Comments on: Free 60-Day Pass To BJ’s Wholesale Club. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/05/11/free-60-day-pass-to-bjs-wholesale-club/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:28 -0500 hourly 1 By: Meghan http://www.mytwodollars.com/2009/05/11/free-60-day-pass-to-bjs-wholesale-club/comment-page-1/#comment-32825 Meghan Mon, 11 May 2009 20:25:03 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/?p=2052#comment-32825 My husband and I recently got one of the 60-day coupons in the mail. We ended up with a membership and are very happy with it so far--cat food is literally half as much at BJ's as it is where we'd been buying previously, and the savings over the course of three months will mean that the membership fee has already paid for itself. A tip if you're using the coupons: When you get there, don't go straight to the customer service counter. Instead, walk around the store and see what you think. If you like it, <i>then</i> go up to the counter. Why? Because for us, at least, when we presented our card, they offered us $10 off (in the form of a coupon) a 14-month (twelve, plus the two trial months) membership if we signed up right then. We'd already looked around the store and were ready to commit anyhow, so we got fourteen months for $35--not a bad deal at all, in my opinion. Overall, the store seems to be about on par with the rest of the big warehouse clubs. The real savings for us are on pet supplies (like I said, cat food is literally half as much as it is as Petsmart or WalMart), paper products, and children's clothes. One of the nice things about BJ's is that they accept manufacturer's coupons. The way that they work it is a bonus, though, because if you're buying, say, a three-pack of apple juice, and you have coupons for 75c off a single bottle of apple juice, you can give them three coupons and you'll end up getting $2.25 off. We had a coupon for 50c off a six-pack of toilet paper, plus there was a coupon for a dollar off a 24-pack in the circular they gave us. We ended up getting four bucks off the pack. Combining the BJ's-issued coupons with manufacturer's coupons can get you some great deals. My husband and I recently got one of the 60-day coupons in the mail. We ended up with a membership and are very happy with it so far–cat food is literally half as much at BJ’s as it is where we’d been buying previously, and the savings over the course of three months will mean that the membership fee has already paid for itself.

A tip if you’re using the coupons: When you get there, don’t go straight to the customer service counter. Instead, walk around the store and see what you think. If you like it, then go up to the counter. Why? Because for us, at least, when we presented our card, they offered us $10 off (in the form of a coupon) a 14-month (twelve, plus the two trial months) membership if we signed up right then. We’d already looked around the store and were ready to commit anyhow, so we got fourteen months for $35–not a bad deal at all, in my opinion.

Overall, the store seems to be about on par with the rest of the big warehouse clubs. The real savings for us are on pet supplies (like I said, cat food is literally half as much as it is as Petsmart or WalMart), paper products, and children’s clothes.

One of the nice things about BJ’s is that they accept manufacturer’s coupons. The way that they work it is a bonus, though, because if you’re buying, say, a three-pack of apple juice, and you have coupons for 75c off a single bottle of apple juice, you can give them three coupons and you’ll end up getting $2.25 off. We had a coupon for 50c off a six-pack of toilet paper, plus there was a coupon for a dollar off a 24-pack in the circular they gave us. We ended up getting four bucks off the pack. Combining the BJ’s-issued coupons with manufacturer’s coupons can get you some great deals.

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