Great ‘What to Buy at Costco & Makro’ Hunt

cooking-mama

PixiePie wrote: »

Sorry, forgot to look for free range organic meat today!
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No worries,were finaly getting to go tomorrow...even got a nice shiny new ID badge from work to take,
just wondering if anyone noticed any PSP's instore??,does Costco sell games consoles too?

sawan82

No worries,were finaly getting to go tomorrow...even got a nice shiny new ID badge from work to take,
just wondering if anyone noticed any PSP's instore??,does Costco sell games consoles too?

They do sell PSPs. I'm pretty sure I've seen the PS3 there too. Can't remember which others though I'm afraid. They also have a small-ish selection of games, but I would definitely take a list of prices with you from Amazon/HMV etc. to compare.

katehesk

PixiePie wrote: »

Sorry, forgot to look for free range organic meat today!

But they do have some of the Kirkland sheepskin boots back in stock in my local (Watford) only in size 6 or 7 and in Black or Chestnut, but a few there if that's your size and colour! (You need one size smaller than normal - I'm usually a generous 7 and the 7's I got were way too big, so went and got some size 6's today and they are so so lush).

I'm a 7 and I get the size 5's. I got a few pairs last year, and now they have stretched to a point where they are a little big, so I almost wish i'd got fours. They are absolutely massive sizes.

patchwork_cat

The fact that these shoes are coming up small is even more bizarre when you think that possibly they are US sizes. I googled it thinking, ahh American shoe sizes aren't the same as British only to come up with a UK 7 is in fact a US size 8! So in fact you should be going up in size not down!!! http://convertalot.com/shoe_size_converter.html

cooking-mama

sawan82 wrote: »

They do sell PSPs. I'm pretty sure I've seen the PS3 there too. Can't remember which others though I'm afraid. They also have a small-ish selection of games, but I would definitely take a list of prices with you from Amazon/HMV etc. to compare.

Thanks,well we went as planned...got enough loo roll/soap liquid/bottled water etc etc to last months;)
However the PSP was not any cheaper than in "normal" shops,£139...no game,just the console(can get a better deal elsewhere)
Nintendo DSi were a good price at £119 tho.Oh and guitar hero for the wii(game only)was £17.99-pity im looking for game and guitar.

Infiltrator_2

cooking-mama wrote: »

However the PSP was not any cheaper than in "normal" shops,£139...no game,just the console(can get a better deal elsewhere)

But what you do get is the extended 'no quibble' guarantee.

When we bought our first XBox 360, we knew there were reliability problems so were happy to pay the extra £10 over the cheapest web price. We're now on our 3rd after the first two breaking down after their normal 12 month warranty had run out. Costco replaced them each time + as the price had reduced since buying the original console we got money back on top each time.

A friend of ours bought his console from Game at the same time as we got our original one - his broke and had to go back to Microsoft for repair - was away for months.

It's not all about the price:money:

Skint_Catt

Any good buys at Costco this week? We'll be going to Birmingham on Thursday or Friday.

C xx

quoia

MAKRO

TURKEY BUTTERFLY (Double Breast "joint" - very similar to a CROWN)

FRESH - NOT FROZEN (but suitable for freezing)

According to the butcher, they are "in a price war" (with another Cash & Carry I gather) and "it's costing them quite a bit" (so can't run for very long - he hoped !!!)

So, I think it was £4.99 per kg a week or more ago, last week down to £4.49/kg.

Up to yesterday (even as late as this morning) £3.79/kg but this afternoon JUST £2.99 :j

Selected the largest on display - a nice huge 5.85kg brute - just £17.50 - BARGAIN

(Smallest was about 3.5kg)

It's going to have to be put in the freezer since the use by date is 30th Nov but that hardly matters since originally I was going to buy a frozen crown anyway costing around £4.99 a kilo.

Might only be at this price for a very short time so don't delay if you want one.

scottishminnie

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Any good buys at Costco this week? We'll be going to Birmingham on Thursday or Friday.

C xx

I was in Glasgow on Friday and thought the huge range of Carole Hochman ladies PJ's were great - picked up a pair for £13.99+vat - loads of choice - think there were 5 designs and 2/3 colours in each.

They also had the fabby Christmas cake with the nuts and cherries on top (think it was £8.99) however the best before date was 24/12 so that would just have given me an excuse to scoff it before then.

They did have UGG boots - wasn't terribly interested and couldn't get near anyway - half of Glasgow was squabbling over them!

They also had a new display case with hot diamonds and other jewellery (in addition to the usual case)

Also saw a really cool (if you had a little girl to buy for) set of 3 flat dolls which you dressed (think they were wooden) - I guess it is the more up to date version of the paper ones I played with where you cut the clothes out and placed them on the cut out doll.

Of course they had fantastic Xmas decorations and handmade cards, wrapping paper, gift bags etc but I have enough from previous years to last a lifetime!

mum26

Will there be new voucher offers soon, anyone know?

Got a little bag/satchel with match attax starter binder set and cards etc in for £11 something for ds2 for christmas, not sure how good that is price wise as he has only just started getting interested in them, lol.

I like that you can mix and match muffin flavours now 2 x 6 for £4.99.