Oh, the E as vehicle of choice for Costco runs is so yesterday. Last couple of trips have been in our 14' box truck.
Seriously... with membership renewal up in a few weeks, on the last trip we were hit-up by a service rep about upgrading to "Executive Membership" for the extra $50/yr. The blah-blah-blah sales pitch started with "I see you've spent $X at Costco in the past year. Are you aware that the Executive Membership gives you a 2% rebate
except on gas, pharmacy, tires... ?" In a small way the pitch offended me, because the $X was
mostly gas, tires and pharmacy, and any rebate on the small amount remaining would be nowhere close to recouping the extra cost of the "premium" membership.
It's sort of a micro example of our experiences there. Costco is sort of in love/hate cycles for us; I do think we'll renew this time. We typically barely recover the membership fee, and that's only if we shop really, really carefully and avoid the impulse-buy items or the "seems good" infrequent buys that in some cases are seriously overpriced.
"What you want for lunch, dear?"
"How about a good heaping portion of heartburn?"
"Oh! Costco hot dogs! Let's go!"
:chuckle: