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New Costco Members Only: Costco Gold Star + $40 Shop Card & $40 Off $250+ Coupon

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Update: This popular offer expires Sunday Oct 3rd.

Costco Wholesale is offering their Costco Wholesale Fall Exclusive Membership Promotion listed below (auto renewal required at sign-up). Join as a new Costco Member and receive a $40 Costco Shop Card and $40 Off Any Order of $250+ at Costco Online. Be sure to enter promo code GRPMKT21 or OFFERS21 at checkout to access this deal.

Thanks to community member RupeshK9819 & King_Aryeh [Discuss] for finding this deal

Note, offer valid only for New Costco Members only.

Available Costco Membership
  • Costco Wholesale Gold Star Membership* $60
  • Costco Wholesale Executive Membership* (w/ 2% Annual Reward) $120
*You will also receive a $40 Costco Shop Card + $40 Off Any Order of $250+ at Costco Online w/ purchase of a membership

Costco Membership Benefits
  • Member-only pricing Access to our private label, Kirkland Signature
  • Access to our private label, Kirkland Signature
  • Access to Costco Gas Stations
  • Access to Costco Travel and Costco Services
  • Executive Members receive an annual 2% Reward on Eligible Costco and Costco Travel Purchases.

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Written by persian_mafia | Staff
  • Valid though Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021.
  • Costco Shop Card is not redeemable for cash, except as required by law.
  • To receive a Costco Shop Card, you must agree to auto-renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa card at the time of sign-up. If you elect not to sign up for auto-renewal, a Costco Shop Card will not be mailed. Valid for new memberships only. Limit one per household. Nontransferable and may not be combined with any other promotion. New members will receive their Costco Shop Card by mail in 4 to 6 weeks. Costco Shop Cards are not redeemable for cash, except as required by law. A Costco membership is $60 a year. An Executive Membership is an additional $60 upgrade fee a year. Each membership includes one free Household Card. May be subject to sales tax. Costco accepts all Visa cards, as well as cash, checks, debit/ATM cards, EBT and Costco Shop Cards. Departments and product selection may vary.
  • To receive the new member promotion, use the single-use promo code when entering your payment information. (Note: You will see a $0.01 deduction on your membership cost after the promo code is entered. This indicates that your promo code has been accepted and you will receive the promotion incentives.)
  • Promotional Costco Shop Card incentive will be mailed 4 to 6 weeks after sign-up; it will be mailed to the address provided by the member. $40 off any order of $250+ on Costco.com will be emailed 1-2 weeks after sign-up, to the email address on file. Coupon restrictions apply.

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Update: This popular offer expires Sunday Oct 3rd.

Costco Wholesale is offering their Costco Wholesale Fall Exclusive Membership Promotion listed below (auto renewal required at sign-up). Join as a new Costco Member and receive a $40 Costco Shop Card and $40 Off Any Order of $250+ at Costco Online. Be sure to enter promo code GRPMKT21 or OFFERS21 at checkout to access this deal.

Thanks to community member RupeshK9819 & King_Aryeh [Discuss] for finding this deal

Note, offer valid only for New Costco Members only.

Available Costco Membership
  • Costco Wholesale Gold Star Membership* $60
  • Costco Wholesale Executive Membership* (w/ 2% Annual Reward) $120
*You will also receive a $40 Costco Shop Card + $40 Off Any Order of $250+ at Costco Online w/ purchase of a membership

Costco Membership Benefits
  • Member-only pricing Access to our private label, Kirkland Signature
  • Access to our private label, Kirkland Signature
  • Access to Costco Gas Stations
  • Access to Costco Travel and Costco Services
  • Executive Members receive an annual 2% Reward on Eligible Costco and Costco Travel Purchases.

Editor's Notes

Written by persian_mafia | Staff
  • Valid though Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021.
  • Costco Shop Card is not redeemable for cash, except as required by law.
  • To receive a Costco Shop Card, you must agree to auto-renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa card at the time of sign-up. If you elect not to sign up for auto-renewal, a Costco Shop Card will not be mailed. Valid for new memberships only. Limit one per household. Nontransferable and may not be combined with any other promotion. New members will receive their Costco Shop Card by mail in 4 to 6 weeks. Costco Shop Cards are not redeemable for cash, except as required by law. A Costco membership is $60 a year. An Executive Membership is an additional $60 upgrade fee a year. Each membership includes one free Household Card. May be subject to sales tax. Costco accepts all Visa cards, as well as cash, checks, debit/ATM cards, EBT and Costco Shop Cards. Departments and product selection may vary.
  • To receive the new member promotion, use the single-use promo code when entering your payment information. (Note: You will see a $0.01 deduction on your membership cost after the promo code is entered. This indicates that your promo code has been accepted and you will receive the promotion incentives.)
  • Promotional Costco Shop Card incentive will be mailed 4 to 6 weeks after sign-up; it will be mailed to the address provided by the member. $40 off any order of $250+ on Costco.com will be emailed 1-2 weeks after sign-up, to the email address on file. Coupon restrictions apply.

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This is the best Costco new membership deal, IMO. No vouchers to redeem & no free items that you may or may not like. Just a gift/shop card that's essentially the same as cash. Gift cards can also be used at Costco gas pumps.

You MUST pay with a VISA for this deal and you MUST enable autorenewal. Check your account after purchasing your membership and make sure to enable autorenewal, if it is not already enabled. You can always disable this later, after you receive your promotional gift card and coupon.

Your membership will expire next year, in the same month, on the last day of the month you started your membership. So, if you signed up on Sept 1 or Sept 30 of this year, your membership would end on Sept 30 2022, either way. Therefore, it is always advantageous to join as close to the beginning of a month as possible therefore getting essentially 13 months of membership for the price of 12.

