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Floyd R. Turbo

(33,339 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:50 PM Monday

What would you do? My Keurig died last week. It lasted a measly 2 1/2 years. I bought it at Costco so they'll take it

back and give me a refund. I scored a new Keurig today on sale for $100. at another retailer.

Would you return the dead Keurig to Costco or just write off the $100.+ it cost?

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What would you do? My Keurig died last week. It lasted a measly 2 1/2 years. I bought it at Costco so they'll take it (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Monday OP
Nope...Costco stands behind the things they sell.... MiHale Monday #1
I do and I will! Floyd R. Turbo Monday #10
Get all your money back, and buy a french press. FoxNewsSucks Monday #2
Too much work! Floyd R. Turbo Monday #11
Yes and no, FoxNewsSucks Monday #22
I like Chemex. Pour over method... legallyblondeNYC Monday #3
Can't wait for my fix! Floyd R. Turbo Monday #12
Pour over cone, $10.99. Fresh grind. I can take it cachukis Monday #4
Yes. This has been my ideal solution for years now. Makes great coffee without waste. hlthe2b Monday #7
Too complicated! Floyd R. Turbo Monday #13
I just returned an air fryer to Costco that was purchased 1 1/2 years ago. Intractable Monday #5
True that! Floyd R. Turbo Monday #14
Screw the wasteful Keurig style coffee makers Bobstandard Monday #6
Exactly. Those capsules are full of plastics and other environmental contaminants...Pour over works great. hlthe2b Monday #8
You can take my Keurig when you pry it from my cold dead hands! Floyd R. Turbo Monday #15
That's how I feel about my gas stove, FoxNewsSucks Monday #21
Just like me! Wasteful and expensive!😁 Floyd R. Turbo 18 hrs ago #25
u can get a reusable thingie. mopinko Monday #23
I have one! Floyd R. Turbo 18 hrs ago #24
Nothing beats an electric kettle and instant coffee for convenience. hunter 15 hrs ago #39
For small batches I use a Coffee Gator. VGNonly Monday #9
Praise K-cups!😈 Floyd R. Turbo Monday #16
Stop beating around the bush! True Dough Monday #17
The first thing I'm going to do is raise the price of the hotdogs! 🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Monday #18
Ha! True Dough Monday #19
😬 Floyd R. Turbo Monday #20
Melita ceramic coffee dripper. no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago #26
I'd break it! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo 17 hrs ago #31
They make them in plastic too. Jes sayin' no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #45
I'd break it! Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #46
Return. The cost is built into their business model. They get good will with the public. bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #27
Good point! Floyd R. Turbo 17 hrs ago #32
I would stop wasting my money on Keurig, and buy a cheap Emile 17 hrs ago #28
I love my Keurig! Floyd R. Turbo 17 hrs ago #33
Just get a good drip coffee maker or a French Press then find a local person who roasts his or her's own Botany 17 hrs ago #29
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo 17 hrs ago #34
Those plastic prefilled coffee things are made from oil and non recyclable Botany 15 hrs ago #37
Thanks but I gave up grinding twenty years ago! Floyd R. Turbo 14 hrs ago #41
My friend can ship the beans ground. Botany 13 hrs ago #44
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #47
Just An Add-On ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #51
Return the broken one to Costco, return the new one and then buy one at Costco. What dem4decades 17 hrs ago #30
Costco doesn't have the model I bought! The most inexpensive one at Costco is $70.00 more than what I paid! Floyd R. Turbo 17 hrs ago #35
Costco doesn't buy the lower end models, that's how they can stand behind their products. dem4decades 16 hrs ago #36
The one I purchased normally retails for $180. to $210. depending on the retailer. Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #48
So Costco gives you $100. The new one costs $170 TexasBushwhacker 14 hrs ago #42
I bought a $180. + for $100. Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #49
Oh bummer on the change TexasBushwhacker 8 hrs ago #52
Can't wait! 😛 Floyd R. Turbo 4 hrs ago #54
I did not know that about Costco...makes me like them even more. maptap22 15 hrs ago #38
Wow! The longest I ever had one was five years! Floyd R. Turbo 14 hrs ago #40
2 Words.... Sane1 13 hrs ago #43
😬 Floyd R. Turbo 10 hrs ago #50
Take it back Figarosmom 8 hrs ago #53
🤗 Floyd R. Turbo 4 hrs ago #55

MiHale

(13,200 posts)
1. Nope...Costco stands behind the things they sell....
Mon May 25, 2026, 02:56 PM
Monday

I’d at very least …if you have your original receipt…I’d try…worst they can say is no.

