I don’t like this new thing they implemented at Costco - at least, the stores in the Denver area.
The new thing: scan card, it shows your picture from the membership card and indicates if your membership is active.
This is to ensure people gaining entry to the store have an active membership and/or are not borrowing someone’s membership card.
I declined and worked something out with the manager. We are thinking of canceling our membership.
Is this in place at all Costco stores nationwide? How are you handling it?
Came here to say this. When you shop at Costco you get rewards back. We get on average 850-$1000 a year on our account. People who lend out their cards stack the deck and get way more in rewards without shopping there. Costco is protecting their brand and want to prevent non members who pay zero dollars in dues to shop and add cash back rewards to the account holder.
What does that even mean? If they sold that product, a member would get cash back regardless, so there's no money savings to Costco with this. THEY'RE STILL SELLING THE PRODUCT FOR PROFIT. I've gone with friends before to buy collectively, it just saves the trip. Now, I haven't been a member in years, but my mother insists on maintaining her membership. What happens if she's sick but needs stuff from there? I can't get her prescription now?
They do delivery I think at this Costco, but when we tried it awhile back, the credit card number was stolen and used fraudulently before an hour had passed.