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

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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
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One-Year Costco Gold Star Membership with a $40 Costco Shop Card and $40 Off $250 Online Purchase (Auto-Renewal Enrollment Required)


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This Costco Membership Package Includes:

A One-Year Costco Gold Star Membership

A membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 18

A $40 Digital Costco Shop Card

$40 off an order of $250 or more (before tax and shipping) on Costco.com

Restrictions apply

Expires August 14, 2022

Terms & Conditions
After purchasing this promotion, print or save the voucher on your smartphone and visit the membership counter at your local Costco. Learn more here.
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. If you elect not to sign up for auto-renewal, incentives will not be issued.
Incentives include a $40 Digital Costco Shop Card and $40 off an order of $250 or more (before tax and shipping) on Costco.com.

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.

Valid at all U.S. Costco locations. Find a location near you.

Not eligible for Costco and Groupon promo codes or other discounts.

Frequently Asked Questions

The $40 Digital Costco Shop Card is not accepted at Gas Stations, Car Wash, Food Court Kiosk or Self-Checkout.

Digital Costco Shop Cards are not redeemable for cash, except as required by law.

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. If you elect not to sign up for auto-renewal, an incentive will not be issued.
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I did this a couple of times in the past. I never received the $40 Off $250 coupon.
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.
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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06-07-2022 at 10:24 PM.
06-07-2022 at 10:24 PM.
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Is there a site to sell the Costco $40/250 coupon on?
the best you gonna get for that coupon is a hug
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06-07-2022 at 11:37 PM.
06-07-2022 at 11:37 PM.
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wait, so the app is stupid because your girlfriend alleges theft at work, not from you actually using it, correct? because from my pov it's the single best app feature of any retailer in the country. scan and go is revolutionary and i will NEVER go back to standing in a damn checkout line
Pretty much this.

I don't know if it is area-specific (Raleigh NC) or it's just me, but fwiw, after 3 visits to 2 different Costco stores within the last 2 weeks, I cannot understand the obsession some folks have over Costco. Sams with Scan&Go is sooooo much more convenient in general and lines in Apex NC store on Sunday are absolutely insane - I haven't seen lines like this even in some airports.

Don't laugh at this lol, but honestly the whole Costco experience even feels a little bit like a cult to me LMAO You follow some strange rituals (like a checker at the exit using a marker pen on your blue receipt), you have limitations that you cannot understand (like you cannot use a gift card at a self checkout ... God knows why) and there are lots and lots of people around like in a temple trying to also follow these rituals.

I'm still learning and exploring, but my point so far is that if you have Sam's membership and you like it, especially Scan&Go part, you probably don't need to join Costco to save you from disappointment.
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06-08-2022 at 05:46 AM.
06-08-2022 at 05:46 AM.
Popular thread. Don't know if anyone will care, but I've gotten so much help from SDers that I wanted to put some good vibes out there:
I went to Costco very early Sunday morning and bought the voucher on Groupon on my phone in the parking lot. There were already a dozen cars getting gas. Cashback sites helped me get a few shekels back and it was easy. I walked into the Costco which had recently opened, and went to the membership desk. The line for cust svc/returns was already at work but no one came to membership for like, 10 min. Finally a lady showed, and I showed her the voucher. She then tried to tell me that the voucher didn't work well in their system, and that I should upgrade to the Executive Membership and everything would be easier and not take a long time. I said no, because I didn't want to complicate the deal more already (between the groupon voucher etc. it was already complex, and she tried to say I could still get $60 of value somehow, but English was her second language, and I really struggled to understand her...she also seemed to imply that the $40 coupons wouldn't work easily). She then tried to upsell me on the CC. I said no to that too. She finally gave up on the upsells, It ended up taking 15 more min just to get the computer to work and get through the process which required a manager to do something on the computer, and taking my picture before she finally just handed my card to me. Overall, a terrible experience I hope no other SDers have to deal with.

I received both vouchers via email just the next day (Monday) after signing up, so that was easy.

A lot of SD flame wars over the infamous Costco vs. Sams Club debate. FWIW, yes, Scan and Go at Sams Club is an absolutely superior experience. I find myself often scratching my head why other Sams members are standing in line when they could just Scan and Go because it is awesome. That said, the other plus is that Sams Club seems to offer membership deals more frequently than Costco. I also find Sams Club, at least my local one, a more pleasant experience than Costco because it is less packed on busy weekends.

Where Costco feels different is in their products. IMO, the products at Sams Club are very workmanlike and tend to be more utilitarian in comparison to Costco, which seems to have all sorts of interesting, more unique products. I can't quantify it, but their offerings seem more dynamic. Costco's return practices are well reputed here on SD as well, and the Costco deals seem to be more frequent and have higher engagement on the SD threads, though some of that may just come from Costco folks having a higher degree of enthusiasm and being more vocal.

Can we just say that both have pluses and minuses, and for each individual, YMMV, especially based on their relative location?

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06-08-2022 at 05:47 AM.
06-08-2022 at 05:47 AM.
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Can I buy the groupon coupon with PayPal ? Only the membership need to be signed up with Visa card rt?
Yes I believe I used Paypal to pay for the Groupon Coupon
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06-08-2022 at 06:06 AM.
06-08-2022 at 06:06 AM.
Quote from Nihopayega :
Sams club is scan as you go. That trumps everything at costco. it saves too much time.

