An Itch I Cannot Scratch
A few months ago I made my first ever visit to a Costco store. The huge American chain of membership cash & carry stores has branches all over the world; I broke my Costco virginity in the exotic climes of Milton Keynes.
In Costco MK I managed to pick up a few bargains for myself. Aside from a rather nice jacket and a really warm full-length coat, I saved a fair amount of money on a bulk-buy of red wine, a year’s supply of red onion chutney (eaten within a month) and a 2.5kg tin of corned beef (a Christmas present for my brother. He still hates me.). But the real saving came when I purchased one-hundred and forty-four Persil Bio Gel washing tablets for £16! At two tablets per wash, that’s seventy-two washes, which is a year’s worth for a singleton like me!
But there is a problem…
Since I started using the Persil washing tablets my clothes have become uncomfortably itchy. I’ve tried adding fabric softener and tried using only one tablet per wash, but it has made no difference – my clothes are itching me like crazy! Of course I could change my brand of washing tablet, unfortunately that would still leave me with about fifty washes-worth of these bloody Persil Bio scratch-tablets to get rid of. I’ve since reverted back to my usual cheap-o-Asda branded washing capsule things, saving the Persil itchy-tablets for washing any non-clothing items.
I’ve learned the lesson that some bargains are not as good as they seem.
We used to have a CostCo card (Lakeside being our nearest), but it expired and we never re-newed.
I used to like the place (although you have to be very careful as stuff that looks cheap is very often better value at ASDA, etc.).
I particularly remember the alcohol being expensive, but meat, cakes and cheese being good value, and as you say washing powder is super cheap.
I’m down to my last jar of Branston Pickle now.