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Costco is great if you are poor and live on a strict budget, but as soon as you have disposable income, it sucks. You walk in to buy something under $10, always walk out with cart full ($300 - $600), because lots of products seem like incredible deals and nice to have.

I am considering ordering everything for delivery, delivery costs more, but the tax of in store shopping is a lot more.

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Self control and disposable income are mutually exclusive?

It's a joke.

Not mutually exclusive just one situation the barrier is not having the money in the first place and the other the barrier is exercising the self control over the thought "I have the money, I can get this now". It's a common hurdle for those who've grown their income and a pretty decent problem to have (as far as problems go).

Apparently it's why the entire American economy cratered during the pandemic and so-called lockdown, if well-off people aren't allowed to waste massive amounts of money daily it destroys America.

The whole post is some ridiculous first-world tears, just wow.

It’s true I spend a lot when I go, but then I don’t go to the normally grocery for weeks. I think it’s a net positive in money and time.

I've never used Costco as the one place I go for everything. I have a list of stuff I buy there and because its in large quantities, it lasts for several weeks. I have other stuff like fruit and deli meat I get at the local grocery store and some things I get at Aldi because its cheaper than both my local place AND Costco.

You just have to know where to get the best prices for the stuff you regularly buy. Once you do that, you realize there isn't one store with all the best deals, you have to mix-n-match to really save money.

I certainly don't find this. I swing by Costco to buy Coca Cola and imported British Cheddar for ~1/10th the price that any of the supermarkets have it, and basically never leave with anything else. Just those two things make it worth the membership.

What British Cheddar your Costco has? I don’t think mine has it.

"Coastal" Cheddar [1] - Whole Foods sell it as "Seaside" Cheddar (but it's the same) - they sell it for approx 10x the price though.

[1]: https://www.costcobusinessdelivery.com/kirkland-signature-co...

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