Makro/Costco

I am in the same boat as DinoHunter, but still keep my membership because it is where we get paper towels, wife-feed (she eats garbage), cat food, trash bags and other such house things. And avocados usually.

My local BJ's - a whole sale membership club kind of similar, but nor as nice as Costco offers free 3 mo. trial membership once in a while. I get it and stock up on stuff right before it expires. Then they run the same offer few months later and I get it again. IMO $50 fee is just too much for the right to spend your money somewhere.

I won't shop anywhere that makes me have to pay to shop there. My boyfriend has a Costco membership and we can never get out of there without spending $200 on crap we really didn't need. It's definitely a money suck. Even though our item-by-item purchases at other stores may be more expensive, not being tempted by so much other stuff definitely helps us save money.

Thanks for your replies. Yes we have a Lidl nearby and find their vegetables are good value so we will have to look at their meat too :)

[quote]I won't shop anywhere that makes me have to pay to shop there.[/quote]

everywhere that charges sales tax?

i was a bit sceptical about costco at the start.i tend to think that if stuff is cheap it will probably be crap but i know someone who worked in costco,he is a butcher by trade and tells me the quality of meat they have is very good.

i have had costco membership for about three years now and i think it's well worth it,plenty of meat/fish on sale and i find it better stuff than tesco too.
once a month they have a fish market in there and whole salmon is £4.99/kilo.

i also upgraded to executive membership,this gives 1% cashback (before vat) paid each year.it costs an extra £25 i think but last year i got total cashback of £110.00.
if you don't get enough money back to cover the extra £25 you can cancell it and get a refund so you can't really lose.

it's worth taking a look,especially if you have a freezer.