Important if you have a Sam's Club membership

[cb977]

Last week when my order was being rung up at Sam's, the register notified us that my card is expiring at the end of December. Thankfully, the cashier didn't allow me to renew when I said "okay". He said that when you renew, the new membership starts on that date, not at the end of your existing membership! He said to wait until the day after your card expires to renew it. Being the skeptic that I am, I contacted Sam's to find out what the truth is and this is the response I received:

Thank you for contacting Sam's Club. Your start date commences on the date that you renew.

Amazing! If that cashier had listened to me saying okay, I would have lost out on over a month on my existing membership!
It's a rip-off!

Thought it was important enough to let my friends know about it,

Susanne

[Ross]

I knew this. I thought others did as well?

[cb977]

It's a rotten way of doing business...and I've let them know what I think about it (big surprise, huh? )

[IdahoOrchid]

That is a DECEPTIVE corporate trap to catch older and inattentive people off guard. I know it is THEIR business, but that is just plain rotten.

Is Costco a part of Sam's Club. Oh, that is the membership part of WalMart, isn't it?

[Becca]

Originally Posted by IdahoOrchid

That is a DECEPTIVE corporate trap to catch older and inattentive people off guard. I know it is THEIR business, but that is just plain rotten.

Is Costco a part of Sam's Club. Oh, that is the membership part of WalMart, isn't it?

Costco isn't part of Sam's club....I have a Costco membership and I am one of those to wait until my membership expires to renew it....I will check and see what I find out....

[cb977]

Originally Posted by RPfeiffer

Costco isn't part of Sam's club....I have a Costco membership and I am one of those to wait until my membership expires to renew it....I will check and see what I find out....

Costco does not try to steal time from their members:

Thank you for your email to Costco Wholesale.

When you renew your Costco membership the renewal extends from the time you signed up for the membership.

...which is the way it should be!


I had Costco up in NY but the closest one down here is way too far for me to get to

[littlefrog]

Regular price on most things is lower at Sam's Club. Diapers and formula are worth the price of membership alone - both of which I've been spending a small fortune on.

They carry some things that other places don't. And the package sizes on food are larger. You can get some pretty good deals. But, a good sale at the grocery store will probably be a lower price than what you can find at Sam's for a lot of items. Often substantially lower. Nothing goes on sale at Sam's. For example cases of Pepsi are less at regular price at Sam's, but when they go on sale for $8 at the grocery store you can save a lot of money. And pop is always on sale somewhere.

[cb977]

Yup, Sam's is part of Walmart but now that I know this, I would think the same goes for Costco and BJ's which are also warehouse retailers

[khill]

Wow--I did not know this! I just joined Sam's Club a few months ago. Thanks for the heads up.

[Marty]

rotten indeed... looks like a nice BBB complaint

btw, is COSTCO the same way?