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That's because Costco has an awfully consumer hostile policy of accusing every customer of theft as they exit the warehouse. I absolutely can't stand being accu

That's because Costco has an awfully consumer hostile policy of accusing every customer of theft as they exit the warehouse. I absolutely can't stand being accused of crime in this manner.

ClassyJacket 9y ago
They even accuse you of theft when it ENTER the place. They're so militant about it. I'm almost scared to go into one if I ever go to America for fear of them gunning me down with a rifle if I go within twenty meters of the entrance without a card. The hostility towards everyone really puts me off, and I haven't been able to bring myself to get a membership yet.
- tomcam 9y ago
  How does that happen?
- jjeaff 9y ago
  It varies by location. They rarely check at my local Costco. But they do check your cart on the way out.
- Raphael 9y ago
  Checking membership at the entrance makes sense so that non-members don't waste their time shopping.
j_s 9y ago
Curious what happens if someone just bypasses the person doing the double-checking. Is there any legal recourse for the store? I could only see this as the case if there is something in the member agreement, the stuff is paid for...
- gambiting 9y ago
  Nope. If there's a queue waiting to have their items checked I just walk past them. If they can't do it quickly enough it's their problem.
- thatfunkymunki 9y ago
  Last time I tried this, I got yelled at as I walked away, and a manager followed me all the way to my car yelling at me, and snatched the receipt out of my hand as I was unloading the cart into my trunk. Truly the height of rudeness.
tomcam 9y ago
Is their policy of letting you return anything anytime without a receipt also consumer hostile?
- jjeaff 9y ago
  No, but that's not the policy he said is consumer hostile.
paulddraper 9y ago
Like that damn policeman on the corner with a radar gun, implicitly accusing every driver of speeding as they drive by.
kuyan 9y ago
Is having an RFID detection system at the door of a library that beeps if you forget to check out a book also consumer hostile?
derek 9y ago
That has always annoyed me as well, though in fairness the two times they caught a discrepancy at the exit it was in my favor (forgot an item at the checkout in one case, double charged in the other).

That's because Costco has an awfully consumer hostile policy of accusing every customer of theft as they exit the warehouse. I absolutely can't stand being accused of crime in this manner.

ClassyJacket 9y ago

They even accuse you of theft when it ENTER the place. They're so militant about it. I'm almost scared to go into one if I ever go to America for fear of them gunning me down with a rifle if I go within twenty meters of the entrance without a card. The hostility towards everyone really puts me off, and I haven't been able to bring myself to get a membership yet.

tomcam 9y ago
How does that happen?
jjeaff 9y ago
It varies by location. They rarely check at my local Costco. But they do check your cart on the way out.
Raphael 9y ago
Checking membership at the entrance makes sense so that non-members don't waste their time shopping.

j_s 9y ago

Curious what happens if someone just bypasses the person doing the double-checking. Is there any legal recourse for the store? I could only see this as the case if there is something in the member agreement, the stuff is paid for...

gambiting 9y ago
Nope. If there's a queue waiting to have their items checked I just walk past them. If they can't do it quickly enough it's their problem.
thatfunkymunki 9y ago
Last time I tried this, I got yelled at as I walked away, and a manager followed me all the way to my car yelling at me, and snatched the receipt out of my hand as I was unloading the cart into my trunk. Truly the height of rudeness.

tomcam 9y ago

Is their policy of letting you return anything anytime without a receipt also consumer hostile?

jjeaff 9y ago
No, but that's not the policy he said is consumer hostile.

paulddraper 9y ago

Like that damn policeman on the corner with a radar gun, implicitly accusing every driver of speeding as they drive by.

kuyan 9y ago

Is having an RFID detection system at the door of a library that beeps if you forget to check out a book also consumer hostile?

derek 9y ago

That has always annoyed me as well, though in fairness the two times they caught a discrepancy at the exit it was in my favor (forgot an item at the checkout in one case, double charged in the other).