- Today I have 10 things you should not buy at Sam's Club.
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you should not buy at Sam's Club
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So the first thing I would not buy at Sam's Club is,
hold on I'm just gonna reach down and grab that,
laundry detergent.
So a couple things you might not know
about buying laundry detergent at Sam's Club.
There are many great items that you can buy
but this is the number one thing I would not buy
as we count down the top 10
mainly because your best laundry detergent deals
actually appear at your grocery store
on the first and third week of the month.
Second buying laundry detergent
from whatever brand you choose, Tide or otherwise,
is not good in bulk.
Over time the composition
of the laundry detergent degrades,
it's formula can become affected
and if you've ever shopped on Amazon,
a reminder just simply searching for Tide
will pull up many hidden coupons.
I have a full video that shows you
how to find the hidden coupons on Amazon
but all of these savings here
far outweigh any benefit membership cost
you would get at Sam's Club
if you're shopping for detergent.
The second thing I would not buy from Sam's Club,
home security systems, smart home products,
and many other tricks employed
by all sorts of big-box retailer stores
and warehouse clubs so you have no idea what's going on.
Let's take a look at the 10-piece
SimpliSafe Home Security System.
It's a great alarm system
I've actually done a full review
of this on my YouTube channel
and Ring Security and so on and so forth,
but they package the systems together
so it's impossible for you to actually figure out
if you're saving money.
So Sam's Club will sell the SimpliSafe 10-Piece kit
but if you go to Amazon you're gonna find savings
but it's tied to their 9-Piece kit,
there is no 10-Piece kit.
And if you actually look dollar for dollar
at all of the offers being aparted to the consumer
the 5-Piece kit on Amazon would give you
the best bang for your buck
if you added all of the other components independently
and that's of course at the time
that I'm recording this video.
It's very difficult to see what's going on
and that same thing holds true for this example, TP-Link.
They've got this member-only price
and if you look at the member-only price
and you actually compare the 3-Pack to the 4-Pack,
because there is no 3-Pack being sold at Amazon,
just as an example, your savings are better
on the 4-Pack dollar for dollar
but many warehouse clubs,
Sam's, Costco, BJ's,
create these strange numbers of products
so it's impossible to price compare.
And unless you're evaluating each component
on a price-by-price basis it's very difficult to know
what's going on.
The third thing I would not buy at Sam's Club,
toilet paper.
While all paper products
are actually a great deal at Sam's Club
if you look at the bathroom tissue
and they have their own brands
and different offers and numbers
so it's also very difficult to know what's going on
you're going to find
that specifically for bathroom tissue
all of the best deals are now being passed along
to grocery stores.
Based on how shopping habits have changed
and if you guys remember that not so recent
bathroom tissue shortage issue,
manufacturer's of toilet paper
quickly realized that the bulk of those purchases
are being made at grocery stores
and they passed all of the incentives,
many of the available rebates and coupons,
along to grocery stores.
So same thing, the first and third week of the month
are going to be the best and the most aggressive.
But for other paper products like tissue, and Kleenex,
you're going to actually do better at Sam's Club on those
just not toilet paper.
The fourth thing I would not buy at Sam's Club, grills.
You're going to find that there's
Member's Mark 4-Burner Outdoor Gas Griddles
and grill combos, but if you look dollar for dollar
at what's being offered and the aggressive discounts
from Home Depot, or even Lowe's,
the bigger brands, like Weber,
passed their top discounts along
and many other incentives, and free delivery perks,
and rebates available to Home Depot and Lowe's
over Sam's Club and that the same
with other warehouse clubs.
That would be something I would not buy from Sam's Club.
And the fifth spot of what I would not buy at Sam's Club,
oh my goodness am I weak, hoo, not just emotionally
but physically I can barely lift this thing, sound bars.
This is a sound bar system,
(package banging) woo,
that I am reviewing.
You're going to find that Sam's Club
not the most well-known for sound bar deals
and yet so many members stock up on this purchase
all the time.
So if you look at their Vizio SmartCast
Wireless Soundbar System that they're offering,
instant savings to get you really excited about it
on their member page, 149 down from 199.
Did you know that this system is actually from 2017
and that there are prices that are lower,
I realize the merchant that I just called up
has a shipping fee attached to it.
At different times over the course of this week
when I've been following this price
there's been more stock, it was a Prime item,
now it's not, but the point being
the pricing was more aggressive on Amazon
for the exact same thing and you know what to be honest
I wouldn't even buy this soundbar system to begin with,
although I love Vizio, from either place,
Sam's Club makes it seem very attractive to you,
if you look on Amazon you know that it's older,
but if you look at some of the other offerings,
well you're going to find better soundbar deals
from brands like Polk and Samsung and LG and Sony
at more aggressive deals,
even their in-house brand Insignia, which I don't love,
had some crazy low deals
where by the time you accessorize this
you're using newer technology
and you're getting a better deal from Best Buy.
And the number six spot
of what you should not buy at Sam's Club, mattresses.
Sam's Club was never known as a mattress retailer,
they do so many things great at Sam's Club
but mattresses is not one of them.
So first of all many of the deals that are passed along
that have instant savings don't have free shipping,
so you are paying a shipping fee
in some cases on mattresses.
The mattress section on Sam's Club
is not that easy to navigate.
You see deals but some are top rated,
some are instant savings, some have free shipping
and then some don't actually even arrive at your door,
and I'm sorry a curbside pickup for a mattress
is not always the most convenient thing.
Even when you get to some of the mattress offer pages
you're going to find that there's generally one size
and it can only be purchased in a club
which doesn't really help you with the website
and so on and so forth.
