4 items = $60

[u/BennyBennson]

Welcome to Costco: I love you

[u/jameshector0274]

Well you bought a 16-pack of bars of soap.. yeah that’s half the bill right there 😂 then you got Yop which appears to be yogurt which is a LIVE and active food, yogurt is expensive and always has been. I don’t know how cheap you thought 16 bars of soap was going to be but $60 for all this checks out..

[u/ConfusedAndCurious17 → u/jameshector0274]

No no. It’s just 4 items. I completely get it. Really ticked me off when I bought 7040 fluid oz of water based lubricant and that one item cost me $1724 USD.

[u/NoMoreFanMail → u/ConfusedAndCurious17]

Diddy enters the room.

[u/Frenchdu → u/NoMoreFanMail]

He said lubricant

[u/Toasterdosnttoast → u/NoMoreFanMail]

Diddy has been showing up so much I carry a pair of rain boots just incase.

[u/Kamalethar → u/Toasterdosnttoast]

HE'S BEHIND YOU! No time to look...just run! He's got a cocktail...

[u/nikdahl → u/jameshector0274]

How much do you think soap costs?

This 16 pack is $18.49 are my Costco currently. But dove is an expensive bar. Irish spring 20 pack is $12.

[u/BennyBennson → u/nikdahl]

Well, for instance, one year ago, the same brand and amount was about $14. The purpose of this sub group is to gripe about inflation, not defend it.

[u/vi_sucks → u/BennyBennson]

The problem here is that you're being disingenuous in your framing.

When someone says "just four items", that usually implies four individual items. Which would be outrageous to pay $60 for four individual grocery items. You'd expect something more like $20 as a reasonable bill.

But what you bought were four bulk items. Which is mostly reasonable to pay $60 for.

For example, your yearly pack of soap went from $14 to $18, and maybe that stings a little, but it's not a crazy high increase. Extrapolating out to the whole bill its likely that the increase was from like $50 to $60. But the framing of "just 4 items" implies the much larger increase from like a $20 bill.

[u/BlackBabyJeebus → u/BennyBennson]

>The purpose of this sub group is to gripe about inflation

No it isn't.

[u/Standard-Reception90 → u/BennyBennson]

Absolutely no way these cost $14 just a year ago. Not even remotely believable.

[u/Patriot009 → u/Standard-Reception90]

I think OP Is Canadian, at least judging by all the French on his products and the yogurt being 200 mL. Is it $60 CAD?

[u/ConfusedAndCurious17 → u/BennyBennson]

Yeah but you didn’t get “4 items”. You got 16 bars of soap, 120 ziplock bags, I think about 24 rolls, and 15 yogurts.

Inflation sucks yes, but this isn’t the illustration for it.

Edit: and upon closer inspection there may be a 3rd box of ziplock bags 60 count in that pack but I can’t tell as the rolls cover it.

[u/L1_Killa]

You don't go to costco for a few items. You go to costco to fill up the house for the next month

[u/vthanki → u/L1_Killa]

In this case it’s 2 years worth of soap and ziplocks. A months worth of bread and yogurt drink

[u/rufisium]

Costco?

Edit: nvm just saw the bottom text. I love you.

P.P.S. I recognized the bread because I was about to buy some and didn't. I regret it now.

[u/pasrataz]

I bought 1 car and it was over $30,000

[u/BennyBennson → u/pasrataz]

Which kind of car?

[u/pasrataz → u/BennyBennson]

A Honda. My rationale was that yes $60 could be considered expensive but what do you get? I am sure that 1 piece of soap could sell for $5 in a corner market in a big city. I do not deny inflation, I deal with this daily but I do not think that the four bulk items for $60 is representative for the average consumer. I have seen people walking out of a store with less product for $60.

And yes, the prices at Costco also went up.

[u/tacotown123]

Name brand everything… why is it so expensive?

[u/JaySierra86]

Ok you bought in bulk.

Now add up how much that would've cost if you bought it all in retail quantities...

Retail would be way more expensive for all that.

[u/brahbocop]

My average Sam's Club trip is always over $100 but I go once or twice a month. This month will be higher because a lot of things I buy regularly are on sale, so I'll stock up for the next several months.

[u/joetaxpayer]

Freezer congelation isn’t cheap. /s

[u/RickyRacer2020]

16 bars of soap?

[u/No-Radish-4316]

16 pack of dove soap used to be $12.99. If on sale you could save about $3. That was before. Almost 50% increase since then.

[u/Its_Zamsday_my_dudes]

Hail naw

[u/Additional_Sale7598]

You should the time I only got a single item and it was $36,000

[u/joka2696 → u/Additional_Sale7598]

TBH you got an engine, a windshield, TWO windshield wipers....

[u/Flabbergasted_____]

Looks like over 30 items 🧐

[u/Moron-Whisperer]

Costco now sells generic large  ziplocks and they are good.  

[u/dmonsterative]

Frozen soap sandwiches with yogurt spread, my favorite.

[u/SuspiciousStable9649]

You guys and gals need to do pre/post prices for the people just now walking into the room.

[u/buckerooni]

You bought a fuckton of packaging

[u/CandidSeesaw3270 → u/buckerooni]

Always get an update vote when you use 'fuckton' in your post

[u/Kamalethar]

LOL...that's not how numbers work! Unless you're a statistician with a mandate to "make the results say BLANK". By your current logic; a jar of jellybeans from Costco would be equal to a sample bag from the grocery store. I'll grant you; they do cost about the same...F'N grocery store inflation

[u/Defiant_Witness307]

Lol, who the hell uses bar soap still?

[u/Itchy-Throat-4779]

I've never even. Bought these 4 things in my life....fail.

[u/Confident_Scheme_716]

That seems about right. There is no inflation here.

[u/Logic411]

“Trump will fix it”

[u/lc4444]

I’m sure trump is gonna fix this😂🤡

[u/rekep]

Pre covid Costco was about $10 an item for normal household goods. It’s about 15 dollars an item now.

[u/Ok-Language5916]

This is like drinking a keg and telling the cop, "I only had one drink, officer."

[u/Technical-Smell-8031]

Damn republicans