This isn't specifically relevant to this deal, but, another thing to note regarding membership timing is that not having autorenewal enabled does not mean that Costco still won't get you. If you purchase a new membership within 2 months of when your membership old membership expired, Costco will backdate your new membership to the end date of your old membership, such that you will actually lose 2 months of the new ship you are purchasing. This isn't some secret sneaky policy either - It's right in the publicly posted membership agreement. They will move the start of your membership date to the date that you actually signed up if you complain, but you'll have to fight them for it.

A few important points from the terms that constantly came up the last time this deal was offered:

• The Shop (Gift) Card will be mailed 4 to 6 weeks after sign-up.

• The $40 off $250+ Costco.com coupon will be emailed 1-2 weeks after sign-up.

• Valid for NEW memberships only.

To qualify as a new member, an existing Costco membership must be EXPIRED at least 18 MONTHS or more.
It may be cheaper but sam's scan and go app is awesome for in store and gas purchases. Don't have to wait in line ever again.
You wouldn't have qualified as a new member, anyway, if that helps you feel any better.

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fyu
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Quote from noANANDforme :
I used to play this game with my wife and only have one membership card, that way one of us would qualify as a new member.
I ultimately got the Costco credit card since I wanted the extended warranty on some bigger ticket items (tv, laptop, washer, dryer, fridge, etc).

Hypothetical question...if I cancel my existing membership (and have the wife sign up), does that mean I forfeit the extended warranty? What if I wanted to return something purchased with my membership, but the membership is no longer active?
the extended warranty is offered by the costco credit card. as long as that is active then you're good. BUT, costco credit card requires an active membership.
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ellemdee
Sep 14, 2021
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Quote from BosuxRedsux :
Dosh sux, gave them my CC# still stuck at $21.00. can't cash out until $25.00. it's been a year already. still no other credit using my CC i gave them. Advanced Auto part got credit for. that's it.
I have to agree with you there. I lost my initial sign up credit ($5, IIRC) because I didn't have any transactions which qualified for credit in the first year, so they took that $5 away from my balance for inactivity. When I initially signed up, they only covered a few local restaurants & bars that I never went to and retailers I never shopped at on the list, but the list is slightly better now. I'll occasionally get surprise credit from places like Burger King, but I still only have a tiny balance on Dosh. It will probably take me forever to cash out, even if I got the $20 Costco credit. They know what they're doing.

I wish I had another cash back option available to me, especially one that didn't require a click-through, just in case there's a problem with entering the code on a page other than the one posted in the OP.
Last edited by ellemdee September 14, 2021 at 12:09 PM.
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HansGruber
Sep 14, 2021
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I am not the primary member on my Costco account. Does this mean I would be considered a new member for this offer?
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JamesP8983
Sep 14, 2021
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I got this deal last year and used it very well until the membership expired at the end of August.
Just one thing to note is that online shopping at Costco could be more expensive than the warehouse prices, so that $40 off $250 when online shopping may not be as ideal as you would think. This is still a good deal tho!
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fivenue
Sep 14, 2021
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Anyone knows how to check when the last time you're a member?
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Surfer5
Sep 14, 2021
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Quote from Slimeyface :
Always have Costco gift cards ready just for this purpose!


I usually buy a bunch of $10 cards from friends to use without membership.
So can we use Costco gift(shop) cards to go in and purchase stuff without needing membership?

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Waiting4Hope
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Quote from fivenue :
Anyone knows how to check when the last time you're a member?
Just login to your account and it will showup under membership
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Waiting4Hope
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Quote from Surfer5 :
So can we use Costco gift(shop) cards to go in and purchase stuff without needing membership?
I am sure they will add 5% surcharge because you need to scan active membership card as well before you pay by shopcard. It just allows you to enter warehouse. My 2cents
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Quote from noANANDforme :
I used to play this game with my wife and only have one membership card, that way one of us would qualify as a new member.
I ultimately got the Costco credit card since I wanted the extended warranty on some bigger ticket items (tv, laptop, washer, dryer, fridge, etc).

Hypothetical question...if I cancel my existing membership (and have the wife sign up), does that mean I forfeit the extended warranty? What if I wanted to return something purchased with my membership, but the membership is no longer active?
This one need 18months gap so even if you play that game, it gives you 12months provided that you are in need of membership all the time.
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CalmLaborer927
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Quote from HansGruber :
I am not the primary member on my Costco account. Does this mean I would be considered a new member for this offer?
. "To qualify as a new member, an existing Costco membership must be expired at least 18 months or more." It does not matter for either primary card or free household card, both will need 18 months break . This is why I never apply for a free household card . At least at my costco , I never have a problem checking out with my spouse card . Even safer to do self checkout if you are worried about card sharing .
Last edited by CalmLaborer927 September 14, 2021 at 12:28 PM.
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abi.ra
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Quote from truongvoky :
I just signed up under promo code OFFERS21 instead (got 1 cent off at check out).
https://www.costco.com/cyber-memb...S21_091321

Hope it works out the same.
Does this deal need a Visa card in specific to sign up or I can use my Citi Mastercard debit card to pay for it? (Asking because Citigold is giving 200$ rebate for subscriptions like Amazon Prime, Costco membership etc if paid via their debit card). Thanks.
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vonDubenshire
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Quote from Slimeyface :
Can you explain what this means?
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/go...chase-pay/

It was in Google Pay, I saw it a while back but just checked and was not there for me anymore.
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smeierot
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Quote from Waiting4Hope :
I am sure they will add 5% surcharge because you need to scan active membership card as well before you pay by shopcard. It just allows you to enter warehouse. My 2cents
I've never been charged a surcharge for using a GC

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I'm about to cancel my membership with Costco. they have gone to shit. most products they have are inferior garbage nowadays wrapped in pretty overpriced packaging
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