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I don’t really get how change is a crackdown either. They check at the entrance and the register already.
by daft_pink 2y ago
I don’t really get how change is a crackdown either. They check at the entrance and the register already.
- readthenotes1 2y agoNo more inexpensive hotdogs for nonmembers
- foogazi 2y agoSome Costco’s have the hot dogs outside with self pay kiosks
- infecto 2y agoIIRC the food court was never members only.
- YokoZar 2y agoI went to a Costco in Mexico and they were very serious about making the food court members only there. Interestingly they had the same items except they had jalapenos instead of relish
- tiltowait 2y agoI once got chewed out for not having my card with me when I went to pick up a pizza at the food court.
- infecto 2y agoFair, I am guessing its a location/store dependent enforcement.
- Ferret7446 2y agoI have heard that it is a legal requirement in some jurisdictions (you can't have a members only restaurant or something).
- daft_pink 2y agoSome jurisdictions also require that alchohol sales can’t be members only and if you tell them at the enterance you are only there to buy alcohol, they have to let you in and if you buy only alcohol, they have to let you purchase it. I did this at Sam’s club once.
- daft_pink 2y agoI’m sure it’s Costco by Costco, but at every Costco that I’ve been to, you get to customer service and tires by going in at the exit and they don’t check your card if you walk in the exit at all. You can only order food at the self-pay kiosk that doesn’t check your barcode and there is generally no enforcement of memberships at the food court as no one has ever asked for my card. Restricting the food court would generally require checking id cards at the exit and/or demanding a membership card at the self-pay kiosk or upon pickup of food. Nothing described in the article actually does this, so I’m not sure this is what’s being described. Apparently there are some Costco’s on the West Coast or Southwest where the food courts are outside and don’t require a membership check, so my analysis might not apply to the different setups.
- readthenotes1 2y agoThat is exactly what they are doing at my Costco - - not allowing people in the exit and requiring ID for food court.