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I don't know if it's just me, but I noticed that the BEST price is not always on amazon. Most of the time, the retail stores' price is equal to what amazon advertises. Some stores (Costco & Sams) offer items at far below what Amazon offers them for. Most of the time, I only save paying the tax...

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Does Costco offer free 2-day shipping? (or free shipping, period?)

If you are comparing an in-store price to the amazon Prime one you have to factor in the costs (implicit and explicit) of actually making a trip out for a particular item or waiting for your monthly Costco run to pick-up X rather than having it here by Saturday.

No Costco offers something similar to 'instant shipping', which means you come, you shop, you leave :)

you forgot the step of waiting in line for 20 minutes after collecting your goods for the privilege of giving them your money.

Also the step where you can buy many more things on amazon than you can at Costco. That said, if you want 300oz of peanut butter Costco may ne the winner there

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