Costco membership growing

[Henry203]

The last 3 weeks Costco membership lines in Atlanta has been crazy.I think it is the fact that they stuck with DEI.

[Lovie777]

1. Relatives are leaving Sam's Club to join Costco...................

Lines have been line when it opens.

[dem4decades]

4. Their newer face recognition system has slowed down entering, the MAGA trash still goes there.

I see the flags on the vehicles and the stupid hats in the store.

[Henry203]

6. I'm talking about the new membership lines

and not about entering the stores. I actually don’t think the new ID system slows entering the stores.

[dem4decades]

8. Thanks, got it. I love Costco, maybe a little too much.

[Renew Deal]

2. It could also be about economics

People chasing value in what they expect to be hard times

[Raven123]

3. I do hope that is true and is occurring elsewhere too

[underpants]

5. I joined last week.

[DeepWinter]

7. Costco

Is a MAGA magnet in my neck of the woods. Bumper stickers and hats everywhere.

[dem4decades]

9. I had a MAGA asshat in front of me at the gas pumps last week, He looked at me and said, "$2.86 you can thank

Trump for that", I responded, "It was $2.76 under Biden", he turned away. I hate to judge people by their looks but he looked just like you'd think a Trump supporter would.

[CountAllVotes]

20. The Red Hat of Hate I heard it referred to

Quite appropriate IMO!

[Emile]

10. The closest Costco around here is 75 miles away.

[IronLionZion]

11. They might open more locations if they have tons of new members

[GoCubsGo]

12. About 30 miles for me.

Still too far to drive, especially given the risks of driving in what amounts to a free-for-all on the road. All we have here is a Sam's Club, and no chance in hell I'm paying for a memebship to that dump.

[CountAllVotes]

19. The one here is about the same length of driving

Over 50 miles no doubt.

[DFW]

25. Something like that for my brother as well

It's a little over a half hour drive, double that if you leave at the wrong time of day.

Still, he runs down there about 3 times a month (he's retired, I'm not), and when I'm in the States, I almost always make at least one Costco run with him. D.C. is usually my last stop in North America on the way back here, and my suitcases are always heavier after a Costco run than they were before I got to Virginia. Fortunately, my status with Air Chance/KLM allows me 3 suitcases up to 32Kg each. If I had the limits allotted to normal mortals, the food and medicinal stuff from Costco would cost me double just for the extra weight alone.

[JHB]

16. 6 miles for me, but I don't have a car...

...... so it might as well be dozens of miles away.

[CountAllVotes]

21. I really want to get rid of the car

I can't it seems as there is minimal transportation where I live.

I feel so stuck!



I feel for you, I really do!

Hang-in there best you can. These are trying times we are living in and I dislike them very much!

[QED]

13. Mine was packed at 11 am Friday.

I had to get dog food and a couple other things and damn, getting through the aisles was rough. It's also snowbird (a.k.a. winter visitor) season - another reason the place was packed.

[StarryNite]

15. We avoid going to Costco Friday-Sunday because they are so busy.

[QED]

22. Normally I do too

But I was down to my last can of dog food. I usually go right when they open at 10 as the lines are shorter and crowds thinner. But the week got away from me...and I couldn't look into the eyes of my spoiled little pack if I'd just given them dry kibble.

[StarryNite]

23. Awww you're a good pet parent who

took one for the team.

[CountAllVotes]

14. It isn't worth it for a person on their own

It was ok when my husband was alive but for me solo, it isn't worth it.

[JHB]

17. I hear you on that! Peishables would go bad before I used all of it...

...and for non-perishables... Do I really need to buy half a year's worth of toilet paper in one go?

[CountAllVotes]

18. I go to WINCO

They have the lowest prices to be found where I am located.

The COSTCO tends to be packed full of people and kids.

There is nothing much in there for a single person to buy other than clothing and I'm not buying anymore clothing.

I don't need 10 lbs. of anything!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

24. We are shopping for two major appliances.

We were considering joining & buying them from Costco. Now, we're definitely going to.

[JI7]

26. I saw something where they had huge lines just for the eggs

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. I love my Costco