How shoppers feel about new Costco membership card scanners
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Many Costco locations in the Bay Area are already using electronic membership card scanner machines, and others will start doing so in the coming months. STORY: abc7ne.ws/3yy9vAN
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I don't quite understand this though since you need a card to make the purchase at the check out stand.
Exactly
Right!!
The sole purpose for scanning the card at the door is data collection. Any other excuse they give is BS.
I'm sure the store would rather turn ineligible people away at the door than have to restock a full cart's worth of merchandise for someone turned away at the checkout. Just saying.
Exactly! Makes no sense. Also, when my husband and I go we have one card. How will that work with the new system?!??
I don’t think it’s a big issues since you already have to pull out your proof of membership at the door. I can’t help but wonder if they will use it for data collection purposes as well to see how long your in the store etc
Only problem, a human checks for validity, while a compute compiles data, which is then used for all kinds of nefarious purposes.
@@aa-hj2fdis it really nefarious to track how long people are in the store? I really can’t think of a nefarious reason to have people scan in.
@@aa-hj2fd Name the nefarious purposes
Data collection and is the sole purpose of scanning the card at the door.
What about people going in to buy alcohol and more importantly, prescriptions, who are allowed to do so without a membership?
Meh, one small inconvenience to keep non-members out. The food court got better (fewer people) since they started requiring membership to buy. Where else can you get such large Pizza and hot dog combo for such small cost? Costco truly values its members.
I'm very happy with this. I was absolutely appalled when I found out the food court allowed non members in. I realized that's why the food court was always so jammed pack.
Sounds like they want to keep out minorities
Costco pizza at food court tastes terrible.
@@tdhtran I respect your opinion, there are times when I can eat it but there are times when is just too greasy.
Sam's Club, that's where
For those of us who pay for our memberships and hate fighting crowds, this will be a good thing.
Costco will always have crowds and lines so this does nothing for that
Nice assumption that the people who shop their dont belong there. Never once had I experienced someone turned away or left a cart of groceries without paying
@@mcd4039It happens multiple times everyday...and in most of those cases, the fresh items have already been out of the fridge/freezer too long so they get thrown out. Then prices go up for everyone.
You don't make any sense, you need membership card at checkout.
It feels like this will make crowds worse. People are going to be fighting both inside the store and now while waiting outside.
Also they already check memberships at checkout and I don’t even care if people get in for free. That doesn’t affect me. This new scanning is just going to slow me down. That doesn’t sound good.
It’s good to know if I’m ever in a hurry, I can’t stop at Costco because I’ll have to wait in line like it’s a Taylor Swift concert just to get in.
They want people to buy their own membership instead of sharing family or friends like Netflix
Excalty
The guy says it's to cut down on people shopping for free, but... you have to scan at checkout so that's B.S.
It doesn't save an employee, they still need the one human to make sure you actually scan and don't just walk by it.
Seems pointless to me.
Exactly!!! But I enjoyed he thought he could blow smoke up skirts and no one would notice
It's to try to stop freeloaders without an active membership from eating free samples all the time. There are some people that go to Costco at lunch every day for free food or cheap hot dogs and sodas. That's annoying for those that have paid! I don't know how many times I've seen whole families that snuck in at the Food Court causing backups for members. I think some stores are now requiring an active membership to buy at the food court. These people just need to buy a membership it's not that expensive especially if you eat there a lot . Definitely cheaper and better than a Fast Food stop.
Some people would use the emergency exits to shoplift. I've seen it happen before. They move their carts close to the exits and then grab their items and bolt out the door. This scanner is in place to mitigate that... or so I would think.
Costco makes its money on membership fees, not on sales. They keep their profits to 15% to provide value to the members.
Exactly
Stop whining, it’s their store their rules! You don’t like it don’t shop there!
😂 good one brah
Or just get a memebership simple solution.
if I am paying to shop there then it should not be complicated, technology is only as good as the creators and it's obvious it's not that great but you are right for me it may be better if the lines are shorter.
@@rob8392 you sign a contract with them agreeing to their terms. It’s really that simple.
