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.
Top Comments
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:
ā¢ The Shop (Gift) Card will be mailed 4 to 6 weeks after sign-up.
ā¢ The $40 off $250+ Costco.com coupon will be emailed 1-2 weeks after sign-up.
ā¢ Valid for NEW memberships only.
To qualify as a new member, an existing Costco membership must be EXPIRED at least 18 MONTHS or more.
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(Full disclosure: I am an Exec member.)
Dosh 20$ + Costco code 40$ for 60$ Gold Star membership = free membership
Any way to make it better / moneymaker?
I paid using a mastercard and then set up auto renewal with VISA
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I was the household member for last year, my spouse's membership just expired last month, and I was always under the assumption household member does not count towards an existing member with these costco promotions, but it's probably a moot point going forward. It appears Costco are getting more strict every year for this same reason, last year with the Groupon promo it was only 16monthish requirement to be considered as a new member. I knew a lot of people used to take advantage of the two people strategy where one would be a primary member and another would switch year after year. But with the new 18 month requirement, like somebody earlier said, unless you create a gap in the membership timeline, you won't be able to cover 18 month with a 12 month window continuously. You would need a third person to jump into this process.
So if they sell a $100 cost item for $120, their margin is $20. They would need to sell it for $124 in your hypothetical scenario to increase their $20 margin by 20%.
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