Ok, I just want to gripe real quick about the membership wholesale warehouse retail box store place thingie that is BJ's.
Whenever I go there, which isn't frequent, but when I do, it always shows at the check-out that my membership expires on the end of September.
However, the linked membership card / credit card shows that the annual renewal fee is at the beginning of September.
Wait, let me make sure I have this straight: The membership renewal portion is due on the end of September. The annual fee portion for the credit card is due on the beginning of September. I think.
The whole thing is just confusing enough that I even had to re-type some of the sentences above. And that's what I find annoying here. I just don't go to BJ's enough to have to worry about all this. I'm going to cancel soon, even though it costed me $55 in renewal fee... but is that for the credit card, the warehouse membership, or both???
September 8th, 2024 at 09:49 pm 1725832195
What does a standalone BJs membership cost?
Do you get other benefits from the BJs credit card? Like 2% cask back on what you buy there, 1% if you use it somewhere else?
It makes sense that if you are paying a credit card annual fee that it would renew in early September and an associated BJs membership would have started after you opened the card and be later in the month.
There are plenty of no fee credit cards so if you are paying a fee you need to examine whether the benefits outweigh the cost. Depending on your spending habits, they might.
Also if you have had the card for a while, or have balances on other cards, cancelling the credit card might affect your credit score so take that into account before canceling.
September 9th, 2024 at 10:15 am 1725876905
When I first signed up, they were running a 50% promotion for membership fees, but I had to sign up for their credit card as well. Uh, maybe I didn't fully understand what they were explaining to me at the time, but I think two are tied together? Regardless, I'm just ready to drop both to save on the annual fees and simplify my financial life. I just don't go to BJ's enough to warrant paying for it.
September 10th, 2024 at 12:50 am 1725929444
If you don't go to BJs regularly, it sounds like it's not worth maintaining the membership or the CC.
Personally, we shop there regularly so we get great value from our membership. I also try to get gas there whenever I can as they are always about 10 cents cheaper than the cheapest station around. I won't go out of my way for it but if I'm in that area when I need gas, I'll go there.
September 11th, 2024 at 05:19 pm 1726075144
Yeah, I've been trying it for a year, and so far, all I have really done is stock up on toilet paper, paper towels, and water occasionally. Their rotisserie chicken is nice too though, but overall, that's about it.
September 11th, 2024 at 07:20 pm 1726082447
Yeah, I've been trying it for a year, and so far, all I have really done is stock up on toilet paper, paper towels, and water occasionally. Their rotisserie chicken is nice too though, but overall, that's about it."
I'm doing well. I retired in June and am spending my time doing a lot more reselling on ebay and more.
A number of years ago, we used Groupons to join both Costco and BJs for a year. We visited each multiple times to check out their products and see how we liked them. We quickly realized that Costco wasn't for us but BJs was. They sell a lot more products that we use and in sizes that make sense for us. My wife was on an OTC medicine for quite a while and just the savings on that alone more than covered the cost of membership. She no longer takes it but we get enough other stuff there to still be worth it. We don't go weekly but at least once a month we go and stock up on the items that we like from there.
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September 21st, 2024 at 12:16 am 1726877781
Then I'll watch for their half-price deals on facebook or elsewhere. I do like their gas prices, which are always the lowest in my area. I don't have their credit card though.
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