With your way of thinking i wouldn't be surprised if any store you ran had zero customers with that silly "my store my rules" theory you got. remember the mighty dollar belongs to the customer and you have to give them a reason to spend it with you and not the next shop. good luck going out of business.
They know who's in their store. This will cut down people (shoplifters) who never set foot inside.
First you get used to scanning you card. Then a camera will doing a face match against your id within a year.
@@rickv5833 that makes sense, unfortunately we have lost our ability to have certain rights anymore
Smart guy... already testing the next version of the scanner with a biometric camera.
We're losing all our privacy!!!! More scanners coming.
Ur not that interesting anyways so why are you tripping if someone has ur identity 😂
If only we had that for illegals.
Keep the rift raft out. Oh wait, I'm the rift raft. Hahaha.
🤣
Funny but it’s riffraff 😁💜
pay up
minor point,, it’s Riff Raff.
Hey you cat looks cool
I’m fine with it. What I hate is when they try to upsell memberships during checkout. So annoying!
They only upsell you if it’s advantageous for you. Gotta get that executive membership
@@fatfatthewaterrat5010 It was not advantageous in my case. I did the calculations myself and it wasn't worth an upgrade. But they PUSHED and PUSHED and PUUUUSHHHHEEDDDD. I finally called and they removed me from their harassment list. Hasn't been a hustling attempt since!!
@@fatfatthewaterrat5010They should leave us alone with the membership we have. We know the difference between the 2.
If I wanted an executive membership, I’d just go up to the membership counter and get one. I don’t need to be asked EVERY SINGLE TIME I checkout.
There's no real way of replacing an in-person attendant at the front door to verify customer membership. If they go, people will just walk right in whether or not there's a membership scan reader. One great example of eliminating an in-person verification is MUNI. When I took MUNI in the 80s and 90s, you had to enter through the front door and pay your fare in front of the bus driver or train operator to verify everyone paid to ride. Once MUNI pushed for the clipper card and allowed people to enter in the rear of the bus or train while confining drivers and operators to just doing that and not verifying payment, MUNI started seeing a huge reduction in revenue and is now in a massive deficit. So Costco is still going to need front door people.
Probably..because what if you walk pass the scanner unless there's a alarm..you are going to keep going.
They are not replacing the front door attendants. They are the ones that are verifying that the picture on the card that you scanned is you.
Don’t they scan your membership card at checkout? Why twice?
some people just go in and fill up on free food samples and $1.50 hot dogs
@@cashrjr23its so people dont use other peoples cards so they have to buy their own individual membership
Self checkout is the reason for this crackdown. Bc since Covid and since self checkouts came into the store the card sharing has dramatically multiplied. That’s why you see people insisting to go to a long self checkout line instead of going to a human cashier with far fewer members in it.
In order to match the same face as a card folder. Lots of people use someone else's card, dad , mom, friend. It has to be the same person as cardholder to pay actually too
@@cashrjr23on a free spoon full of tuna 😂
Costco employee here, it’s here because people the last 4 years have abused the system. Using mommy and daddy’s membership. That’s how Costco makes their money. Think of it as it’s not fair for you to pay 60 to 120 bucks a month while other people get in for free using someone else’s card.
How does scanning the card at the entrance keep people from using someone else's membership card?
That's the stupidest logic ever. Money is money. If Bob with the membership buys stuff or Bob's brother without one does Costco is still making money. That's how your salary gets paid, MONEY. 🤦♂
I use my mom's Costco card but I live with her and she goes with me to Costco. It's easy enough to get around. You just need to be shopping with your parents and just pay your own money while they're also there. Also, legally, since you guys sell alcohol, you can't bar anyone from entering if they only want to purchase alcohol.
In Georgia, by law, you MUST be allowed to go to the pharmacy without being a member. I have a Sam's Club membership, but when I go in and they ask for my membership card, and I say I'm going to pharmacy, and they let me in, because by law they have to. And in Georgia, this also applies to Costco.
