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1-Yr Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Shop Card + $40 Off Online Order $250+

w/ Auto-Renew (New Members Only)

$60

$140

57% off
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Groupon.com and Livingsocial.com is offering 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Costco Shop Card + $40 Off an Online Order $250+ on sale for $60 w/ Auto Renewal valid for New Costco Members only. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout).

Thanks to Community Member eviljesus for finding this deal.

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:
  • Voucher for 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership w/ Auto-Renewal
    • Must redeem voucher in-store by July 10, 2022.
    • Includes Membership Card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 18
  • $40 Digital Costco Shop Card
    • Not accepted at Gas Stations, Car Wash, Food Court Kiosk or Self-Checkout.
  • Coupon for $40 Off Any Order of $250+ on Costco.com
    • Coupon expires August 14, 2022

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • To receive the incentives, you must agree to auto-renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa® credit or debit card at the time of sign-up.
    • After purchasing this promotion, print or save the voucher on your smartphone and visit the membership counter at your local Costco.
    • Voucher promotional value expires Jul 10, 2022.
    • Valid only for new members in the first year of their membership and those whose memberships (Primary and Household) expired prior to January 1, 2022.
    • Not valid for the renewal of an existing Costco membership.
  • See Slickdeals Cashback terms for Groupon here.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.

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Update: This popular deal is still available

Groupon.com and Livingsocial.com is offering 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Costco Shop Card + $40 Off an Online Order $250+ on sale for $60 w/ Auto Renewal valid for New Costco Members only. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout).

Thanks to Community Member eviljesus for finding this deal.

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:
  • Voucher for 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership w/ Auto-Renewal
    • Must redeem voucher in-store by July 10, 2022.
    • Includes Membership Card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 18
  • $40 Digital Costco Shop Card
    • Not accepted at Gas Stations, Car Wash, Food Court Kiosk or Self-Checkout.
  • Coupon for $40 Off Any Order of $250+ on Costco.com
    • Coupon expires August 14, 2022

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • To receive the incentives, you must agree to auto-renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa® credit or debit card at the time of sign-up.
    • After purchasing this promotion, print or save the voucher on your smartphone and visit the membership counter at your local Costco.
    • Voucher promotional value expires Jul 10, 2022.
    • Valid only for new members in the first year of their membership and those whose memberships (Primary and Household) expired prior to January 1, 2022.
    • Not valid for the renewal of an existing Costco membership.
  • See Slickdeals Cashback terms for Groupon here.
  • Refer to the forum thread for additional deal discussion.

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sdpoker
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I did this a couple of times in the past. I never received the $40 Off $250 coupon.
alMac
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I noticed is always activate your Costco membership in the beginning of the month to get the entire month. Something to remember.

Costco ends your membership at the end of the month regardless of when the membership was activated in that month.
BUYMECAR
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I tried this once asking to create the new account under my name instead of my brother's. The employee totally ignored me and just renewed my brother's account. Never got the coupons or shop card

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dstppy
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Quote from Zalupashvily :
In NJ no membership needed to gas up your car

NJ's Gas laws are definitely an outlier in the northeast.


No membership in CT:
Food Court
Pharmacy (only prescriptions)
Alcohol


Not sure how Alcohol works with their limits on stuff like scotch since it's bound to the account. CT has all sorts of blue laws. I thought Footloose was just a quirky movie until I moved here. Who knew it was a historical documentary? laugh out loud
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ckk0003
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Quote from alMac :
Was that in the PayPal app or on the PayPal web site? I am not finding any Groupon $$ offs on PayPal account.
Did use app and saw it in offers tab
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Quote from RichardL8958 :
That's pretty much what Sam's Club is. Mostly junk food and items. It's the quality items and brands that make Costco. My dream is that Costco completely gets rid of food with vegetable oils and natural flavors and sugar but that's like 80-90% of packaged food LOL
Have you even been inside a Sam's Club? 90% of the products in SC and Costco overlap.

Next guy might as well say "my dream is for Costco to go 100% vegan, lol…" And tv's emit too much CO2 so let's get rid of those too.
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Zalupashvily
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Question, my membership expired couple months ago. Can I open new account on the others household member(share same address) and get this offer?
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Quote from Starrx05 :
Can we turn off the auto-renewal after receiving the $40 shop card by logging to our account online?
In this case, please contact Costco Customer Support by heading to https://customerservice.costco.com/. Thanks!
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Capital One offering 8% cash back with link to Groupon. What's in your wallet?
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Dr. J
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Quote from dstppy :
NJ's Gas laws are definitely an outlier in the northeast.


No membership in CT:
Food Court
Pharmacy (only prescriptions)
Alcohol


Not sure how Alcohol works with their limits on stuff like scotch since it's bound to the account. CT has all sorts of blue laws. I thought Footloose was just a quirky movie until I moved here. Who knew it was a historical documentary? laugh out loud
Regarding the extracurricular services, they are largely bound by store policies and state laws.

