Sam’s Club

You need to know and watch your pricing for items as always. Wine is cheaper, boneless chicken breasts a LOT cheaper, some of the produce is good, others not so much. Large families and small businesses can save some money on many items. Like Costco (and I wish we had one here) some things just aren’t worth it if you wind up throwing half away. I watch the Publix weekly ads and sometimes they are a better deal — for what I need for my house and family.
Their gas prices are the same as Walmart here and are NOT any cheaper than the Kangaroo or Racetrac.

Standard Sam’s. Very busy inside.
For us, the main significance is that Sam’s is just off the interstate and Ocala is a nice stopping point for lots of trips into the sweaty heart of Florida.
Sam’s gas prices are always some of the best in whatever town you are in — this one is no different. I would consider switching to Costco, but for me the membership would be an extra ~$ 20 and Costco let me walk around in there and look, and I just didn’t see the big difference. There are some of those Kirkland items I wish I had access to, and all other things being equal I’d probably do Costco, but not with the membership difference.

I used to be a Sam’s Club member until I got my Costco membership. I still purchase wine from Sam’s. I can purchase wine/​hard liquor in other states without a membership. The liquor is in a different part of the building, closed off from the regular store. It is like that here, but they only have hard liquor. For wine, you must enter the store. I grabbed two bottles & went to the self checkout. I asked the associate if it was possible to buy liquor without a membership card. She said yes, but you had to buy liquor outside, that I would need a card to buy the wine in store. I don’t understand how you can in other states but you need a card in Florida. They should be able to override it & sell liquor without a membership like they’re supposed to.

Within 24 hours of this review, the manager at Sam’s contacted me, apologized and told me if I would like to bring in my receipt, I would receive a refund for any of the items I was not happy with. I told her that I did not save my receipt and she still offered the refunds. The next day, I went in to Sam’s and asked for her (I don’t recall her name now). She was not available, but did tell customer service to provide my refund and give me a $ 25 gift certificate. I am happy they at least made an effort to make a regular customer happy. When I went back about a week later, I was not able to find any moldy or decaying fruits or vegetables, so perhaps they took my review to heart. :-)

If i need to buy 50 gallons of laundry detergent and spaghetti sauce every week, I could justify the $ 100 a year Walmart tax. Pretty much everything else in this place is the same price as grocery and box stores within the area without the selection.
I couldn’t find what I needed and ended buying a bottle of wine and pizza. After waiting 10 minutes to check out and going through the shoplifter cop station, my pizza didn’t get scanned and was directed to go back through the checkout process. I left the now unfresh pizza. I went to the grocery store nearby where the pizza was the same price and wine a buck cheaper.
Bottomline:
*I spent a $ 100 to stand in line,
*Paid more
*Got hassled by the staff.
Save your money and shop the local stores since you will not get any savings for the cost and time.

Always great service whenever we come to Florida. Even the gas attendant was awesome!