FoxNewsSucks

(11,954 posts)
22. Yes and no,
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:27 PM
Monday

I have a one-mug ceramic press that I use at home, and an insulated stainless steel 34 oz press that I take for work when I make coffee for myself and a couple others.

At home, I have what I should probably consider an embarrassingly-complex ritual that I go through to make myself HOT coffee, and it's sooooooo good. It is more work, and it does take longer than just pushing a button.

At work and traveling with the group, I just make the large press of coffee, dump the grinds and that's all. It's not that much more work.

A while back, I stayed a week at a place that only had a Keurig so I bought a box of K-cups from a local roaster whose beans I often buy when I'm in that city. It was a lot better than the starbucks and Folgers cups provided, but not even close to as good as the exact same coffee made in a french press.

legallyblondeNYC

(198 posts)
3. I like Chemex. Pour over method...
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:20 PM
Monday

Yeah it takes longer but my coffee is oh, so good (and no plastic touches my morning brew).

Intractable

(2,408 posts)
5. I just returned an air fryer to Costco that was purchased 1 1/2 years ago.
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:33 PM
Monday

Damn thing just stopped working.

They took it back, no problem.

Costco is one of few companies that actually inspire customer loyalty.

Bobstandard

(2,386 posts)
6. Screw the wasteful Keurig style coffee makers
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:40 PM
Monday

Better, cheaper coffee from just about any style coffee maker. Those capsules are an abomination against nature.

hlthe2b

(114,769 posts)
8. Exactly. Those capsules are full of plastics and other environmental contaminants...Pour over works great.
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:58 PM
Monday

FoxNewsSucks

(11,954 posts)
21. That's how I feel about my gas stove,
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:19 PM
Monday

but k-cups are wasteful and expensive. The coffee is OK, if it's a good coffee. I've used them in hotels.

hunter

(40,884 posts)
39. Nothing beats an electric kettle and instant coffee for convenience.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:53 AM
15 hrs ago

It's also a quick and easy way to make tea and hot chocolate.

I've been known to drink cheap beer too.

My wife prefers quality.

I like to keep things simple.

The ritual of making or buying coffee does nothing for me.

My wife bought a Keurig as some kind of compromise.

We have a French press, manual drip coffee maker, and grinder so we can make fancy coffee if we choose to. We've also got the reusable k-cups. Most days those sit in the cupboard.

When I'm being an annoying environmentalist I'd say that simply growing coffee is bad for the environment. There may be ways of getting a caffeine fix with similar ritual that have a smaller environmental footprint.

VGNonly

(8,568 posts)
9. For small batches I use a Coffee Gator.
Mon May 25, 2026, 05:54 PM
Monday

Pour through glass, with a very fine mesh stainless steel paperless filter.

Big batches a stovetop old fashioned steel percolator.

Plastic is the DEVIL!

True Dough

(27,368 posts)
17. Stop beating around the bush!
Mon May 25, 2026, 08:43 PM
Monday

Just buy the entire Costco operation call it "Floyd's". Then the coffee-maker will be the least of your worries.



True Dough

(27,368 posts)
19. Ha!
Mon May 25, 2026, 09:04 PM
Monday

That would be one way to ensure you're even less popular than the current White House incumbent!

no_hypocrisy

(55,458 posts)
26. Melita ceramic coffee dripper.
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:13 AM
18 hrs ago

$8.99 and you use #2 sized filters.

