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I agree, my local Costco is notorious that even if you're not a member for 18 months, they said my info is still exists in their computer and refused to honor any discounted membership and also once said I can't join a family member living in the same address because my relatives last name is different from mine. My local Costco enforces their own crazy rules and I told them to kiss my back and went to local Sam's which is very friendly and also as a premier member get to enjoy unlimited order online and have curbside pickup without going to the club, which is really useful during winter months.
I mean if you had your own membership card you scan yourself. If you have a gift card they need to scan you in. So what's the point of a membership if you can keep buying gift cards lol?
It's worth noting that Costco's mostly makes its money from memberships. Their TTM profits were about $8B and they have 64M memberships, which cost $60 each (assume that the higher cost memberships don't make more money). That's $4.1B in profits. And this is during the boom years for Costco, pre-COVID Costco made $4-5B in profit each year, meaning that almost all of the earnings for the business were memberships.
Put another way, Costco's whole business is predicated on the membership fee. If they don't get that membership fee, then they can't do the $5 rotisserie chicken or the $15 half-gallons of Kirkland liquor. Costco isn't for everyone, but criticizing them as being unfair to their loyal customers is unfair.
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You've received a Costco Digital Shop Card was the title in the email came from Costco directly. Picked up my card 3 days before. Never been a Costco customer before nor anyone else from my address
Is there any code u use or just sign for a new membership and u will get it automatically
Is there any code u use or just sign for a new membership and u will get it automatically
You will get it automatically.
The gift card email will take you to a website that has a barcode that you scan at the register, isnt tied to an account. The website also has the gift card number and pin if using it for an online order instead
May be a stupid question, but I've been the secondary member for my household, would I qualify as a new member or does that 18 month rule count for me as well? Thanks
I signed up for something like this 3-4 years ago when my wife already had had a membership in her name, which had lapsed a few months before. I'm not sure if it would work again, i.e. if my wife could use this to sign up in her name again.
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
I just wasted $60, the Costco 4 minutes away is a Costco "Business Center" and doesn't have a deli, bakery, TV's, Electronics. All the stuff I was wanting.
I have to drive 20 minutes away for all that now.
I should have gone with a Sam's Club, they were 5 minutes away too.
Sorry newbie question here.
After I paid for the membership what's next ?
How do I get my membership card?
I printed the Costco membership confirmation email & brought it to the front area of Costco. They'll take your picture & print you a card there.
On another note, after all these years, Costco still doesn't accept Mastercard Credit Cards! So it looks like I'm applying for a new Visa card just so I can shop & buy cheap gas, since I don't want to deal with constantly getting a gift card.
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After I paid for the membership what's next ?
How do I get my membership card?
And they don't like scanning you in.
After I paid for the membership what's next ?
How do I get my membership card?
Put another way, Costco's whole business is predicated on the membership fee. If they don't get that membership fee, then they can't do the $5 rotisserie chicken or the $15 half-gallons of Kirkland liquor. Costco isn't for everyone, but criticizing them as being unfair to their loyal customers is unfair.
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You've received a Costco Digital Shop Card was the title in the email came from Costco directly. Picked up my card 3 days before. Never been a Costco customer before nor anyone else from my address
The gift card email will take you to a website that has a barcode that you scan at the register, isnt tied to an account. The website also has the gift card number and pin if using it for an online order instead
I just wasted $60, the Costco 4 minutes away is a Costco "Business Center" and doesn't have a deli, bakery, TV's, Electronics. All the stuff I was wanting.
I have to drive 20 minutes away for all that now.
I should have gone with a Sam's Club, they were 5 minutes away too.
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After I paid for the membership what's next ?
How do I get my membership card?
On another note, after all these years, Costco still doesn't accept Mastercard Credit Cards! So it looks like I'm applying for a new Visa card just so I can shop & buy cheap gas, since I don't want to deal with constantly getting a gift card.
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