How To Shop At Costco Without Being A Member

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#1

Ask someone who is already a member to buy you a Costco Cash Card:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductSet.aspx?Prodid=10024438

With a cash card, you can shop at Costco, even if you aren’t a member. You use the cash card to get in the door and pay for your purchaes, with no surcharges or other extra fees.

#2

[QUOTE=negritude;2131384]Ask someone who is already a member to buy you a Costco Cash Card:

http://www.costco.com/Browse/ProductSet.aspx?Prodid=10024438

With a cash card, you can shop at Costco, even if you aren’t a member. You use the cash card to get in the door and pay for your purchaes, with no surcharges or other extra fees.[/QUOTE]

Wow! That’s awesome. Wish I’d known that when the Sony printable DVD’s were on sale a few weeks back. Thanks a million! I’ll be ready next time.

#3

Interesting. I will have to look into that.

#4

Reading through the description, you can’t add credit to the card yourself though.

#5

[QUOTE=imkidd57;2131740]Reading through the description, you can’t add credit to the card yourself though.[/QUOTE]

No, you can’t. However, if you plan to shop at Costco a couple times, you can get a card with a larger amount, by estimating how much you plan to spend overall. If you’re going to do a lot of shopping there, then obviously, you need to get a membership. The cash card does not replace that. The cash card only allows a person to ocassionally shop there without having to become a member.

The point is that for those people, like me, who only shop at Costco for two things, (1) automobile tires and (2) blank media, we can get a friend to fill up a cash card for us for those rare visits.

#6

That is a great idea.

Wonder if the same thing will work at Sams Club. They have a gift cards available.

CLGerow