[DrFunke]

>I'm not sure what you are hinting at

Where am I hinting at anything? I literally said that "I pay $60 for membership"

The scenario I've witnessed many times in the last year: a cashier screaming at members for not having their card ready/not having an item barcode visible/scrutinizing the tiny B&W photo for any hint of malfeasance. Just an unpleasant experience altogether. They do this because memberships are way down. And if you think it's just me here's a reddit thread

https://www.reddit.com/r/Costco/comments/14fpbjm/accused_of_...

Costco cashiers enjoy the highest pay and benefits for a job that requires little intelligence or skill. For some reason they act like frustrated divas forced to interact with the unwashed masses. Sorry, no. You're an unskilled service worker and wear a nametag. Get over yourself!

Anyway I'm not going to subsidize that. But I'm also not going to give up my rotisserie chickens and $5 gallons of organic milk. I'll get a membership again when the self-checkout machines outnumber employees.

>one time use

Nope. Have used a single card 3x. Also gift cards are highly regulated in my state, what you're describing is illegal

>they check the member that gave you the card

No idea what you're talking about. Been doing this for three months.

[ZeroSolstice]

I wasn't asking about a reddit thread, I was asking about your experience since you indicated it happened to you. If you don't want to share thats fine I was just curious as quite a few commenters on the thread seem to think that verifying your membership by asking for your card is "being treated like a criminal." I was trying to take other instances into account.

I don't really know how many times you would have to shop at Costco to not know to have your card out. I can understand peoples first time or forgetting but you have to be very oblivious to not notice the process that is happening with the person in front of you and have it ready. This is akin to people waiting in line at a restaurant then getting to the counter and not knowing what they want.

If you went to the link I referenced you would see in the reviews that people were leaving on the Costco site that this was their experience with the gift cards.

>one time use >> Nope. Have used a single card 3x.

Right, because your current membership is still active. Again, if you read the Costco link I referenced the people attempting to use the card were not members and gifted the Costco cards. This will be the scenario you run into when your membership expires.

>>Also gift cards are highly regulated in my state, what you're describing is illegal

Great, then apply your personal knowledge to where you live, clearly its not the same everywhere.

>they check the member that gave you the card >> No idea what you're talking about. Been doing this for three months.

Again because your membership is still active and you are the one that purchased them.

[DrFunke]

>I was asking about your experience since you indicated it happened to you. If you don't want to share thats fine

I just have written two paragraphs on my personal experience

>seem to think that verifying your membership by asking for your card is "being treated like a criminal."

not at all what I said, but I think you knew that

>I don't really know how many times you would have to shop at Costco to not know to have your card out.

Not addressing my point but again I think you knew that

>This will be the scenario you run into when your membership expires

Again, gift cards are highly regulated in my state. They don't suddenly lose all value contingent on the buyers standing at the store. You're making that up for some reason. Do you work for Costco?

>Great, then apply your personal knowledge to where you live

That's... what I've been doing this whole time, thanks