It's true, Costco will scan membership cards at the door. Here's what Californians need to know. Story by Shelby Slade, Mike Snider and Paris Barraza, Palm Springs Desert Sun • 10mo.

Costco is planning to deploy scanners at store entrances as a way to curtail non-members’ use of membership cards, the company announced. The members-only warehouse began testing the scanning of ...

The crackdown started last year when the company expanded its self-service checkout area and discovered a number of nonmember shoppers using other people’s cards, Costco told Axios in June 2023 ...

The retailer earned $4.6 billion in membership fees from nearly 128 million members in 2023, according to the company's 2023 Annual Report, and $1.12 billion in fees in the most recent quarter ...

Last year, the company began requiring a membership card with a picture or a photo ID to use the self-checkout scanners after noticing more non-members using the devices.

Self-checkout machines were also affected by Costco’s crackdown. Last year, the company began requiring shoppers to present their membership card and a photo ID to use the registers.

Costco is planning to deploy scanners at store entrances as a way to curtail non-members’ use of membership cards, the company announced. The members-only warehouse began testing the scanning of ...

At the time, the warehouse chain put up signs at their locations across the U.S. that said, “Effective March 16, 2020, an active Costco membership card will be required to purchase items from ...

Those without a photo on their Costco membership card can also have a photo taken at the membership counter, according to the company. The policy change will take effect “over the coming months ...

SEATTLE — Costco will soon require people to scan their membership cards in order to enter a warehouse store, according to the company's website. In the coming months, card scanners will be ...

The $45 gift card offer means Costco’s Gold Star Membership, which usually costs $65 a year, will be available for a shockingly low $20. This lower-tier membership is described on the company ...

Next time you head to Costco, make sure you have your plastic or digital membership card – and a matching ID.The members-only warehouse retailer is really starting to crack down on non-members. Costco ...