Costco Card @ SamsClub

travelnutz wrote:
I've had a business membership with 5 additional associate members on our Sam's membership Card since the late 1980's and always have been very satisfied. Several years ago we went to a Cosco in Florida with some friends who were members. Was not impressed in the least. We signed a register to get membership info and holy cow! For years after Cosco just kept calling and sending emails to me trying to get us to join. No way!

Yes, for a few months until July 4th 2016 Sam's was letting non-Sam's Club who were Cosco members to use their Sam's Club Stores with their Cosco membership card. Must have been good for Sam's as it was reported that they got a very large surge in new members from doing this. We have 4 Sam's Clubs and 2 Cosco's in our area and the amount of cars in Sam's VS Cosco parking lots tells the story as to which is the most desired by about 3 to one per store.

Simply put, a Cosco membership card won't get you into a Sam's Club to purchase goods in the main store as you have to present a membership card at the door when entering and a valid up to date Sam's membership card at the register to be swiped before the Sam's employee can even scan a bar code and enter the first item. The valid membership card activates the register and your name on the card appears on the register's screen! BTW, Sam's Membership Cards have your picture on them so if you don't match the pic, the manager will come to see you and they take it seriously as this finds stolen or lost cards so quickly and efficiently.