Costco guest passes

 

Does Costco give guest passes like Sam's does?
I need to buy a couple of things at Costco - I am ready
to pay an additional 10% or whatever, if they allow me
to shop without a membership.

 

In article opmy@spam.com says...

Then you'd probably be better off shopping at Target.  Costco fools
people with loss leaders so they think they're getting value for their
membership fee.  If you have an understanding of what things cost and
you take an overall view of their inventory, Costco probably won't save
you much over shopping at non membership stores.  Many people convince
themselves they save money simply because they paid for a membership and
to think they haven't saved money would give them cognitive dissonance.  
Many of these people never shop anywhere else other than Costco (so as
to make use of the membership card) so they really don't know what
things cost elsewhere.

That said, if you know what you're going to use the membership for and
scouted Costco's loss leaders you can make good on the $50 membership by
shopping wisely.  I certainly wouldn't pay a 10% overall penalty for a
basket full of random stuff.  

As always, YMMV.

 


I haven't seen any myself; why not just go shopping with a friend who
has a card?

 

Seerialmom wrote:


And buy your stuff on their CostcoAmex card, giving them the 1% rebate
as an incentive.  Costco doesn't do separate transactions for guests any
more, but they'll run a subtotal (including tax).

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