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  COSTCO Wholesale Australia Melbourne Docklands Prices List - Comparison *Updated* pharmlover on 2009-08-18 09:51:47  17/08/2009FOOD & GROCERY
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29-08-2009, 10:56 AM
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Got my bargain training wheels
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Costco Prices 27/08/09
I went to Costco on Thursday afternoon and wrote down a couple of prices. Sorry about the prices of a few of the products though. Some info might be a bit useless. I didn't have enough time to write down the brand and all the specifics of everything but hopefully it will give people an idea of the pricing at Costco. You can find the prices here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...VSTlVZ1E&hl=en
Just went to Costco today (1/6/10) and bought a few things. Did a little comparison with prices at woolworths using their Price Check feature on their website. I added the details to the link above  Last edited by ironsword : 01-06-2010 at 05:33 PM. Reason: updated list |
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29-08-2009, 07:19 PM
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Got my bargain training wheels
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Thanks for your efforts.
Living in Sydney so not having one, I don't see what the fuss is about. The prices are okay, but not so special given the potential hassle of getting there, long queues, and need to buy in bulk (and thus find somewhere to store 50 rolls of toilet paper, or 12.5kg of flour at a time!). It'd be okay to keep in mind, but when you have to pay an extra $60 annually that takes away any possible motivation to shop there. The savings, if any, wouldn't cover the extra hassle. Plus, given all the criticism the majors get about prices being expensive here, you'd think a place that charges a fee, only carries things in bulk and has only one warehouse so fewer staff and rental costs would be able to do a lot better if things were really that way. |
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29-08-2009, 08:21 PM
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Hi Ironsword,
Great list. So much effort. Thanks and welcome to BS. It looks like Costco will be cheaper in some items. Can hardly wait until we get some competition here in Perth, be it from Aldi or Costco or some other competitor. We pay far more here than in the eastern states.
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29-08-2009, 09:34 PM
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Welcome To Buckscoop Ironsword!
Thanks Pharmlover & Ironsword, great work.
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02-09-2009, 06:57 AM
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That is an amazing list pharmlover. I appreciate the effort you put into it and I appreciate the time you have saved me. I am not going to bother with Costco now - I was really excited about it but the prices aren't that amazing. For $60 a year I was expecting it to be a lot cheaper than the supermarket and it really isn't on most things.
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02-09-2009, 11:42 AM
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For a quiet little thread this one has had a hell of a lot of views. Great effort pharmlover - have given you some reputation.
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02-09-2009, 10:44 PM
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Got my bargain training wheels
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Great Effort Pharmlover! Love the price comparison. Its such a pity that Cosco is in the city. I'll be blowed if I'm driving into town to do the grocery shopping! Must admit though, I'm a little disappointed with some of the prices, and wonder if its worth the $60 membership. I'd rather shop at Aldi for free!
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21-09-2009, 10:48 AM
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So has anyone joined? Any thoughts?
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21-09-2009, 10:07 PM
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Bargain training wheels getting wobbly .....
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A friend of mine joined Costco, and so off we trundled yesterday to "check" things out. Admittedly, we spent $250, BUT was overall disappointed.
The things we purchased were: 2 x CF 4gb Cards = $63.00 1kg of salad mix for around $5 800g sliced champagne ham - $6 800g sliced chicken roll - $9 1kg of Ranch dressing - $10... YUM!!! Carman's Muesli Bars - box of 18 for $10 Some Fibre Fit muesli bars box of 24 for $14 1kg fizzy cola lollies $10 Tortilla wraps 2 x 8 packs for $7 White King Bleach 4.5 ltr - $5 A wooden chopping board with bowls $33 (as a gift) 1kg strawberries for $7 really nice ones Box of 20? HUGE cupcakes - $20 2 x 1.5kg Beechworth Honey - $20 30m? of Glad Bake - $22 Vitafresh 45cm x 600m cling wrap - $18 Something else I cant remember LOL.... With the cling wrap I could've gotten 30x300m? Glad Wrap for $20... but decided to go the other one which was better value. I didn't find the fresh meat cheap at all, but they do offer some premade pastas and stuff at a decent price. Cant say how good they are though. There premade pizzas looked popular, looked around the size of a Family pizza for $15... but then, you have to cook it yourself. You can buy a BIG birthday cake, cream filled and topped sponge, reminded me of being about the size of a a3 sheet of paper for $27. Would be really good for parties and stuff. There are some bargains to be had on some of the more obscure items like office chairs, but only good if they have them when you're there, and you need one! TV's I didnt think were that cheap... and the clothes, well... you could buy an Ed Hardy tshirt for around $60 and CK jeans for $50. Which is fine if you're a label junkie, but I prefer to pick up REAL bargains. Toilet paper was either sorbent or I think Cottonelle, and I really didnt think they were that cheap... around 50c a roll. As they aren't my preferred brands I didnt pay ALOT of attention. I noticed a big tin of Nescafe 43 for $14.99, which you can get for that price on special in the supermarkets. 50 kilos of Basmati rice was $50. Good value - if you'd ever get through that much rice. They had a box of 8 x 14 pack Kotex Ultrathins pad for $30. Which seems ok... BUT if you're like me, you take advantage of the Kmart 3 for the price of 2 sale. At that sale I got 9 packets for $30 which is better value. The packaged deli meats seemed good value, they come as 800g packs, which is made up of 2 x 400g vacuum sealed pre sliced meats. I have a vacuum sealer so I seperated the packs into more appropriate portions, and sealed them up and we will put some in the freezer. I also noticed some of the chocolates were quite cheap, as in Lindt balls. Would be good if you were making hampers at Christmas. I think also, if you had kids then you could pick up further bargains. My friend bought Florida Fruit Nuggets??? I'm not sure, but they might be like little fruit bites (we used to have like Bellis Fruit Bars). They were around $10, and she said to get the same amount it would cost like $20 at a supermarket. Oh also Moo Cheese... that round cardboard cheese with individually wrapped segments inside. You got like 3 of those for the price of 1. In the liquor section we didn't think much of it. 1ltr of Southern Comfort was $40. Carlton Natural Blonde $37 and Pure Blonde $40 a slab. We did think some of the wine prices were ok, like $10 a bottle for Brown Brothers Dolcetto Syrah and $13 for Gulf Station Wines. (We didnt look at the really pricey ones!) In all, it was interesting for a looksie, and would consider going every 4-6 months for a look and to top up on other stuff. The main thing is just to know your prices when you go in. (A lot like Campbell's Cash and Carry). Also, do your sums. Work it out down to pack prices, or individual prices on things. Then compare to what you can get those items for elsewhere. As we are all bargain hunters on Buckscoop you will find that a lot of the time we can get them cheaper elsewhere. Only other way to do it would be to get a group of friends together, like a mothers group or something, and then look at buying some of the REAL BULK items, like the rice. If you had 10 people to divide that between, it would be a GREAT buy! Even then 5 kgs of rice is a lot! |
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