Costco

Love Costco. Everyone knows my name! Only gripe is the pink highlighter takes too long to dry on my receipt. Ends up staining my hands/​clothes.

Best customer service around. Everything can be returned, no questions asked. Prices are great and the quality is top notch.

First off let me say… THIS PLACE IS BUSY (especially on the weekend!)
The lines for checking out where LONG.
If you are one who likes samples, they are not short of stands offering those but good luck trying to get one, seems how there is typically a line for them, what I have noticed is that with free samples brings the customers with bad manners (pushing, cutting, etc). :(
They have a wide selection of Organic options, which is nice.
One thing I did notice is that identical items that are sold both at Costco & Sam’s Club are normally (if not always) cheaper at Sam’s! So it is good to shop around! Sam’s Club basic membership is also cheaper.
One thing I hate is why do I have to show my membership card when I enter the warehouse (I can’t buy anything if I don’t have a membership!). I have little kids that I am normally wrangling and its not the easiest to dig out my card just to show you that «yes, I have a membership card» (I wouldn’t be coming here if I didn’t!).
The staff I experienced on this visit was great, the guy that I later found out was a manager at the check out lines that scanned my items to help move the lines faster was VERY nice & friendly.
I can’t WAIT til Costco actually starts accepting Visa (that is what I was told), next year!!! This will allow me to shop here more often!

This store offers a great way to buy items you need in bulk at a reasonable price. The diversity of items is fairly large and you can even get a cheap lunch if you’re feeling peckish. There’s not a large selection of any particular item, but hey — where else can you buy a hot dog, baby wipes, a bottle of Malbec and a casket?
The Kirkland brand — Costco’s signature brand — has some excellent items. For example, I find Kirkland t-​shirts to be of superior quality, a bit longer and more form-​fitting than Hanes or FOTL while being affordable.
The only pitfall in shopping here is that you need to exercise a bit of restraint or you might find yourself walking out with a lawn chair, a bunch of chocolate snack thins and a 7-​gallon drum of olive oil instead of the grocery items you went there for…

if i could give this pharmacy zero stars i would…8/10 times they either loose the Rx, say they never received the Rx or something else is wrong. and EVERY time it has been verified with the vet that they have called or sent the Rx to them. COSTCO is dead to me!

I came here with my local tour guide to buy some snacks. For visitors from Northern California, this location is best compared to the branch in San Jose layout-​wise. Inventory-​wise, where summer, beachy surfboards are displayed in California locations, here, there are snow toys and supplies to shovel snow and driveways. The prices are pretty much the same nationally, the only difference being the regional/​state sales tax.
With only two cashiers open when we were checking out, we ended up choosing the cashier that was the least organized. The person before us had items that were rung up double due to the cashier leaving their barcode sheet next to the scanner and caused a major delay in the checking out process. The line ended up backing up to the same degree of congestion as in California on a good day. When it was our turn, the cash register displayed some kind of foreign transaction fee. (Just because I’m Asian doesn’t mean I’m a rich tourist from Taiwan.) Luckily, the cashier caught it and deleted it before our subtotal.
Asking my local tour guide for the standards of this location, I have applied a numerical rating appropriate to this region, but it is solely for this experience. I hope to go back and have a better experience in the future.

Top 5 things I love about Costco:
5. The parking spots are wide (I drive a fat car, this is wonderful!)
4. I can buy a whole pizza for $ 10 on my way out and then I don’t have to cook after exerting myself so much doing my grocery shopping for the week.
3. My membership pays me 2% back on everything I buy!
2. Amazing selection or organic products: less expensive than the non-​organic stuff at other grocers.
1. The workers are so nice. Every. Single. Person. There. I have never seen or heard staff member be grumpy.

Typical Costco.
Friendly and clean. The lines are always do long at this location. I only wish they’d open more registers.

