Anyone else go into a Costco and then try to pay only to be hit with the Amex deal, and say no thanks? I wouldn't mind having a Costco membership, but the Amex

Anyone else go into a Costco and then try to pay only to be hit with the Amex deal, and say no thanks? I wouldn't mind having a Costco membership, but the Amex thing really rubbed the wrong way, so I never bothered to get a membership.