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Originally Posted by Villian1
Edit: Hell, i've had costco since i turned 18 and cant think of a year where i even thought twice about renewing it. I'm sure Sam's Club is right there if not better, I've just never been. Anyone had a membership to both? opinions? Specifically, food you can order there "to go".
i have both...not saying this is the standard to live by when comparing them, could just be the stores near me but.....
the samples at costco are MILES ahead of sams club samples, its a joke really.
the produce at costco is so much fresher compared to sams, 90% of blueberries at sams are moldy CONSISTENTLY and the mangos/pineapple in a plastic container look ****ing awful at sams...
ive actually priced all the stuff i was looking for while im starting my restaurant and everything i have looked at is cheaper at costco than sams for the same brand literally...the lemon juice is like 18c cheaper, the chocolate chips are cheaper, the water is cheaper etc etc
costco has a business center here in vegas that is awesome...has all kinds of **** that a regular costco/sams doesnt. the variety of bulk meat, tons of beverages you cant get at a regular costco, a lot more variety of cups/bowls/and utensils...a huge freezer section dedicated to the dessert business, yogurt mixes/3 gal tubs of ice cream/sherbert/pre chopped toppings mix ins/etc etc.
the meat at costco is better...i just had a rack of lamb from sams and i used to always get them there, then i had costco for about 4 or 5 racks in a row and was just at sams a week ago and thought id get one there since it looked good.....wrong. It could have just been the rack i got but FFS there was so many little bones cut off poorly that were just jagging out of the meat, was such a pain in the ass.
also just got costco prime filet for the first time....LOL @ how delicious they were when i made them, hands down best filet ive ever had/made/eaten and the wife agreed...i have gotten them at sams before and they were ok/good but not compared to costco.
the desserts are better, fresher, more variety at costco also
the electronics are even better at costco, they have bigger and more variety of the new flat tvs, sams club has had the same lame choices forever now, they arent updating with the times
the one thing sams will always (hopefully!) be better at than costco in my eyes is the rotisserie chicken....i find costcos to be smaller, not as juicy, and much saltier than sams which is just so delicious
my wife says that the clothes section is about even, she will buy from both places with my money she dont give a fackkkk. the jewelry section she said goes to costco though.
the snack bar is about even, i like both clubs hotdogs and pizza
the check out system is nice at costco since they have the self scan, so when you have like 5-10 items and can do it yourself you dont have to wait behind the people that have literally 800 items on 3 carts....at sams i just go to the photo center and they check me out (hint hint)
even though it sounds like i ripped sams club, i wouldnt give up one membership for the other, if you can swing the $50/year or whatever it is and go to both i think its worth it because you will find things that are better at one place than the other and cheaper, or that one club has and the other doesnt...but i do have to give a small edge to costco
Last edited by Howdoiplayxx; 01-10-2012 at 01:23 PM.