# Shortages and stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [August 26, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839 "2021-08-26T00:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/kenny/32/53_2.png) [@Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Kenny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/442 "2022-07-20T20:20:26Z")
> [@DeepPurple](#): > > When I vacation, I have been known to plan my trip around access to out-of-state Costcos, so I have been to many. You must be a super fun travel partner šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/443 "2022-07-20T20:31:01Z")
> [@DeepPurple](#): > > the fun part is seeing what the (up to) 5% differences are! Wife and I were recently in Hawaii, so we made sure to visit the Costco there. They had Macadamia nuts (Mauna Loa, I believe) in their snack aisles, so we bought a bag. On my next trip to a Costco in the mainland I saw them there, too, so as Michael Scott would say, ā€œFool me once - strike one, but fool me twice, strike three.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/444 "2022-07-20T20:47:48Z")
> [@DeepPurple](#): > > Bottlegging New Glarus to Illinois is a common thing to do I know a guy that brings cases of it to GA ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/445 "2022-07-20T20:52:47Z")
Does he drive a Trans Am? And his partner truck driver has a basset hound? Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/446 "2022-07-20T21:07:10Z")
> [@dr\_t\_non-fan](#): > > Does he drive a Trans Am? And his partner truck driver has a basset hound? Great minds think alike, DTNF. I totally (& independently) thought up that idea that someone should remake that with New Glarus instead of Coors. That was 45 years ago. Who would you cast as the 4 leads? ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/447 "2022-07-20T21:38:02Z")
I went to Ireland once and on the way out they had duty free whiskey bottles of a brand that I had liked and had not seen in the US so I lugged back 3 of them. Of course Costco had them for the same price when I got back home about a week later. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/448 "2022-07-20T21:43:46Z")
Duty free is usually a bit of a scam. Prices are often decent like you experienced here, but you can often get the same stuff at about the same price at home and not have to lug that around. If thereā€™s something special in duty free that you canā€™t find at home, that can be worthwhile. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/449 "2022-07-20T21:47:13Z")
I havenā€™t planned around it, but Iā€™ve been to Costco in Maui twice. ---
**Author:** ![DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/deeppurple/32/1551_2.png) [@DeepPurple](https://community.goactuary.com/u/DeepPurple)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/450 "2022-07-20T21:51:19Z")
> [@DeepPurple](#): > > There are 10 in the greater Chicago area Sorry, I was wrong. There are 20 Costcos in Chicagoland, not counting Kenosha or Rockford. The website initially only showed me the closest 10. > [@Kenny](#): > > You must be a super fun travel partner Iā€™m a veritable 1 man riot. ---
**Author:** ![Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/kenny/32/53_2.png) [@Kenny](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Kenny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/451 "2022-07-20T22:12:34Z")
> [@DeepPurple](#): > > Iā€™m a veritable 1 man riot. Damn it! That is literally the phrase I was trying to come up with and couldnā€™t. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/452 "2022-07-20T22:28:00Z")
Iā€™ve been to the Costco in Maui a couple of times too! Love Costco. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/453 "2022-07-20T22:29:26Z")
> [@DeepPurple](#): > > Great minds think alike, DTNF. I totally (& independently) thought up that idea that someone should remake that with New Glarus instead of Coors. That was 45 years ago. Who would you cast as the 4 leads? OK, thatā€™s a good question. Toughish guy with an irreverent sense of humorā€¦ Shia LaBeouf Perky gal, but not too pretty (according to the history, Sally Field was deemed not pretty enough for the role), someone who needs a big movie part can be straight or comicā€¦ Sarah Hyland Fun-lovinā€™ trucker guy who loves dogsā€¦ H Jon Benjamin (just for the Archer voice) No-nonsense, but inept sheriffā€¦ The Paul Blart guy (typecasting, I know) ---
**Author:** ![1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/1695814/32/38506_2.png) [@1695814](https://community.goactuary.com/u/1695814)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/454 "2022-07-20T23:03:10Z")
> [@ArthurItas](#): > > Duty free is usually a bit of a scam Duty Free is the biggest sucker deal in retail. Do you know how much duty is? Duty is _nothing_. Itā€™s like sales taxā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nerdalert/32/683_2.png) [@NerdAlert](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NerdAlert)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/455 "2022-07-20T23:34:49Z")
RN ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/456 "2022-07-20T23:47:26Z")
Do the hot dogs live up to the hype ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/457 "2022-07-21T00:01:13Z")
I have a hard time paying for hot dogs anywhere else that cost more than their dogs, plus unlimited drinks (though it is Pepsi products, for now). The pizza is meh, and Iā€™m not usually starving to death, which is the state Iā€™d have to be in to buy it, and even then, Iā€™d have to ponder. We base our Costco trip timing on: 1. Whenever we run short on eggs (the five dozen we buy, and recently itā€™s two packs of those). Wife has two a day, and hard-boils six at a time for a few days. 2. During the flyer-discount period, and buy several of the items we regularly buy that irregularly are discounted. Anyway, I donā€™t get overly concerned when Costco is out of stuff. They evidently donā€™t stock items if they canā€™t make a reasonable profit. And they stock a ton of it when they can. ---
**Author:** ![Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/triweasel/32/159_2.png) [@Triweasel](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Triweasel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/458 "2022-07-21T00:05:11Z")
We were sad when they stopped carrying their take-n-bake pizzas. They were really tasty (not the same as the food court) and only $8 ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/459 "2022-07-21T00:18:46Z")
I never actually go into the Costco so I was curious about the dogs. I get deliveries often though. ---
**Author:** ![JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/jfg/32/8801_2.png) [@JFG](https://community.goactuary.com/u/JFG)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/460 "2022-07-21T00:25:55Z")
The hype is the price. A buck fifty to not be hungry. I donā€™t like soda much and the lemonade option was some crap lite stuff, so now Iā€™d rather the pizza or a smoothie. Theyā€™re both more than $1.50 though. ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839/461 "2022-07-21T01:55:25Z")
The hot dogs are good. Theyā€™re all beefā€¦ taste similar to Nathanā€™s, but theyā€™re 1/4 pound. I think the pizza is nothing special, but itā€™s fine. Better than Dominos, which admittedly isnā€™t saying a ton. And itā€™s $2 for a gargantuan slice. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839.md?page=22) [Next page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/shortages-and-stuff/3839.md?page=24)