Not sure about that. They scan every item again just before leaving store anyway so it defeats the purpose.
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06-08-2022 at 06:12 AM.
06-08-2022 at 06:12 AM.
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Not sure about that. They scan every item again just before leaving store anyway so it defeats the purpose.
No they do not. They scan random items. It's so fast and glorious! It's like having your feet rubbed with fine oils compare to costco where it's like walking barefoot through you're local animal welfare kennel.
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06-08-2022 at 06:24 AM.
06-08-2022 at 06:24 AM.
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Is there a site to sell the Costco $40/250 coupon on?
i'll give you a $2agc
pm me if interested
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06-08-2022 at 08:03 AM.
06-08-2022 at 08:03 AM.
Costco lines you are still out within a few minutes. Society is becoming so impatient blows my mind
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06-08-2022 at 08:30 AM.
06-08-2022 at 08:30 AM.
Quote from a2bondfn :
Popular thread. Don't know if anyone will care, but I've gotten so much help from SDers that I wanted to put some good vibes out there:
I went to Costco very early Sunday morning and bought the voucher on Groupon on my phone in the parking lot. There were already a dozen cars getting gas. Cashback sites helped me get a few shekels back and it was easy. I walked into the Costco which had recently opened, and went to the membership desk. The line for cust svc/returns was already at work but no one came to membership for like, 10 min. Finally a lady showed, and I showed her the voucher. She then tried to tell me that the voucher didn't work well in their system, and that I should upgrade to the Executive Membership and everything would be easier and not take a long time. I said no, because I didn't want to complicate the deal more already (between the groupon voucher etc. it was already complex, and she tried to say I could still get $60 of value somehow, but English was her second language, and I really struggled to understand her...she also seemed to imply that the $40 coupons wouldn't work easily). She then tried to upsell me on the CC. I said no to that too. She finally gave up on the upsells, It ended up taking 15 more min just to get the computer to work and get through the process which required a manager to do something on the computer, and taking my picture before she finally just handed my card to me. Overall, a terrible experience I hope no other SDers have to deal with.

I received both vouchers via email just the next day (Monday) after signing up, so that was easy.

Can we just say that both have pluses and minuses, and for each individual, YMMV, especially based on their relative location?

In contrast to your experience, I had an employee help my mom and I quickly and didn't spend more than 30 seconds trying to upsell the executive with the CC (I interrupted him to save him of the ritual essay). Got his manager to come over to approve the membership after filling out a credit card for autopay. Forgot to add an email, but did that online by registering an online costco.com account and we saw the details of the membership with the cc that was applied into it with autorenewal. That was Sunday and we didn't get the coupons right away from Groupon as of Tuesday. Hoping to see them arrive by Thursday so I can have myself added as a secondary (held off in case they don't send the gift card and coupon as I am a secondary under my dad's account that expired last month). It is like you said, it's YMMV with employee and location. The membership is kind of a must for me because of the weekly gas refill helps when Costco sells it cheaper and I use a PNC credit card with 4% cashback on gas. I fill up mornings before work at 5:30am and the lines are non existent at the pump.
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06-08-2022 at 08:40 AM.
06-08-2022 at 08:40 AM.
When will Groupon stop offering this deal?

Also, I am married & had a card that expired. My spouse was not on my primary or household card, but she obviously has the same address. Can she sign up for this or no?
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06-08-2022 at 08:52 AM.
06-08-2022 at 08:52 AM.
It's been almost 2 weeks since I redeemed the membership and did the auto renew in store, but I haven't received either the $40 digital card nor the coupon... who would I contact about this?

Did it 5/28...
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Costco lines you are still out within a few minutes. Society is becoming so impatient blows my mind
Yeah try that on July 3, coming hurricanes, payday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, any weekend, etc, etc, etc....

Costco is like my grandpa's flip phone he never could get to work. Sams is like the holographic quantum iPhone XXXX with free Tinder Plus for life.
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06-08-2022 at 09:16 AM.
06-08-2022 at 09:16 AM.
Quote from spiders2006 :
Is there a site to sell the Costco $40/250 coupon on?
You will easily get $5 amzn GC for it. THere is a seller thread on SD somewhere possibly in Coupons or Freebies section. Check.
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06-08-2022 at 10:11 AM.
06-08-2022 at 10:11 AM.
got my 40 off 250 online but not the instore 40 shop card.

the 40 off 250 came today with this message. kind of weird because i have never used another email address for Costco.

i also never contacted them yet.

anybody else get this message? how long after did it take to get the 40 instore shop card?

"Thank you for reaching out. We are sorry to hear that you have not received your incentives. Upon looking at your account it looks like your Digital Costco Shop Card was emailed on 6/1/22 to the original email address we had on file.

We have resent the $40 Digital Shop Cards to the corrected email address on file"
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Yeah try that on July 3, coming hurricanes, payday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, any weekend, etc, etc, etc....

Costco is like my grandpa's flip phone he never could get to work. Sams is like the holographic quantum iPhone XXXX with free Tinder Plus for life.
Smarter people shop ahead of time on downtimes
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