How to get a costco membership and not pay for it

If you want to save money by making wholesale purchases at Costco, you may be a little upset to learn that membership in this wholesale network will cost you 60 or 120 dollars a year, depending on the plan you choose.

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Standard club membership for 60 dollars per year allows customers to purchase goods at any Costco worldwide, while premium membership (120 dollars per year) gives you 2% refund of all purchases, writes the publication Cheat sheet.

However, in order to return the amount of 120 dollars paid for a membership by returning, you need to spend about 3000 dollars a year in the network stores, which is about 60 dollars a week.

There are several ways to shop at Costco and don’t pay for membership or save a lot on membership fees.

Check discount sites

Visit sites Living Social, Deal news и Groupon for special costco membership discounts that appear on a regular basis. More recently, Groupon and Living Social offered one year special package: Standard Costco Membership, Cashco Cash Card for 20 Dollars and Coupon for 65 Dollars. It is also worth checking out the suggestions of these sites for teachers and students.

Shop for purchases that don't require Costco membership

You can purchase some products and services at Costco even if you do not have a membership. Such services include vision and hearing tests, the purchase of medicines with discounts. You can also eat at a food court and buy alcohol without having a network membership.

Use Costco Cash Card

Another way to bypass the membership fee is to shop using Costco Cash Card. You can ask a Costco member to buy a card for you that costs from $ 25 to $ 1000. Cards can be recharged, and the validity of the balance is not limited. If you decide to make a purchase on the Internet using a card, you will pay 5% more, because you are not a member of the club.

Shop online

Anyone can make purchases online on the Costco website, although if you do not have a membership, the price for you will be higher by 5%, that is, you will have to overpay for 100 dollars for a purchase of 5 dollars. If you make purchases irregularly, it can help you save a lot of money. However, not all network products are available for purchase on the Internet.

Split membership

Reduce your membership fee by half by sharing your Costco membership with a friend or family member. You can officially give another person the right use your membership, but it must be one of your relatives.

Go shopping with friends or family members.

You can always shop with a friend or family member if they have a Costco membership. If you do not pay with the Costco Cash Card, you will need to transfer money to your friend or relative, since you cannot pay for purchases at Costco yourself if you are not a member of the network.

Use Instacart

Use a delivery service such as, for example, Instacart in order to get around Costco's membership fee, but it still won't be free for you. Non-member customers pay a higher price for Costco products, plus you have to do minimum order in the amount of 35 dollars, as well as pay for the services of the service and delivery.

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