Can confirm that memberships work anywhere. I used my Canadian membership in the USA until I had to renew while living in the USA. I then moved to Japan for a year and used my (now) USA membership there. I had to renew my membership while living in Japan. I then used my (now) Japanese membership in the USA and eventually back in Canada, when I returned to my home in native land.
@ Subsidized college and university in Canada allowed me to pursue a career path that didn’t leave me paying student debt for decades. 35 weeks of parental leave and 17 weeks of maternity leave allowed me to start a new family. I didn’t just “turn my back”. I turned my back and ran away as quickly as I could.
@@papasaurusrex832Exactly! LOTS to run from with America. Unless you're already rich (and likely got that way through luck or generational wealth) OR you just really love working yourself into an early grave with nothing to show for it. 😅
Costco cashier chiming in. I see international cards almost daily (west coast). Lots of Mexican and Canadian cards. But we also get a good amount of Taiwanese, Japanese, and South Korean memberships. One more recent trend i've seen is that i've had like 3-4 British memberships in the past several momths. I love getting to see people from all over the world.
@@toontownlegomasterI know the executive mermbship costs around $60 in Mexico. (1200 pesos) Which is about the same price as a gold star membership. So if you are already planning on going to Mexico, might as well buy an executive membership! My dad goes to Mexico each year, and so he bought it there.
Reverse. I'm American and have no problems getting my Polish dog and poutine with my US membership in BC. You're lucky up there! P.S. your gas is expensive, though.
I’ve been using Korean Costco membership in the states for few months and the only thing that bothered me is when I get gas, though I can ask the worker that I have the international one and they’ll let me get the gas as well ✅✅
Costco cashier here!! Yes, you can use it in different costco stores. It's just that the cashier has to type a slash code to make it work when you are checking out. But the only thing is that (also does their gas station at times) you can't really use it at the gas station. So you will have to call over the attendee to swipe you through to get gas.
I remember Costco being like $150 for a membership back in the 90s and was only meant for businesses (mostly restaurants) buying shitty marked-up “wholesale” items. Now a days it’s crowded as fk and takes an hour just to check out
Now their membership price is down to $65, and it’s open to the public. Despite being crowded most of the time, they move people through checkout relatively quickly compared to other “grocery” stores. That’s a good trade off when most things go up in price over the years with less emphasis on [customer] service.
Yea I have anxiety now and it’s the one store I can’t go to at any time of day any time of the week. The whole experience is pure hell for anyone that struggles being in crowds or experiences sensory overload. The products are so-so and I can usually find the stuff I do like for cheaper at the commissary on base. Not everyone can do that tho. I only keep it for the pharmacy discounts on meds bc epilepsy drugs are $$$$$$$$.
When it says "remove it quickly", don't. Remove it at normal speed. Problem solved. Do wish they'd let the scanner at the pump scan cards and not just the app's QR code.
It's cool that they now allow scanning the app. That wasn't the case before and people would hold up the line because they either forgot their cards or were damaged and weren't allowed to scan the app.
They are. They also throw the exact same error if you forget what type of credit cards Costco accepts 🤣 at least they did the one time that happened to me
Thankfully in the area i love in costco isnt allowed to force memberships for gas, the township told them they were only allowed to have a gas station at a cheaper price if they were membership locked.
That’s true, I had the executive membership from Mexico and when I came to the us, I could use it, however the 2% in the purchases never was added in the account and when I tried to renew it, they couldn’t find me in the us system, so I had to pay a new one from here. 😢
The real issue is forgetting your card or losing it, can't be replaced and with proper id they will give you a temp one day pass..... But the real issue is the systems are always down and most times they just give you a random card number.. so returns are a real shit..... Also ordering online isn't a simple straight forward transaction.... I'm in Mexico with 10 years of all the issues... This year I finally just paid for a new card here...
Never go to stores that don’t allow you in even if you have a card from another country. You spent your own money so they shouldn’t be allowed to tell you no.
Dude i have a mexico costco membership and sometimes they do stop you at the entrance because of the new machines but they will still let you go in and buy stuff they just trip at first because it says international membership 🤣
I have the Mexico membership since 2012 and have used it without a problem in California where I’m from. I go to Costco at least once a week and never an issue. I’ve returned items, filled up gas, used it at the food court etc.. ohh and I renew every year in MX only $15
My (US) Costco card doesn’t work at the gas pumps. They say it has something to do with a bad magnetic strip but it works absolutely fine in the store. I’ve never bothered to replace it.
