Anyone else loathe going to Costco now?
Discussion
Sheepshanks said:
RayDonovan said:
Off topic slightly but I used to be one of their suppliers.
I've never dealt with such an awful company in my life. Arrogant, unreasonable, rude, unfair and very questionable ethics.
Did you supply a product covered by lifetime satisfaction? I always wondered if they charged returns back to the supplier, even years later, or do Costo just swallow it.I've never dealt with such an awful company in my life. Arrogant, unreasonable, rude, unfair and very questionable ethics.
I contacted their head office with an issue about tyre policy and they pretty bluntly said if I didn't like it then I could cancel my membership!
MDMA . said:
JQ said:
MDMA . said:
JQ said:
borcy said:
Is it that much cheaper than the other filling stations?
Yes. Anyone doing decent miles per year will save hundreds of pounds.
The savings for someone doing 15,000 mile per year at 40mpg are :
Unleaded £205
SuperUnleaded £426
Premium Diesel £392
Costco don't do standard diesel, so I imagine you're not comparing the same prices. But even paying the 158.9p for standard diesel at Shell you'd save £240 a year going to Costco.
As above, for me, there is no saving as my local Shell is the same price. Shell Haydock on the East Lancs is a bad comparison. You might as well give the motorway service station price!
So to fill up at my local Shell garage compared to my nearest Costco would equal £0.00 saving per year. It would cost me to get there!
I've since moved to a job in Leyland, and the Haydock one would mean a 15 mins longer journey home, but I priced up the saving and found that after taking into account the longer distance I worked out I could save £3 a week.
So didn't bother renewing my membership.
Instead i downloaded a petrol price app.
Kateg28 said:
We live near Stevenage so it really isn’t far to our local one.
The Costco that is in a grade 2 listed building -www.ribaj.com/buildings/tech-broadway-malyan-costc...
www.broadwaymalyan.com/projects/costco-stevenage-u...
James6112 said:
0730 on my occasional commute
Dive off the M4
I think once I had a 1 car queue
Got to pick the right time, as in not during the rush hour!
Saves me day £8 a tank twice a month.
Compared to anywhere local
So the £30 easily absorbed on fuel
Even outside of rush hour it’s very busy. Early is fine, but any time on a weekend or later during the week and it’s busy enough.Dive off the M4
I think once I had a 1 car queue
Got to pick the right time, as in not during the rush hour!
Saves me day £8 a tank twice a month.
Compared to anywhere local
So the £30 easily absorbed on fuel
borcy said:
What's wrong with Reading fuel station?
Reading never had a fuel station until recently. Adding it has removed a good amount of parking, and it enters and exits in the main entrance, with no alternatives. This means that people used to queue for ages to get in to park or get fuel. So they set up a route through the car park, with the expected consequences. Now it means the car park is seriously busy (double whammy of busier than ever and less parking), and it’s hard to navigate due to so much queues through the car park.JakeT said:
James6112 said:
0730 on my occasional commute
Dive off the M4
I think once I had a 1 car queue
Got to pick the right time, as in not during the rush hour!
Saves me day £8 a tank twice a month.
Compared to anywhere local
So the £30 easily absorbed on fuel
Even outside of rush hour it’s very busy. Early is fine, but any time on a weekend or later during the week and it’s busy enough.Dive off the M4
I think once I had a 1 car queue
Got to pick the right time, as in not during the rush hour!
Saves me day £8 a tank twice a month.
Compared to anywhere local
So the £30 easily absorbed on fuel
borcy said:
What's wrong with Reading fuel station?
Reading never had a fuel station until recently. Adding it has removed a good amount of parking, and it enters and exits in the main entrance, with no alternatives. This means that people used to queue for ages to get in to park or get fuel. So they set up a route through the car park, with the expected consequences. Now it means the car park is seriously busy (double whammy of busier than ever and less parking), and it’s hard to navigate due to so much queues through the car park.borcy said:
I never knew that even though I've been there. I didn't think the covered car park did look a bit unusual but never thought much about it.
It's my local one and I probably go once a month, use the filling station about once a week. always fill up early in the morning and no queues.It's a really unusual building and I remember when J Lewis owned it.
borcy said:
Challo said:
I used to live in Shinfield and the queues on a weekend just to get into the car park became ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind try to go to Costco on a Sat / Sun afternoon with the family in tow.
Maybe only time they could go? Same in supermarkets - mum dad and 2 kids sauntering down the aisles.
Defcon5 said:
borcy said:
Challo said:
I used to live in Shinfield and the queues on a weekend just to get into the car park became ridiculous. Why would anyone in their right mind try to go to Costco on a Sat / Sun afternoon with the family in tow.
Maybe only time they could go? Same in supermarkets - mum dad and 2 kids sauntering down the aisles.
PF62 said:
Kateg28 said:
We live near Stevenage so it really isn’t far to our local one.
The Costco that is in a grade 2 listed building -www.ribaj.com/buildings/tech-broadway-malyan-costc...
www.broadwaymalyan.com/projects/costco-stevenage-u...
I remember JL being there as I grew up in the area.
My nearest Costco is Southampton, and the comments about the queues and clientele in this thread seem universal - get the timing wrong and it's like a chav zoo, full of ignorant mouth breathers and their feral offspring.
The tyres are worth the membership though, and the fitters are excellent. The opticians are very good, with excellent service. And some of the food is worth putting up with the feeling that the zombie apocalypse has kicked off.
I used to have a card on a business account, but since I retired I have a scum-class personal membership, and tend to visit early on weekday afternoons. The fuel station was added a couple of years ago, and is near to the entrance to the car park, which has both sacrificed parking space and resulted in queues to get in and out of the car park, and it's hardly worth the bother for the savings.
The bad points probably outweigh the good, and it's marginal whether it's worth renewing my annual membership. I'll give it another year, and see if things improve.
The tyres are worth the membership though, and the fitters are excellent. The opticians are very good, with excellent service. And some of the food is worth putting up with the feeling that the zombie apocalypse has kicked off.
I used to have a card on a business account, but since I retired I have a scum-class personal membership, and tend to visit early on weekday afternoons. The fuel station was added a couple of years ago, and is near to the entrance to the car park, which has both sacrificed parking space and resulted in queues to get in and out of the car park, and it's hardly worth the bother for the savings.
The bad points probably outweigh the good, and it's marginal whether it's worth renewing my annual membership. I'll give it another year, and see if things improve.
I was in the vicinity of my local one today. I never NEVER go at the weekend, but running bit low on fuel I thought I'd just cruise past to see what the queues were like. My god, as I turned off the duel carriageway I could see the queue snaking out of Costco, down the access road and onto the roundabout I was about to arrive at. First exit straight off the roundabout for me. No chance!
People either have nothing else better to do with their weekends, or simply don't have any other time to go due to commitments. But still, the logic doesn't stack up. How long must you be sat in that queue, to save what, a tenner maybe?How much is your time worth? How much fuel is burned whilst queuing?...
Life's too short. But I'll be back early on Tuesday morning.
People either have nothing else better to do with their weekends, or simply don't have any other time to go due to commitments. But still, the logic doesn't stack up. How long must you be sat in that queue, to save what, a tenner maybe?How much is your time worth? How much fuel is burned whilst queuing?...
Life's too short. But I'll be back early on Tuesday morning.
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