Any wonder why Amazon.com keeps growing?
It deserves to....I’ve never had a problem with them.
I don’t shop at any of these places (Costco, BJs or Sam’s). I don’t even think you get deals. I have found much lower prices at the regular store. Also, unless one needs 20 lbs. of chicken right now, it’s silly. Of course, those who plan to stock up for the apocalypse might find these places useful.
Try shopping in a Safeway. They invariably beg for money at checkout for whatever feel-good cause de jure of Safeway's CEO. I hate shopping at Safeway for a number of reasons anyway, but I do like their Safeway Chipolti Salsa, and the quart jars are usually on sale for $2.29, a real bargain.
I always make a minor scene now when they beg me for money at checkout, raising my voice very loudly and intensely protesting being hassled with their begging when all I want to to do is quietly buy a couple jars of salsa in peace, and that's why I hate shopping at Safeway and why I avoid it like the plague. Most people just mumble no or shake their head and feel vaguely guilty from saying no to Safeway's begging. Not me. And I always feel so much better about myself after retaliating. (BTW, I don't direct my tirade against the checkout clerk, but to the store in general.)
I love amazon.com but you can’t buy everything there that you can at Costco. Don’t their stand in line policy for them to check the receipt; don’t shop there.