Costco Customers Are Furious And Threatening To Switch To Sam’s Club Or Walmart As New Membership Policy Rolls Out Nationwide: ‘This Is A Joke’

Costco has a loyal base of customers who exclusively shop at the chain for its amazing deals and the opportunity to buy in bulk. It makes sense for a lot of families, however, not just anyone can waltz into Costco and take advantage of the bargains. To get inside of a Costco, you have to have a membership, and it seems as though over the years certain customers have been pushing the limits of the membership policy, sharing and transferring memberships even though Costco doesn’t allow this.

Corporate must’ve gotten fed up with all the card sharing, because a new policy was just instated in Costco’s across America, and customers aren’t happy. Keep reading for more information.

While needing a Costco card to shop at Costco is far from new, Costco is seemingly getting stricter with these rules. Now, at the entrance of every Costco there’s a scanner, manned by an employee. All customers must scan their Costco card at the entrance, and if the picture on the Costco card doesn’t match the person holding the card, they will be refused entry, with no exceptions.

This means, as one TikToker pointed out, that shopping for sick or elderly family members that hold a membership is now impossible. “They don’t care if you’re shopping for your grandma,” user @neybabez posted on TikTok. “I’m leaving to Sam’s!” she wrote in the caption. The Costco website confirmed this in a statement: “Guests must also be accompanied by a valid member for entry.”