On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 22:36:55 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2019-01-27 10:24 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 1/27/2019 8:59 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>
>> I would not join a club for the same reason, but, I finally saw the
>> value. On a good month, with a family of four, I could save enough to
>> pay for the annual membership.
>>
>> Now, with the two of us, some things have changed.* My wife takes a OTC
>> medication that covers most of the cost, but, other portions are less. I
>> think we are still going to come out with good savings.
>
>My wife loves cheese and we now get most of it from Costco for a fraction
>of the prices they charge elsewhere. I think the money we save on
>cheese alone more than pays for the card.

All that cheese is not healthful for anyone but especially seniors. We
like cheese but the two of us limit ourselves to one stick of Lite
string cheese... we've both already eaten plenty of high fat/salt
pricey cheeses during our lives so we're missing nothing... trading
all that cheese for fresh fruit and veggies is a much better choice...
and we both like dried fruits too; figs, dates, apricots, prunes, all
of them.

>By coincidence, my good buddy and his wife were at Costco yesterday and
>bought a Cuisinart convection oven/air fryer for $50 less than I paid
>for my Phillips air fryer. The savings on that one item will pay for a
>couple years of membership.