Works well for commercial ground coffee (Maxwell House, Chock Full 'O Nuts) as well as home-ground and store-ground beans.

Just don't chip or break it.

bucolic_frolic

(55,929 posts)
27. Return. The cost is built into their business model. They get good will with the public.
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:24 AM
18 hrs ago

It's simply your turn to be covered.

I'm learning new ways to coffee. The rec is to buy light roast beans, grind fresh weekly, to max chlorogenic acid. Not sure the hardware I'll use. Boiled water over grounds is my low-tech method for years.

Emile

(43,367 posts)
28. I would stop wasting my money on Keurig, and buy a cheap
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:27 AM
17 hrs ago

Hamilton Beach coffee pot for around $15.00 @ a dollar store.

Botany

(77,917 posts)
29. Just get a good drip coffee maker or a French Press then find a local person who roasts his or her's own
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:48 AM
17 hrs ago

… beans and grind them yourself. Much better coffee.

Those Keurig machines are terrible for the planet.

Botany

(77,917 posts)
37. Those plastic prefilled coffee things are made from oil and non recyclable
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:30 AM
15 hrs ago

And fresh ground beans taste much.

P. Mail me if you want some information on a little local coffee place in Columbus. He roasts his
own beans and ships them anyplace. Btw I get nothing out of this. It really is a small business.

https://joe.coffee/locations/oh/columbus/yeah-me-too-coffee-columbus/





Botany

(77,917 posts)
44. My friend can ship the beans ground.
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:57 AM
13 hrs ago

BRW you can never be unhappy when you
are grinding your own coffee beans.

ProfessorGAC

(77,343 posts)
51. Just An Add-On
Tue May 26, 2026, 03:18 PM
10 hrs ago

Nearly all plastic is non-recyclable.
Other than sneaker uppers & carpets, the amount of recycle that can be used in new plastics is very small.
7% recycle is considered very good. 4 or 5% much more likely.
None at all is still too common.
Compound that with the fact that people only feed about 70% of plastics into the recycle stream and plastic recycling starts to look more like myth than reality.
It's why I'm such a strong proponent of a return to paper.
Milk, juices, household cleaners, prepared meats, bags for groceries....
Those things, made of paper/cardboard, served us well for a couple hundred years. Going back to that offers no downside to the consumer & eliminates millions of tons of plastic waste.

dem4decades

(14,427 posts)
30. Return the broken one to Costco, return the new one and then buy one at Costco. What
Tue May 26, 2026, 07:53 AM
17 hrs ago

are you thinking, reward Costco for being a good company, it will only reward you back.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,339 posts)
35. Costco doesn't have the model I bought! The most inexpensive one at Costco is $70.00 more than what I paid!
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:11 AM
17 hrs ago

dem4decades

(14,427 posts)
36. Costco doesn't buy the lower end models, that's how they can stand behind their products.
Tue May 26, 2026, 08:55 AM
16 hrs ago

TexasBushwhacker

(21,307 posts)
42. So Costco gives you $100. The new one costs $170
Tue May 26, 2026, 11:21 AM
14 hrs ago

So you get a $170 model for $70 and it will last longer than 2.5 years. It's a win/win, for you and Costco.

But please, at least switch to compostable pods.

https://sfbaycoffee.com/products/bay-bridge-blend-onecup-coffee-pods-80-count

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,339 posts)
49. I bought a $180. + for $100.
Tue May 26, 2026, 03:11 PM
10 hrs ago

I used SF Bay French roast for years then they changed the blend due to supply chain issues. 😢

TexasBushwhacker

(21,307 posts)
52. Oh bummer on the change
Tue May 26, 2026, 04:59 PM
8 hrs ago

I've never been Keurig fan anyway. I want my coffee to BREW. French press or drip for me.

maptap22

(280 posts)
38. I did not know that about Costco...makes me like them even more.
Tue May 26, 2026, 09:46 AM
15 hrs ago

I have had the same Keurig since 2012. I keep waiting for it to die but it just keeps going.

They are most likely making them cheaper and cheaper now.

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