They will refund your membership if it's not for you.

With my experience, different Costco stores have different experience. The closest store to me is small and messy, and SKUs are too limited so I had to go to other supermarkets after checkout. However, another store (10km away) is neat and clean. Although crowded, the checkout process is very smooth.

If the Costco you visited made you disappointed, I'd suggest to refund the membership. We're paying to shop in Costco, and it's fair to expect good shopping experience.

I belong to Costco for a mere handful of reasons:

• coffee (way cheaper and better than the grocery store)
• toilet paper
• dish/laundry detergent
• nuts: cashews, peanuts, pecans
• special purchases (electronics, occasionally furniture)
• clothes (they’re great when you’re old and don’t care anymore)
• their credit card, the cash back program is awesome

All that for like $75 a year? Hell yeah. And that $1.50 hot dog and soda is unbeatable. Also, they have a great return policy.

They stock a lot of junk, which I don’t buy. And a lot of healthy, high quality items at unbeatable prices which I do buy. If you’re never coming back because of the junk, I guess 🤷‍♂️

I primarily go there to get a few things. The frozen meats (chicken breast, wings and goat) are well priced, the paper goods are cheaper (paper towel, shit tickets, napkins), tortilla, seaweed snacks (I actually prefer theirs to the Asian grocers ones), flour and sugar, eggs (cheapest around, but usually sell out fast), cherry tomatoes and mixed salad, and a few other things my hungover brain can't recall.

You gotta do some research to see what's actually a bargain and know you're gonna get some stuff elsewhere. I usually avoid the snacks and processed foods and goods. But I get most of my produce from the Chinese or Indian grocers nearby. They're cheaper and better quality than American supermarkets.

Oh, the gas is a good price. And so are the tires. I think they rotate and rebalance your tires for free for the life of the tire if you buy a full set there.

If you have one that sells booze, those are good for stocking up on "well liquor" for parties. They don't have my booze of choice, but I'll buy a cheap vodka for batch cocktails or something or a few bottles of $3 wine for a party or sangria.

But yeah, it's organized like crap specifically so you spend more time there and impulse grab shit. Idk why their baggers are set up this way, but whatever.