@venom5809 you know oh so little. Costco makes money on memberships. Their profit margins on products are negligible. So when non members make a purchase, they are benefiting from a service that they didn't pay into and costco doesn't get a return. Not to mention you are mooching off actual paying members. Don't take my word for it, look it up
The Boston business professor said Costco doesn't want people to just enter the store. That Costco wants members to buy something. A member can still leave the store (exit only now) without buying something (what's next? Can't exit without a purchase receipt?). There's really no logic to the scanner because no one "just walking in" can buy anything without a membership card anyway. Is the scanner going to match up the person's face to the picture on the card, too? Not. That's still the job of the Costco employee at the entrance (there he is in his spot in this video). This scanner is some kind of business model for Costco and has nothing to do with the shopping experience of it's customers other than to frustrate. Because as we all know, cards and scanners can, and will be problematic at times.
They can't tell you the real reason 🤐 but what I can say is your data is more valuable to these big companies then you think....
Well, not everything requires a membership. Little known fact, by law, Costco can't require a membership for the Pharmacy or if the food court is not inside the building (There are quite a few locations where that's the case) .
@@3henry214 The self-service food court ordering machines require a membership card to pay for your items. Without a membership, you must go to the manned checkout line inside the store to order and pay for food court items.
I love this new scan in process
I fine with it. That will learn those people that leech off other people's cards
How? No one looked at the poor photo on the back of the card. No one asked for ID. Scanning the card is barely above flashing it to a human except now there will inevitably be a line. The only reason they want you to scan a card is data collection. I can easily think of a dozen ways to use that information.
lol let’s create a new annoyance/problem to “solve” a nonexistent issue.
This
Exactly holding lines to enter🙄
Don’t shop there, it’s really that simple.
It’s a huge issue when people who don’t have a card are using other people’s cards. It’s very simple No card No Service
More like a data collection rather than security purpose or whatever marketing nonsense they're talking about.
About time they do something about all the freeloaders.
You can't pay for your stuff until they scan your card at the check out and verify you're an active member with your membership paid up.
Yeah, but who's going to make sure you scan your card. They still need to have someone there. The only real thing that's happening is membership verification.
And having a digital record of every time a member enters a store.
They made a big deal out of it a few months back, people using someone else’s card, borrowing it. They will lose a lot of money by limiting use of the card. For one thing, its a great advertisement for occasional users to decide if they need to get their own card
"so people just can't sort of sneak into the store and buy things" ... wtf lol we already have to scan our card at checkout so idk what he's even talking about like who even is this man 😂 god forbid people buy things lmao I gaurantee you the number of memberships will not increase like they think it will.
Edit: If I was borrowing someone else's card because I didnt want to pay a membership I certainly wouldn't just start paying for a membership now 😆
I got a refund for my membership. I felt like I was a thief the way they treat you and how they check your cart as you leave the store and go through your items was enough for me to just go to Walmart now.
@@kushking949if they check everyone’s receipt, are they really treating you like a criminal? Sam’s Club actually scans your receipt and a couple of items in the cart. It’s way more annoying. Also, doesn’t Walmart check receipts? I stopped shopping there when they eliminated most of their cashiers and have had people arrested because their self-checkout scanners malfunctioned.
If you like shopping at Walmart more than Costco, I think we’re all happy that you canceled your membership.
@@kushking949they check your cart to make sure you’re not getting charge for something that is not in the cart.
@@kushking949i feel you brother but Walmart checks your receipts too. I always blast past them when they hold their hands out at Walmart as if I'm going to voluntarily stop and get frisked after paying for all my goods. They got me twisted.
I can’t believe the only money they made is with the membership cards.😂
😂😅😂😂
I am a Costco member. I am fine with scanning my membership card, just like I think everybody should have a picture ID to vote in elections. What a novel idea!
Governments should make ID free then
@@oliver_3185 if you have a Drivers License that will work. If you need a State Issued I.D., how much does it cost? It can't be much. It's a small price to pay to make sure that you are a Citizen of the U.S.A. and that you are who you say you are when voting. Common sense. Now, watch how this blows up!
even if you do get in the store without having a membership, you CANNOT actually buy anything because you are required to give the cashier your membership card at the checkout. the only thing you can buy is food from the food court area.
I think that people with a huge amount of items in their cart, with someone else's memberhip card, would cause a kerfuffle at checkout. Easier to scan at door to make sure that does not happen.
free samples
Need card at food court
You need to get scanned to get into Costco! But not at the border! WOW!
