These Secrets To Shopping At Costco Will Help You Save Even More

November 15, 2014

Costco is a great place to save money, but these secrets will help you understand which products are the real steals!

Avoid products with prices ending in .99 – these are full price.

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Labels with an asterisk are reserved for items that are discontinued.

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Usually, these are priced cheaply to get them off shelves.

Prices ending in .49 or .79 are a manufacturers special offer.

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These prices usually apply to products which are heaving a trial run and are usually priced cheaper than their retail price.

Watch out for products that end in .00, the manager wants these items off the shelf for good.

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That means that they're priced down and nearly out of stock.

Items with prices ending in .97 are deals decided by the store manager.

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These won't be around for long and can offer amazing discounts.

To sum it up:

  • .99 = Full price
  • * = Discontinued
  • .79 or .49 = Manufacturer special offer
  • .00 = Priced down, nearly out of stock
  • .97 = Store manager deals