Sams Club

I am so disappoint with the Optical center at the Sam’s clue on 34^th St in St. Petersburg’s FL. I went for an eye exam because I was unable to see clearly. After my exam I was given a pair of contact to try. I went to pay for my exam and get my prescription and Kevin (one of the optical staff) replies «oh know we don’t like to give out prescription». Kevin then informed me «we like for our clients to by the glasses and contacts here seen you had your exam here. I had to return three time after my exam because I could not see (street sign were blurry anything with in 50 feet was difficult to see).
After three visit back and forth my eyes are still not right. The Doctors answer to that was «well in your 50“s yours eye are not as good as they use to be. I informed her that I was only 47.
Sam clue has always had good services and great products. I have been a member for over 15 years but I will never use there optical department in St. Petersburg off of 34^th St, and I will advise anyone who is going for an eye exam to stay away from St. Pete optical in Sam’s clue. The staff is incompetent both Kevin and Mike and the Doctor have Know clue on how to treat customers.

Love SAMS club! Clean store and friendly and helpful workers. You need to have a SAMS card to get in. They have a photo area where u can print and order your pictures, they have a eyeglass and hearing area. They have a mini café. Big store! They have samples for you to try as you walk around the store. I recommend SAMS club.

This Sams Club was much needed in central Pinellas. We used to have to drive up to the one on Park Blvd when we lived in St. Petersburg. This store appears smaller than the Park Sams Club, but I am not sure that it is. It appears to have the same amount of stock and I have been able to find everything that I have needed in this location. I also love the cheap gas you can get out front if you are a member. It tends to run about 3 cents cheaper than the best local price
The only downside that I experienced with this particular Sams Club was the amount of time it took to get our membership cards. We purchased a Groupon and stopped in before work to redeem it. It took about an hour total. We had to wait in line for 25 minutes for the two employees who each had a customer each to become available. Then, we were called up to the employee only to find out that she couldn’t do the Groupon and had to call a manager to the front desk. She had to call him twice. He eventually showed up and we eventually were able to get our cards and coupons, but it took an hour. We were also told that they may be out of one of the coupons and that I may have to come back to get it switched out (shouldn’t they know that and automatically do it?). Poorly ran customer service wise… then again, they are associated with Walmart.
Luckily, I have been back many times since that first visit and I have used self checkout. Those shopping trips have all been employee-​free and wonderful. I would recommend Sams Club… just be prepared to wait if you need to go to customer service.

I’m glad to have a Sam’s club closer. Even though in general it is busy, I tend to luck out and have an easy time finding a decent parking place (except on weekend morning-​early afternoons, which I avoid at all costs). They have a good selection of produce and pre made foods. The bakery makes wonderful dishes (muffins, cookies and cakes are what I’ve had). Their lawn furniture tends to have reasonable prices and made of good quality materials. The staff is always friendly and helpful, even though I’m not a fan of having to wait in line to exit a store. I get why they need to check receipts, it’s just annoying at times.

I’m not a Sam’s Club person, but came here with my fiancé when we were getting items for our housewarming party. The location was clean and staff were friendly. They had a good selection of products. I still am not convinced to become a member myself for various reasons, but members will be happy to know that this is a good Sam’s Club location.

This is the nicest Sam’s I’ve been to in the area. It’s very big and clean. Staff is very helpful and best of all, the check out lines move pretty quickly. Lot’s of free samples as well. It also has gas and ample parking.

Amazing produce surprisingly. The store is newer, the staff are all extremely helpful and friendly. Food samples galore at most hours of the weekend, and usually tasty treats when not actively sampling. As far as big food warehouse stores go — this one is on the mark.

Very busy yet very clean. A few months ago I used the tire department and the tires I needed weren’t in stock, the sales guy called around and found a Walmart with the tires I needed. Thank you! The Vietnamese pharmacist is very helpful. The food items I shopped for were always in stock. I don’t have anything negative to say about this Sam’s Club.

Be cautious of Sam’s! Nothing wrong with the prices, though they are not as advantageous over regular discounters, as they portray. No, this is a cautionary note for members.
A little over two years ago, I befriended a lady that worked at Sam’s (a different store at the time). We met online and developed a friendship. As things evolved, we decided to try to put together an online company – partners, if you will. She transfered to store # 4861 in St. Pete, and suggested I get a club membership (said we could save on office stuff, etc. that we might need for the venture).
Now, as my name says; everyone knows me as «Lonnie», but it’s my middle name. I don’t use my first name, and only two people (my siblings) know that I have a (different) first name. So, I was shocked when my «friend/​partner» sent me an email… telling me that I had a different name, telling me what my driver’s license had on it – number of tickets… that my Sam’s membership was under «the other name» and that I had put my sister on the membership. oh, and also to go to…
Now the only way she could have learned of the «other name» and who else was on my account and what tickets I did or did not have — was to look up all of the members with my last name, copy that info and then buy a background report. Which is exactly what she said she did.
I complained to Sam’s, asking how lax supervision was that she could copy my info for her personal use. No, I’m not upset that she found out «who I am». because, I am «lonnie.» I was upset that any employee that works in the membership desk could just pull info on members… I even sent the managers a copy of the email where she stated what my «other «name was (remember I never told her… not hiding anything, no one knows about the «first» name) and who else was on my membership (since it’s not under lonnie – sam’s takes a copy of your DL, which is under my legal first name – she could only have gotten it by putting in the last name, looking at every member that popped up with the same last name, and then matching info) what my DL showed as far as ticktets, etc. result?
Sam’s (both the store manager and a district manager in Tampa) said it was just a boyfriend/​girlfriend spat. No, it wasn’t…BUT even using their «bf vs gf» scenario… one of their employees used company info for their personal use. That bothers me.
The woman in question is still working the membership desk, still free to (and why not, nothing came about doing it the first time) poke around members’ info, willy-​nilly.
So, go for the large quantities and some savings… But be very careful about your info that the company has on file, cause Sam”s doesn’t care.

Nice new location in St Pete with a Sam’s Fuel. My only 2 gripes here are parking can be a bit tight and tricky and the other is I wish Sam’s Club fuel took my Wright express fleet account, it would be nice to have a cheap place for fuel for my business.

I love the fact that I don’t have to travel all the way across the globe to get to a SAMs club now. I come here for the great deal on vegetables that I use throughout the month. Meats and veggies in bulk are a great deal and stops me from having to revisit grocery stores more than once a month.