First look at Costco Warehouse prices: $149,999 diamond ring to 48-roll toilet paper packs – New Zealand Herald
All prices will be revealed from next Wednesday when the store opens at 8am. Video / Carson Bluck
A 3.02 carat pear-shaped clarity solitaire diamond platinum ring sits on one side of the new Costco Warehouse at Westgate.
Its price? $149,999.99.
Across the other side of the 1.4ha store, Australian-made Kirkland Signature 3-ply 48-roll toilet ’tissue’ sells across the Tasman for A$34.99.
Patrick Noone shows off the $…….
All prices will be revealed from next Wednesday when the store opens at 8am. Video / Carson Bluck
A 3.02 carat pear-shaped clarity solitaire diamond platinum ring sits on one side of the new Costco Warehouse at Westgate.
Its price? $149,999.99.
Across the other side of the 1.4ha store, Australian-made Kirkland Signature 3-ply 48-roll toilet ’tissue’ sells across the Tasman for A$34.99.
Patrick Noone shows off the $149,999.99 diamond ring – the most expensive at Auckland’s new Costco Warehouse. Photo / Carson Bluck
Few goods today displayed prices at the members-only megastore. Australasian boss Patrick Noone wasn’t disclosing prices but all will be revealed from next Wednesday when the store opens at 8am.
Diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and pearls in glass display cabinets near the entranceway are among the items already priced.
So are hearing aids. A pair of Kirkland Signature digital rechargeable hearing aids are $1999.99, a pair of Phonak rechargeable aids are $3999.99 while Philips’ rechargeables are $2999.99/pair.
Audiology tests will be free and Noone said the aids would be delivered in around three days.
Noone at the audiology counter today. Photo / supplied
All goods in the New Zealand store will be displayed with prices which include GST.
Cartier glasses’ frames with 18ct gold trims are $1399 with free tests from an optician available.
Noone said people had already booked tests online and are coming in next week. “A turnaround of seven to 10 days is envisaged,” Noone said.
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“We have a system where we take the prescription to Seattle and they collect the lenses and put them in the frame in Sydney then transport them to Auckland.”
An Omega Seamaster stainless steel men’s watch is $27,999.99.
A Versace men’s watch is $1249, while a ladies’ Longines is $6449.99. Fossil, Ostrich and Skagen are other brands being sold at the warehouse.
The 10ft Towering Animated Reaper is ready for Halloween, intoning “save the last dance for me”, his skeleton lighting up in neon green, life-like LCD eyes, “realistic head turning and jaw movement, suitable for indoor and covered outdoor use”.
He retails across the Tasman for A$319.99.
Costco Australasian boss Patrick Noone with a 48-roll pack of toilet paper. Photo / Supplied
Beside him is the 10ft animated digit-eye soothsaying Halloween witch in purple and black, near an animated life-size headless horse …….
