I think I fucked up, I had to return something to Costco and then come home. But once I returned the item I had to grab a 1.50 hot dog and soda. Then I decided to eat the hot dog and walk around the store. As many of you know you can’t just go to Costco and not buy anything am I think this is the point where I fucked up. I started walking around and they had everything that I needed at least that’s how my brain is now wired to think.
I had to go get a cart my brain was running like crazy. Did I need a new hose and hose reel no but did the price look great 100%, did the kids need a dragon water slide 100% no but damned if I’m bit going to have the dragon water slide. Did I need 10 pounds of short ribs nope, I still have some in the freezer o but I got them.
For those that haven’t been to Costco you get swept up in a sense of euphoria while walking around and looking and bulk items and slightly cheaper items around the middle it’s fantastic.
I was supposed to be returning one item and coming home and I ended up spending a few hundred dollars I didn’t need to spend. I didn’t realize I fucked up until I got home and my wife gave me the wtf look, also as in typing this I think I fucked up again, the dragon water slide is going to kill my lawn when I set it up. So yeah I fucked up.
I will not learn from this but I’ll try to be better
TL;DR: Next time I’m going without my wallet or maybe bringing my wife this can’t keep happening.
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Go back to return these items tomorrow and tell us what you buy.
Happened to my yesterday spent $520 although not as bad as the previous time where I spent close to $980
Costco is the only store that gets me like that.
I have roughly 40-60 pounds of meat frozen.
The secret to shopping at Costco is to gorge yourself before you ever walk into those doors. The desire to buy unnecessary shit will diminish dramatically, especially food.
Don’t forget the 100” TV. Imagine how awesome that would look instead of having living room walls.
My mom retired from Costco. She called it the Costco Curse.
A month ago I went in there with my dad and when we were checking out an employee asked if we want her to see how much we spend annually, to see if we would save money with the black card membership which gives 5% back. My dad said okay. She took us off to the side and checked and said we would save a significant amount, so my dad upgraded the membership. Afterward I did the math to calculate how much we would have to spend in a year to save money with the black membership, then asked my dad what the lady said we spent. He said he wasn’t looking at the screen and didn’t pay attention to the amount.
This was me at Joann fabrics. At least the benefit to them going bankrupt is I can’t bankrupt myself in there anymore.
Sounds like you need to return the dragon water slide
I can easily go to costco and buy the like 6 things I need in bulk a hot dog and a pizza for dinner
Im not as enthralled with it as everyone else, plus I hate being in that store tbh
Studies show a Costco shopping cart is one of the most expensive vehicle to operate on an hourly basis.
This is why that $1.50 Costco hot dog and soda deal will never change. You wanted lunch for less than $2 – which you got – and then you spent several hundred dollars you would not have otherwise spent while munching away happily and experiencing “Costco euphoria.”
I have to say, though, as a fellow Costco addict, I understand what happened to you, and I sympathize. I am one of the owners of the “trash can-dle,” the candle the size of a small bathroom trash can! Did I need it? No. Did I get it anyway? You betcha.
Check out the r/Costco sub. You’ll find your people there.
Okay i think this is supposed to be light and funny but it’s actually just scary. You genuinely sound like you might have an addiction. This is how people that frequent casinos feel and act.
It is not normal to feel euphoric like that in a Costco.
I had to cancel my Costco membership many years ago bc I couldn’t go without spending $600. Now I’ve become a member again bc f$ck Amazon, but I only shop online. It helps to not step foot in the actual store.
It must be nice having disposable income.
I feel this. I went to Costco today. I had A LIST. 10 items. Easy-peasy, I thought. In and out.
But wait – there’s a dog bed that my dog -loves-. I figured, why not, she can have one downstairs and one upstairs. $50 is SO MUCH cheaper than the Petsmart dog beds.
A nice looking bottle of wine? Only $20? Yes please, better than trying to find it in the ABC store around us. Better get two while I’m here.
Gigantic pack of C batteries? Why not, we have an unusual amount of devices around the house that uses them. Be good for an emergency. Another $15.
All said and done, got the text from the husband. “What the hell did you spend $500 on??”
This is what you get for letting me go to Costco by myself.
I do the same at Sam’s. It’s something in the air!
That is not how a tldr works.
This is a terrible post for this sub.
But regardless, I truly doubt bringing the wife is going to help you in this scenario. It will only make it at least twice as bad, guaranteed. She needs so many things there that you didn’t even see.
Dragon water slide? Friend, you are winning.
Wtf was in your hotdog
Nothing 🍔 post
No you didn’t; your summer is going to be awesome! The grass will grow back, but you and your kids will never be this age again.
I wish Costco would sell a version of this for humans so we wouldn’t get tempted.
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Fu again, bring wife, return with twice as much shit.
The very cheap hot dog and soda is a core part of their business strategy. You go in for a very cheap meal and come out with hundreds of dollars of products you weren’t planning on buying
Costco is evil. The first time we went we spent $1100. Following trips haven’t been much cheaper.
