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Nothing there. In the "General Policies" section in your first link, we find: Costco reserves the right to inspect any container, backpack, briefcase, etc.,
by DrScump 9y ago
Nothing there.
In the "General Policies" section in your first link, we find:
Costco reserves the right to inspect any container, backpack, briefcase, etc., upon entering or leaving the warehouse.
One key claim Costco makes in justifying the inspections is to make sure you got everything you paid for. I have personally experienced at least three cases over the years where the process worked to my benefit.
Once (that I can remember), an item was misplaced by the checker into the items of the patron behind me (I had paid for something I wouldn't have gotten out the door with).
And at least twice, back when they accepted Discover and would allow up to $50 cash back on a purchase, I didn't realize that I hadn't gotten the money... only to have the receipt-checker proactively ask me if I got the cash. In both cases, a subsequent count of the register confirmed it, and I got the full amount of cash.
So, I'm content with Costco's process, but I don't allow proactive checks anywhere else (e.g. Fry's).
- DannyBee 9y ago" Costco reserves the right to inspect any container, backpack, briefcase, etc., upon entering or leaving the warehouse. " Errr, that doesn't give them the right to detain you, so no, that's not it. This is the more general stealing provision, and 1. Not even close to the same as receipt checking. 2. Probably void in a number of states (where receipt checking would not be)
- DrScump 9y agothat doesn't give them the right to detain you Nobody's arguing that they have a power to detain you without probable cause, but they can (and have, many times) cancel a membership for noncompliance. But to say there is "nothing there" in the agreement on the topic is disingenuous. Of course, those who aren't members anyway aren't really risking anything.