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Frugal Tip: Costco Giftcards can be used in lieu of membership! (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/frugal

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If you have a friend with a costco membership, you can ask them to buy you some $25 Costco Shopcards, which you can use at the entrance to get into the store and at checkout to verify you can make a purchase. Anything you have over $25, they'll allow you to use an alternative method of payment to pay for it.

They make you turn in the card at checkout, so it's certainly not worth it if you go more than a handful of times a year, but for those who go less, it's a good way of avoiding the membership fee.

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[+] [email protected] -14 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I'm always amazed at the whole new ways that companies come up with to exploit people

But convincing people to pay a fee to shop is just incredible

[–] nucleative 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Isn't Costco known for essentially talking very little profits on goods and earning much/most of their profit through the $65 membership fee?

Some people would do the math and decide if that's worth it for them or not.

Doesn't seem like exploitation, just don't shop there if it's not worth it.

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