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Costco Membership Crackdown

August 16, 2024
We heard the devastating news that Costco is cracking down on sharing memberships, so we sent our in-house Dominican Man to investigate.
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Costco is tightening its policies on membership sharing, joining the ranks of companies like Netflix and Disney+ that are clamping down on unauthorized use of accounts. To enforce this, Costco will be installing...
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Show transcript
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Sister. Are you screaming at do 50 hot.com from Costco?
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You know what I think I am.
00:05
Well, just make sure to have your own membership handy.
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That's all I'm gonna say.
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Hold up my own.
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Yes. Not daddy,
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not mommy, your membership.
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Well, I mean I've been getting in with my dad's
00:19
membership. They just flashed in the car.
00:21
They're good. They just scan,
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they don't even look at the picture.
00:24
Things are changing. That's not gonna apply anymore.
00:27
You actually have to go scan your membership when you get into
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Costco. Now they're playing Netflix.
00:33
Yeah, bro. They're not gonna let you share anymore.
00:36
Like back with, hey,
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let me buy your cost of cards.
00:38
No, if you're not on the thing,
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you're not getting in some bullshit.
00:43
And Costco is actually the latest to crack down on membership sharing
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as businesses are over,
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people sharing their accounts without forking over membership fees.
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So like honestly, it's the end of an era.
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I feel like we should take a moment of silence.
00:57
Ok. Ok. Oh,
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that sucks, bro.
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Gosh. Like, and then I would help my dad rack
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up the points, you know,
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that's what I would use when I moved to New York,
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like I use my dad's membership card and they wouldn't care.
01:13
Like, and, and then he gets all the points,
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he gets money back.
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So he was a happy,
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you can't do that anymore.
01:20
No. And actually people have a lot of thoughts we posted
01:22
about this and the comments obviously they came in,
01:26
people were let's see what they had to say.
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So first up we have Damu and he thinks that this was
01:33
the downfall of Netflix and TB H they're right.
01:36
I know, I feel like things are just getting so strict
01:40
I mean, penny pinching for everything.
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And what are people saying,
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bro? Let's see.
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Me, Costco membership is Para de La Raza.
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That's how we are.
01:53
We share. I remember my mom used to share with her
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Comadre. Yeah, my mom at Costco and then she had
01:59
Sam's so like I like that.
02:02
See you like you share your memberships and then it's a win
02:05
win because you get the points,
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you still get money.
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That's what I'm saying.
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But they want more people to sign up,
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which I get what else we got.
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I hope this helps shorten the long lines.
02:16
Oh I think it will.
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I mean, yeah,
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because now people can get in without literally scanning Costa will be
02:21
busy. But I feel like those little people that again use
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their parents cards to see if this is true guys.
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You know us we're fucking Chismosa.
02:30
We wanna get all up in there.
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So we decided to send our Dominican man to see if they
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could get in with someone else's Costco card.
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Let's see what happens.
02:40
What's up Jenny and Alejo.
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So you know, I have to come to Costco to see
02:44
if they really enforcing this rule.
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So I, I got Liam's Costco car.
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It shit looks nothing like me.
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As a matter of fact,
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turn the camera around,
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bro, show him how you look.
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Nothing like me, bro.
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So I got Liam's car.
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I'm about to pull up right now and see if this is
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if they cap like why y'all,
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why y'all scaring people and shit.
03:01
Y'all not gonna be enforcing it.
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All right, here we go.
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We're about a approaching the door,
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ok? Thank you.
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Yo, they do not give two fucks that.
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This was Liam. Damn.
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All this shit closed.
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You need to hire people here Gucci,
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bro. They ain't checking shit.
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So I came to Costco to check.
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They're really enforcing this membership only thing total bullshit.
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They let me in with Liam's expired membership card.
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He was just like,
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yo, bro, go,
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go get that fixed with the membership.
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Came right back out,
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used Jenny's car to buy some food right now.
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He didn't tell me anything.
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So don't be scared of coming to Costco with your friends cards
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or parents cars. They ain't enforcing shit out here.
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They're not gonna say no to money.
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And now I'm trying to hear he and this glizzy you are
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not and I'll be right back.