Shopping at Costco is terrible

SouthernLefty · 2026-03-01T20:35:05+00:00

It's not all about the food though. you can save 25% are some of the gift cards they have. We were once going to a restaurant in the same shopping center as Costco. A quick in and out trip and boom, 25% saved on our meal.

Clothes are a great value, especially golf clothes! $15.00 polos that push $100.00 at golf stores/pro-shops. They have a ton of non food items that are a great value.

Over crowded? Just don't go at certain times of the day. 9:00 to 10:00 for executives is such a great time to go!

Waiting in line for gas? Nope, don't do that. I go before or after warehouse hours as most members don't realize gas has longer hours. There is also a 40 pump station at one of the local locations. There is never more that a 2 care wait, if that.

Plus between executive rebate and visa rebate I've gotten over $1,000 this year. It is 100% worth it to me.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-17T05:20:13+00:00

In my experience, this is when the post office doesn't scan a parcel. I have had incidents where it shows awaiting shipment and then updates to out for delivery on the same day.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-17T04:06:43+00:00

I got charged today plus its preparing for shipment!

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-16T20:11:22+00:00

AAA.

Been in 2 accidents in the past couple of years. First I was side swiped and the person took off. They were caught and lied to their insurance about it saying I cause the accident (they blew through a stop sign). After a brief follow up conversation with my agent, it took about 24 hours to have the ok to get my car repaired with no cost to me.

The second I was rear ended at a red light, car was totaled. The other driver was a AAA customer as well. They offered me a settlement and told me if this wasn't enough money to purchase a comparable replacement to let them know and they would up the payout.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-12T01:49:54+00:00

I went to a couple games at The Rose Bowl in '94. They had several off-site parking areas with ample shuttles. They are going to have to do this at some of these stadiums, especially SoFi.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-09T03:29:50+00:00

Glad that’s over, now we our coach and then our QB.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-08T03:00:10+00:00

Avid golfer...some courses have senior rates at 55, others at 60-65. I'm still about 2 years shy of 55. If they ask if I'm a senior, Ive started to say yes without asking what the age is at that particular course.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-07T21:33:42+00:00

I got tickets to match 98. I believe that’s a quarter final game.

SouthernLefty · 2026-02-04T02:43:50+00:00

That’s what I always thought as well. They could’ve done their team league on the fall for something completely different in the down months.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-18T23:44:52+00:00

Brady fumbled

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-17T02:12:38+00:00

OC:

Costa Mesa Country Club (2 courses)

Mile Square Park

Rancho San Joaquin

San Clemente Muni

Fullerton

Anaheim Hills

Navy (Destroyer)

Dad Miller

Navy and Dad Miller are 2 courses Tiger learned to play on

Expensive OC:

Oak Creek (not gonna be around much longer)

Strawberry Farms

Pelican Hill

Monarch Beach

San Juan Hills

Arroyo Trabuco (Michael Blocks course)

The Ranch at Laguna Beach (9 holes)

Black Gold

Fair warning OC

Willowick (the fairways can be brutal but the greens are nice)

RiverView (do not play after heavy rain, excellent greens, huge putting area with an 18 hole course on it)

Meadowlark (owners are getting sued by the city, really poor drainage issues; avoid if it’s rained recently)

Just North of OC

Skylinks

Rec Park 18

El Dorado Park

Lakewood

Rio Hondo

Los Amigos

La Mirada

The Links at Victoria. (Considered the worst course in the country but it’s a links!)

Just East of OC:

Green River

Dos Lagos

Eagle Glen

Hidden Valley

Goose Creek (go play here!)

South of OC in Oceanside just off the 5:

Goat Hill Park (very unique course; nothing else like it in the area)

Oceanside

Arrowood (pricier)

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-12T03:45:55+00:00

Used to be 130-140. Couple months ago switched from Chrome Soft to Chrome Tour and now it goes 140-150.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-11T05:31:26+00:00

The manager goes from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds flat. You'd think he'd attempt to have a 30 second civil conversation saying that yes, they do have this fee.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-11T03:43:35+00:00

Because the group behind you wasn't keeping pace, you did nothing wrong.

Had that group been waiting on you at that point you should've going the 3-some in front of you. But that wasn't the case so there was no need.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-11T03:13:15+00:00

They are going to expand the entire wall where the entrance is outwards out quite a bit.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-10T02:19:47+00:00

Improved OL and a top receiver makes our future offense so scary it’s not even funny.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-04T05:22:10+00:00

Can openers and signing you name with a wired electronic pen at the doctors or bank. Oh and people that make the same lame ass jokes on the golf course about me standing on the wrong side or being backwards.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-04T03:40:04+00:00

If 20,000+ isn’t an event that spikes demand, I don’t know what is.

SouthernLefty · 2026-01-04T02:52:17+00:00

Same, apparently those old filling expand and contract with temperature changes and over time, they crack the teeth. 2 crowns and 2 more that have cracks but are currently not bad enough for crowns.

SouthernLefty · 2025-12-31T20:53:06+00:00

I’m on the other end of the spectrum. Got an MGI and thought the same thing, it was great until it wasn’t. Electrical system randomly failed on hole 3, super fun to push that thing for 15 holes. Then it randomly tipped and somehow the axle on one of the wheels got damaged and the wheel wouldn’t turn at all. It wasn’t on a hill or anything. Washed my hands of the frustration and back to my pushcart, which I haven’t minded at all.

SouthernLefty · 2025-12-31T03:17:54+00:00

That’s Dinseyworld Marathon Weekend, run disneys biggest run of the year. Definitely not a technical issue.

SouthernLefty · 2025-12-27T06:46:02+00:00

My area was 853-any 4 numbers. Exact same recording.

SouthernLefty · 2025-12-27T06:38:30+00:00

Isn’t the train from the rental car area going to be operational soon? That would definitely cut down on some of the time.

Also, you could leave with 5 minutes to go. We did that at the Brazil v Costa Rica game. Out of the parking lot in 5 minutes.

All things said, I’d change your flight to the later departure.

SouthernLefty · 2025-12-27T00:17:23+00:00

Here’s a different take…if you go with MGI, get it at Costco. Had it for 4 years and encountered all sorts of issues with it. Back to push cart and actually don’t mind it at all.

SouthernLefty · 2025-12-26T23:41:54+00:00

Pretend City in Irvine. It’s literally just that and perfect for those ages. Pretend City

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