Costco Bargins (merged)

andreboyle

One example of product resell are the muffins. They're £3.99 for a tray of 12 and the muffins are massive. Lovely as well.

There's a number of coffee shops in Glasgow that sell them for £1.50 or £2 a shot. Now that's profit.

ultrak3wl

I've also often wondered how traders make a profit on Costco stuff. Some of it really is cheap for example 16 paracetamol 12p but mostly just good value stuff at retail.

Maybe it really is caterers, I've seen people with shopping carts piled up with a dozen of those giant sacks of basmati rice for example.

amanda40

I have seen 'corner shop' traders in our local costco - tins, packets etc

barjam_2

my 10 yr old son spotted a guy in our local cosco with a trolley full of trays of pop cans and bottles i pointed out that he was prob a corner shop owner, my son then thought it was funny that the guy had 1 bottle of milk:D

neilcaldwell

kdodd wrote:

and dont forget that when u hbuy an electrical item its guaranteed for as long as u stay a unbroken member

had a camcorder offf em , had it 2 1/2 yrs and loads of new ones ahd come out so i took it back to customer services saying that it had an intermittent fault and the lady just said , ok and gave me my cash back no questions or anything.
i get loads of electricals from them, hair dryers, irons etc as when they break after a yr or 2 u just take em back and they refund ya

KDODD - Are you sure on this? I have a Sonicair toothbrush (about £80 at the time) that's prob. 2 years old that was bought from Costco and I was going to dispose of it, now you've got me thinking.

darbooka

aren't computers guaranteed only 6 months?

Louisa_Jane_2

Rosie123 wrote:

We had a rep in the other day as there is one opening soon in Milton Keynes. Along with the blanket offer to all Local Government employees (us) the promotion included a £10 voucher (for the new store) when you join up. They could also come and do a mass enrolment in the workplace meaning you would not have to show any i.d.

Rosie - do you work for MK Council , as I do, but not at Saxon court / Civic offices , so we rarely get to hear about special offers.
I might try a few phonecalls monday morning !!

Tojo_Ralph

neilcaldwell wrote:

KDODD - Are you sure on this? I have a Sonicair toothbrush (about £80 at the time) that's prob. 2 years old that was bought from Costco and I was going to dispose of it, now you've got me thinking.

I've been told this more than once by Costco staff, however, I have yet to test them out, and in all honesty, if the product had given me good service, I doubt I would.

Tojo_Ralph

andreboyle wrote:

One example of product resell are the muffins. They're £3.99 for a tray of 12 and the muffins are massive. Lovely as well.

There's a number of coffee shops in Glasgow that sell them for £1.50 or £2 a shot. Now that's profit.

Just like their Scones, etc. At a recent Special needs art exhibition the volunteers were doing the usual cakes n Scones n tea n coffee and it was almost 100% Costco cakes.

barjam_2

darbooka wrote:

aren't computers guaranteed only 6 months?

yep..... they are now didnt used to be