Costco to start scanning membership cards at the entrance of all its stores
Costco to start scanning membership cards at the entrance of all its stores
Costco is installing scanners at all of the retailer's stores to discourage non-members from shopping at its warehouse clubs.
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Are they changing policy that the food court and pharmacy are accessible to everyone? That’s in my membership agreement.
I don't think they are allowed to change the policy in the pharmacy. Pretty sure it's a legal thing, you can't charge a membership fee to access one kinda thing.
Food court is up to them though.
Anyone can go in to buy liquor too, if your Costco sells it.
Saddest day of my life not being able to get a hotdog without a card. Woman literally laughed in my face and said well if you're too cheap... I wanted to go home and sic my wife on her. But I'm petty like that. A month a ago and I'm still so but hurt. Like why insult me and my finances?
Actually saying "you're too cheap" to your face is incredibly unprofessional and insulting. I would have immediately told them to get their manager over to talk to them.
That’s a shitty way to treat someone, sorry that happened to you.
If you have storage space though and look for good deals, ironically a Costco membership could help with your finances, and you could have cheap hotdogs again.
The trick to Costco is that, while everything they sell is normally of very good quality, only some of it is a good deal. I’ve yet to encounter particularly bad deals at Costco, something where I feel like I’ve been ripped off. That said, some things are a better bargain than others.
If you happen to have storage space, which isn’t the case for everyone, you might find that by purchasing some items in bulk and storing them that you end up saving more than the membership costs.
Some items that I find Costco normally has stable good pricing on that you can easily calculate out if it would make the membership worthwhile
- eggs
- milk
- toilet paper
- paper towels
- soda
- beer (depending on brand, there’s normally something that’s a good deal but it might change month to month)
- fruit
- meat (depending on cut, ground beef is normally a pretty good deal if you have freezer space for a few pounds)
Although if your bad experience with the food court person put you off that’s reasonable too. Anyways, just thought I’d share what I’ve found having a Costco membership for like a decade, I didn’t really want to pay upfront to go to a store but when I sat down and ran the numbers I came out ahead. But I have enough budget flexibility and storage space to make that viable and so I’m in a privileged position in that way so your mileage may vary.
Anyways still sucks that the person decided to belittle you, no one deserves to be treated like that. Hope your days ahead are filled with nicer people.