True. Got to have that valid id. So is Costco “racist”? 😂
@@frankieknuckles8160 or even to vote?
Why don't you go over to Mexico and then attempt to see if you can get back into the US using illegal methods and make a video telling us how easy it is. I highly suspect it''s not nearly as easy as you think it is. LOL
@@venom5809 I have, I need ID. But if your illegal you can come right over. Crazy right? LOL
@@frankieknuckles8160 By come right over, you mean face deportation and legal proceedings right? Because the lack of legal documents basically ensures legal issues and detention.
And if you're referring to those coming over illegal AND not getting caught by the USBP then yeh no shit you don't need an iD. Do you need an ID anywhere when sneaking in without detection?
Nobody can buy anything without having a card anyway! You have to have your card at checkout. They scan it at the register. Apparently they no longer want anyone who isn't a member coming in to look around the store to see if they might want to join. That's ridiculous. Another reason why I like Sam's better than Costco. Costco also won't take my Mastercard and Sam's will. Costco apparently has some exclusive deal with Visa that leaves out anybody who doesn't have a Visa card.
Deters shoplifters from entering.
@@GROGU123 Yeah, deters prospective members from entering as well. There are probably better ways to deter shoplifters.
@@mattbosley3531 No there’s not. Look at all the looters in the Bay Area. They have to put normal items behind a glass case on all their shelves now. Thats much worse than this.
it’s also about increasing membership. lots of people share the same accounts and are dependent on costco. you are only allowed two members per account.
The Costco Visa does not have an annual fee. You get varying rebates on everything you buy with the card. I get more back from the Visa card each year than I do with my Costco membership rebate. I use the Costco Visa card for everything I buy and I get hundreds of dollars back each year. I highly recommend it.
If you have a Costco cash card, you still can get in. Buying alcohol or medication in pharmacy. Also don’t require a membership.
Exactly, in my state if you sell alcohol you can't deny someone entry so what the hell is the point of this nonsense Costco is doing? My Sam's doesn't ask to see the card at all.
@@venom5809 my Sam’s started choking cards recently in so FL.
Waste of time
So, people could shop w/o being members? How did that work? We always have to have a card to pay at the check out.
Instacart and such apps. People can go through them to get items delivered to their door without being a member. Sure a member has to get it, but they are doing so for a non-member. You can do the same at Sam’s club.
People, with valid membership cards, were letting their family or friends (without a Costco membership) use their card to get in & make purchases. . . For many years, I used to shop for my elderly mom @ Costco. . . I used her Costco card with her name & photo on it & her credit card with her name on it as well!! As long as the Costco Card was current & her credit card worked, no one ever stopped me or even cared. . .
C'mon Costco, you're raking in $4.6 BILLION in memberships alone & don't tell me you're not making any $$$ from the products you sell. . . Even if you're "losing" money on your $1.50 🌭 +🥤you got me in your store to spend $300💰 or more!
You just show your id walk through and scan the id card from your family member. I dont shop much so I wont be getting the membership as it does not save me anything. If anything, I can go with the person on the card and still get stuff without paying for the membership and split the bill.
It’s simple, be a member. I’m fine with it and most of the time when I go to Costco I’m in no rush to leave because I know I’m there getting a lot of stuff.
Doesn't bother me. I've been a member for over thirty years.
and just how much money have you paid for a membership over all that time, stupidity. I guarantee you I get everything just as cheap as you think you are.
But.. what about the next day?
“So why the change?”
PEOPLE WERE SCAMMING THEM
Lol scamming them off the food court? Cheap food that burps up on you later
I'm glad that there is still an employee standing there.
They scan the card at checkout, no? Why also at the entrance?
My wife used to simply walk in and ignore the workers calling her to show the card. We left Costco because of all the checkpoints, treating us like criminals to weed out the real thieves.
yes same here I felt like I was a thief they way they treated my wife and me
Wah Wah waaah
It's to prevent people without membership to get to the checkout and be like "what I need a membership???".
Also avoids checking misuse of other people's membership card if the customer uses self-checkout.