I'd go to Overstock or another furniture store
that you know of that specializes in mattress deals,
but Overstock as a whole,
if you look at Serta just as an example,
Overstock not only has aggressive mattress discounts
on Serta, as an example, but risk free trials
and free shipping in most cases
and a very good selection of mattresses
to shop from and choose from.
You can see Twin, King, California,
all available, free shipping.
And just as another example right here
if you wanted a Full or a Queen on this set,
which is a great deal, you also know how long
the deals are going to last
and I like that level of transparency.
There's also mattress warranty plans that you can purchase.
It's just a little bit more of a transparent system
on Overstock as an example.
Now in order to have any fellow subscribers,
or viewers, and if you're not gonna subscribe
or you're just a viewer
please feel free to subscribe
I would love you if you did that,
but if you've shopped at Sam's Club
and purchased furniture that you've been really happy with
please let me know.
I've done a couple of purchases
and I was not blown away by furniture
so I'm putting that on my top list, number seven,
of what I would not buy at Sam's Club,
but correct me if I'm wrong.
I have actually found that if you look at the furniture
available on Sam's Club, just as I would never recommend
buying furniture from Walmart,
Wayfair has constant sales, more aggressive discounts,
and things that from what I'm told
are a little bit more in style.
Now if you guys are looking at me right now
you'll know that I have zero style,
but I have someone in my life who is
and she would favor Wayfair any day over Sam's Club
and my aunt is an interior designer
and I've interviewed her and spoken to other people
so I'm just letting you know that
perhaps Wayfair would be a way better way to go.
And in the number eight spot
of what I would not purchase at Sam's Club, laptops.
Now there is one exception, Black Friday
there are specific manufacturer deals
that are passed along to Sam's Club members,
and those are great, as well as Apple deals
that actually occur Black Friday through Cyber Monday,
awesomeness galore, but day in day out,
and a reminder I will have
your best Black Friday and Cyber Monday
and holiday deals when they come,
you're not going to do that well searching for
laptop or Chromebook deals on Sam's Club.
Just as an example if you simply type in HP 14 inch,
just to show you what pulls up,
you get this Chromebook right now
with a not so great processor, I guess average RAM,
very small solid-state drive measly at 16 gigs,
like most smart phones have more capability then that
and well the fact that you get a graphics card
is decent, so on and so forth, 249,
not a particularly good price for those specs.
Just to put that into perspective
if you shopped for the same search on Best Buy
you're going to see an actual laptop,
rather then just a Chromebook,
with the same amount of memory
but you get 128 gig solid-state drive,
way better than 16, and VAMB processor on here
spec for spec.
I would say you're doing better at 239
with a price-match guarantee and a 14 inch screen
versus the 249 for whatever the heck this is.
So just to put that into perspective
on a simple search you're not going to find
great things available at Sam's Club
with few exceptions over the course of the year.
In the number nine spot
of what I would not buy at Sam's Club,
or on samsclub.com, appliances.
And I think you guys might actually know this
because this is not one of the most popular departments
but it is being aggressively marketed
toward members right now
and that's why I am posting this video just so you're aware.
If you look dollar for dollar at the appliance deals,
and the appliance bundles,
I'm not gonna waste your time
comparing every bundle right now
'cause I don't know how many of you
are buying large-scale appliances, but you will find
the appliance special buys much more aggressive,
with better delivery services,
and in my opinion a broader selection of products
at Home Depot.
And I'm not trying to vouch for Home Depot,
there's plenty of things I wouldn't buy at Home Depot,
but I am just comparing it to Sam's Club.
Even on the so-called seasonal necessities,
the discounts are much more aggressive as a whole,
in the appliance section, on Home Depot.
Just to put it into perspective
if you are looking for a Dyson Cordless Stick Vac,
as I know some people are right now,
you're going to find a price of 249
for anyone shopping at Home Depot.
If you were to search for that at Sam's Club
you're first of all not going to even find it
and you're stuck with a slightly older model at 259.
So again, brand new 249 for the V8,
the V7 259.
I'm not excited by that.
As someone that is a consumer reporter
and a deal hunter and I search for bargains
I want up-to-date technology,
not a soundbar from 2017, and I want the lowest prices.
Sam's Club just not able to pass that along.
And in the number 10 spot
of what I would not buy at Sam's Club,
skincare products.
I'll tell you right now if you actually look
at the skincare line discounts
that are being passed along to customers
you're going to do very well at your local drugstore.
So were talking CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid,
wherever it is that you shop
you're going to do better then at Sam's Club.
On something like Pantene on my Amazon coupon search
I can actually pull up more coupons
and better dollar for dollar savings per fluid ounce
versus Sam's Club, but that doesn't mean
I would always buy Pantene on Amazon.
You're still going to find better prices
at your local pharmacy, again,
not everything should be purchased everywhere.
One of the big pieces of advice
that I pass along to anyone that's kind enough
to subscribe to this channel,
or just people watching,
is we can't buy everything everywhere.
You can't say I'm making all of my purchases at Sam's Club,
or I only buy this at Target,
because a lot of the times over the course of the year
the discounts offered will fluctuate
and different brands will favor different stores.
A lot of it is tied
to distribution contracts that they have
and those change over the course of the year.
So this information that I'm giving you now
is valid until I upload another video
and tell you what to buy at that season,
or at that particular time,
so maybe that's a good reason to subscribe,
but that was not my point.
But my point was that the deals are different
based on store, based on time of year,
and based on what's going on in the world.
So I wanna thank you for being a part of my world.
Thank you so much for watching.
I love you have a great rest of your week
and thank you for making me part of it.
Bye-bye.