mint.com — These retailers are actually quite strategic about getting you to spend more ? even though the whole idea of buying in bulk is to save. Whether it is limited edition items, free samples or bargain bins, you should assume a ?buyer beware? mentality as soon as you enter the warehouse.
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bohicatwentytwoJun 11, 2010
The butcher section in the Sam's Club I go to has some very nice looking steaks and chops, but the cuts are enormous. How about a little portion control people?
sjsuismylifeJun 12, 2010
Actually, as a former 13 year Costco employee, with no lasting loyalty to the company....The situation with coupon pricing is that the manufacturer sets the coupon price. If Hotdogs are $6 with a $1 coupon, they will allow Costco to sell them at $5 after the coupon expires. Generally coupon items are new, and they come to the warehouse initially with the coupon price. It's not like they have hotdogs at $5, and suddenly jack the price to $6 for the coupon. That's why after the coupon ends, the hotdog sign reads $1 manufacturers rebate. Sad that I know this, but at least I'm not working there anymore.
axeswingerJun 12, 2010
I was always told Costco was a reasonably good employer. Is that not true?
Closed AccountJun 12, 2010
Meh. I don't like that stuff. It's got a bad aftertaste. To each their own, I guess.
gerbil20Jun 12, 2010
Baloney. I skip a whole meal (savings, anyone?) on free samples alone.And it is not that I don't need 2 large jars of pickled artichokes... I could probably do with less, but hey, that means I pay one dollar more than I would in a regular grocery store for one medium sized jar, and that means.... right, more pickled artichokes! (Flesh is weak, I abso-fukken-lutely love pickled artichoke salad).
rudegarJun 12, 2010
1. place everyday products like deary in the back, so consumers are exposed to impulse buy products on the way.2. places candy and other high profit stuff right by the counter, so consumers waiting in line will have a higher exposure, and their kids will beg for them.3. ????4. profit.
maddoktor2Jun 12, 2010
I'm talking about the Kirkland product line (the Costo house brand) as well.For example, a 3 lb. can of coffee that normally sells for $7.99 will be marked up to $8.99 during the time a $1 off coupon is valid, and will go right back down to $7.99 again after the coupon expires.There's no manufacturer to give a rebate involved when it's a house brand - for all intents and purposes, Costco is the manufacturer in that case.
netantJun 12, 2010
Feeders? I call them welfare leeches. Really, are they that different?
sjsuismylifeJun 13, 2010
Oh yeah, Kirkland stuff.... And, Costco isn't a bad job if you're in college...