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New Costco Members: 1-Yr Membership w/ Auto Renewal + $40 Digital Shop Card: Gold Star

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Costco Wholesale has for New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Membership w/ Auto Renewal + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card from $59.99 w/ promo code SLICK24 when you sign up w/ valid email address & setup for auto renewal on a Visa Card at the time of sign-up.

Thanks to Deal Hunter SehoneyDP for posting this deal.

Note: You will see a $0.01 deduction on your membership cost after the promo code is entered. This indicates that your promo code has been successfully processed so your incentive will be emailed.

Available:
  • Gold Star Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card $59.99
  • Executive Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card $119.99

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Costco Wholesale [costco.com] has for New Costco Members: 1-Year Costco Membership w/ Auto Renewal + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card from $59.99 w/ promo code SLICK24 when you setup for auto renewal.

Available:
  • Gold Star Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card $59.99
  • Executive Membership + $40 Digital Costco Shop Card $119.99
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*To receive a Digital Costco Shop Card, you must provide a valid email address and set up auto renewal of your Costco membership on a Visa® card at the time of sign-up. If you elect not to enroll in auto renewal at the time of sign-up, incentives will not be emailed. Valid only for nonmembers for their first year of membership. Not valid for renewal or upgrade of an existing membership. To qualify as a new member, an existing Costco membership must be expired at least 18 months or more. Limit one promotion per household. Promotion is nontransferable and may not be combined with any other promotion. Digital Costco Shop Card is not redeemable for cash, except as required by law. Digital Costco Shop Card will be emailed to the email address provided by the Primary Member at time of sign-up within 2 weeks after successful sign-up and enrollment in auto renewal. Costco is not liable for incentives not received due to entry of an invalid address during sign-up. Digital Costco Shop Cards are not accepted at Gas Stations, Car Wash, Food Court Kiosk or Self-Checkout. Use the provided single-use promo code when entering your payment information. (Note: You will see a $0.01 deduction on your membership cost after the promo code is entered. This indicates that your promo code has been successfully processed so your incentive will be emailed.) A Costco membership is $60 a year. An Executive Membership is an additional $60 upgrade fee a year. Each membership includes one free Household Card. May be subject to sales tax. Costco accepts all Visa cards, as well as cash, checks, debit/ATM cards, EBT and Costco Shop Cards. Departments and product selection may vary.
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Last Edited by Wizard April 22, 2024 at 10:50 AM
FYI - I went through the membership signup process a couple of times and ended up with going into limbo both times - costco system hung up. Signed up for a costco account and entered the process and it worked!

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If anyone is trying to decide between the regular and executive membership, just know/remember you need to spend $3000 in store or online annually (with a few exclusions) for the executive membership to pay for itself/recoup the extra cost. Every dollar after that is profit.

And I believe you can get a refund if you decide halfway through that you definitely won't make it, just in case.
FYI for anyone who bit on the $20 card offer last week - no price match on membership promotional offers. I tried on chat with a representative earlier.
Their scan and go app is phenomenal though. Hate standing in line at Costco like a sucker. Their TP and paper towels are still cheaper than HEB, and better quality too. Bottled water is cheaper as well, if you need bottled water.

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deeocom
04-23-2024 at 06:33 PM.
04-23-2024 at 06:33 PM.
Dead? The code only applies 1 cent off.
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oharag1
04-23-2024 at 07:56 PM.
04-23-2024 at 07:56 PM.
More questions:

Can the $40 gift card be used for Costco Gas?

I remember signing up for BJs for this reason - got membership for $25 + $25 card that could be used for gas. I'm still a Bjs member mainly due to cheaper gas + 10 cents off with Bjs card.

Now if I can use $40 for Costco gas I ay be enticed to join.

BTW I just joined SAMS club for $19 solely to purchase a 1UP Arcade cabinet - honed and BOOM the dang thing sold out. Really don't care to drive out to Sam's for groceries to gas. They used to have great sign up deals with coupons - free stuff. Not any more.
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Jacobnyus
04-24-2024 at 06:33 AM.
04-24-2024 at 06:33 AM.
I paid for the membership with the coupon online, got the account number and everything seemed to be fine. However, a few days later, when I went to Costco to get my membership card the staff were saying that they see some error in my payment, and it did not go through (even though I was already charged and my online account was saying that my membership is active). Had to pay for the membership again there so I could get the card. My online account still says that my membership been active since the original payment date, so I hope I will still get my shopping card. The original pending transaction on my bank disappeared.
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Glee217
04-24-2024 at 07:23 AM.
04-24-2024 at 07:23 AM.
Question not related to membership, but to the cash card. One time we went to Costco with $20 cash card and spend around $170 and the person came over to authorize it and told us to not purchase that much or you need a membership. Is this true?
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Jexx11
04-24-2024 at 08:35 AM.
04-24-2024 at 08:35 AM.
Quote from MagentaLake477 :
Has anyone received their $40 gift card yet? I signed up exactly 7 days ago. I wonder if it'll take the whole 2 weeks
I have not got the gift card yet either, I signed up on 4/18. I thought maybe it would come sooner than this since its a digital card after all. I also don't see anyway to even check if the gift card was approved or not.
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PowerfulName4771
04-24-2024 at 08:54 AM.
04-24-2024 at 08:54 AM.
Does anyone know how long this deal is valid? Will this last into May at all?
Just asking because my 18 months from previous membership expire at the end of April.
So If I get the membership now, I won't be considered a "new" member. But in May, I will be. Thanks in advance.
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04-24-2024 at 10:54 AM.
04-24-2024 at 10:54 AM.
Quote from Jexx11 :
I have not got the gift card yet either, I signed up on 4/18. I thought maybe it would come sooner than this since its a digital card after all. I also don't see anyway to even check if the gift card was approved or not.
I think as long as they took $0.01 off the membership total, you should be good for a gift card
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Jexx11
04-25-2024 at 07:59 AM.
04-25-2024 at 07:59 AM.
Quote from MagentaLake477 :
I think as long as they took $0.01 off the membership total, you should be good for a gift card
I finally received my $40 gift card just now this morning 4/25.

