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1-Yr Costco Gold Star Membership w/ $40 Costco Card & $40 Off Online Orders $250+

w/ Auto-Renewal (New Costco Members Only)

$60

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Groupon or LivingSocial is offering 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership w/ $40 Costco Shop Card & $40 Off Online Orders $250+ on sale for $60 w/ Auto Renewal valid for New Costco Members only. Thanks tuang2003

Note, to qualify for the promotional incentives, new members must sign up for auto-renewal of the Costco Membership using VISA credit/debit card.

Includes
  • 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership w/ Auto-Renewal
  • $40 Costco Shop Card (gift card is valid towards any purchase, including gas)
  • $40 Off Any Order of $250+ on Costco.com
  • Membership Card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 18

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Offer valid for new members and those who membership expired prior to April 1, 2020. Not valid for the renewal of an existing Costco membership. Promotional value expires December 31, 2020. To qualify, you must redeem your voucher by December 31, 2020. Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Groupon or LivingSocial is offering 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership w/ $40 Costco Shop Card & $40 Off Online Orders $250+ on sale for $60 w/ Auto Renewal valid for New Costco Members only. Thanks tuang2003

Note, to qualify for the promotional incentives, new members must sign up for auto-renewal of the Costco Membership using VISA credit/debit card.

Includes
  • 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership w/ Auto-Renewal
  • $40 Costco Shop Card (gift card is valid towards any purchase, including gas)
  • $40 Off Any Order of $250+ on Costco.com
  • Membership Card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 18

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
Offer valid for new members and those who membership expired prior to April 1, 2020. Not valid for the renewal of an existing Costco membership. Promotional value expires December 31, 2020. To qualify, you must redeem your voucher by December 31, 2020. Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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cyfan
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Nah. Try Sam's Scan and Go and you'll wonder why you're waiting in line at Costco.
ellemdee
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According to the fine print, the $40 gift card and $40 off $250 online code are mailed 4-6 weeks after you activate the membership, but they also both expire on Dec 31. Keep that in mind if you plan to wait a while to activate, especially with all of the delays various delivery services have been experiencing lately, which are only likely to worsen as we get closer to Christmas.

edit: Groupon has confirmed in this thread that both the $40 off $250 online code and the $40 Shop Card expire at the end of January.

Also, the Groupon offer itself is available until August 31st.
thatswhatshesaid
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Yes, you have about 11 months to do that.

Remember to sign up at BEGINNING of the month as membership always expires at end of month, 13 for 12.

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MikeRich
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Quote from RVD26 :
I can't think of anything I would want to purchase that is $250+.
I never spend that much at one time at Sams or anywhere else.
Is this still a good deal if I have no plan to use to the $40 off?
If you will use the membership anyway, yes. You will get a $40 gift card, making the membership $20. Plus you can stack cashback on top.
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Quote from wisefather :
I'm thinking about using that $40 off towards a PS5 when it gets released around the holidays.
Oh yeah, good idea. That will take care of the taxes. Maybe I'll do the same
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Quote from MikeRich :
Can we cancel the auto renewal after getting the coupon and card? Thanks
Yes, you have about 11 months to do that.

Remember to sign up at BEGINNING of the month as membership always expires at end of month, 13 for 12.
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Costco is not doing curbside pickup. So it's an easy pass for me
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So if I am reading this right, you get a $40 cash card and $40 off $250 online? Can you combine both of those and get $80 off one online order of $250 or more?
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Mine expired in June 2019& that is more than a year, will I be eligible to grab this offer?
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Quote from thatswhatshesaid :
Yes, you have about 11 months to do that.

Remember to sign up at BEGINNING of the month as membership always expires at end of month, 13 for 12.
Great, thanks and thanks for the tip too!

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If spouse is not added as complimentary member, can we take new membership then? My concern is will they check home address and cancel if new membership is same from the cancelled one?
I'm pretty sure yes.
What if you have a big family or multiple people at the same address? They only let 2 people get membership?
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Can we cancel the auto renewal after getting the coupon and card? Thanks
yep.
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Quote from Vermin :
Hmm, I have a Costco just going up near me. Anyone able to comment on whether or not they run good deals on memberships when they open, or if I should just jump on this deal.
Edit: After a lot of thinking, I don't think I personally can justify a Costco membership even for ~$20. It's a bit of a drive, I've found many cheaper alternatives elsewhere, Costco is a luxury/not a necessity, and this pandemic will likely go on for a lot longer - lockdowns or not. Also... while this is the lowest deal I've personally ever seen for Costco, they MIGHT make a better deal later on. Check out your local Aldi for groceries... and, again, ethnic stores or smaller grocery stores - if you have them

I don't shop there often, as my membership lapsed... but family goes there for gifts sometimes. We also like their muffins, cinnamon sugar butter bread, premade meals... I know a number of people that like their cheap foodcourt for outings, but that's not really a selling point during this pandemic, since it's somewhat not as open, and people aren't going out as much. Costco also has given out food samples, like Sam's Club, but I don't know if that's going on during the pandemic either.

Honestly, if you really shop deals, cook stuff yourself, and if you have ethnic markets near you, you might just overall save money by skipping it entirely. For example, there's some mexican supermarkets near me that often have crazy deals on strawberries (like $1 a package), other veggies, etc.... while Costco, in my opinion, is on the pricier side for produce and all that. It might be more "organic" type options, which always cost more & seem to have produce that is more aesthetically pleasing...

A lot of what Costco has seems somewhat higher end. I've heard they require manufacturers that make their Kirkland products to make the product actually better than their normal one to sell it at Costco. (Turns out to be a rumor, true or not - this link refers to what I'm talking about: https://napkinmath.substack.com/p...annibalize ). Also, a lot of people really like Costco for their warranty. It's less than it used to be, partly because a few people took advantage of it... but they tend to have better return policies than many other places.

I think Costco really caters to moms who just want to buy everything at one store. It has a lot. It's just that you would probably save money if you took more time to shop around deals elsewhere. They do have markdowns on some products now and then, which aren't always bad.

Here's a deal site for Costco specifically: https://costco97.com/

Also, I think this is like the "ad" for Costco - https://www.costco.com/daily-deals.html

You could also do a search on SD for Costco related deals to see what people say. I think sometimes for laptops, people have mentioned extended warranties, maybe with a certain credit card... but always check the fine print before assuming things
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Might bite my membership expired Oct 2019. Primarily used it to get gas. I hate shopping there in person.
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Anyone ever see a discount to renew membership?
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MauricioCj
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I did this deal a year ago, set up my account in the store and they didn't activate the auto renewal so a couple of days later I looked up under my account settings and activated that with my Visa, they mailed the coupons around 6 weeks later. Then you can cancel your autorenewal.
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nat2103
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I'm currently a "household member" my boyfriends membership card. Can I technically get this deal under my name, and once his membership expires next month activate it and him onto the new membership as the household member?
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Quote from qPac :
So if I am reading this right, you get a $40 cash card and $40 off $250 online? Can you combine both of those and get $80 off one online order of $250 or more?
That's the way I read it too. Cash card can be used online or in-store and does not expire. Just be sure to combine before 1/31/21 (online coupon expiry date).
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