The One Thing You Should Skip at Costco If You Want to Save Money

There are many different ways to save money at Costco and we're always looking for more. You may know a few yourself, but we just learned one that we're both happy and sad about. This is going to be a hard one to stick to but we're gonna try our best.

Content creator @LORAfied shared several tips on Instagram about how to save money when shopping at Costco, some of them make a lot of sense and won't be hard to implement, but one of them stuck out to us more than the others. According to Lora, if you really want to save some money when shopping at your favorite warehouse retailer, you need to skip the free samples.

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Costco offers a wide variety of products, many of which people may not have tried before, so they often have product samplers on hand so you can try before you buy. Walking around a large store like Costco can be tiring, so the samples offer a little treat to make the trip more fun, but they also serve another purpose.

From a business perspective, the samples are a smart marketing tool. When customers try something they like, they're more likely to buy it. In fact, according to Lora, they're 40% more likely to buy it, so if you want to stick to your shopping list and not blow your budget, you need to ignore those freebies.

Why is this? You know this intuitively, but when customers try a product and like it, they're more likely to make a purchase, even if they hadn't intended to buy that type of product initially. Pro tip: Eat before you head to Costco (or maybe pick up a bag of the fan-favorite orange creme pretzels and snack as you shop) so you won't be as tempted by the samples.

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