“Honey, let’s stop by Sam’s Club. I need to pick up some toilet paper and milk.” Two hours later, you leave Sam’s Club with a buggy (grocery cart for you non-country folk) full of stuff that you didn’t need and wasn’t on your list. Am, I right? If you’re laughing right now, I’m talking to YOU. 😉
Today, I am speaking to you guys who cannot pass the free samples without buying what they are offering. If you’re laughing right now, I’m talking to you.
Today, I am speaking to those of you who buy something that’s on display, even though it’s not on your list, because the price was too good to pass up. If you’re laughing right now, I’m talking to you.
Today, I am speaking to those of you who are tighter than Dick’s hat band and never go over budget. If you’re not grinning right now, I’m totally not talking to you. You don’t need this post. Pass “Go” and collect $200.
I’ve always been pretty tight – I don’t like to spend money very often…but even I fall prey to the free samples sometimes. Would I like a free processed dino shaped chicken nugget?! ABSOLUTELY! SIGN ME UP! And I almost always leave Sam’s with something that wasn’t on my list. Oh! This is a new product! I must try it! GET THOU IN MY BUGGY!
I wish someone had told me about Sam’s Club Click-and-Pull a loooooooooooooooong time ago. It’s actually now known as “Club Pickup” but if you’re like me, once you hear something called one thing, you’ll always call it that thing. Creature of habit —-> me.
Here’s the gist of it: you order online after you create an account. You specify a time to pick it up. You go to Sam’s and tell them you’re here for pick-up. They bring it to you. You pay. THE END! How awesome is that?! Let me hear a woot! Woot!
Pros:
-You only buy what’s on your list so you are so much more likely to stick to your budget.
-You save time because you’re not running around the store. We usually go right after church and I’m able to avoid the crazy lines because I just go right to the service desk.
-You don’t pay online, so you can make sure your order is correct before committing to pay.
-You can even get cold and frozen items! They keep your order in the cooler until you arrive.
Cons:
-Only someone with a card can pick up your order.
-You can’t get certain items, like meat. They will do produce for you, but if you’re OCD like I am, you have to pick your own produce…so I just save those items for times when I do have the ability to shop.
-You miss the free samples…aka the Sam’s Free Buffet.
So really, this is a great way to save your budget if you’re always going over in a big-box store. I’m sure other stores offer this same service, so make sure to check around.
I’m usually out within 5-10 minutes which is so nice! Barry just drives around the parking lot, slowly, while waiting for me. Otherwise, people get testy if he just waits in the pick-up line. Don’t mess with people after church on Sunday, y’all. It can get serious. 😉
Now, I just need Sam’s to deliver everything for free right to my door – kinda like Vitacost. We can hope.
Sam’s Club click’n’pull has been a life saver. Our nearest Sam’s and Walmart are an hour’s drive away. So when I go, I take my list, the church’s list (church secretary here), and probably a friend or two’s list as well. Before click’n’pull I’ve been seen at Sam’s Club with two very full carts trying to get to my car over an icy parking lot. Not fun for me, but I’m sure it makes for an amusing picture for everyone else. Now I do click’n’pull for church stuff. Pick it up, load it up, and go back in for personal stuff. 😀
I just got home from a Click and Pull! My only aggravation is that my Sam’s usually only has one person working service desk – and there is always a huge line. #hiremorepeople 😉
I. Love. Click n pull 🙂
I. Love. You.
That is SO good to know…I may actually have to look into getting a Sam’s card now….. 🙂
It works with the very basic membership – which is what I have. 🙂
Thank you for sharing this, I didn’t know that anyone with a Sam’s Club membership could do this. I think I am going to try it.
Good luck! I hope you love it!
I understand what you mean about Sam’s Club and Costco! Too much fun. My husband giggle like little kids when we sneak out of the house and leave the kids at home to go pick up groceries, LOL We love getting to try the samples. We are pretty good about not buying stuff not on our list and since we shop during the week it is usually not crowded. We buy the majority of our groceries at another grocery store. I guess it is one of our forms of entertainment which is a pretty sad statement of our lives, LOL
No. I think it shows signs of great maturity. Hahahahaha! 🙂
This is great. I wrote a long one and lost it in my resetting password, but here goes again.
this is great, time and money saver. I am and have been sitting here since Thur in pain in left leg, have to sit till Monday, hopefully will be able to get out to Doctor by then. I am elderly, and alone, We live out in the ‘boonies’ like off the end of the twig, off the branch, off the limb off the trunk of the ‘tree’. good stores are 30 to 45 minutes away. I also say, we are in the ‘not even a bud area’ BUT!
I used Walmart and Kmart a couple years back when driving, walk in, pick up ordered and paid for items, walk out. Save money, time, and strength. I am 78 now, and with ailment, no get out of chair, no weight on leg, good idea, order on phone, pay with debit card, when person takes card and info to that store when shopping, I get and do not over spend. I use Amazon all the time.
Maybe this post will instigate ideas in someone to serve and be of service to handicapped and elderly like me. I would pay for someone to do for me in this area. Fresh meat and veggies, I have my daughter doing for me right now, but not everyone has someone like that. And when she comes, Mom, I got extra, how about this and it warms my heart. Just like I did for years for many people in NY & FL.
Love your posts, Nancy Cole
Thank you, Nancy! What a sweet daughter you have. 🙂