we love to shop at Costco we are there
almost every single week in this video
we are going to share some Costco
shopping tips that you should know Hey
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axe hopefully you love Costco as much as
we do because and we're there all the
time and we typically have fun on our
trips to you so you know we talk about
all the time alright so here are some
tips to help you get the most out of
your Costco trips all right number one
the best time to shop at Costco just
might shock you
it is Tuesday's why is it Tuesday's
because no one is shopping on Tuesdays
and so in terms of your best shopping
experience getting in getting the stuff
you want the stuff that you didn't know
you
women and getting out it's going to be
on a Tuesday because you will be able to
sail through the store because there are
people there now full disclosure when do
we go like Fridays Saturdays Sundays
when everybody else goes but we try to
go on Saturdays and Sundays we try to go
first thing as soon as they open so that
we can kind of zoom through because we
already have a list and so we know what
we want in advance which that other
hacks that we have in this list will
help with that but if we ever need to go
in the middle of the week Tuesdays tip
number two shout the deals in advance
using the Costco app so I like using the
Costco app because you can scroll
through see what things are on sale and
you can actually clip it sort of
virtually clip it so that when you go to
the store you have the list of items
that you knew that you wanted to get
because they are on sale so yes Costco
app and it's green because you're not
using paper Costco is a membership
warehouse club so that makes sense that
you would need a membership to get in
the door right you actually don't need a
membership to get in the door you will
need to show something though and the
other option is a Costco cash card and
how do you get your hands on one of
these well you can buy it online but
it's only available to people who
already have Costco memberships but as
long as you know somebody that has a
Costco membership they can buy the card
on your behalf using whatever payment
method you have and then they you just
give you the card and then you can get
into Costco get all the benefits of
whatever products they have at Costco
the only view you don't get as any
cashback associated with the membership
but if you use the credit cards by the
Costco cash card then you probably got
some cash back anyway so it's about the
same but you don't need a membership
next Costco shopping hack you can
actually buy things at Costco without a
Costco card or a Costco membership there
are certain categories of items or
places
can go in the store to buy things
without a membership okay and they are
alcohol so yes if you are lucky enough
to be nary a Costco that sells alcohol
you can buy alcohol without a Costco
membership or a Costco cash card where
we live there is no alcohol in the
Kostas second you can go to the pharmacy
and the eye doctor so like dr. things
medical things you can go get those
things taken care of without having a
Costco discount card third you can go to
the food court and get yourself a hotdog
and a soda assuming your Costco still
has hot dogs and sodas and have not
replaced it with the acai bowl you can
go eat there and it's good a dollar
fifty for a hot dog and a soda that's a
good deal anyway now there are some
benefits to going ahead and having that
Costco membership so the easiest one is
that you get two cards so that two
people in your household can be holding
the card at the same time and get the
benefits there are two kinds of
memberships there's an executive
membership and then the regular
membership I know what that's called
okay
so regular cops go membership now the
difference there is a difference in
price the executive membership is 120
dollars in the regular membership is 60
why is there a difference in price
because they have different amounts of
cash back the executive membership will
give you 2% cash back now that's just
the membership itself we'll give you 2%
that's on top of whatever other benefits
you have using your payment method
because they do take Visa credit cards
now and so if you can't cash back there
then you get cash back there so if
you're going to cops know as much as we
do the executive membership pays for
itself and if you don't make it back the
difference in price through that cash
back between the regular membership and
the executive membership within a year
you can go to the membership desk and
say hey I didn't make enough money it
was not worth it and they will refund me
the difference the other thing about the
membership Asian know is that Costco
will refund the cost of your members
at anytime info if you are unhappy so
you get to the end of your year and
you're like well you know actually I
didn't think that this membership was
worth it whether it's a regular
membership or the executive membership
you can go and get a refund and cancel
your membership the next tip is that you
don't have to actually clip coupons to
get the discount on the sales that
Costco is running that particular week
whether it's what you see in the booklet
or waste the things that you see on the
Costco app the discounts are
automatically applied so don't even
worry about sniffing those coupons keep
it simple let's talk about the signs at
Costco now I'm not talking about
astrological signs I'm talking about
their prices their prices have a code
kind of like astrology but these are
real so to pay attention to the ending
of the prices because they have
different meanings so the first one is
ending in nine if the price ends at nine
it is a regular price that is priced by
the manufacturer so it's it might be a
great deal but it's not an extra special
deal anything that ends in a seven means
that it is on sale anything that has an
asterisk on the sign means that it may
be a seasonal item that you may not see
again so if you really want it grab it
now because once it's gone it could be
gone for good I found that those also
seem like they're really good deals at
the time okay so next if it ends in 99
that is an absolutely regular price
nothing special if it ends in zero zero
or eight eight that Costco store is
trying to clear those items out and so
that is going to be a special deal to
get those done and again they may not be
replenished so you might want to snatch
up while the getting is good now when we
went out scoping out the signs because
when we learned all this we did not see
any zero zeros there eight eight which
is really really sad we were hoping to
see them but now we're definitely gonna
keep an eye out for them in the future
now the one thing that we will say about
the signs
is if you see something and you know
that you want to get it we recommend
going ahead and snapping a picture of
the sign if you know that you're not
going to get the thing that day so with
Reeves playset we decided we've been
looking at it for a couple of weeks and
it went on sale so it was a hundred and
fifty dollars off and so we decided to
get it but I snapped a picture when it
went on sale and I messaged it to Joseph
and then we came back a week later to
get it and the song had been switched
out even though it was supposed to be
still on sale for another few days so
when I went up to the I went up to the
front and I said hey this is supposed to
still be on sale in there like what what
are you talking about and luckily I had
the picture bitched clearly showed the
sign that showed the dates that the sale
