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I've only been to Costco once here in the UK (as I'm not eligible for membership - the criteria are quite tight here), but they had a person and a scanner check
by daveoc64 2y ago
I've only been to Costco once here in the UK (as I'm not eligible for membership - the criteria are quite tight here), but they had a person and a scanner checking cards on the entrance.
Maybe that's because of the stricter eligibility rules.
- hollerith 2y agoNow I'm curious what the criteria are. Oxbridge graduate?
- daveoc64 2y agoYou have to work in specific industries or work in specific job roles: https://customercare.costco.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/85/kw/membership https://customercare.costco.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/85... Apparently, by targeting the Wholesale market - plus a limited range of general consumers, they are able to class their stores as wholesale warehouses, which can be opened in locations where a general retail store wouldn't be permitted. That makes purchasing or leasing land for the store much cheaper.
- hollerith 2y agoThanks.
- ponty_rick 2y agohttps://www.costco.co.uk/membership-individual-questions https://www.costco.co.uk/membership-individual-questions Looks like you need to be employed in certain sectors, or have your company hook you up. Sounds almost like a credit union.
- OptionOfT 2y agoOh wow, sounds like what the Makro used to to in Belgium for the longest time. You could only get in if you had a BTW number (think registered company, including self employed.). But they stopped doing that ~10 years ago or so.