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re: Is Sams Club worth it?
Posted on 5/25/26 at 8:58 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
Posted on 5/25/26 at 8:58 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Costco is always over crowded and takes forever to check out.
Costco is trash and full of Asians navigating what a gas pump is for the first time in their lives. Sam's is about getting you what you need. Costco needs you to "shop" like a woman, which is why they don't have curbside or Scan N Go.
I don't need your 12 pack of Dubai chocolate ice cream bars, I need my six pounds of grass fed beef and a tank of gas, bitches.
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Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:03 am to PeteRose
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The fact that you can walk in, scan your items and walk out without being stopped makes it better.
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What is this witchery you speak of, heathen?
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:18 am to jeffsdad
Scan and go is like the invention of velcro. Absolute game changer. I used to hate to go there, now it's quite tolerable.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:32 am to tigerstripedjacket
I filled up this past weekend @ Sam's in Lafayette for $3.589gal, is currently $4.199gal in my hometown. $0.61 is considerable for a 20gal purchase($12.20)...
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:42 am to Turnblad85
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This is how you out yourself as low I.Q
Ahh yes. Because the people at Costco love to stand buggy to buggy while shopping. Then wait in a long arse line to get checked out. To then stand in another long arse line to get their reciept checked at the door so they are allowed to leave with the items they just purchased.
Sam’s scan and go is so much more efficient.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:44 am to Gerry Laval
Generally, gas can be between $0.10 to as much as $0.60 lower at both Sam's and Costco, so it you live close by it's worth it just for that, especially if you aren't WFH.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:44 am to BowDownToLSU
quote:There arent better places to supply your business?
We own a small business so it’s definitely worth it for us
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:46 am to Gerry Laval
All the things previous mentioned, and their produce is significantly cheaper. 6 heads of Romaine lettuce for the same price as 3 in Wal-Mart. Apples, fresh and frozen broccoli, riced cauliflower, etc. if you have the freezer room, it’s definitely worth it.
Protein shakes, club $2 pizza slices and $9 full pizzas, cheaper wine (not cheaper than Total Wine), delicious cakes (sheet cakes and cookie cakes). Grab and go meals like the taco kit, chicken Alfredo, enchiladas. Chicken salad needs a little work- I add brown mustard, pickles and celery seed
This might be a coincidence, but I find more often than not that my cart averages out to $10/item.
ETA: my parents and brother have a card on our account, and the cash back pays for the renewal every year, plus $50-75.
Protein shakes, club $2 pizza slices and $9 full pizzas, cheaper wine (not cheaper than Total Wine), delicious cakes (sheet cakes and cookie cakes). Grab and go meals like the taco kit, chicken Alfredo, enchiladas. Chicken salad needs a little work- I add brown mustard, pickles and celery seed
This might be a coincidence, but I find more often than not that my cart averages out to $10/item.
ETA: my parents and brother have a card on our account, and the cash back pays for the renewal every year, plus $50-75.
This post was edited on 5/25/26 at 9:51 am
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:48 am to Gerry Laval
I’ve given membership card as a stocking stuffer to my wife last few christmases. I don’t think I’ve paid over $50 for annual membership ever. There’s always some promotion. One year it cost me $10. I more than make up for that in trips to the gas station alone. The only way it’s not be worth it is if you didn’t go. The place is absolutely packed every time I go so obviously there’s value in it
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:54 am to Turnblad85
Both Costco and Sam's have their pluses and minuses but costcos constant of scanning the membership card and checkout process is crazy in this day and age.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 9:58 am to Bayou_Tiger_225
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Sam’s scan and go is so much more efficient.
If sams were good enough to be packed like Costco, you wouldn't save time. You only save time because Sams is empty from being subpar and people with any sense know it.
Costco hasn't implemented their version of scanNgo because they've shown that from in to out the door, it doesn't save their shoppers time.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 10:01 am to Civildawg
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costcos constant of scanning the membership card
It speaks volumes that Costco has to have a constant vigil to keep unvetted people out and Sams doesn't have that problem. No one wants to sneak into a friggin Sams
Posted on 5/25/26 at 10:01 am to jeffsdad
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What is this witchery you speak of, heathen?
You have scan your card to get in, wait in line who knows how long to check out, then wait in another line to get your receipts and items checked before you can exit. You can do business with Costco but only cult members defend it.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 10:04 am to Gerry Laval
I went to Sam's yesterday for the first time in ~1 year (wife goes monthly) and frankly it sucked. Lots of MM items were more expensive than the equivalent GV/equate on walmart+ app.
For example plain greek yogurt, which I buy a ton of, was 1c/oz more expensive at Sams (in bulk) than Wal Mart's basic. Yea it's one cent, but the whole point of bulk buying is that it's supposed to be cheaper. Their 85% ground meat was more expensive then Wal Mart's 93%. Their top sirloin was more expensive than the Canseco's top sirloin (weekly special). And it was an absolute fricking zoo, even with scan & go. If I had had to stand in those lines, I would've straight up walked out.
For example plain greek yogurt, which I buy a ton of, was 1c/oz more expensive at Sams (in bulk) than Wal Mart's basic. Yea it's one cent, but the whole point of bulk buying is that it's supposed to be cheaper. Their 85% ground meat was more expensive then Wal Mart's 93%. Their top sirloin was more expensive than the Canseco's top sirloin (weekly special). And it was an absolute fricking zoo, even with scan & go. If I had had to stand in those lines, I would've straight up walked out.
Posted on 5/25/26 at 10:05 am to Turnblad85
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Costco hasn't implemented their version of scanNgo because they've shown that from in to out the door, it doesn't save their shoppers time.
I don’t believe any of that. How could it possibly not save time to scan as you shop instead of waiting in line at the end? Only way I can see this being true is if you have a large portion of your customer base that can’t do it right and have to be stopped on the way out. I’ve only been stopped one or two times coming out of Sam’s for either forgetting to scan an item or still having an item scanned that I ended up putting back.
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