When I got my beer kegerator, Sam's Club by massively far had the best price $199 vs. $399 their nearest competitor. But I had to be a Member to buy it. So it cost me $249 with Membership, no big deal.
But shipping was $45, and Item was NOT available in stores, nor was there store pickup available (like Walmart has).
But if I got a "Sam's Plus" Membership (for $50 add'l), I'd get FREE shipping on all online orders. So for $5.00 more, I got a full year of FREE shipping from samsclub.com.
The other day, to get my actual Membership card, I had to go to an actual store to get it. It is not very close by at all, but we looked around the store while there, and got a few items. One of them a BIG bag of real bacon bits, another was a BIG bag of pistachios.
The other day we ran out of the nuts, so I simply ordered some more using free shipping. Did the same more recently for some more bacon bits. Now both packages came in large boxes with air cushioning to boot.
Seems like my "carbon footprint" is greatly increased by having these onesie, twosie item shipped!!!
I would NEVER had ordered these items, had I had to actually pay for shipping.
Any thoughts???
But shipping was $45, and Item was NOT available in stores, nor was there store pickup available (like Walmart has).
But if I got a "Sam's Plus" Membership (for $50 add'l), I'd get FREE shipping on all online orders. So for $5.00 more, I got a full year of FREE shipping from samsclub.com.
The other day, to get my actual Membership card, I had to go to an actual store to get it. It is not very close by at all, but we looked around the store while there, and got a few items. One of them a BIG bag of real bacon bits, another was a BIG bag of pistachios.
The other day we ran out of the nuts, so I simply ordered some more using free shipping. Did the same more recently for some more bacon bits. Now both packages came in large boxes with air cushioning to boot.
Seems like my "carbon footprint" is greatly increased by having these onesie, twosie item shipped!!!
I would NEVER had ordered these items, had I had to actually pay for shipping.
Any thoughts???