Costco Wholesale Club confirmed Tuesday that it has started a crackdown on shoppers sharing their membership cards with non-members at self-service checkouts. “We don’t feel it’s right that non-members receive the same benefits and pricing as our members,” a Costco official told Axios.
The company added in a statement: “As we already ask for the membership card at checkout, we are now asking to see their membership card with their photo at our self-service checkout registers. If their membership card does not have a photo, then we ask for a photo ID.” Costco CFO Richard Galanti also said on an earnings call last month that the company, at “some point,” will raise the price of memberships, citing inflation as a reason for not having done so already. A Gold Star membership currently costs $60 while Executive membership is $120. Read more at Axios.
One can always buy a Costco gift card for as low as $10, and then be allowed to enter any of their stores.
But could you purchase stuff for say $100 with that gift card?
They never look closely at my card.
I have not been to Costco yet.
No feelings seem wrong.
I borrowed my mom’s Costco card that has her pic and was stopped at checkout but said I now identify as a man.
Ha ha ha.