we have a service business with a couple of trucks and get 3-5% interest off with the AmEx card. That's at any gas station. Oh, the gas savings alone is in the hundreds of dollars for us – we have a service business with a couple of trucks and get 3-5% interest off with the AmEx card. That’s at any gas station.

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