Got my automatic renewal - $180/year. We have a business membership and also pay for my adult (36 years old) stepdaughter (sigh). I've been noticing that Target is comparable and sometimes cheaper. I buy meat for my dog (cook for the dog) but can get a better deal with grocery store sales. It used to be that we got a certain percentage back with the AMEX card, but now we have a VISA that also pays a certain percentage back. So, I'm not sure that I save $180/year. Plus, it's a PIA to go with crowds in & out of the store.

So, I'm considering dumping this. But my friends are aghast that I would even consider NOT going to Costco. Am I a freak? Has anybody else dumped their membership - or never even taken one out? (The step daughter will stomp her foot - hope she doesn't chip an expensive pedicured nail - oh - was that out loud? )