My gift card took about 7 days to arrive in my email.
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thadeus
04-25-2024 at 08:12 AM.
04-25-2024 at 08:12 AM.
Signed up the day the deal was posted and just received my gift card.
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MagentaLake477
04-25-2024 at 12:06 PM.
04-25-2024 at 12:06 PM.
Quote from Jexx11 :
I finally received my $40 gift card just now this morning 4/25.

My gift card took about 7 days to arrive in my email.
Just saw it in my email this morning as well Smilie
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TachMN
04-25-2024 at 01:32 PM.
04-25-2024 at 01:32 PM.
Dumb question: Where does one enter the SLICK24 promo code?

I don't see a place for it on the first Gold Star Membership New Sign Up screen.

Without knowing with absolute certainty, I am unwilling to continue the sign up process after providing personal information.

Where exactly is the place to enter SLICK24? Maybe update the info at the beginning.

(I would prefer to go through Costco directly instead of StackSocial. The place where one gets [grey market volume] keys for Windows and Office. Which could be deactivated at any time by Micro$oft. And looking at comments, some don't get the $40 Costco gift card after signing up via StackSocial. So I am leery of them.)
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04-25-2024 at 03:26 PM.
04-25-2024 at 03:26 PM.
how long till shop card is emailed to us
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04-27-2024 at 07:45 PM.
04-27-2024 at 07:45 PM.
Quote from awponder :
how long till shop card is emailed to us
I got it on 6th day after purchase.

Does this shop card expires within a certain number of days from membership purchase date?

I know BJS rewards expired in 30 days.
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04-27-2024 at 07:48 PM.
04-27-2024 at 07:48 PM.
Quote from TachMN :
Dumb question: Where does one enter the SLICK24 promo code?

I don't see a place for it on the first Gold Star Membership New Sign Up screen.

Without knowing with absolute certainty, I am unwilling to continue the sign up process after providing personal information.

Where exactly is the place to enter SLICK24? Maybe update the info at the beginning.

(I would prefer to go through Costco directly instead of StackSocial. The place where one gets [grey market volume] keys for Windows and Office. Which could be deactivated at any time by Micro$oft. And looking at comments, some don't get the $40 Costco gift card after signing up via StackSocial. So I am leery of them.)
15% new member discount on StakeSocial did not worked for this deal. Hence, I directly purchased the membership through Costco website using the promo code and received the shop card.
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04-27-2024 at 10:39 PM.
04-27-2024 at 10:39 PM.
Quote from hot2004 :
15% new member discount on StakeSocial did not worked for this deal. Hence, I directly purchased the membership through Costco website using the promo code and received the shop card.
But my question is where the SLICK24 promo code (for the $40 Shop Card) is entered. It isn't on the first screen of the sign up process. (There is a https://www.costco.com/join-triple-play.html deal for a $50 Shop Card if one joins Costco as a new Executive Member, apply for the Costco Anywhere Visa® Card by Citi and get approved.)

I don't want to get very far in the sign up process then discover there is no place for a promo code. After I entered a bunch of information.

(Because I have been burned by various free tax filing websites where I almost get to the end and then learn it isn't free. Some aspect of the return disqualified it for the free filing. E.g. HSA forms that were OK in the past. (Fortunately this year I learned ahead of time that the federally taxable MN COVID tax rebate disqualified the free filing website I used last year.) So I am a tad leery of signup processes without knowing everything.)

Update: It dawned on me to try entering enough obfuscated information to get past the first Gold Star Membership New Sign Up screen. That worked, but ended up on a Sign In screen. (Where one can also create an account.)

Makes sense I guess. But I am not creating a new account without knowing for certainty that there is:
  1. A place later to enter a Promo Code
  2. And that SLICK24 will work to get the $40 Shop Card

(For my use case I cannot justify paying $60 a year to shop when most things I would be interested in are not cheaper. Gas is cheaper of course, but based on current prices I am not going to burn 428 gallons in a year to reach the break-even point. If I still filled up twice a month, maybe. Heck, 30 years ago I couldn't justify continuing my $25 a year membership at Sam's Club. They, back then and now, don't have gas pumps.)

Oh well...
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