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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Right before it snows is NEVER a good time for Costco. Let alone most people still are not back to work from the holidays. You picked a bad day to go. [/quote]

+1 Wait a few weeks for the weather and holiday to calm down. This was a bad time to have your first Costco experience!

I’m less familiar with the MD stores but in VA, it’s known to avoid Fairfax, Sterling, and Pentagon City and to try Chantilly and [b]Alexandria Mt. Vernon [/b]instead. Springfield is also not bad but they are smaller and don’t have as much stock. I’ve been to Woodbridge once and thought it was fine I just hate driving around there. [/quote]

Just a humble brag.  I live one mile from the Mt Vernon Costco.  If the "light gods" are in my favor, I can be inside the Costco three minutes after I pull out of my driveway (yes, I've timed it!)  It is the closest "grocery store" to my house and I will often stop by even if I only need one item.  It is the smallest Costco I've ever been to so it doesn't carry as much stuff.  We used to go to the Springfield/Newington one before ours opened - I occasionally still stop in there and it is HUGE compared to the Mt Vernon one.

I agree with so many other posters on here on times to go and times to avoid:

GO: right when they open or an hour before close.  Late afternoon is also good - 3:00pm ish.  It's too early for people getting off work.  It's too close to elementary school pickup times.  I usually gas up before they open (between 8:00am - 9:00am) and never have to wait.

NO GO: The day after a closure.  The day before a closure or any holiday.  Saturdays and Sundays.  Lunchtime (11:00am - 1:00pm during the week.). The gas lines are usually crazy on Sunday nights - people topping off their tanks before the work week.[/quote]

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