s/o Costco vs Sam's Club

Yup. I love our Costco!

We have both a few minutes away from each other.
I prefer costco. I like there clothes, and other misc/seasonal items better for some reason. I also like their bakery and photo department better.

But mainly there isn't too much difference for me. I wouldn't go out of my way for costco if a sam's was more convenient.

Absolutely, if for no other reason than the corporate ethics.

Our Costco parking lot is reason enough to go to Sam's.

It is really going to depend on you and your store. Right now I have a membership to both. In my old town my friend and I each had a membership and took each other.

In my old Costco it was a nightmare with people. Hated shopping there. In this Costco both Sam's and Costco run about the same in people and it is much better.

Sam's opens earlier which I love.

For what I buy the stores have pretty much the same thing. Since Sam's is much closer I will keep the membership when it is up and discontinue Costco.

I would suggest a visit with a friend and then decide.

I had both for a while- dh had Sam's through work and I was on that, and my mom bought us a Costco membership. Since dh left that job, we only have Costco (we pay for it now, so it isn't just because it was free!). The only thing I miss about Sam's is being able to go early in the morning. Ok, also the fact that Costco stopped carrying Northern tp and Sam's still has it. My mom has both memberships, so she keeps us in tp.

I don't know what time Sam's opens but my friend works for costco and she works at 4am. I'm pretty sure there are people working there 24hrs a day.

We've had both and prefer Costco to Sam's.

I don't like WalMart all that much, so that's part of it for me...

but I would say, if you can find anything specific you like at Costco that makes it worth your while to go the extra 15 minutes, then go for it.  (I know that's vague, lol!)

There are a few things Costco carries that we really like, the main one being the Kirkland brand dog food. That's what our dogs were raised on, and the savings on that alone makes the membership worth it for us.

We dropped out Costco membership--couldn't justify the $99 fee and only go 4x a year! Not a whole lot that appealed to us.

We belong to both. The Sam's is 5 minutes from us, and we use their pharmacy because it's awesome. It was just really convenient to pick up groceries and other items when we were there anyway. 

We've been members for 4 years, and we know most of the employees by name. Except the DirectTV salesguy who ambushes us every time we're there, sometimes twice in the same visit. People avoid wherever he is. It's funny to see everyone ducking him, but he's oblivious. We're even DirectTV subscribers.

I've talked to the pharmacist and asked about how she likes working for Sam's/Walmart. She really likes it, and there isn't much turnover. 

I would prefer to go to COSTCO over Sam's, but ours is 45 minutes away and the traffic around the store is horrendous. 

We don't go to Costco much although we love their products and customer service. We get our car and renter's insurance through Costco and the savings are so great that it's worth the membership fee. 

Costco also had a policy that for their executive membership if you spent a certain amount at their store per year, you got a check refunding the membership price. I don't know if they still do that. When we lived in Chicago and had a Costco right by us, we got the check every year. 

Costco's meat is wonderful. Their beef is Choice and restaurant quality. Their stew meat is the cuttings from the in store butcher's shop. I've bought some that was all tenderloin. 

I think this depends on your town. Our Costco and Sams stores and personnel are equal in quality, cleanliness. The Sams parking lot has a better layout though and no gas at our Costco.
But two of our Walmarts look better than the average Kohls in other burbs - we might not be the norm.
Then again, Walmart near the highway might be in Justified.

I buy a lot of my clothes at Costco, both work and casual. I always get compliments at work and then I get to tell people it was less than $20 at Costco. My husband swears by their Kirkland dress shirts.