I’ve learned my lesson now and I always go eat at the food court first, collect myself, really hammer out my list. Otherwise I will find myself there for like 3 hours
If you give a mouse a cookie…
Come to think of it, they probably sell that book at Costco.
I have the opposite reaction. I get super uncomfortable walking around a Sam’s or Costco. It makes me feel really weird like I’m in some kind of strange devotion to consumerism or something. I dunno it’s hard to explain but I get anxious in those places.
I go with a list. If it isn’t on the list, I don’t buy it. If i see something I want to buy that isn’t on the list I might remember to add it to the list next time I go, or I might forget about it, but if I forget then I guess I didn’t really want it.
I could never get out of that place for under 250 bucks and that was 30 years ago
But did you see the Gold and Silver bars for sale?
This is why I make a list for Costco and stick to it
You can only get ONE thing not on the list.
>sense of euphoria while walking around
Euphoric? Nah, that’s dread for me.
You sound manic. Might want to see somebody.
I think you just have poor impulse control and too much money
Wait?! You didn’t get a rotisserie chicken?
Ketchup or no ketchup?
Honestly, Costco is the adult equivalent of a kid being let loose in a candy store. I’ve never walked out with just one item
i have successfully returned two items at Costco and only purchased one frozen mocha slushie. it was a historic day.
Jeez. I absolutely hate the Costco experience, but I despise most retail experiences tbh
No joke, sounds like you might be having a mini manic episode.
We went to Costco yesterday & spent $200 on snacks. No real food, just snacks.
That’s how they get you.
Costco just introduced a “buy now, pay later” program. They got you.
In my experience, bringing my wife along on a Costco trip significantly increases my cost to exit the warehouse.
I go to Costco all the time for the pharmacy with no membership. Sometimes they don’t have my meds in so I walk out with nothing. Don’t worry about it.
Man, a dragon water slide combined with a sleepover and unlimited flashlights. Add in a cheap pile of cupcakes =Best birthday party EVER!!
My household has a rule that no household member can go to Costco unsupervised, for reasons like this.
This is why they don’t raise the price of the hotdog/drink combo. It’s might seem like they’re taking a loss, but it gets people in the door. And once they’re there, they might as well look around… et cetera
Classic “if you give a mouse a cookie” scenario
Going without your wallet won’t help: they take Apple Pay & Google Wallet.
My ex and I made a rule we couldn’t go to Kroger alone after the 3rd or 4th time one or the other of us came back with junk we didn’t need but which seemed great at the time.
Let me know how that dragon water slide is!
While yes, you see a price for something and think “wow, what a deal! I should buy it while i can”, you should know that is exactly the what the psychology of marketing is supposed to make you feel. Recognize that feeling, and reject it with self awareness. The thought you should train yourself to have when seeing those ‘deals’, is “that deal would save me money, if i actually needed to buy it.” Nothing is a better deal than simply not spending the money.
Is it me only that every time I go to Costco casually I hardly buy anything. Don’t get me wrong if I need something from Costco I will go and buy it. But if I go unplanned with my SO everything looks expensive and quantity wise a lot. I hardly justify spending for that much quantity
My catch phrase at work is “Costco is my Target” my crafty teammate made me Kirkland sweatshirt with at on the back. I love it!
We only have about a dozen Costcos in Australia and the nearest one from me is a six hour drive. We happened to be in Newy one weekend and our son invited us to go along with him on a Costco run “for a look”. We fully intended not to buy anything, didn’t even grab a trolley on the way in. How naive we were. By the time we walked out we had spent nearly $1000 and completely filled the boot of the car. I fully understand what you mean by “Costco euphoria”.
Have you tried raging social anxiety?
Going to Costco is literally a nightmare for me.
The dragon water slide was a great price, iirc
Or…you could find a good therapist covered by your health plan and talk to them about your impulse control issues?
I know that’s something I’ve been working on.
No regrets bro! Your kids won’t ever forget when their awesome dad got them an unreasonably large waterslide for the backyard one summer.
I gave Costco a legit try and never really connected with it.
Do you have bipolar? Sounds like my manic shopping. All the deals are made for me!
Guy I know was sent out for milk and bread by his wife. Came home with a boat.
Lawn grows back surprisingly fast, let it rip on that dragon water slide
Go to Harbor Freight for a couple of moving blankets for under the slide.
Move the slide at least once every 2 days.
This is the dumbest post… i go to Costco for 1 item at a time sometimes.
My odd philosophy when it comes to shopping at Costco. Don’t take a cart and only buy what you can carry.
My wife does not let me go to Costco alone anymore.
The running joke in our family is that it costs $300 minimum to walk into Costco.
Reminds me of this scene from Modern Family: https://youtu.be/7i5CQVfmx-0?si=crBXnsDKcQG0Y6eW
Welcome to Costco, I love you.
haha yeah your consoom story is hilarious haha,
oops, silly you, lolz, right?
Ended our 15 year Costco membership this year. Their prices aren’t always better and they sometimes have the things I like and sometimes don’t. The quantities for many items are truly absurd for a family of 2-3.
It’s just American mindless/impulse consumerism (like this post) repackaged with “but better quality/but they treat their workers better”