Comment Different perspective (Score 1) 163
When they profit more from the membership fees rather than selling products, the focus is different.
When single, I never even considered the extra cost of buying at those places, and compared with my friends who enjoyed their memberships. But I'm not that much of a consumer.
As a couple, we got memberships for the gas savings alone. Yes, their fuel price difference more than covers the basic (not executive) membership for us. They also let you downgrade your membership and refund the difference before the end of the first year.
Hot dog? Never had it. But the rotisserie chicken, yups.
And have gotten gas there ever since.