Report On Costco Prices Stirs Debate
Reddit, once a quirky corner of the internet for cat memes and hobbyists, has devolved into a political petri dish where logic goes to die. It’s no secret the platform skews heavily to the left, but every so often, a post emerges that’s so deeply out of touch, so warped by ideology, that it unintentionally reveals far more than it intends. That moment arrived when a Reddit user voiced concern — not over rising costs, but falling ones.
Yes, in the year 2025, someone is worried that Costco is slashing prices.
The post, buried in Reddit’s “Economics” thread, reads like a fever dream of someone trying to rationalize a world that doesn’t align with their internal doomsday narrative. The user claims Costco’s falling prices feel “wrong,” likening normal business behavior — like discounting inventory and lowering prices due to reduced input costs — to an ominous economic omen. They don’t consider market forces. They don’t cite data. Instead, they offer vague feelings of dread because... things are getting cheaper.
This isn't just economic illiteracy. It's ideological panic.
Reddit’s leftist ecosystem has become so allergic to anything that might hint at economic improvement under conservative or pro-business policy environments that even price drops become suspect. The underlying assumption is clear: if the average American starts to feel relief at the checkout line, it could help Trump. And that, in their mind, is worse than enduring inflated grocery bills.
There really is something wrong with them. Now they are upset because prices are coming down.
♀️ pic.twitter.com/ASGEvIIiea— Sadie (@Sadie_NC) October 3, 2025
Costco's business model is well known. It caps markups at 14%. It’s famous for being the “first to lower, last to raise” prices. It raised membership fees last year for the first time in nearly ten years — using that revenue to help maintain competitive pricing. Gas prices are down, and inflation has cooled — 2.7% annual and 2.9% core. But rather than engage with these facts, the Reddit user jumps straight to existential anxiety, interpreting Costco’s discounts as a “bad sign.”
What’s really happening is simple: the economy is adjusting, supply chains have stabilized, and Costco is passing the savings on to its customers — just like they said they would.
But in the minds of Reddit’s professional pessimists, if consumers win and Trump even might benefit, it’s a crisis.