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Costco Bargins (merged)

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  • Keith wrote:
    Hi, What is the easiest way to become a Costco member, I called our local store during the week and was given another number to call but it is never answered :( Thanks in advance :)

    You don't need to own a shop/business. You can also join if you meet the following criteria:

    "You are eligible for Individual membership by being employed in, or retired from, one of the following groups:

    Banking/Finance
    Civil Service
    Education
    Fire and Rescue
    Insurance
    Local Government
    Medical
    Police Force
    Solicitor or Barrister

    Or by holding a recognised professional qualification (such as pharmacist, dentist or media press card holder).”

    The fee for Individual membership is £25.00 plus VAT, but this does include an additional card for a second person (spouse, parent etc).

    My husband is a Software Engineer (works for Rolls Royce) and he joined without any problems - he just needed a recent utility bill and wage slip. You can also get a non-member into Costco with your membership card, but you have to be present at the same time (your photo is on the card to prove that you are who you say you are!)

    Hope that helps :)
  • zeke
    zeke Posts: 461 Forumite
    khizman wrote:
    meh
    get yourself down to netto
    9 rolls for 1.50
    decent brand too, nouvelle.

    What's the wipe/ tear quality like?
    Just because you used to be you think everybody else is, don't you?
  • and dont forget that when u buy an electrical item its guaranteed for as long as u stay a unbroken member

    had a camcorder offf em , had it 2 1/2 yrs and loads of new ones ahd come out so i took it back to customer services saying that it had an intermittent fault and the lady just said , ok and gave me my cash back no questions or anything.
    i get loads of electricals from them, hair dryers, irons etc as when they break after a yr or 2 u just take em back and they refund ya
  • Viz_2
    Viz_2 Posts: 720 Forumite
    Did you have the reciept and original box when you took the camcorder back ?


    I have an iron from Costco that has broken. Will they accept it back without the box etc... ?
    Never buy a stupid dwarf -
    Its not big and its not clever.
  • Alison_B
    Alison_B Posts: 2,124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    We boughts some phones from Costco but after nearly a year they became faulty. I phoned cutomer services up and explained that I couldn't find the receipt and they said it did not matter. They could look the item up on their systems and then gave me a full refund even though I didn't have a receipt, we did have the packaging though.

    What other store would do that?
  • roses
    roses Posts: 2,333 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    They came round my work place about two months ago and were handing out leaflets to join. It was £25 exc vat plus a card for my spouse, which they said I could give to my sister.

    After looking through their leaflets I decided in the end I was better off shopping at Waitrose ;). Here are some of the prices listed in the leaflet they gave me:

    George Foreman Outdoor Grill - £52.86
    Whirlpool Heavy Duty Washer - £234.99
    24 50cl bottles of Evian - £11.49
    8 boxes of 90 sheet double satin facial tissues - £4.45
    9.9kg Persil non bio pwder - £9.99
    6 cans of 213g Red Salmon - £14.47
    Karcher 110 bar pressure washer - £93.99
    Velvet wipe & clean kitchen towels 10x twin pack - £9.39
    10 185g cans of John West tuna - £9.17
    2 grade a whole chickens - £5.59
  • Petal_3
    Petal_3 Posts: 779 Forumite
    I think there was another thread about Costco customer service/refunds etc. It said they give refunds no quibble/no questions. I think a Costco manager even posted on there...they reckon that giving refunds no quibble brings the customer back time and again.
    Owned by [STRIKE]4[/STRIKE] 4 cats: 2 x Maine coon cross males, 1 x Pixie Bob male and[STRIKE] 2[/STRIKE] 1 x Norwegian Forest male....cute!

    R.I.P Darling Jackson 11/7/09 - 15/1/10 :(
    Miss u sweetie... :heart:
  • Lara
    Lara Posts: 2,881 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Viz wrote:
    Did you have the reciept and original box when you took the camcorder back ?


    I have an iron from Costco that has broken. Will they accept it back without the box etc... ?

    If they have it on their computer system that you bought it from there you could try. No harm done. They're pretty easy with refunds.
  • keasden
    keasden Posts: 113 Forumite
    I bought my niece a G-shock watch from there for Christmas the year before last. I bought it around October/November, gave it her for Christmas obvioulsy and it broke after around 10 months. She only told me it had broke after the following Christmas but I took it back to Costco and explained what had happened, they checked on their records that I had bought it from them as I had no reciept by that time and gave me a full refund, no questions asked, despite it being around 16 months old according to their records.

    I have a relative who has returned a TAG watch costing over £800 on two seperate occasions, again no questions asked.

    Top marks to Costco for their returns policy.
  • feival
    feival Posts: 469 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    But with all these refunds how do they make money. Yes they are incredibly busy but two £800 TAG watches refunded with no questions asked?
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