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expiredtunabreath posted Nov 27, 2023 11:32 AM
New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Costco Shop Card
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Update: Last day to take advantage of this offer (ends 12/31).
Groupon offers New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card for $60. Must purchase this promotion by December 31, 2023 to qualify for the Costco Shop Card.
Thanks to community member tunabreath for finding this deal.
Groupon offers New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card for $60. Must purchase this promotion by December 31, 2023 to qualify for the Costco Shop Card.
Thanks to community member tunabreath for finding this deal.
- Note: Offer only valid for New Costco Members. Limit 1 membership and Costco Shop Card per household.
- A membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 16
- A $40 Digital Costco Shop Card (valid for use to purchase eligible product at Costco locations and Costco.com. Shop Cards are not accepted at Costco Gas Stations, Car Washes, or Food Court Kiosks.
- Valid only for new members and those whose previous memberships (Primary and Household) have been expired for at least 18 months or more.
- Promotional $40 Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed within 2 weeks after sign-up to qualifying members. The Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up.
- The 1-year membership period will begin immediately upon purchase
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Written by RevOne | Staff- About this deal:
- Offer valid through December 31, 2023.
- See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.
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Update: Last day to take advantage of this offer (ends 12/31).
Groupon offers New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card for $60. Must purchase this promotion by December 31, 2023 to qualify for the Costco Shop Card.
Thanks to community member tunabreath for finding this deal.
Groupon offers New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Gold Star Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card for $60. Must purchase this promotion by December 31, 2023 to qualify for the Costco Shop Card.
Thanks to community member tunabreath for finding this deal.
- Note: Offer only valid for New Costco Members. Limit 1 membership and Costco Shop Card per household.
- A membership card for the Primary Cardholder and one additional Household Card for anyone living at the same address, over the age of 16
- A $40 Digital Costco Shop Card (valid for use to purchase eligible product at Costco locations and Costco.com. Shop Cards are not accepted at Costco Gas Stations, Car Washes, or Food Court Kiosks.
- Valid only for new members and those whose previous memberships (Primary and Household) have been expired for at least 18 months or more.
- Promotional $40 Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed within 2 weeks after sign-up to qualifying members. The Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up.
- The 1-year membership period will begin immediately upon purchase
Editor's Notes
Written by RevOne | Staff- About this deal:
- Offer valid through December 31, 2023.
- See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.
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I have been surviving on Costco Shop/gift cards and shopping at Costco as a non-member. I've got it down to a science now:
When it's just about your turn to check out, you just directly request the cashier to get a manager with the following reason: "I want to use a Costco gift/shop card as a non-member". This direct request shortens the amount of time they feign about not being able to check you out as a non-member.
I have a printout of this page [costco.com]. Click the second FAQ item, print it & take a highlighter to the 2nd to last sentence if they play dumb.
Here's why I won't, and why this annoys me. First, it's a high-pressure blitz when I just want to go home. Leave me alone. Second, and most importantly, Costco uses gift certificates like it's 2003. They do this on purpose though. They make make killer money on membership upgrades because they're counting on people forgetting their gift certificate (not allowed to use it online), people losing their gift certificate and not realizing they can ask for a new one, or people just not caring until it's expired. Load it onto my membership card where it can be applied to my next purchase, and I'd do it. They won't do that though because it would hurt their profits. I am too stubborn to participate in that hustle even if it might benefit me because I'm only out ~$5-$15/yr at most.
I continue to patronize them because I'll occasionally drive the 30 minutes to the brick and mortar store (in-person shopping there is still fun until I get to the checkout), but I mostly get in on bundles of discounted clothes for work each year. The convenience and savings on that alone is what pays for my membership.
tl;dr if you're buying this and not upgrading, expect to be harassed and have someone condescend to your math skills at the checkout lane more times than not
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Groupon email has this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwaASrg
I don't know if its like this everywhere but my local Costco is always packed.
Certainly not everywhere. None of the ones I've been to in CT/NY are like that, maybe one day a year or something, but I've never personally seen it that way. Perhaps you live in a big metro?
Got the membership through this deal so I could book cruise today for my vacation. Walked into the store to get the physical card. They sold me upgrade for additional $60 + Citi visa card with $50 GC and also 3% on my cruise booking. I thought good deal if I can book it using new card today. They told yes it will work. Anyways any travel you book through Costco, you pay only after you start the actual travel. So I can always change the card at last moment.
They gave me temporary credit card which does not work for purchasing online as it does not come with CVV. Also my card gets charged right away. So the deal for which I purchased everything is waste. Called Citi credit card, they told the membership people do this often by lying just to get more memberships and so their commission.
Bad experience with Costco, no idea why people like Costco.
The next day when the item shipped, they charged me another $30 to my payment method without explanation. It was only when I contacted customer support I was told it was a non-refundable fee. Come to find out, Costco uses low quality paid drivers to deliver your package, kinda like an Uber just for your local Costco delivery. The $30 fee must have gone to this driver. To top it off, the lady driver wanted to connect to my Wifi to finalize the delivery (confirm it was delivered). What a joke!
Nothing compares to your friendly Amazon delivery driver.
That's a service for grocery (perishables delivered from your local store and pharmacy items).
You can order non-perishables and electronics from Costco and have the item shipped by Fedex or UPS.
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https://www.groupon.com/deals/n-c...membership
Seems a little different mechanically in that you get a promo code through ID.ME, sign up for the membership directly on the costco site and enter the code when you register.
Just in case anyone doesn't want to go through Groupon.
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Seems a little different mechanically in that you get a promo code through ID.ME, sign up for the membership directly on the costco site and enter the code when you register.
Just in case anyone doesn't want to go through Groupon.
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