I LOVE COSTCO. They have large quantities and that is where the similarities stop. Costco carries better quality, the food court is better, the shoppers are less like «people of wal-​mart» and they stand behind their Kirkland Brand, if you don’t like something Kirkland you just bring it back with no problems

First trip here. Wanted to get a day pass so we could check the place out. They don’t offer day passes so we decided to get a membership. 55 is the cheapest you can get. Drove over an hour to check the place out so we asked for the 55 membership. We were convinced that the 110 membership was the better deal and if we didn’t get our money worth at the end of our year we will get the difference sent to us so we signed up for the 110 membership.
The place is just like Sam’s Club but I believe they have more choices of what they have vs only 1 item. IE Peanut butter there are 3 vs 1 at Sams.
Good variety and possibly cheaper prices than Sam’s. May have to take a few more trips up here to make the value of our card worth it.

You get 5***** for your flowers, your cashews, jars of almonds, cheese, roasted chicken for $ 4.99 and your baked goods. Nice store and I understand that Costco is progressive, believes in promoting their employees up the ladder, and is not open on holidays so their staff can spend time with their families. Well done! Your attitude of excellence shows.

It’s kind of odd to be reviewing a place like Costco on Unilocal.I usually would reserve it for the smaller local businesses. But given my long-​running love affair of Costco, I figure the least I can do is spread the word of how much I love it!
As a Libra, I am highly indecisive so I LOVE the fact that they only have a few options to choose from for each type of food (Or only one option for things like Ketchup. Who needs 20 different brands of ketchup?!?). I have also always been extremely satisfied with 99.9% of my purchases. If they stock it, I know it’s gone through the ringer for quality control.
Things that you should buy here instead of other places:
Vitamins and pain killers. The prices are absurdly cheap, and they always have the highest quality.
Toilet Paper. Somewhere off in CostCo land, lives a woman whose sole job function is to test the effectiveness of the kirkland TP and make sure she’s always making it better while keeping costs down. (I watched a special on TV! Its true!!!)
Moist flushable butt wipes. Prices can change, but for something near 600 butt wipes you will pay less than 10 bucks. I am FOR REAL people! The other dispensers at the grocery store charge like 5 bucks for 50 of them!
Makeup remover towelettes. My mom turned me onto these and they are perfect for keeping at your bedside for those lazy nights you forget to wash your face. They don’t leave a weird film, you don’t need to wash your face afterwards, and they have tons of different uses. They also have Vitamin E, Chamomile, and Tea which I have found out after the fact are amazing for your skin.
Artichoke Hearts. They are great quality here– not too greasy/​oily and since they last a while, you can feel confident buying in bulk. You would honestly pay the same for 10% of the amount anywhere else.
Cheese. Their cheeses are great and I have found that the staples in my cooking like Feta, Goat Cheese, and whole mozzarella are SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than anywhere else.
OK– I’m done for now! But, I might be back because CostCo always seems to be carrying some new product that I flip for!

This is the least crowded Costco in all of Michigan. The staff is nice, and the price is right.

We usually go here for the meat case. Their prices for the big cuts– Whole Boston Butts, Whole Top Sirloins are great. Not sure that I could find a Prime Cut whole Top Sirloin in town better priced than at Costco.

If you love wine, the selection and prices are more than competitive. Ask for Bill who knows every wine ever made.
I also haunt the book counter where books are less expensive than Amazon.
If you see something you really Iike, buy it now! They don’t always restock the same items. I’ve gone back later for an item and it was sold out with no likelihood of reorder.
The pharmacy is more than competitive with prices.
Most folks go there to make a meal of the samples.

A great experience every time I go. Upscale items and low prices + super value and services = happy every time.
Too bad the Sams can’t figure this formula out… but then again, I’m glad they won’t.

You can’t go wrong at Costco! My kids love it for the samples (so do my hubby and I!). There is always something new, however, this means that sometimes you find a product you really like, and after a few months it might not be there anymore. Evidently they change things out with the seasons…
Costco carries lots of junk food items, but a decent number of organic items, and healthier choices (whole wheat ravoili), things with no added sugar. Everything is in «large» quantity but you can’t beat the prices or their return policies. Very reasonable.

I heart you, you ‘ol big warehouse you. Will you marry me?
I can find food, clothing, wine, and there is always something down that darn middle aisle I want. What? 18 000 thread count sheets!!! SOLD!
I would have given you 5 stars if I could have bought those Mahi Mahi steaks you had the last time I was there. Bring.Them.Back.