- Today I have 10 things you
should not buy at Sam's Club. Welcome back to the channel I'm "The Deal Guy, Matt Granite I'm here to make sure you don't overspend, I'm here to watch out for
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not buy at Sam's Club is, hold on I'm just gonna
reach down and grab that, laundry detergent. So a couple things you might not know about buying laundry
detergent at Sam's Club. There are many great
items that you can buy but this is the number
one thing I would not buy as we count down the top 10 mainly because your best
laundry detergent deals actually appear at your grocery store on the first and third week of the month. Second buying laundry detergent from whatever brand you
choose, Tide or otherwise, is not good in bulk. Over time the composition of the laundry detergent degrades, it's formula can become affected and if you've ever shopped on Amazon, a reminder just simply searching for Tide will pull up many hidden coupons. I have a full video that shows you how to find the hidden coupons on Amazon but all of these savings here far outweigh any benefit membership cost you would get at Sam's Club if you're shopping for detergent. The second thing I would
not buy from Sam's Club, home security systems,
smart home products, and many other tricks employed by all sorts of big-box retailer stores and warehouse clubs so you
have no idea what's going on. Let's take a look at the 10-piece SimpliSafe Home Security System. It's a great alarm system I've actually done a full review of this on my YouTube channel and Ring Security and so on and so forth, but they package the systems together so it's impossible for
you to actually figure out if you're saving money. So Sam's Club will sell
the SimpliSafe 10-Piece kit but if you go to Amazon
you're gonna find savings but it's tied to their 9-Piece kit, there is no 10-Piece kit. And if you actually look dollar for dollar at all of the offers being
aparted to the consumer the 5-Piece kit on Amazon would give you the best bang for your buck if you added all of the other
components independently and that's of course at the time that I'm recording this video. It's very difficult to see what's going on and that same thing holds true
for this example, TP-Link. They've got this member-only price and if you look at the member-only price and you actually compare
the 3-Pack to the 4-Pack, because there is no 3-Pack
being sold at Amazon, just as an example,
your savings are better on the 4-Pack dollar for dollar but many warehouse clubs, Sam's, Costco, BJ's, create these strange numbers of products so it's impossible to price compare. And unless you're
evaluating each component on a price-by-price basis
it's very difficult to know what's going on. The third thing I would
not buy at Sam's Club, toilet paper. While all paper products are actually a great deal at Sam's Club if you look at the bathroom tissue and they have their own brands and different offers and numbers so it's also very difficult
to know what's going on you're going to find that specifically for bathroom tissue all of the best deals are
now being passed along to grocery stores. Based on how shopping habits have changed and if you guys remember
that not so recent bathroom tissue shortage issue, manufacturer's of toilet paper quickly realized that the
bulk of those purchases are being made at grocery stores and they passed all of the incentives, many of the available rebates and coupons, along to grocery stores. So same thing, the first
and third week of the month are going to be the best
and the most aggressive. But for other paper products
like tissue, and Kleenex, you're going to actually do
better at Sam's Club on those just not toilet paper. The fourth thing I would not
buy at Sam's Club, grills. You're going to find that there's Member's Mark 4-Burner
Outdoor Gas Griddles and grill combos, but if
you look dollar for dollar at what's being offered and
the aggressive discounts from Home Depot, or even Lowe's, the bigger brands, like Weber, passed their top discounts along and many other incentives,
and free delivery perks, and rebates available
to Home Depot and Lowe's over Sam's Club and that the same with other warehouse clubs. That would be something I
would not buy from Sam's Club. And the fifth spot of what I
would not buy at Sam's Club, oh my goodness am I weak,
hoo, not just emotionally but physically I can barely
lift this thing, sound bars. This is a sound bar system, (package banging) woo, that I am reviewing. You're going to find that Sam's Club not the most well-known
for sound bar deals and yet so many members
stock up on this purchase all the time. So if you look at their Vizio SmartCast Wireless Soundbar System
that they're offering, instant savings to get you
really excited about it on their member page, 149 down from 199. Did you know that this
system is actually from 2017 and that there are prices that are lower, I realize the merchant
that I just called up has a shipping fee attached to it. At different times over
the course of this week when I've been following this price there's been more stock,
it was a Prime item, now it's not, but the point being the pricing was more aggressive on Amazon for the exact same thing and
you know what to be honest I wouldn't even buy this
soundbar system to begin with, although I love Vizio, from either place, Sam's Club makes it seem
very attractive to you, if you look on Amazon
you know that it's older, but if you look at some
of the other offerings, well you're going to find
better soundbar deals from brands like Polk and
Samsung and LG and Sony at more aggressive deals, even their in-house brand
Insignia, which I don't love, had some crazy low deals where by the time you accessorize this you're using newer technology and you're getting a
better deal from Best Buy. And the number six spot of what you should not buy
at Sam's Club, mattresses. Sam's Club was never known
as a mattress retailer, they do so many things great at Sam's Club but mattresses is not one of them. So first of all many of the
deals that are passed along that have instant savings
don't have free shipping, so you are paying a shipping fee in some cases on mattresses. The mattress section on Sam's Club is not that easy to navigate. You see deals but some are top rated, some are instant savings,
some have free shipping and then some don't actually
even arrive at your door, and I'm sorry a curbside
pickup for a mattress is not always the most convenient thing. Even when you get to some
of the mattress offer pages you're going to find that
there's generally one size and it can only be purchased in a club which doesn't really
help you with the website and so on and so forth. I'd go to Overstock or