That's not how you scan a membership card at the gas station, you're supposed to use the optical scanner unless you're using a costco credit card for both payment and membership.
If anything you ask them there is any issue, they'll fix it. Only thing a international membership cannot allow you to do that i know, is purchasing an item with a warranty clause, you need to have a US membership to have the warranty benefits
Can use anywhere and apparently can even return anywhere !! ( ofcourse some exceptions will be there for that! ) even cash back etc is as per what ever the original country offer is .
I work for costco. You can use a membership from any country. However, depending on the warehouse you are at it may take a supervisor to let transaction go through.
I use to work at Costco in the US. Was able to use mine in Canada and England and Mexico. My parents on a trip was able to use their membership in Australia
the main issue you would have with this is if its not set up for auto renew or if you dont pay it oyu need to get a new one. another problem is returning products from that country they wouldnt be able to convert the money. sometimes if you have issues on your card like if they block it for example sometimes they wouldnt be able to help you and you would have to remove the block there or see if you can call to get it done over the phone at the membership desk (im a former costco membership employeeeeee)
You just need to ensure the membership is active (not expired or you haven't been removed). You also need the physical card. And you can return items you bought with your card, but you need the receipt as international card purchases are hard to track or the purchase may have been rung under the store's generic number.
That card read error happens to me so much when I get gas I stopped getting gas from them 😂 - they need to up there tech and implement a card scanner bc I feel like Moron getting gas
Sam’s club would never turn you away in any country. My dad had one and he got it in Texas. Being a border kid we would go to Juarez and El Paso Sam’s.
You can definitely use a Mexican Costco membership in the US my family does that literally all the time, they renew/get the membership when we go to Mexico in December (it’s cheaper down there) and use it here all the time
My boyfriend and I just returned from our trip to Toronto, Canada. Their Costco uses MasterCard. I was able to use my Costco Citi Visa to purchase gas in Canada!
It works if you scan the card bar code at the pump instead of inserting it. It works for me, I have a Mexican membership and live in the US for 2 years now
The Costco card does not work at the gas pump because you have to use the scanner to the right of the chip reader. There is no chip like you would find on a credit card. I know this because Hy-Vee gas pumps are set up the same way, and to use your loyalty card, you have to use the scanner.
Any country Costco membership will be accepted and work at any US Costco. At the register just tell the cashier ur card is international and all they have to do before scanning ur card is press the number 7 and then the slash ” / “ button and then scan ur card and boom
My mom used a Mexican one in the US and they didn’t accept it but then all she had to do was go to customer support at the store and they did something so that all the machines will accept it
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call for assistance. they scan it for you after checking your international membership
Got it!
@@shophocho7798left on read
@@shophocho7798u pay half u get half 😂
@@shophocho7798 you might also have better luck using the app’s qr code, either way thank you for testing this out! ;)
JUSTIFIED!
CostCo has to make you a mascot at this point lol
He’s fighting with AJ and Big Justice for that Costco contract 🤑
They must pay him a lot to promote this crap...
justiFIED
@@yuzu3754Massive store chains like Walmart and Costco doesn't need promoters. My man is just a honorary ambassador for em.
BOOM
Just ask the attendant
They'll take care of it
Will do next time
Would you have to do it every time you get gas then? 😭
Or u can go somewhere else and pay more for your gas 😂@@sakuraqueen1734
@@sakuraqueen1734there's always someone right there so it's not a huge deal 🤷🏻♂️
@@sakuraqueen1734if you get to the point where you buy gas from costco in the US. You need to get a us membership
Can confirm that memberships work anywhere. I used my Canadian membership in the USA until I had to renew while living in the USA. I then moved to Japan for a year and used my (now) USA membership there. I had to renew my membership while living in Japan. I then used my (now) Japanese membership in the USA and eventually back in Canada, when I returned to my home in native land.
turned your back on America
@@drizzyfest6285how??😅 they are canadian silly
@ Subsidized college and university in Canada allowed me to pursue a career path that didn’t leave me paying student debt for decades.
35 weeks of parental leave and 17 weeks of maternity leave allowed me to start a new family.
I didn’t just “turn my back”. I turned my back and ran away as quickly as I could.
