Costco new/renewal membership offer - $50 off on $50 online purchase (or $100 off on $100)

mc_molineux wrote: ↑ To the people who alternate their memberships with their spouses to get "new member" offers like this:

Are there any drawbacks vs. a straight renewal? Can you still return things purchased with the expired membership? Can you use your existing costco.ca account? Any other negatives?

M1K3Z0R wrote: ↑ Anyone got a screencap of the email?

Maybe I could show it to them and play it dumb that the code does not work, or just spoof it with MS paint :P

M1K3Z0R wrote: ↑ No email here, expired since October 2019. I get their spam emails about weekly warehouse deals, but checked and can't find anything welcoming me back.

trying to renew or make a new account with the awareness code I get "The promo code you have entered is invalid. Please verify the code and try again."

I'm really interested, I'm due for new glasses so I'll have to renew my membership anyway... though I rarely go to Costco due to the pandemic and the closest one being a 30 minute drive.

mc_molineux wrote: ↑ Does anyone have any insight on this?

SomeOtherDude wrote: ↑ sorry, this is so confusing.
Is this the right chain of events - for NEW MEMBER ?

1 click the link in the OP
2 sign up as a new member, enter all your details, but do NOT go thru with payment for the membership
3 wait 2 days to receive a costco email with a special code
4 log back into costco account
5 now go ahead with the real payment for the membership and enter the special code from the email

could anyone confirm please?

starchoice wrote: ↑Lol, too funny that people actually admit to getting talked into the executive membership, particularly for RFDers out to save money. As far as this offer is concerned, there is no benefit to the executive membership. Regular card is essentially costing you $10 while the upgraded card is $20 (after voucher). The voucher must be used online so with the executive membership, you now have to purchase $100 value of stuff that is overpriced online.

I suppose it's okay if you do a lot of your shopping there for the rebate and you intend to renew with the executive membership.

Hamza12 wrote: ↑ Well with a $100 coupon I am basically paying $20. So i only need to spend 2k at Costco to have a free membership. To each their own, In the end it depends how much you shop at Costco for you to decide which membership option to go with. For me the executive works out better.

303angelfish wrote: ↑ Executive membership actually get 2% rewards so only $1000 spend to get $20 reward

starchoice wrote: ↑ Lol, too funny that people actually admit to getting talked into the executive membership, particularly for RFDers out to save money. As far as this offer is concerned, there is no benefit to the executive membership. Regular card is essentially costing you $10 while the upgraded card is $20 (after voucher). The voucher must be used online so with the executive membership, you now have to purchase $100 value of stuff that is overpriced online.

I suppose it's okay if you do a lot of your shopping there for the rebate and you intend to renew with the executive membership.

starchoice wrote: ↑ Lol, too funny that people actually admit to getting talked into the executive membership, particularly for RFDers out to save money. As far as this offer is concerned, there is no benefit to the executive membership. Regular card is essentially costing you $10 while the upgraded card is $20 (after voucher). The voucher must be used online so with the executive membership, you now have to purchase $100 value of stuff that is overpriced online.

I suppose it's okay if you do a lot of your shopping there for the rebate and you intend to renew with the executive membership.

Snoopydoo wrote: ↑ From what I understand, Costco will refund you the $60 difference if you have an executive member card and don't end up getting a cashback reward greater than the cost to upgrade. So technically, you can pay the $120 upfront, get a $100 coupon, come renewal time, ask for a refund of the $60 to upgrade and you come out on top with a $40 gain. Of course, you will have to go in person to the customer service desk to get that refund.

Snoopydoo wrote: ↑ From what I understand, Costco will refund you the $60 difference if you have an executive member card and don't end up getting a cashback reward greater than the cost to upgrade. So technically, you can pay the $120 upfront, get a $100 coupon, come renewal time, ask for a refund of the $60 to upgrade and you come out on top with a $40 gain. Of course, you will have to go in person to the customer service desk to get that refund.