Your feelings are hurt from that? Newsflash, they do that to everyone snowflake. Your wife is rude, you are a guest at Costco. When you agreed to membership you accepted their terms. With that kind of behavior maybe you are criminals.
It's a member's only store and you want them to remember you like you're some sort of distinguished customer HAHAHA!
Costco just screwed themselves by implementing scan membership. The reason is because those shoppers who refuse to buy a membership before will now take their business elsewhere. Costco still makes alot of money from actually selling the items in store, but now will see a major drop in sales due to those customers who refuse to buy membership. Therefore, prices will begin to increase afterwards.
I’m not renewing my Costco membership. They no longer sell items that are not available at the same price somewhere else.
exactly and costco brands taste like ass now
Next they will enforce how many guests you can bring in and you can’t get more than one free sample
Hope so.
During Covid restrictions they did have a rule that you can only come with one additional person. I loved it!
Maybe if covid is 2020 bad again they might limit the guest numbers but samples hardly dig into their bottom line.
Hyperbole
Id is racist remember
My Costco in La Habra ,CA. has two people with scanners on both sides of the entrance door and the process is very quick. If you're not a up to date paid member, then get one or get out. With 30 plus years as a member, we average about 57 visits a years and are happy customers. And those samples are a plus to shopping there, especially when many have prompted my wife and I to buy the product.
It's useful data too. The time people enter the store, how much time they spend in store etc.
I'm sure that is their main reason.
Keeps the thieves out.
Had no issues getting in at all, wasn't slow at all, no more freeloaders anymore.
Good. Between the membership fee and my Costco being at the outskirts of town away from other businesses, I don't have to deal with homeless drug addicts, shop lifters, or the class of people who leave the place trashed. They could do away with the free food samples though. I know what I need to buy before even going in, and despite them being fellow paying members, I don't like the type of crowd the free samples draw. They block the isle, take multiple samples pretending like they're serious considering purchasing the product, and half the time toss the empty cups or napkins on the floor.
Your a bit bitter but I lean that way also🇺🇸
Hell, a lot of “shoppers” at my local Costco only go there for free sample lunch.😢
Where the heck do you live that homeless people tear up your Costco??? That sounds pretty low brow 😂 I’m sorry!
Er you may want to find another Costco, that one may be the worst one in the country 😂
@@Tsukiko.97 👍🏻
Some products in Costco is as expensive as any other store and they claim most the profit is from membership? Very fishy
Some products are even more expensive than at others stores.
Ruse
A line walking in; a line paying, and a line leaving store. Be prepared to spend at least 3 hours...half that waiting, especially during holiday time
My only pet peeve is when an entire family with multiple kids and grandparents join the member for shopping like if it's a vacation.
I visited a Costco at a San Jose, CA location to get tires back in 2009. I waited at the food court and saw a chinese family of 5 chow down on a rotisserie chicken with paper plates they had just bought. Like a picnic! He pulled apart the chicken with his hands and didn't care if anyone witnessed it. As an Asian person myself, I was dumbstruck but not at all surprised. So many fresh off the boat Asians work there and don't have proper manners out in public. San jose has a lot of Asians so I guess he's safe doing that there. lol
The fact is Costco is family stores, they sell all stuffs and toy from babies, toddler, kids, teenager, adult and senior.
@@hirolla74lol everyone eat with their hands, we love eating pizzas with hands too. We have hands designed to do that. 😂😂
Sometimes we use someone hands and people say it's so romantic 😂😂
@@hirolla74at least they bought it first before eating it unlike many people I see eating food thruout the store and then returning the leftovers to the shelves
@@hirolla74look like you like BLM stealing and shooting up the place. Mind your own business fool
I Guess We Can’t Use Auntie’s Card No More 🤣
Still can. They’re not checking pictures on the card.
@@pytube777 yes we are
@@pytube777 Yes, they absolutely are. That is the whole reason for this.
They see a huge cardholder's face photo on the scanner. Dont borrow someone's card
I wonder how enforceable it is. Some states won't let membership stores restrict alcohol sales to the the general public. And all states require these type of stores to sell prescriptions to everyone.
It takes longer because too many people wait until the last minute and then fish around in the bags for their cards.