@@papasaurusrex832 good choice
@@papasaurusrex832Exactly! LOTS to run from with America. Unless you're already rich (and likely got that way through luck or generational wealth) OR you just really love working yourself into an early grave with nothing to show for it. 😅
Costco cashier chiming in. I see international cards almost daily (west coast). Lots of Mexican and Canadian cards. But we also get a good amount of Taiwanese, Japanese, and South Korean memberships. One more recent trend i've seen is that i've had like 3-4 British memberships in the past several momths. I love getting to see people from all over the world.
Do you sometimes yearn for a less despicable job?
What does membership cost in the US?
@nathanielcowan3971 $65 for gold star and business, $130 for executive.
@@nathanielcowan3971$65
@@nathanielcowan3971it recently was raised to $65 for basic membership (includes two people in the same household).
I used my Mexican membership in the US all the time.
How much is the member ship in Mexico
@@toontownlegomaster26 dollars a year
@@toontownlegomasterI know the executive mermbship costs around $60 in Mexico. (1200 pesos)
Which is about the same price as a gold star membership. So if you are already planning on going to Mexico, might as well buy an executive membership!
My dad goes to Mexico each year, and so he bought it there.
I was trying to signup for the Mexican but it ask me for a addy in Mexico and I don’t have one
@@buyingbricks1184
I used the hotel address and signed up for email delivery everything.
This dude literally bought it and went directly to the return line 😂😂
We are Canadian, we always use our Canadian membership to buy gas in the States. We have never had any issues
Same here i have the Mexican costco card and use here in the states
Reverse. I'm American and have no problems getting my Polish dog and poutine with my US membership in BC. You're lucky up there!
P.S. your gas is expensive, though.
@@jpablo700 the poutine at Costco is so good 😋😋😋
Maybe cause Korea isn't 1 border away
So North American memberships work across North America.
I’ve been using Korean Costco membership in the states for few months and the only thing that bothered me is when I get gas, though I can ask the worker that I have the international one and they’ll let me get the gas as well ✅✅
Costco cashier here!! Yes, you can use it in different costco stores. It's just that the cashier has to type a slash code to make it work when you are checking out. But the only thing is that (also does their gas station at times) you can't really use it at the gas station. So you will have to call over the attendee to swipe you through to get gas.
Costco is always justified even against themselves lol
Just stop
@@nathanaellee6255 your mom
“There’s only 2 people better than me, and I’m both of them!” 🗣️-Costco
I remember Costco being like $150 for a membership back in the 90s and was only meant for businesses (mostly restaurants) buying shitty marked-up “wholesale” items. Now a days it’s crowded as fk and takes an hour just to check out
Now their membership price is down to $65, and it’s open to the public. Despite being crowded most of the time, they move people through checkout relatively quickly compared to other “grocery” stores. That’s a good trade off when most things go up in price over the years with less emphasis on [customer] service.
I quit Costco and went back to Sam's club. Scan and go on the app I only sometimes have to wait in the line to exit, never to check out
marked up wholesale items? lmao, im not one to dickride corpos but $15 for a 12 pack of canned cold brew coffee is a damn good deal for me
Yea I have anxiety now and it’s the one store I can’t go to at any time of day any time of the week. The whole experience is pure hell for anyone that struggles being in crowds or experiences sensory overload. The products are so-so and I can usually find the stuff I do like for cheaper at the commissary on base. Not everyone can do that tho. I only keep it for the pharmacy discounts on meds bc epilepsy drugs are $$$$$$$$.
@@Janim8282it's great for consumers but not for retailers who want to sell the items in their convenience stores
It scans depending on the country, for example you can buy gas in the USA with a Mexico or Canada Costco card which borders USA but not Korea
Same continent
When it says "remove it quickly", don't.
Remove it at normal speed. Problem solved.
Do wish they'd let the scanner at the pump scan cards and not just the app's QR code.
Tbf my membership card isn't scanning at the pumps either and I have to scan the QR code on the app. Those gas station card readers are crap.
It's cool that they now allow scanning the app. That wasn't the case before and people would hold up the line because they either forgot their cards or were damaged and weren't allowed to scan the app.
some people in the comments said that you can ask for help and they'll get it sorted
same the black strip on mine is probably dead.
They are. They also throw the exact same error if you forget what type of credit cards Costco accepts 🤣 at least they did the one time that happened to me
Jump scare sound 😮haha! I’ve never even been into a Costco since I’ve always been Sana’a club 😂
His photo 💀💀💀
Hell NO!
