Costco is a widely beloved warehouse store for a number of reasons. For starters, there’s no denying they have some of the best deals on bulk items around. And when you add in a $1.50 hot dog combo and a range of helpful member services, what’s not to love? Unfortunately, though, those membership services has been dwindling recently, and now there’s one more that customers will have to say goodbye to: the Costco Photo Services.
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Costco Discontinues Photo Services
Costco customers already had to say one hard goodbye back in 2021, when the membership-based store officially put an end to the Costco Photo Center. Before then, members were able to develop film and print digital photos at the store. The company then moved all of its photo services online... but now we have to say goodbye to those online services, too.
That's right: We're sad to share that Costco's photo services became a thing of the past on Jan. 28, 2022. Members will no longer be able to reap the benefits of CostcoPhotoCenter.com, CostcoDVD.com, or CostcoBusinessPrinting.com. And to make matters worse, users also lost access to any content they had on these websites, unless they downloaded them beforehand—or if they transfer them to Shutterfly.
Costco Members Encouraged to Switch to Shutterfly
Costco members are encouraged to start using Shutterfly for all of their photo needs in place of the warehouse store's once-beloved photo services. Luckily, the website offers the same perks and more. In fact, Shutterfly is offering a Costco member-exclusive deal: 51% off on all orders and free shipping over $49.
However, members are still upset over this change—and they aren't quite buying the Shutterfly deal. "Costco's photo products were always high quality and affordable. The 51% off is meaningless because Shutterfly seems to always inflate their 'original' prices," one Reddit user commented on a thread about the change. "Have to add this on to list of good things that died at Costco (polish dog, condiments, in-house photo processing, etc). RIP."
Many jumped to point out the price difference. "I am legitimately upset about this. My Costco cards this year were $.80/ea, including tax, shipping and envelope addressing. I just checked Shutterfly and it's $3.58/ea not including tax, shipping, addressing PLUS they print their logo on it—there's not even an option to pay to remove it," someone wrote.
All in all, it's safe to say customers are sad—even mad—to say goodbye to this popular service. What will be next to go for the company? We can only hope the hot dog combo will stay.