Costco [consumerreports.org]: Membership is not required for purchases of alcohol in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Texas and Vermont.

BJ's Wholesale Club: Membership is not required for purchases of alcohol in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Texas and Vermont.

Sam's Club: No membership required!

since they are the same between BJ's and Costco, I highly suspect state laws.

Also, eye & hearing exams (but not the products like contacts, glasses, etc) [note these are usually 3rd parties that have an office inside Costco]
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Quote from fritzo :
(Sorry, I'm sounding like a Costco shill, but I love the place LMAO)

Just to reference, my wife and I fill up once a week in both of our cars at Costco, we shop there every two weeks or so, and spend around $200-$300 a month in the store (maybe more during Christmas/Thanksgiving), plus a big ticket item or two thrown in.

Our rewards from the Citi Visa and the membership were $422 last year.
Loooooooong time BJ's member here, which happens to be very convenient for *my* commute, also have their CC which gives 5% back. Got a Costco membership last August (same deal actually just not through Groupon) just because it was free, and have noticed myself shopping there more and more. BJ's was basically our grocery store, but Costco has a much wider breadth of products and take and bake stuff (which is great for us). Initially I would only get stuff at Costco that I could only get there then go to BJ's for the rest, but the convenience of not going to multiple stores has me at Costco every week these days. I did upgrade to Executive, but I haven't gotten their CC. I might just do that soon though.
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Quote from ChilllllOut :
Would someone who is tagged onto your current membership (which is about to run out, for example) be eligible for this?
This offer is valid only for new members in the first year of their membership and those whose memberships (Primary and Household) expired prior to January 1, 2022. We hope this clears things up.
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meedeex
May 23, 2022
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Quote from bluekiwi :
Auto renewal can be turned off at any time by logging into your account
If I turn it off and purchase the offer, how do I apply it to my current account? I'm afraid I have to open a new account and lose my purchase history.
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ChilllllOut
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Quote from Groupon :
This offer is valid only for new members in the first year of their membership and those whose memberships (Primary and Household) expired prior to January 1, 2022. We hope this clears things up.
It doesn't. Is this actually Groupon? I'm moreso looking for a response from someone with actual experience of doing this successfully or not. I'm not looking for useless regurgitation of fine print. (and if I was, I'd have inquired with Groupon directly)

Why I like SD forums is I can ask other users:

Someone tagged onto someone else's membership is only tied to a membership how? By name and email linked to the other person's main account? If that person went to Costco with this offer and a different email address, did not disclose they've been on someone else's membership - would they be able to use this?
Last edited by ChilllllOut May 23, 2022 at 09:17 AM.
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Quote from LindsInSC :
The credit card I used to create the account was lost and I cancelled it 3 months later; I notice I never got the gift card. I went to my local Costco, and they were unhelpful. They informed me because I "tried to skip auto subscribe" by "losing my card" I was side stepping the program requirements so Costco decided not to send a gift card or coupon. Keep in mind, I went up there and was really chill about it, five months later. I figured I'd done something to screw it up, I was just surprised at how militantly unhumorous they seemed to be about..... everything. That being said, it sounded more like the employees had totally run into that problem before and that was the corporate line.
They are super weird about the membership at Costco. When I initially thought you could go in and just pay an extra 5% to buy something without membership, they damn near lynched my ass when they found out I didn't have a card.
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alMac
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Quote from ckk0003 :
Did use app and saw it in offers tab
Hey thanks..I see the Groupon offers but when I go to the Groupon from PayPal, it only says 4% cash back.

Does your total for this deal reflects discounted amount when you check out?
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Quote from AC0600 :
Anyone know what identifies you as new member? Is it email address, credit card, address? For BJ's I it's definitely email address, but I just swap primary member between my wife and I each year. My Costco membership expired February and don't want to waste money on this.
No worries, we're here to help! It is valid only for new members in the first year of their membership and those whose memberships (Primary and Household) expired prior to January 1, 2022.
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dstppy
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Quote from Dr. J :
Regarding the extracurricular services, they are largely bound by store policies and state laws.

Costco [consumerreports.org]: Membership is not required for purchases of alcohol in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Texas and Vermont.

BJ's Wholesale Club: Membership is not required for purchases of alcohol in the following states: Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Texas and Vermont.

Sam's Club: No membership required!

since they are the same between BJ's and Costco, I highly suspect state laws.

Also, eye & hearing exams (but not the products like contacts, glasses, etc) [note these are usually 3rd parties that have an office inside Costco]

That sounds right - the eye place is independent so that's the same in CT. Ours doesn't have a photo center any more (thank goodness - it got super reviews and performed awful).


The only limits on alcohol that I've seen are their kirkland mid/mid & high scotch because members with money buy them out almost instantly.

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