Originally Posted by Helmet Head

One hurdle: so far, it's still considerably cheaper to drive to Costco and transport the $250 loot home in the car than pay to have it all shipped from costco.com. So far. Even assuming $1/mile cost of driving a car, the 6 mile roundtrip is only $6. Shipping $250 of toilet paper, paper towel and orange juice costs much more than that. Plus evaluating products in person is much more satisfying than doing it online.