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Default am ordering some stuff from Costco


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> Earlier this year I found out that Costco allows non-members to order
> items for 2-day delivery from a subset of the items they carry.
>
> Fortunately for me, that includes canned V8 juice by the case. It
> makes it convenient for me because I'm a pedestrian these days, and an
> order gets delivered to my door step. A case containes 28 11.5 fl. oz.
> cans and weighs around 22 lbs. Costco boxes them one case to a box.
>
> My current order should arrive tomorrow and includes 5 cases plus a 20
> oz package of cooked crumbled bacon bits. I tried the bacon out of
> curiousity last time and found they worked quite well for me, uing them
> as toppings and adding them for flavor to some other stuff I cooked.
> Because they're already cooked, I don't have deal with cleaning up
> after cooking bacon. That's a good enough reason for me to try them
> again.
>
> The downside is that Cosco requires an order to amount to at least $75
> (U.S.) to qualify for free shipping. Costco also adds a 5% surcharge
> to non-member purchases. At present, that still makes it cost
> competitive and comes in just a bit cheaper than buying an equivalent
> amount of the V8 46 fl oz cans (1 case of 28 11.5 fl oz cans = 7 46 fl
> oz cans).
>
> John


Look into Jet.com, Boxed.com and Walmart. Yes, Walmart has raised their
online prices and they do own Jet but... One of those places might have
cheaper prices. Most have 2 day delivery and the amount you need to order
for free shipping is lower.