WholeSale Clubs

Do you belong to one of the many infamous wholesale clubs that exist these days? The three located here locally are: Sams, Costco & BJ's.

For years, Ben and I have belonged to Sams Club. There are several locations and always have great deals for bulk purchasing.

About a year ago, we got wind that BJ's isn't just a wholesale club but it is the ONLY wholesale club that accepts COUPONS! Yep, you read that correctly - they accept COUPONS! Unfortunately, we had just renewed our membership with Sams when we heard it and didn't want to belong to two different wholesale clubs.

So a few weeks ago, our membership at Sams expired again and off we went to join BJ's. I pumped the girl at the service desk pretty hard about their coupon policy and wanted to share with you what I've learned.

There are two locations in town. One in Orange Park and one on Baymeadows & Philips Hwy.

They themselves put out a coupon book every month. As a member these coupon books will be mailed to you each month. In addition to those coupon books, when you walk in the door, there is also a table with additional coupons on it and they have coupons on their website you can print too! And they even have some internet only deals!

So here is the policy from their website:

Can I use coupons?
Absolutely! BJ’s accepts all manufacturers’ coupons — including the ones that come in your Sunday newspaper — giving you additional savings on top of our everyday low prices. Plus, we offer BJ’s Members-only coupons throughout the year. After all, saving you money is what BJ’s is all about.

You can get your exclusive BJ’s coupons:

• Online. To access and print online coupons, you will need to activate your Profile by creating a Password.
• In BJ’s Journal, a BJ’s Member magazine
• Through special-offer mailings
• In BJ’s in-Club coupon flyers

Can I use more than one coupon?
You may not use more than one coupon on a single item. However, if you buy a multi-pack (a pack that contains multiple full-sized packages of a single product shrink-wrapped together) you may use multiple coupons.

For example, if you have 2 coupons for 50% off an 8-oz. bottle of face cleanser and you are buying a multi-pack that contains 2 or more 8-oz. bottles of face cleanser you may use both coupons.

What they neglect to tell you is that you can also stack coupons! You can use a BJ's coupon along with manufacture coupons! Woo Hoo!

For example. Ben needed Zyrtec. So I grabbed the item off the shelf. The item was the same price as it was at Sam's Club - $31.99

I used the $5.00 BJ's coupon from their booklet. New Price: $26.99

Then becuase there were TWO bottles of Zyrtec in the package, I could use 2 manu. coupons. The coupons I used were $4/1 each! So that was an additional $8 off! New Price: $18.99!!

So just for shopping at BJ's vs. Sam's Club I saved an EXTRA $13.00!!

Not bad since buying it at Walgreens at regular price is $50 for the two bottles!!

The price to Join BJ's is $45 - which is $10 more than Sam's (I think) and the same price as Costco.

But when you join, you then get a $10 off anything coupon - similar to an RR or ECB! So when you take that into account, you really only paid $35 which is the same as a Sam's membership!

So I took my $10 coupon and applied it to my Zyrtec and walked out paying $8.75!

BJ's stores are clean, open and friendly. They also have self check out and what seems to be shorter lines than Sam's but that is still up for debate.

If you've not joined yet and aren't sure you want to, then swing by for a FREE 30 or 60 day pass! Try them out for free while nabbing a few great deals in the mean time!

Do you know of any AWESOME deals at BJ's that we can all take advantage of?

Happy Shopping!