warehouse clubs

[willidan]

Is anyone a member of a warehouse club? Anybody have any pro or con stories to tell? I'm thinking of joining Sams, but haven't quite gotten to the point of justifying the $50 a year membership fee.

Edited 11/14: I'm convinced. I'll take some of my Christmas money and invest in a membership. Thanks!

Comments

[jumpuphigh]

I'm typing this on my laptop purchased through Costco and have been extremely happy with it. It was a laptop at the higher end of the mid-range quality laptops and cost about $250 less than what it would have cost in any other electronics store plus their concierge service is absolutely fabulous. It's two years old and still has better specs than many laptops on the market today.

[holyschist]

I think it depends on what you're after in a laptop (and possibly local selection). :-)

[jumpuphigh]

Also, their stock seems to change quite frequently. I'd picked out a laptop for my mother through them and when I went to get one for myself a few weeks later, they no longer carried that one.

[holyschist]

Definitely! I think all their electronics stock turns over fairly quickly, so if you're comparison-shopping or researching, you have to move quickly.

[jumpuphigh]

Since my way of shopping for big ticket items is to gather as much information as I can and then pounce when I see something that I want at a great price, it works out for me.