was supposed to be going on and so they
honored the price so we recommend if you
know that you want to come back for
something just go ahead and snap a
picture of the price tag just in case
which brings us to price drops and
returns if you notice that's something
that you bought a month before within a
month has dropped in price you can go to
the membership desk and ask for a refund
of the difference and that's perfectly
okay now that it will be at the
discretion of the manager so you might
have to talk to a couple of people about
it now as far as the return policy
Costco's return policy is extremely
generous you can return almost anything
at any time without a receipt and not
even if you don't have the packaging so
the only exception would be electronics
electronics do need to be returned
within 90 days you can even like we
mentioned for return your entire Costco
membership if you really want to and
we've heard about a lot of crazy stories
about people returning things and
getting a refund so there was the person
that returned their dead Christmas tree
after Christmas and got a refund there
was someone that returned or tried to
return at least a printer that they had
bought from Costco ten years before now
that person had had a history of abusing
the return policy so Costco ended up
giving them a refund of refunding them
they remember
ship and then canceling their membership
basically yeah as good as their return
policy is for you if you are a bad
customer like a really bad customer then
they can also return you now let's talk
about their store brand Kirkland brand
is Costco store brand no this is not
something that you want to shy away from
because Costco has explicitly stated
that they have a goal of making their
Kirkland brand products as good or
better than the competing name-brand
products and we found that's true
yeah we love that Kirkland brand items
we buy Kirkland brand in most things and
we're actually gonna do a separate video
showcasing the specific Kirkland brand
items that we swear by and buy over and
over and over so stay tuned for that and
a lot of the products are just
name-brand products just repackage
differently and so that means they're
exactly equal to the name-brand product
so definitely pick those up because
they're a good deal alright next Costco
hack we're going to talk about some more
benefits of membership so number one
Costco extends the warranties on the
products that you buy from them when you
have a membership so say the product
normally has a one-year membership
one-year warranty
Costco will add another year of warranty
on top of that so you'll get a two-year
warranty instead of a one-year warranty
another perk that they add for items
that you purchase through them with your
membership is that for electronics they
have tech support so if you're having a
mark on setting up your new TV that you
just bought from them or your new
computer you can just crawl up up say
hey a Costco I'm having a hard time and
they will help you out for free Costco
is also a great place to buy gift cards
not gift cards to Costco but gift cards
to other places restaurants and things
like that now keep in mind you will be
buying in bulk so you'll have so they
typically are around but the reason I
was such a great deal is because they
discount the gift card so you're not
buying the gift cards at face value
you're buying them at less than face
value yeah you might not like $100 worth
of gift cards but then you only pay 79
for them and so each gift card is a $25
gift card so you basically pay $20 for a
$25 gift card yeah so that's great for
gifts for other people or for you if
it's places that you like to go now the
the thing that you've been waiting for
that what is it like I always get my
analogies wrong like the things sleeping
in the corner what is that like or
though it doesn't elephant in the room
there is so the samples okay fYI
Costco encourages unlimited samples so
like they encourage their manufacturers
to when they're providing the samples to
let people have as many as they want so
don't be shy about getting more samples
now don't be greedy though don't be that
person that the tray goes out and you
grab all eight samples for yourself and
you walk away and you fill in your mouth
like a squirrel no take one come back
you'll find a bunch of people turn
toothpicks
yeah people or throwing blows whose
watch it no it happens people people get
mad why not just stop that but don't
feel guilty about going back and getting
multiple samples just don't grab don't
be a hoarder about it take one come back
next
Costco shopping tip now when you are
buying in bulk it is not always easy to
figure out the best of value between
different products like should you buy
Kirkland toilet paper or should you
brought by the Charmin that's on sale
but let's just what you want to look at
is the price per unit so if it's
something like dishwasher detergent you
may look at the price per load or price
per fluid out if it's something like
toilet paper you look at price per foot
or something like that to help you
figure out which one is the actual best
deal next there might be a secret zone
in your Costco for the price cut section
now not every Costco has one but if they
do have one you definitely won
find where this and check it out every
time that you walk into the store
this section will feature things that
they're definitely trying to move out so
they slash the price on them or maybe
open box items returns things like that
but this will be the huge discount area
our last tip is to make Costco one of
your must stop shopping areas for
holiday shopping they have amazing deals
so Halloween their Halloween candy
chocolate Halloween candy the price per
ounce remember price per unit it is
comparable if not better than when the
candy goes on sale at the grocery stores
plus there's tons of it so when things
go on sale at the grocery store you have
to worry about it running out and having
to get a rain check and maybe not
getting it in time for Halloween
no such issue in Costco so if you want
to save yourself a little bit of mental
hassle over in the holidays pop over
there for your holiday candy for your
costumes they also often have costumes
at setting like five or so dollars less
than what you'll find in other places
their holiday ribbon is like the price
you just it can't be beat for the
quality is amazing to buy for even I can
tell that the ribbon is get the ribbon
in about Utah get a ton of you know it's
definitely good yeah obviously good also
ornaments decorations like all of it
look our lit pre lit Garland the price
was really really good we got it on sale
like two months before Christmas and it
was awesome we buy glass ornaments from
them typically every year so we also
toys toys for your kids great place to
find toys for kids under you know I
would say preteens for teens you might
look in the electronics section and see
what you can find there for them also
they'll have teen books too and like
video games video games also a good
place to 5 video game consoles and stuff
like that so holiday shopping Costco is
the place to be just don't take your kid
otherwise they'll want every single toy
in there which is why don't chop with
reeves that often so those are all of
our Costco hats we know that this was a
too long pretty comprehensive
information pack of video but if we
missed anything or you know if you are
just really happy to have learned a
particular hack sure down below and
we'll see you guys in the next video
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