He looks older like he looks like the photo was taken in the 1960s mid war 😭
Bro lookin like a slim Kim Jong Un.
@@ssjjsjsndndjdjdjjddjd6769 💀💀💀💀
State ID vibes
Thankfully in the area i love in costco isnt allowed to force memberships for gas, the township told them they were only allowed to have a gas station at a cheaper price if they were membership locked.
Of course you couldn’t buy oil for having costco card outside of america💀
I have a mexican costco membership and i do use it in phoenix, it does work for the most part especially filling up gas
Do you need a Mexican address to get one?
@ yes, that is what is required and you have to renew in person at mexico
@@thefox47545 I used my hotel address for it
So for foreign Costco membership, you can buy and return anything except buy gasoline.
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I hate when places won't refund my gasoline
Employee here, just ask any attendant for assistance and they’ll be able to get the international card scanned and working
That’s true, I had the executive membership from Mexico and when I came to the us, I could use it, however the 2% in the purchases never was added in the account and when I tried to renew it, they couldn’t find me in the us system, so I had to pay a new one from here. 😢
Man, Costco is so uptight. I always feel like I'm doing something wrong when I go to Sam's Club and they greet me without even asking for my card lol
The real issue is forgetting your card or losing it, can't be replaced and with proper id they will give you a temp one day pass..... But the real issue is the systems are always down and most times they just give you a random card number.. so returns are a real shit..... Also ordering online isn't a simple straight forward transaction.... I'm in Mexico with 10 years of all the issues... This year I finally just paid for a new card here...
Welcome back! The gas pump jumpscare lol
You can't use icelandic member ship on gas in the US but you can use it to the store
I just passed by the computer monitor section at my Costco and they were loop-playing shophocho's videos.
Seriously? That's amazing 😂
Lfg
If footage is allowed, please record it and upload it so we can see it lol.
(you can unlist it if you want and just paste only the link here)
Unfortunately, the trip to Korea will be more expensive just to go buy the membership 😅
You're supposed to scan the card with the barcode scanner on the right side of the card reader
Never go to stores that don’t allow you in even if you have a card from another country. You spent your own money so they shouldn’t be allowed to tell you no.
$28 + $1200 round trip to Korea = $1228. This is the most expensive Costco membership on earth.
Who TF said you cant use it in the states? Of course you can. Here, international people are treated better than our citizens 😂💀
For anyone saying they can't use theirs... Tell the cashier to key "7/ scan the card". Former cashier here :)
Annoyingly they’ve put scanners in Australian Costco’s and won’t take a Costco membership from the US
If you scan a barcode other than a membership card it will say you are an international member.
Ask the gas station attendant and they'll assist you with fuel purchase.
My man for being a real one
Ofc it works. My Mexico card was accepted both in Spain and the UK
Dude i have a mexico costco membership and sometimes they do stop you at the entrance because of the new machines but they will still let you go in and buy stuff they just trip at first because it says international membership 🤣
It would be so funny if the self checkout started speaking korean 😂
This man was the first ever “Costco Guy”
he’s the reason why costco never has to pay for advertising
I have the Mexico membership since 2012 and have used it without a problem in California where I’m from. I go to Costco at least once a week and never an issue. I’ve returned items, filled up gas, used it at the food court etc.. ohh and I renew every year in MX only $15
Gas prices hittin different from the back
Looool. I have never been able to use my Costco card on gas. Even at the Costco i bought my membership.
My (US) Costco card doesn’t work at the gas pumps. They say it has something to do with a bad magnetic strip but it works absolutely fine in the store. I’ve never bothered to replace it.
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That's not how you scan a membership card at the gas station, you're supposed to use the optical scanner unless you're using a costco credit card for both payment and membership.
Membership card should be scanned (the scanner is on the right from the credit card reader). It happens with US membership cards as well.
This man is the Costco King.
If anything you ask them there is any issue, they'll fix it. Only thing a international membership cannot allow you to do that i know, is purchasing an item with a warranty clause, you need to have a US membership to have the warranty benefits
Most of the US Costco's don't require you to have a membership to get gas anymore.
My friend try to use China Costco card in Australia and it works!
The only thing you couldn't do it use it on online shopping. Those doesn't allow international memberships.
Costco should make a an Ambassador for their company 😂😂😂
Justified ✅✅✅
You would do really well as a usability tester for tech products
You can use the membership for gas?!?!?