Now they can track how long you spend at any of their stores :)
That's probably the whole point. But, man, it surely slows things down.
Also to that their tracking your purchases with that card and selling that information online to various government agencies so basically from what I know that your purchasing stuff is not really private .@@antonlogunov1936
Interesting point. “They” really want all this data on us, goodness. 🤔
And how many people enter the store at different times. They could probably schedule checkers to match the traffic.
youtube has been doing that for years…
Cut down on how many people get to checkout only to find their membership is expired.
PRO TIP:
Obtain a gift card. Even if you dont have a membership, and even if its only worth $1. Not only do they have to let you in, but you can just use that "$1" and pay the rest with any method youd like.
It's gathering data, not enforcing rules.
They already have your data since you're a member...
don't worry it's just giving your personal information to potential chinese and japanese foreigners, ai technology who are wanting to regain lost revenue from their potential multi billion dollar investments, and whatever else 3rd party companies are wanting to use the data for. not counting security tracking measures, how you shop detaling exactly your exact approach in facial features and body movements, sounds and speech recognition. nothing to worry about.
@@luisfmc14I totally agree with you 100%!!!!.
@@luisfmc14 I am a member of Amazon. When I first joined it was just free 2 day shipping. Now there is streaming, music, home security, thermostats, and much more. All of that is for data. You signing up and giving Costco your name and phone number is not data. Now that you scan your card they know when you enter the store. When you check out they know how long it took you to shop. They can also place cameras in the store like Amazon and QT that track you to see what you looked at, but didn't buy. They have much more power with you scanning than just flashing.
They just started this here in AZ. I asked them what the scanners were for/how they worked. Was told it is to verify that it is your card and not a friend's. That owner's image is shown on the screen for, oh, I don't remember how many seconds. She was very adamant that no personal data was collected or stored. Yup, that's what she said...
I think it could be both. Seems to me that the only extra data they could really gather is the date/time you came in and if you made any purchases, how long it took you. But there probably is some value in that information, both for Costco and whatever data broker they may sell it to. Cheers!
How are you suppose to get in to get a membership if you don’t have one?
What’s the point of scanning before you purchase? If you scan at the point of sale problem solved. I understand the theft aspect, but Costco doesn’t have widespread theft. Am I missing something?
People with any form of security details (understood that that is a small but very wealthy portion of Costco shoppers) will have their bodyguards not happy about their present location being in a hackable database.
Data
This may be a dumb question,,im not a Costco card holder,but does the card have your picture on it or something?? Facial recognition? If not,how will this stop someone from using a friend's card?do you have to show actual identification at check out or something??
People really think it’s to check your membership 🤔 for one that’s true. Think about it!!! This will give Costco insights as far as how much time members spend and how much money😅 it will give statistics so they can move stuff around to maximize profits, so much info will collected as far as how members time behavior effects how much they spend, if they know exactly when you go in, what items you purchase and how much time you spent in the store.
I got a refund for my membership. I felt like I was a thief the way they treat you and how they check your cart as you leave the store and go through your items was enough for me to just go to Walmart now.
@@kushking949 I hear you. It use to be a more enjoyable experience when we first signed up years ago… I’ve had my share of negative experiences for sure. Also, I understood that they check your cart to make sure you got all your items, but times have changed and it does feel like the opposite to me too.
Walmart has people standing at the door checking receipts at times too. I don’t see a problem with Costco checking receipts at the door. If you are an actual member and aren’t stealing then I see no issue with it. Too many screwball non members sneaking in to eat all the free samples then eat at the food court and leave.
@@brich6875 Not only that... prices at Walmart are no longer the cheapest, they have steadily been experiencing "price creep" due to their shoplifting losses being added onto prices. It's no skin off my nose to be checked on the way out, but it is an annoyance in having to wait in a long line to leave, while they have to check someone with a shopping cart filled to the brim and/or overflowing with items.
Your feelings are hurt from that? They do that to everyone. And the speed they go, most likely they are just counting items to match with the total items number on the receipt.
