If you're carefully watching your finances, there's no denying that Costco can be a great place to shop. However, you may want to think twice before heading to the warehouse store if it's tires ...

As a Costco employee, the best things I bought at the store this year include the Kirkland Signature rotisserie chicken and ...

But just to get groceries and to go to the nearby wilderness to pretend to be a tree? Way overkill. That's a difference of $264, a 44% savings over Costco tires. I can do a lot with $264 where I live.