Bad news if you’re mooching off of someone else’s Costco membership: The retail giant is cracking down.

When you enter Costco, you need to show your membership card to an employee to shop. Costco membership cards are non-transferable, but the company allows members to give a second household card to one other person in their home. Anyone with a card can bring up to two guests to the club during each visit, the company stipulates.

But Costco has noticed that non-members have been sneaking in with membership cards that don’t belong to them — particularly since Costco expanded self-checkout.

Costco recently started asking for shoppers’ membership cards along with a photo ID at the self-checkout registers, the same policy as regular checkout lanes, to crack down. “We don’t feel it’s right that non-members receive the same benefits and pricing as our members,” Costco said in announcing the change.

And now, Costco is testing out a system that requires members to scan their membership cards at the store entrance — instead of just flashing the card to employees. Shoppers have spotted the new scanners at a store in Washington State and posted photos on Reddit.

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    9 months ago

    No free trials? I literally don’t know what I’m missing and if they’re fine with that so am i.

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      9 months ago

      If you tell them you’re thinking about becoming a member & want to check it out, they will let you walk around. They’ll just tell you you can’t check out without a card. So yes, free trial.

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        9 months ago

        If you read my comment you’ll see I mention they don’t offer free trials. This is my 0th free trial.

        I wouldn’t have to manage that for a few reasons, here are 2.

        1.they don’t offer it

        2.I don’t work there

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          Uh. … Hmmm. OK. No you didn’t. You said I quote “No free trials? I literally don’t know what I’m missing and if they’re fine with that so am i.” That’s a question followed by a statement.

          Meaning by the way you wrote it.

          1 you didn’t know

          2 you seem to be OK without so why care they don’t?

          Anyway they seem to be doing OK without you.

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            9 months ago

            anyway they seem to be doing okay without you.

            If you go back to my original comment I say at the end “if they’re okay with that so am I”

            Idk how or why you’re so emotionally bruised from me ripping on a corporation. Consider buying a bulk pack of shut the fuck up™ located in aisle 5 right next to the sense of humor you need as well.

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                9 months ago

                Wow man totally destroyed by your…checks notes

                recycling of my own words. Maybe they will sell you an original thought if you ask nicely and pay for the übermembership.