A small asterisk on a Costco price tag is known by shoppers as the "death star." This symbol indicates that an item will not be restocked once the current inventory is sold. Items marked with the ...

What's the last thing you bought at Costco? A case of tomato sauce? Enough toilet paper to last the year? A $1.50 hot dog? Perhaps it was a computer or electronic device — after all, the wholesale big ...