Costco - thoughts?

mini2 on 03/08/2012 - 09:01

Have anyone noticed things are starting to become more expensive at Costco?

For example:
Huggies - used to be around $56-57 a box, now it's $65.
Meccano coffee - used to be $31-32 for the 2 bottles, now it's $40.
Lays chips - well the price fluctuates between $5.70 - $6.20 a pack with no notice.
Tissues - they've creeped up $5-7 in the past 3 months.
Reese's - used to be around $13 a bag at first, now it's $15.70?

I'm sure there are more examples but those are just from memory.

Huggies/Meccano coffee can be purchased for less if you wait for the Colworths/BigW/Toysrus catalogues rendering my membership somewhat useless.

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  • phr0 on 03/08/2012 - 09:53

    I would imagine the strength of AUD/USD have something to do with it.

  • tonyjzx on 03/08/2012 - 10:45

    you mean a slightly lower dollar? At best it was $1.07, now 99c? not that big a deal?

    • Almost Banned on 03/08/2012 - 13:42

      Aussie dollar at between US$1.04 and US$1.05 at the moment…

    • mini2 on 03/08/2012 - 19:14

      It won't matter as most of the things I'm talking about are sourced locally.

  • dirtybird on 03/08/2012 - 10:53

    I've noticed a few things fluctuate in price and I've tried to keep all of my receipts.
    I did read somewhere that Costco in Melbourne was one of their best performing stores and therefore did not need to discount at the rates of other stores around the world.

    • dirtybird on 03/08/2012 - 12:50

      According to www.smh.com.au, in FY2009-10 Costco Australia reported total revenue of $165.9 million – some $20 million above the average sales of $145 million registered at its average North American store. The results for the 12 months to August 30 were the first full-year of Costco Australia’s operations.
      http://tinyurl.com/d65flnu

  • tonyjzx on 03/08/2012 - 11:46

    the only thing i noticed is the hellacious traffic around Auburn/Reading Cinema!

    • mini2 on 03/08/2012 - 12:48

      …not anymore

  • [Deactivated] on 03/08/2012 - 13:46

    Isn't/wasn't there a chain Australian wholesaler/supermarket before Costco? All I remember is you needed an ABN to buy from them. If they're still around how do their prices compare?

    • dirtybird on 03/08/2012 - 14:20

      Campbells maybe?
      http://www.campbells.com.au
      Been ages since I've been there.

      • [Deactivated] on 03/08/2012 - 15:18

        That's it, Campbells cash n carry. How do they compare to Costco?

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 03/08/2012 - 15:04
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    "Have anyone noticed things are starting to become more expensive at Costco?"

    http://goo.gl/JWwlK

  • Alienzzz on 04/08/2012 - 09:22

    Aldi is cheaper I believe and at least I dont need to pay to shop there!! Also waiting for the weekly specials is much easier, unless you have space to stock boxes and boxes of toilet paper, tissues, etc and you got a huge family where every cent counts and you dont want to expect the things you need will go on on sale. Well then go aldi and dont need stock up so much, but aldi prices seem to be rising ?! And they rarely ever have "healthy" fruits

    • dirtybird on 04/08/2012 - 10:40

      The Kirkland brand toilet paper is very good and the bulk bag (not box) fits nicely under a bed.
      Thats all we coscto members are allowed to talk about, the toilet paper.
      Its certainly all we ever hear about :P

      • [Deactivated] on 04/08/2012 - 19:11

        Does it break down? I've tried chinese made toilet paper bought at the markets because it's the cheapest I've found. I don't buy it anymore because it clogs the toilet as it doesn't break apart in the water.

    • mini2 on 04/08/2012 - 14:33
      +1

      In order to really maximise your savings with the weekly specials, you do ended up buying a fair bit. By the way, I do buy bulk quantity of toilet paper and tissues in one hit so I don't have to worry about them for couple of months at a time. Another example would be I'll wait for BigW/Toys'r'us to run the nappies special and buy 3 months worth at a time. As long as the holding cost is cheaper than the amount of $ I save (don't give me the NPV/IRR/opportunity cost crap, I'm not at work) then fill up the car here me come.

      For some reason I'm not entirely a fan of Aldi…sure I buy certain things from them but they're not quite a replacement for Coleworths yet or Costco for the matter.

  • dirtybird on 05/08/2012 - 11:28

    Latest coupons
    http://www.costco.com.au/coupons/Costco2012Aug06.shtml
    annoying when they dont include the orig price.

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