Comments on: Dude, where’s my cart?

By: SA

SA — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:32:23 +0000

One nice thing to note, the economy is flourishing at the busy COSTCOs. I wonder if these “not busy” COSTCOs are a sign of the times. At least the Stockton Blvd COSTCO will stay in business and employ many. I happen to like that place and the diversity within.

By: cohnsey

cohnsey — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:49:16 +0000

The amount of people at costco is nothing compared to the number of idiots lined up at the new Sizzler in Elk Grove

By: Zotoichi

Zotoichi — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:35:21 +0000

I was deeply depressed due to personal impact on this current economy. The truth of the matter is South Costco sucks! Thank you good folsk for cheering me up!

By: RonTopofIt

RonTopofIt — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:30 +0000

Off topic, I know, but does everyone know you can purchase your snack items at checkout inside the store and then use the pre-paid line outside to grab your items?

I also am told that you can take a standard Amex card (not the Costco branded one) and swipe it at the gas pump to authenticate yourself as a member. I don’t roll with the Amex to verify this.

By: T Mc

T Mc — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:45:32 +0000

On the recommendation of others here, we went to the one in Woodpile over the weekend. It’s on the east side of Wood-land, so it’s only about 10 mins further than the Airport, which if you live in Downtown or Natomas is 10 mins less than waiting to get into the parking lot at the Expo Parkway store.

I parked a scant 5 spaces from the front door and there were lots more spaces to be had. Inside it was clean, well stocked, organized, and not very busy. I didn’t even need to wait behind 4 unattended crumb-crunchers for my DiGiorno pizza sample. We waited behind one other cart in the checkout and did not wait while the guy at the door compared our receipt to our cart (he didn’t catch the 50″ tv I put in my pocket, though).

All in all, worth the drive, and I doubt I’ll return to the Expo Pkwy, White Rock, or Citrus Heights Costcos again.

By: rancho_notorious

rancho_notorious — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:53:23 +0000

The food court @ Rancho Cordova’s (White Rock) Costco is outside, so it takes on a special “flava” in summer. They even have “Don’t feed the birds” signs up. Timing is everything at the clubs. Folsom Costco is pretty clean and the attitude is much better than White Rock and Mack costcos.

By: tomtomus

tomtomus — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:53:18 +0000

Go to the white rock store in Rancho at anytime during the week or weekend its never crowded there

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:52:47 +0000

Not really. It’s a random anecdote to try to boost the impression that south Sac is ghetto (big insight there), when it was most likely a case of mistaken carts…which is not so rare to be worth posting about. Getting your cart jacked after you’ve paid for it would actually be interesting.

By: nick

nick — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:44:37 +0000

Dan you miss the point. That question is why the story is worth posting.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:49:11 +0000

Why would someone “jack” your cart full of unpaid-for goods inside the store? Were you blocking an aisle?

By: Melly

Melly — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:33:13 +0000

Cotsco is great if you have a huge family to feed, own a restaurant, or are having a huge BBQ. I still have a jar of olives that I am sure someone emptied an entire orchard to fill. If I need to go, I’ll drive to Folsom.

I prefer The Nugget, Taylors Market, Corti’s, and Raleys….oh, and Safeway.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:04:56 +0000

Are we all five years old? I stopped caring about the samples about 3 years ago. I realized that I know what prepared packaged talapia, and lasagna tastes like. They do not give you enough to fill you up. So why not boycott the samples? This has me thinking about my Costco and Sams Club memberships. I have the same problems everyone lists. I am guaranteed to buy something stupid that I don’t need like pajamas, or computer speakers. I can’t leave without spending 200 dollars. I don’t partake in the free samples. All the foods that make the clubs great is loaded in Partially Hydrated Oil, and High Fructose Corn Syrup which I now try to avoid. Checking out is a pain. I suppose I am quitting.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:02:57 +0000

Yep, any time I want to see the ugly face of humanity (literally and figuratively), I go to that Costco. People are so dang rude you’d think they’d spent most of their life in some cellar deprived of food and drink, pushing and shoving and yes, cutting in line, to get some sample of a shu mai or meatball that’s cold in the middle.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:20:22 +0000

Each time I drive by the South Sac one and see the giant line of people waiting for cheap gas I think, “Hell no! I would never hit that Costco.” The Woodland one is worth the trip. Its clean, organized, right off I-5, and most of the customers are friendly. Then again you an always just swing by a Target. Chances are what you need is there and at a reasonable price without having to turn your garage into a bulk item storage center.

By: drivelocity

drivelocity — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:17:08 +0000

At Costco, you’re only limited by the size of your car or the room in your freezer…

By: adamant

adamant — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:12:46 +0000

Someone fix the commas and apostrophes in that mess ^!

By: adamant

adamant — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:11:10 +0000

I toured a few costco’s two weeks ago. I started at the Cal Expo location and ended up at the Roseville location looking for a flat screen tv (helping a girlfriend shop).

Roseville was just as much a mess as the Cal Expo location, but the service was excellent. We had no fewer than three employees searching the “racks” for the TV we wanted.

Eventually they found 27 units of the model that we wanted, up in the racks. TV’s are selling so slowly, that Costco can’t even clear space on the floor to display all of the models they carry.

By Far the nicest Costco around is in folsom. I’ve considered driving there just because it’s clean and uncrowded and there aren’t long lines (even on saturday)

By: CoolDMZ

CoolDMZ — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:16:57 +0000

The samples loitering is the worst. We had a good experience at the White Rock location a few weeks ago at like 4pm on a Friday. It’s a smaller location and we were in and out in no time. Costco is really all about finding the slow times…

By: SinghCity

SinghCity — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:39:01 +0000

Throw in a Home Depot and you will never need to go home.

By: RonTopofIt

RonTopofIt — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:37:41 +0000

Now if we could just get IKEA and Costco to join forces. Meatballs and Daycare!

By: GG

GG — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:29:22 +0000

You might want to try avoiding weekend trips. It’s much less crowded during the week.

By: plumwin

plumwin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:11:52 +0000

Excellent review. I’ve been to this location and it’s awful. I personally gave up Costco a few years ago when I realized that I couldn’t get out of there without spending $400 on taquitos and cookbooks.

By: RonTopofIt

RonTopofIt — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:04:41 +0000

Tell me more about this “feeder line” you speak of?

But, seriously, the one good thing about Costco is that whenever you are feeling down in the dumps about the economy and where the world is going simply head over to your nearest location and you will be instantly greeted with the hustle and the bustle of commerce in full swing.

That, or anywhere in Roseville…same result.

By: Mad Dog

Mad Dog — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:51:41 +0000

From a Natomas perspective, I’d suggest the one in Woodland or the one in Citrus Heights. Much less crowded and huge of course. The on near CalExpo is a total zoo and messy and can be, avoid that one.