Re:Love Song to Costco
by base698 on Monday July 11, 2022 @07:27AM
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Costco only takes Visa.
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I want to say that's a relatively recent change.
Yes, sometime within the last 5 years they broke their long partnership with AMEX. It seems to be Citibank now.
Have to wonder whether it’ll change in another 5 years.
Making 4% back on gas is mega killer though.
Re:Love Song to Costco
by AdmiralAsshat on Monday July 11, 2022 @09:53AM
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My understanding is that they changed because Citi offered them a better deal.[0]
That said, I do kinda miss the Amex and its automatic extended warranty.
[0]https://money.cnn.com/2016/03/31/pf/costco-visa-american-exp...
Re:Love Song to Costco
by calvano915 on Monday July 11, 2022 @07:36PM
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> That said, I do kinda miss the Amex and its automatic extended warranty
The Costco Visa also include an automatic warranty extension of 2 years beyond manufacturer.
In Canada it is Mastercard only. Used to be Amex.
Re:Love Song to Costco
by subliminalpanda on Monday July 11, 2022 @07:30AM
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In Canada they only accepted Mastercard for some time.
Re:Love Song to Costco
by anotherman554 on Monday July 11, 2022 @08:06AM
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Visa or Mastercard debit (not credit). They used to be American Express exclusive.
Wrong
It takes American Express too.
They used to be AmEx only. They're now Visa only.
I paid with Amex at Costco yesterday.
https://customerservice.costco.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7...
AmEx not listed anywhere.
Maybe yours does something different, or it's an AmEx branded debit card, or you're not in the US and they do something different abroad, but no Costco I've been to since the switch has accepted any credit card that isn't a Visa.