I am hoping someone knows the answer to my question. Years ago we bought the basic membership and both my husband and I had a card. When our oldest son went to college, we transferred a card to him (I kept one card, but my husband gave his up). Now I want to get a membership for my husband and our youngest son to share, but it seems Costco discontinued the two card option. Is this correct? I hope I am missing something. We live in three different states, so a household card wouldn’t work.
Ballast Point beer
I have two cards (one for me, one for H) and my kids share a membership–each has own card. Technically, you are supposed to live in same household or work for same business. I have a business membership as does S (who gifted D a card). Actually for the holidays, I renew our card and theirs – get “free” gift basket.
Has anyone bought a mattress from Costco? Did you have a good experience? Have you ever chosen to return one that you had purchased from there?
We need to buy a new mattress fairly soon and I am so tired of crappy mattresses! I figure with Costco at least their return policy is generally very solid.
We bought the full/double size mattress and box spring that we are currently sleeping on from Costco. We had our nephews help us lug the monster into our house and bedroom (it was too heavy for us). It was a lower price than pretty much anywhere else we looked. We are OK with it, but I find the foam in the top too hot to sleep on, so I have a few cotton terrycloth beach towels on top of the mattress pad so that I am comfortable enough to sleep. As I said, the price was great and I’m fine with it. H is not sure he LOVES it, but hasn’t suggested where we should get another mattress or when.
I know they have other sizes. I’m not sure whether you can find someone to deliver it for you if it doesn’t fit in your vehicle and/or you have trouble hauling it. Even if you hire someone, you’d likely save quite a bit over a lot of other places. My friend bought hers at Macy’s, I believe. They delivered and were able to squeeze the bed up the narrow staircase and haul away her old bed.
I’ve bought 2 mattresses from Costco. One from the warehouse, where we hauled the mattress and boxspring home, one online (mattress only).
I waited around for when they have more mattresses in the warehouse, July and August, but our warehouse had a very limited selection and only had the firmer mattresses. When I’ve compared prices, they are about $100 more online vs. the warehouse price but online gives you “free” shipping so that may be worth it since it comes right to your house. And you can usually buy just the mattress that way too if you don’t need a boxspring.
We, and our guests, have been very happy with the Costco mattresses but if it was for my own bed I would shop around more at a place where I could lay down and try out many, many mattresses. I like the softer ones but not memory foam so it can be a challenge to find just the right one.
If you buy online you can always return it to the warehouse.
ETA - look at the photos online and make sure that any mattress you buy has the big straps sewn onto the sides. You’ll be moving it around now and again and those straps make life so much easier!
@vandygrad87 - I bought a dog bed at Costco several years ago. It’s ridiculously well built (has withstood years of diligent digging efforts by a pretty good sized hound). Not what you’re looking for but your avatar would love it.
Costco dog beds are the best!
Is there anything that Costco doesn’t do well? Most every product they sell is excellent and I really appreciate the lack of item variety. I’m very happy not to have to choose from 35 types of spaghetti sauce.
We have purchased all of our mattresses (memory foam type) at Costco.com, after reading the excellent consumer reports reviews. We even purchased a coffin there when my father-in-law died. He loved the place, and would have appreciated saving $1500 over the funeral home. We’ve gotten to the point that we buy our appliances there due to the lifetime guarantee. We are on our 4th Panasonic microwave oven - but only paid for one.
We never returned the coffin, since it was past the ‘lifetime’ guarantee.
Ha! Thanks for these responses! @TooOld4School - when you get your mattress, do they haul away your old one? Any particular brand that has held up well for you?
I think it is the different addresses that are the problem. My brother has a business account and I have always had his second card. It’s his address that gets the coupons and bills and the bonus check. My mother also has a card on that account but it costs $55/yr for that card, so it is really a waste. Also, the 2% doesn’t count on that card, so we always use my card when buying stuff.
My sister and her husband share an account, and they just bought a second where their kids each have a card. Son is in college locally but daughter is in Wash DC. The address on the card is their home address, not either of the kids’ apartments.
There is an option on Costco online to pay $79 or so to have the old mattress hauled away.
Lifetime guarantee on appliances? I Googled it, but don’t see it. but I want it.
@vandygrad87 , I just put a craigslist ad and sold the old one for $10. There is always a church group that needs them. @somemom , major appliances are not included. Small stuff like Microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners,
[QUOTE=""]
On Merchandise: We guarantee your satisfaction with every product we sell and will refund your purchase price, with the following exceptions:
[/QUOTE]
Electronics: Costco will accept returns within 90 days from the date of purchase for televisions, major appliances, projectors, computers, cameras, tablets, camcorders, MP3 players, cellular phones and other electronic products identified by Costco from time to time.
<<<<<
Also, cigarettes, diamonds, etc. have special return/non return policies.
I share a Costco account with my daughter. We live in two different states. She pays for everything with her own credit card. We’ve been doing this for 10 years and she’s lived in three or four different states.
Whisps. That are Parmesan cheese snacks. Yum!
Our local Costco now has a covered nursery that abuts the store. Previously, nursery items were inside the store in much more limited space than now. Check out their selection of succulents!
Our S lives in VA and D lives in CA. They share a membership but only his address is on file and they had to get her card when they were physically together, which happened to be when S visited her in CA. S gets the 2% executive card rebate back because he is the person who got the original membership.
I think you get the 2% executive membership if you use your CostCo Visa card, not just if you shop using your card.
Every executive member gets automatic 2% rebate on all Costco purchases regardless of how they pay for them. This rebate is in addition to the Visa rebate. We get 2 checks: one in March from Visa (yay! got a big one!) and the other (as defined above) on membership anniversary in August. But you are right - the checks are issued to the primary holder.