My dad paid for a Costco membership for 12 years thinking it was just a place to buy a 48-pack of paper towels.
He'd never touched anything except the food court and the gas pump.
Then my aunt — who worked at a Costco service desk for 6 years — visited for Thanksgiving and watched him pay full price for new tires somewhere else.
She said: "Wait. You have a Costco card and you didn't buy those here?"
She pulled out her phone and showed him 9 things his $65/year membership was already covering. Costco doesn't put most of this on the receipt. They'd rather you just buy the rotisserie chicken and leave.
He used 3 of them by New Year's. Saved over $1,000 on tires and glasses alone.
Here's everything she showed him: 🧵