Most Walmarts do not have people seriously checking receipts/carts the way Costco does even if the store has a large theft problem. Costco is definitely more invasive in that perspective
There is still an employee at the door. You still have to scan your card at checkout. Every time I go, all but one checkout lane is open. I understand that they want to keep non members out, but this doesn’t cut down on employees at the door.
I still dont get whats so good about costco. Everything is negative about it to me. Too crowded, limited selection, have to pay membership.
The prices. Costco limits its profits to 15%, pays its employees well, and is always looking for ways to better serve its customers.
@@willieverusethispizzas are 300% markup
means the lines will be shorter at the checkout stands...yes
You pay a membership fee, you should be accepting of this.
If you don't like it try going to a grocery store.
Bacon -$7 a lb.
A loaf of bread $5
Ice cream$7 -1/5 gts.[if it gets smaller it will be on a stick]
actually everything is expensive.
No, I PAID. This is just one more of their insulting actions.
@@craigheise9764 I shop at Winco and the prices, there, are essentially the same. Slightly lower on eggs, milk, & chicken breasts.
Cool with scanning but just don't take away the self-check as rumored.
I’m all for it. Why should members pay $65-$130 annually for membership while others don’t pay that yet enjoy the perks of membership. I love Costco.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CARD SCANNED AT THE CHECKOUT STAND, WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT,?
YOU CAN'T BUY ANYTHING AT THE FOOD COURT EITHER WITHOUT SCANNING YOUR CARD! WHAT'S UP THEN?
Costco is losing money that’s really why they’re getting tight about things. I canceled my membership long ago. The products and experience aren’t worth the hype at all. How many times can you buy the same thing-they have a lot but lack variety… but then again, I don’t have a family so the place isn’t geared toward the single.
?????? WHAT ? Uh yeah true what that guy said there just getting rid of employees at the door, which if I remember correctly, my picture is on the back of my card ?
Come on, Costco, give us a better explanation.
I don’t do this, but I don’t understand how this stops people from lending their member card to someone else who will then scan their card instead of flashing a card to a Costco employee.
I love the scan. Go Costco!
I’m all for it but will it keep non member shop lifters out?
Next month: Costco introduces neural implants to cut down on membership moochers!
This reminds me of the chip thingy that doom day shows talk about for the future.
You can't check out without scanning your card at the register.
There are two figures to keep in mind -- $3,000 and $3,250. Based on the current cost of an Executive membership, it takes $3,000 in annual Costco spending to recoup the $60 upgrade fee, you have to spend 250 dollars every single month to make up for the fee, thats ridiculous.
How are you calculating that figure? Recouping the cost of membership is not just dependent on how much you buy to offset the cost of the membership with the cash back reward. It's also the amount you are saving by not buying somewhere else and paying a higher price, or getting a better value for what you get. Example, meat (beef). Three grades sold... prime, choice and select. Costco sell Choice, most supermarkets are selling the lower grade select for what you pay for choice grade at Costco.
If you drive a car in the Bay Area, you should already know how much more you save by 1) filling the tank up at Costco at a lower cost per gallon and 2) Getting 4% cash back with a Costco (Chase Visa) credit card... which is higher than the typical 2% cash back reward credit card.
The price per gallon at the Costco where I shop is usually at least 10 - 15 cents lower than the least expensive gas station in my area. And unlike the cheap "no name" gas at other stations, Costco gas meets the standards for getting the "top tier" rating, just like the much higher priced name brand gas (Chevron, Mobil, Shell).
My last annual Costco rewards check was over $200 ( about 70 - 80% from gas purchases), more than enough to justify the cost of membership.
You failed math spectacularly. Just on gas my Costco is 40 cents a gallon cheaper sometimes and my tank is 15 gallons so that's $6 saved just on one fill up. LOL
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Will they stop asking to see my card (3 times) inside the store while shopping now?
I hope they do this on the east coast!! I pay a lot of money for my membership!!
$50? 😂, I’m glad it’s here but tf
This is B.S. because they are not requiring you to show your I.D. Therefore you can still use your friends membership. 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Worst store in town. Worst shoppers to
I bet it's for the SHOPLIFTERS!
this is the least of there concerns of they are a shoplifter. how would this stop a shoplifter from running in and grabbing what they want and then walk out
As for buying anything? They check and scan your card at the register also. Sooooo, whats the purpose of the double scan then. They get all that info atcthe register.