another furniture store that you know of that
specializes in mattress deals, but Overstock as a whole, if you look at Serta just as an example, Overstock not only has
aggressive mattress discounts on Serta, as an example,
but risk free trials and free shipping in most cases and a very good selection of mattresses to shop from and choose from. You can see Twin, King, California, all available, free shipping. And just as another example right here if you wanted a Full
or a Queen on this set, which is a great deal,
you also know how long the deals are going to last and I like that level of transparency. There's also mattress warranty
plans that you can purchase. It's just a little bit more
of a transparent system on Overstock as an example. Now in order to have
any fellow subscribers, or viewers, and if you're
not gonna subscribe or you're just a viewer please feel free to subscribe I would love you if you did that, but if you've shopped at Sam's Club and purchased furniture that
you've been really happy with please let me know. I've done a couple of purchases and I was not blown away by furniture so I'm putting that on my
top list, number seven, of what I would not buy at Sam's Club, but correct me if I'm wrong. I have actually found that
if you look at the furniture available on Sam's Club, just
as I would never recommend buying furniture from Walmart, Wayfair has constant sales,
more aggressive discounts, and things that from what I'm told are a little bit more in style. Now if you guys are
looking at me right now you'll know that I have zero style, but I have someone in my life who is and she would favor Wayfair
any day over Sam's Club and my aunt is an interior designer and I've interviewed her
and spoken to other people so I'm just letting you know that perhaps Wayfair would be
a way better way to go. And in the number eight spot of what I would not purchase
at Sam's Club, laptops. Now there is one exception, Black Friday there are specific manufacturer deals that are passed along
to Sam's Club members, and those are great,
as well as Apple deals that actually occur Black
Friday through Cyber Monday, awesomeness galore, but day in day out, and a reminder I will have your best Black Friday and Cyber Monday and holiday deals when they come, you're not going to do
that well searching for laptop or Chromebook deals on Sam's Club. Just as an example if you
simply type in HP 14 inch, just to show you what pulls up, you get this Chromebook right now with a not so great processor,
I guess average RAM, very small solid-state
drive measly at 16 gigs, like most smart phones have
more capability then that and well the fact that
you get a graphics card is decent, so on and so forth, 249, not a particularly good
price for those specs. Just to put that into perspective if you shopped for the
same search on Best Buy you're going to see an actual laptop, rather then just a Chromebook, with the same amount of memory but you get 128 gig solid-state drive, way better than 16, and
VAMB processor on here spec for spec. I would say you're doing better at 239 with a price-match guarantee
and a 14 inch screen versus the 249 for
whatever the heck this is. So just to put that into perspective on a simple search
you're not going to find great things available at Sam's Club with few exceptions over
the course of the year. In the number nine spot of what I would not buy at Sam's Club, or on samsclub.com, appliances. And I think you guys
might actually know this because this is not one of
the most popular departments but it is being aggressively marketed toward members right now and that's why I am posting
this video just so you're aware. If you look dollar for dollar
at the appliance deals, and the appliance bundles, I'm not gonna waste your time comparing every bundle right now 'cause I don't know how many of you are buying large-scale
appliances, but you will find the appliance special
buys much more aggressive, with better delivery services, and in my opinion a broader
selection of products at Home Depot. And I'm not trying to
vouch for Home Depot, there's plenty of things I
wouldn't buy at Home Depot, but I am just comparing it to Sam's Club. Even on the so-called
seasonal necessities, the discounts are much
more aggressive as a whole, in the appliance section, on Home Depot. Just to put it into perspective if you are looking for a
Dyson Cordless Stick Vac, as I know some people are right now, you're going to find a price of 249 for anyone shopping at Home Depot. If you were to search
for that at Sam's Club you're first of all not
going to even find it and you're stuck with a
slightly older model at 259. So again, brand new 249 for the V8, the V7 259. I'm not excited by that. As someone that is a consumer reporter and a deal hunter and
I search for bargains I want up-to-date technology, not a soundbar from 2017,
and I want the lowest prices. Sam's Club just not
able to pass that along. And in the number 10 spot of what I would not buy at Sam's Club, skincare products. I'll tell you right now
if you actually look at the skincare line discounts that are being passed along to customers you're going to do very well
at your local drugstore. So were talking CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, wherever it is that you shop you're going to do better
then at Sam's Club. On something like Pantene
on my Amazon coupon search I can actually pull up more coupons and better dollar for dollar
savings per fluid ounce versus Sam's Club, but that doesn't mean I would always buy Pantene on Amazon. You're still going to find better prices at your local pharmacy, again, not everything should
be purchased everywhere. One of the big pieces of advice that I pass along to
anyone that's kind enough to subscribe to this channel, or just people watching, is we can't buy everything everywhere. You can't say I'm making all
of my purchases at Sam's Club, or I only buy this at Target, because a lot of the times
over the course of the year the discounts offered will fluctuate and different brands will
favor different stores. A lot of it is tied to distribution contracts that they have and those change over
the course of the year. So this information
that I'm giving you now is valid until I upload another video and tell you what to buy at that season, or at that particular time, so maybe that's a good
reason to subscribe, but that was not my point. But my point was that
the deals are different based on store, based on time of year, and based on what's going on in the world. So I wanna thank you for
being a part of my world. Thank you so much for watching. I love you have a great rest of your week and thank you for making me part of it. Bye-bye.
