Here's my problem with costco- ( my membership is getting dusty from unuse)
I love the concept- I'd love to be able to just go in, buy a year's worth of TP or dog food or whatever and not have to buy that stuff again for a year. Some stuff, especially cleaning supplies and paper will keep for a very long time.
the problem is I don't have that extra money each month to stock up. Costco is full of "start up" costs- the membership, and the extra money to stock up. I could buy a years worth of TP there for about 50.00- but I don't have an extra 50.00 in my grocery budget just for TP. I have about 6-8.00. I could get a year's worth of dog food for 70.00- but I don't have an extra 70.00 that month in my grocery bidget to boy dog food- I need that 70 bucks for things like milk and bread, ect. I have 17.00 set aside that will cover me buying dog food every 8 weeks.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is I KNOW that buying in mass quantities will save money in the long run- and if you average it over a year I'm sure buying at costco saves lots of money- I just don't have any extra left over each month to do any sort of stocking up.
It's one thing to stock up at the grocery store- maybe 10 cans of soup for 10.00 , but it's something else entirely to stock up on a CASE of soup at Costco for 36.00.