Costco

Why Doesn't Costco Accept Food Stamps?

The New York Times City Room blog asks an interesting question. Why doesn't Costco accept food stamps? Even farmers markets accept them! What's the deal, Costco? More »

3:29 PM on Wed Nov 19 2008
By Meg Marco
20,894 views, 209 comments

christmas creep

Costco Helps You Deck The Halls... In August

Reader Darascon spotted this lovely example of summertime Christmas Creep at his local Costco. More »

Above and Beyond

Costco Saves Christmas... In July

Thanks to Costco, Jen Sanderford's family was joyfully reunited with a box full of presents that had been stolen from their porch last Christmas. More »

8:00 PM on Sun Jul 13 2008
By Carey
11,340 views, 39 comments

square milk jugs

Will New Square Milk Jugs At Wal-Mart, Costco Save The Planet? Or Spill Your Milk?

Wal-Mart and Costco have something new they'd like you to try— a square milk jug. The NYT says the new square jugs "are cheaper to ship and better for the environment, the milk is fresher when it arrives in stores, and it costs less." So what's the catch? Apparently, while the new jugs are helping cut costs, they kind of suck at pouring milk. More »

12:49 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Meg Marco
19,201 views, 121 comments

Latest by prupie: @Juice Box Hero: Juice Box, I'm with MickeyMoo on the French non-refrigerated milkboxes. UHT milk is nice to keep in more »

how to

Buy Super-Cheap Costco Gas Without Costco Membership

Costco sells gas for $0.10-0.15 less per gallon than retail stations, but only to members who pay annual dues. Blueprint For Financial Prosperity claims to have found a way for non-members to access the bargain gas... More »

6:15 PM on Sat Jun 28 2008
By Carey
27,430 views, 83 comments

pharma

Costco Is A Great Place For Cheap Drugs

Consumer Reports bought bought Plavix, Levoxyl, Detrol, and Alendronate at a whole bunch of different pharmacies, and Costco came out the cheapest overall. Here's how the 13 places they tested rang up: More »

3:53 PM on Mon May 12 2008
By Ben Popken
5,981 views, 32 comments

above and beyond

These Costco Guys Are Going To Assemble Your Table No Matter What

Unlike Drew's story about IKEA from earlier today, Philip had what sounds like insanely good customer service from Costco—which is a good thing, since both the original table he purchased and the replacement table Costco's delivery guys brought were missing key pieces. More »

11:21 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Chris Walters
11,281 views, 49 comments

Latest by tweaked: @Anticitizen: The question will be how you get your recently purchased 4-packs of everything *back home* on foot... more »

rebates

Who To Contact About Your Missing 5 Free BluRay Discs

If you're still wondering where your 5 Free BluRay Discs are, here is the mailing address to send copies of your forms to (not Buena Vista Home Entertainment, as previously reported)

Summer Blu-ray Offer (postmarked by 10/31/07)
P.O. BOX 410338
El Paso, TX 88541-0338

Holiday Blu-ray Offer (postmarked by 2/28/08)
P.O. BOX 410260
El Paso, TX 88541-0260

4:10 PM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Ben Popken
2,045 views, 19 comments

rebates

Disney's Five Free Blu-Ray Disc Promotion Is Broken

A lot of you have written in about problems with the Five Free Blu-Ray Discs promotion that was available here. The deal was supposed to be, buy a certain Blu-Ray disc player, mail in the coupon and proof of purchase postmarked by February 29, receive five free Blu-Ray movies. Many of you haven't received your movies. What happened? More »

1:00 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Alex Chasick
6,495 views, 36 comments

Latest by Downhill: Thanks to 3entari for the post on Canadian orders (The Canadian offer's contact number is 1-877-823-0804.) I called the number and more »

food

Costco: One Bag Of Rice Per Customer, Please

The NY Sun says that Costco has resorted to "rationing" bags of rice in California and flour and oil in New York due to limited supply:

The bustling store in the heart of Silicon Valley usually sells four or five varieties of rice to a clientele largely of Asian immigrants, but only about half a pallet of Indian-grown Basmati rice was left in stock. A 20-pound bag was selling for $15.99.

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12:49 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Meg Marco
18,064 views, 84 comments

Latest by hotcouponmama: The market and environmental conditions have created the "perfect storm" at the grocery store. Most Americans have never truly experienced more »

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