With the Coscto executive membership rebate, it's pretty easy to cash out. If you have, say, a $150 rebate and buy $20 of stuff, they'll give you $130 in change. I've always wanted to just renew my executive membership and get $50 back, but they don't seem to have a way to do this.
I buy literally 90 percent of my stuff at Costco and 98 percent of my food. I rarely step into a supermarket unless it's an item I can't get at Costco (olive oil spray, for instance).
Any store that ranks as the No.3 bookseller in North America (behind Amazon and B&N) and the No.1 wine seller will grab my attention. We're even longtime stockholders.
Last summer we had three weeks to furnish a rental property completely (foreclosure that had been empty three years). I got as much as possible on Craigslist. Costco was best for lamps, bedding, rugs, pillows, linens, and towels. (We have an owner's closet for our own use where we stash linens and towels). Since it's a weekly beach rental and people apparently don't have anything else to do at the beach than watch TV, we were required by the rental management company to put five flatscreens in the 1,300 square foot home (as opposed to the two TVs we have in our larger full-time home). Never have I felt like more of an anti-MMM, consumer pig than when I rolled up to check out with five TVs at Costco, which does seem to always have the best price on TVs.
All of which is a long-winded way to say I'd spend my $400 at Costco as regular everyday expenses came up.
