[Sabella]

Originally Posted by NavyNJ

If you read the card, nowhere does it say a membership is being offered for $20……as others have said, you get a “digital” $20 store credit coupon sent via email once you sign up ($40 if you buy the Executive Membership). Rest assured……it’s not any type of “Bait & Switch” scheme……no need to get Seniors vs Crime involved!! LoL!!!

Keep in mind that one of the terms of getting the Costco card is that it automatically renews for you every year.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Sabella

Keep in mind that one of the terms of getting the Costco card is that it automatically renews for you every year.

That is correct, but you can turn off the auto-renew feature at any time.

[New Englander]

I have a Sams membership and the scan as you go app is fantastic. Saves a lot of time. Costco don't have scan and go?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I have a Sams membership and the scan as you go app is fantastic. Saves a lot of time. Costco don't have scan and go?

Sorry. Costco does not have scan and go.

[biker1]

They are apparently testing it now and presumably will start slowly rolling it out in the future. Stay tuned ....

Originally Posted by New Englander

I have a Sams membership and the scan as you go app is fantastic. Saves a lot of time. Costco don't have scan and go?

[New Englander]

Originally Posted by biker1

They are apparently testing it now and presumably will start slowly rolling it out in the future. Stay tuned ....

That's good news. My Sams Club membership will expire in November and I'm considering switching to Costco. I'd just like to walk around inside Costco to check it out first.

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

That is correct, but you can turn off the auto-renew feature at any time.

Mine does not auto renew - don't think it ever has. Either I'm reminded it's close to expiring when I'm checking out or I receive an invoice in the mail. Paying it or not is my choice, exactly the same way AAA membership works.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

Mine does not auto renew - don't think it ever has. Either I'm reminded it's close to expiring when I'm checking out or I receive an invoice in the mail. Paying it or not is my choice, exactly the same way AAA membership works.

When you log in to their website, there is an auto-renew option. You can turn it on or off. But, when you sign up, the default is "on". You just need to remember to turn it off or they will automatically charge your credit card.

[New Englander]

I can only imagine what Costco is going to look like on opening day. The parking lot will fill up by 8am. Traffic will be very heavy. If I do join Costco, I won't go the first week.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I can only imagine what Costco is going to look like on opening day. The parking lot will fill up by 8am. Traffic will be very heavy. If I do join Costco, I won't go the first week.

My thoughts exactly

[ElDiabloJoe]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

When you log in to their website, there is an auto-renew option. You can turn it on or off. But, when you sign up, the default is "on". You just need to remember to turn it off or they will automatically charge your credit card.

oh, I see. Well, I joined Costco years before there was a thing called "Internet" and well before companies had things called "web sites." I joined in 1990 or so when it was still Price Club (Long Beach, CA), and the World Wide Web wasn't really a thing (still in growing pains) until about 1995 or so when Netscape Navigator turned the Internet from an academic text-based exercise into a WYSIWYG visual based adventure. Oh, for acronym-phobic NJRRGuy, it stands for What You See Is What You Get.

Appreciate the update on the Costco site though, thanks.

[Heatherremert]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I received a post card from Costco with a special offer for a membership card for the new Costco at discounted price of $20. When I try to sign up the price is $65. It's looking for a coupon code to get the special offer. The only code I can find on the post card is an "awareness code" and that code don't work. Anyone here have better luck?

My card says "awareness code" then a 5 digit number after that. I think they are requiring that number.

[mrf6969]

We have received through email $40 for signing up for the Executive membership and $50 emailed for signing up for the Costco Citi Visa. If you're going to get something it will be emailed to you after signing up.