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Have a limited company or be in a baroque list of occupations: https://www.costco.co.uk/membership-goldstar-questions https://www.costco.co.uk/membership-golds

• jephs 4mo ago
  What on earth is the point of limiting membership to such random and specific groups?
  • saratogacx 4mo ago
    Government Regulations[1] > According to the Costco U.K. website, memberships to those stores are only available to certain groups of people. Since the store is classified as a wholesaler, this complies with the U.K.'s wholesale store laws. These dictate that wholesale stores are only accessible to those working for select business sectors. [1] https://www.thedailymeal.com/1483679/costco-uk-membership-requirements/ https://www.thedailymeal.com/1483679/costco-uk-membership-re...
    • names_are_hard 4mo ago
      It's funny when quintessential American business models bump up against foreign regulations and they have to find workarounds to keep in line with the law while trying to stay true to character. Not long ago I was in a Five Guys in France. There was a sign saying that by law free refills are not allowed, please scan the qr code to fill your cup. I guess there was a qr code on the receipt, I don't know, as far as I can tell there was no enforcement and people just kept filing up their drinks like true Americans. Let freedom ring, I guess.
      • insane_dreamer 4mo ago
        TIL there is Five Guys in France (I thought they were only in the US)
        • jszymborski 4mo ago
          Some in Canada too!
        • fmajid 4mo ago
          In the UK as well.
  • fmajid 4mo ago
    They have an equally baroque list of people who can vouch for you in passport applications: https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/accepted-occupations-for-countersignatories https://www.gov.uk/countersigning-passport-applications/acce... Reminiscent of Borges' list: https://thewhippet.org/the-whippet-134-those-that-tremble/ https://thewhippet.org/the-whippet-134-those-that-tremble/