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Okay that is just stupid. Buy the executive membership and get a rebate percentage on what you spend. Buy your tires there and your car battery. Get your meat and butter and Keurig coffee. Toilet paper and dog food. Laundry detergent. You might not get a rebate big enough to cover the membership but it will be pretty close.

[AF_Blue]

Agree. SWM here, and saving $2-$3/week buying gas at Costco (which is 1 fill-up for my truck) pays for the Exec Membership. If I use my Costco Visa, I get 4% cash back on top of that at the end of year. Provided that I pay the balance of the Visa every month, which I do, between gas, rotisserie chicken, half-and-half, and other Costco shopping, as well as having a few bills autopay with same, I get the 2% Exec cash back from Costco, and the Visa cash back, my Exec Membership is covered, as well as another shopping trip, or two, at (obviously) Costco.