I was thinking. Does anyone else go to GNC for their vitamins and supplements? Is it worth it I mean compaired to Walmart? Is the Gold card worth it? I've always gone to Walmart but lately they keep running out of everything, and they no longer carry the vanilla whey protien powder just the chocolate. Some opinions please, would be apprediated.

I go to GNC all the time because it's the only thing in my area that has a full stock of the Atkins products. The bake mix, in particular, I've had trouble finding at other stores.

If you're going to shop at GNC, the gold card is probably going to be worth it, especially if you're buying your supplements there. It only costs $15 for the card, and I made that money back plus some on my second trip.

~Ryan

Also go fully armed. GNC will price match any store. Well atleast the one over here does. So I think it might be the same all over.

Thanks for responding. Ryan, is that $15 a year or only once? MaryToU, I have read in these forums that it is actually different at different locations and with different employees.

i paid 10 dollars for my gnc gold card and if you shop there the first week of the month it is well worth it, you save 30% during that week, at least we do here. i have noticed they have everything as compared to walmart is hit and miss. although our superwalmart now has an atkins/low carb complete aisle. they just tend to run out of the things you need when you need them most.

Only 10 bucks for the gold card? Man, I got ripped off! I'm not sure if it's for the year or a one time thing, I didn't really ask at the time. I guess I'll find out this december.

I still think it was worthwhile though, even at 50% more than what 2brickie paid.

~Ryan

Our's is $15 a year, but my DH saved more than that on his first trip. It even has a freezer section with quite a few Atkins products.


Mims

I never go into GNC---what does the Gold card give you? And are the prices better than WalMart?

Here's a link to the GNC goldcard info:
http://www.gnc.com/goldcard/

Hrm, it looks like the goldcard only gets you the big discount on the first week of the month. That's frustrating, but it's still fairly doable with a bit of planning.

~Ryan

I think at GNC in Canada we get the discount throughout the entire month. I've only shopped there once, so don't hold me to that!

We had to pay $15 for the card, which is good for a year. And the card payed for itself that first day, but things still seemed a little pricey. They also had a great selection of low carb snack things if you're looking for that kind of stuff.

Mine is $15 a year. 20% off the first 7 days of the month (a major pain since I live so far away) there are some discounts all month. Last month I got 30% off the zero carb bake mix.. so it pays to check.

I don't think I'm saving much overall, since the discount brings their price down to what I'd pay at Wal-Mart..but Wal-mart doesn't have much to choose from and/or is out a lot!

my gold card was $15 too. My second trip there saved me nearly $20 tho so I got it back already plus some. I agree that Wal-Mart might be cheaper, but I like GNC because the usually have people there who know what they are talking about, instead of me looking at a bunch of bottles at WalMart and not being able to decide what I want to buy. Our GNC here in my town is little and doesn't have tons of atkins products, mostly bars and stuff, but they have a goodly selection of the rest of the vitamins I take. I heard the GNC's in Columbus has a much greater selection.

Just keep watch. The Gold Card goes on sale every so often. The regular price is $15. but in November and December there was a $10. sale. I renewed mine a little early to get the discount.

If you can plan out your supplements that you want to take, you can get the much cheaper on-line. I buy all of my vitamins and aminos on-line for much cheaper than any store. The trick to getting it much cheaper is first using froogle.com or shopping.yahoo.com and then ordering a big supply to offset the shipping costs. With this method you can get the high quality vitamins (I recommend solgar brand) for less than you would pay for store-brand ones. You can also get LC candy and soy stuff on-line but I haven't tried that yet. Be wary of Walgreens and CVS because they will gouge you (i.e. $15 for 50 ketostix ~ walgreens while you can get 100 for $6 w/ shipping online).

GNC has a company policy that they have to match competitor's prices so anytime I want something that Walmart is out of or if I want a different flavor of something, I go to GNC and show them my old Walmart receipt and I get a great deal!