Can use anywhere and apparently can even return anywhere !! ( ofcourse some exceptions will be there for that! ) even cash back etc is as per what ever the original country offer is .
Pretty good for half price. You just sacrifice convenience for the gas. Probably better to just buy a Cash Card to use at the pump
I work at costco and yes you can use it anywhere just let the cashier know that its international and you be good
I work for costco. You can use a membership from any country. However, depending on the warehouse you are at it may take a supervisor to let transaction go through.
I use to work at Costco in the US. Was able to use mine in Canada and England and Mexico. My parents on a trip was able to use their membership in Australia
The problem was to pay with a foreign Mastercard in Costco US 😂
Sho please ask attendant and see if it works if they give you the proper authorization. Thanks I love your content!
the main issue you would have with this is if its not set up for auto renew or if you dont pay it oyu need to get a new one. another problem is returning products from that country they wouldnt be able to convert the money. sometimes if you have issues on your card like if they block it for example sometimes they wouldnt be able to help you and you would have to remove the block there or see if you can call to get it done over the phone at the membership desk (im a former costco membership employeeeeee)
You just need to ensure the membership is active (not expired or you haven't been removed). You also need the physical card. And you can return items you bought with your card, but you need the receipt as international card purchases are hard to track or the purchase may have been rung under the store's generic number.
Looks like the card was being inserted backwards at the pump.
The memberships description page on the Costco website literally says your membership is valid worldwide!
This is getting out of control. If 30 bucks for a membership is important to you. You shouldn’t even be shopping at Costco in the first place.
That card read error happens to me so much when I get gas I stopped getting gas from them 😂 - they need to up there tech and implement a card scanner bc I feel like Moron getting gas
you really bought something and returned it in 2 minutes 😭🤣
Sam’s club would never turn you away in any country. My dad had one and he got it in Texas. Being a border kid we would go to Juarez and El Paso Sam’s.
+ $2000 dollar round trip ticket
My aunt used hers from Mexico last week and it worked.
That's exactly what happened to me when I used my Korea membership. 😅 The attendants are nice enough to scan their cars for you all the time though.
You dont insert the membership card for gas you use the scanner, it still works
He's in the business of proving everyone wrong and he comes with receipts!!!! Love it 😂
The REAL Costco guy
Membership card will not work in a gas pump... it needs to be a CREDIT CARD... doesn't matter what country the CostCo card is from.
I Didn't know Costco Existed in other countries, let alone Korea.
I’ve only ever used my Japanese membership in America with no problems, I just have to tell the cashier that it’s international before they scan
Looked like a card read error rather than a rejection..
You can definitely use a Mexican Costco membership in the US my family does that literally all the time, they renew/get the membership when we go to Mexico in December (it’s cheaper down there) and use it here all the time
US cards don't work in Mexico. You have to go to customer service and they give you a paper barcode to use.
My boyfriend and I just returned from our trip to Toronto, Canada. Their Costco uses MasterCard. I was able to use my Costco Citi Visa to purchase gas in Canada!
It works if you scan the card bar code at the pump instead of inserting it. It works for me, I have a Mexican membership and live in the US for 2 years now
I'm in the US now and using my Mexico membership card without any problem,
My neighbor has Costco membership from Mexico and it works in the US
The Costco card does not work at the gas pump because you have to use the scanner to the right of the chip reader. There is no chip like you would find on a credit card. I know this because Hy-Vee gas pumps are set up the same way, and to use your loyalty card, you have to use the scanner.
scanning machines?! all i have is people standing at the entrance that don’t even check your card half the time
I waited in line for 15 minutes for gas at Costco and then told them I forgot my card, truth is I never had one. They let me buy
My costco doesnt even use electrical scanners. The workers just know everyone
Any country Costco membership will be accepted and work at any US Costco. At the register just tell the cashier ur card is international and all they have to do before scanning ur card is press the number 7 and then the slash ” / “ button and then scan ur card and boom
That lady with the Mexico membership is lying 😂
Costco has members only gas? That feels illegal.
There will be a clerk at the gas station who can start the pump for you when you have your card.
My us card doesn’t always work at us gas stations. I use the app. It’s fine.
thats not a credit card. thats why it wont work for gas. You would need to have the credit card version of the costco card.
Korea works, but next-door neighbor Mexico doesn't?
My mom used a Mexican one in the US and they didn’t accept it but then all she had to do was go to customer support at the store and they did something so that all the machines will accept it