Self checkout won't need someone to verify the picture on the card to make sure that you are the member. So they are just checking that you are the member one way or another.
Haven’t shopped at costco in 10 years. Couldn’t be more proud.
Never had a membership
U paying to buy stuff… I would never ever buy a store membership that’s so stupid
You haven't seen their prices, then. TP is 1/4 the cost of Vons.
At mine im able to slip in through the exit pretend im going to the return desk. Theres always a way
Honest Costco members don't mind this at all. Dishonest shoppers are highly upset at being forced to follow store policy.
Don’t you need a membership card first to be able to pay?
My only problem with this is when there are a bunch of people trying to get in, there's a line at the door.
Not sure what stops Costco from installing a second scanner. Each can be installed at each side of the entrance.
These Class 2 lasers have warning labels and are fine to glance at one or twice, but THEY ARE EVERYWHERE and damaging your eyes.
I'm done with Costco. Wait in line to get in, muddle through the grazers, wait in line to give money, wait in line to exit, and now at every step be expected to prove you have paid for the right to shop there. I am sitting here post surgery, unable to walk much, discussing with my wife if we need anything from Costco soon. Ive had a card for years and weve never bothered to add her. Shes been turned away once when i was not there and we were both questioned like criminals when we split a trip at the register on another trip. Once after waiting for five minutes at the exit with zero movement, I skipped the line and left. I was all but tackled in the parking lot and accused of theft before I showed my $600 receipt. The first time I experience a delay in the door, Im throwing my card and walking away. We are now shopping our Costco staples with other providers, once those go away, Costco becomes a foul memory. STOP TAKING YOUR CUSTOMERS FOR GRANTED AT BEST AND TREATING THEM LIKE THIEVES AT WORST! Baaaaa goes the sheep in the rest of the comments.
I cancelled mine back in 2018. My husband and I were in a good ways when the front door employee flagged him down. She said he had to open his cellphone case to prove he wasn't carrying a gun. I was livid and was ready to cancel on the spot. The next day I called corporate to complain about the employee chasing us down. She said well if he had a gun, that would have traumatized the kids..He could have started shooting up the store. I told her that was the stupidest thing I had heard. If the employee had bothered to look she would have seen his cellphone was clearly visible their was no room for a gun. She could cancel my membership.
I'm with Sam's Club, love the scan & go feature. Don't need a card, just the app is all I need.
Why don't they change the card to have a much better and bigger pic first if all. And maybe i just don;t understand, you may be able to get in but you will be checked right at the checkout before you can purchase anything. I don't get the point of it????
If they sneak in, how did they pay for items?
so now instead of waving your card at one person who manually clicks off a door count they have 2 employees, on on either side, to help people scan then verify their photo on the backside of the machine and try to pluck people out that don't match their photos.
I'm okay with that!
Less to deal with thieves with more security. I agree to scan.
How does that screen out people using cards that doesn't belong to them?
Doesn’t unless they match the picture on the card or license if no picture.
Actually they should move it to the check stand right before you pay for your products , that’s where it will save time on the check out.
You can also use your Citi Bank Costco Credit card for entry scan.
Let's say my sister has a membership and I go with her as her guest and I buy whatever I want. Or let's say I borrow my sister's membership card and act like it's mine to get in the door and buy whatever I want, what is the difference between the two of them. Being dishonest about me being a card member. Yes that. Dishonesty . But as far as what you can buy in Costco, Costco doesn't lose out on anything because there's no different if you're taken in as a guest or if you borrow somebody's card, it seems the same to me.
This exactly happened to me , I had to cus out the worker , acting like I was stealing when my dad was there and just handed me his card so that I can pay my stuff with his membership, they wanted me to send my dad the money to his card and have him pay ! They were doing the most
Costco has better security than some local bars I’ve seen some 15 16 year old getting into bars
😤 so I can’t just go get my pizza without scanning in
Sam's got this for as long as I remember
So does that mean the food court is out now? Didn't need a card for that before.
I absolutely love this system. They have these at the new Costco in Rocklin