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Costco earns a 1.3-star rating from 17 reviews and 1999 complaints, indicating that most shoppers are dissatisfied with purchases and overall shopping experience.

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9:39 pm UTC

Costco Eye exam

On Aug 14 2:00-3:30 pm I walked into the Hanford CA Costco for a eye exam. $90.00. I went thru the first part of exam.. was ok. Then went into exam room with eye dr. I told him my issue. Needing a new pair of eye glasses. Told him I’m having issues seeing far and close. He checked my existing glasses script. Then gave me a eye exam .. I told him I couldn’t even read any thing on the far away charts. Hence why I was there. He seemed frustrated each time he asked if I could read the charts. I was honest and said no. Even with my glasses on!

He wrote a script without doing a through eye test/chart. Nothing was focused. I then was frustrated myself. I told him to see close up/read I had to take my glasses off. Hence again eye exam. Yes my eyes are really bad. Which why I wear glasses to drive .. read… work. He then gave a quick look at my eyes. Yes I have starting cataracts. But I am still needing new scripts. He did a close up chart. I said some of these I can read. He then ended exam. Wrote one and I paid my fee. I wasn’t satisfied

Desired outcome: I wanted glasses I can wear and function daily with. I filled the script he gave me with a online service. I received new glasses. I can’t even wear them. I see 2 of everything!! I wish for a refund $90.00 exam.

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I've received an email from Costco Visa letting me know that the credit card would be cancelled by 8/18 if it isn't link to the membership. So last week on Monday or Tuesday I went to Costco customer service and I explained her about the email informing about the cancelation, Then she told me that she could help me with that. She start working in her...

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I have perhaps 14 hoses from a vendor that I did not order. I have not opened the boxes so I do not know exactly how many. Costco Citicard sent me a dispute resolution letter I received on August 1 that required a response in mid July. Despite having evidence of cancelling the order by a postcard (the vendor sent this giving that option since the delivery...

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12:52 pm UTC
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Costco Poor customer service

Very poor experience. online hotel changes or any changes online are not allowed and then when call customer service, expect at least 1 hour wait, just to be told that computers are down, call back later again. I have spent more than 8 hours on phone just to get 1 hotel changed in my trip, still not done yet. There is no call back feature. once booked, expect surprises with the ground transportation, with obviously no number to call again.

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Came to Costco for dog food and muffins. My sweet 5 year old accompanied me. She wanted a hot dog before we left. Cashier said they'd be ready in 6-7 minutes. Few minutes later, they start taking hot dogs off the rollers. We were standing to the side of the counter, could see it clearly, and my little girl liked saying the numbers after they were called...

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4:23 am UTC
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Costco Online product purchased and faulty but arrange not being met

Purchased Lenovo ideaPad 5 online on 2023 02 09 , order [protected] item nos 391042 . Membership [protected] Gerry McCormick.

Reported fault of nothing beyond power on , to the technical support in Florida ( Kori ) on 31 July at 12.05 .Did a few checks with him without resolving service nos [protected]

Then transferred to Lenovo UK under case [protected] ( Amir ) . I provided all details but ‘ to update warranty VAT invoice or order receipt required ‘ .

I’ve provided an order copy from my on line account which a Costco operative assured me was sufficient for Lenovo ( Basingstoke)and a printed copy from the Watford Costco store . Have requested update twice and here I am 3 days later with apparently no chance of a resolution .

Gerry McCormick

[protected]

UK

Desired outcome: Repair or replacement with data transferred

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10:40 am UTC

Costco Adding employee card

Our company ordered an employee card in May. Citi bank lost the card twice and had to reorder. When they finally fedx'd the card they only listed the Employee on the mailing envelope and not the company. The mail service did not recognize this and returned the card for the 4th time. It took the FEDX people to realize this so that we could understand what was happening and not once did the SUPERVISORs at Citibank-Costco have this knowledge. It is beyond me why a company card would not list the company name on the envelope. It is now AUGUST and we STILL DO NOT HAVE A CARD! The customer service folks are clueless and the Supervisor's cant handle anything appropriately. Not to mention we have had to interrupt the president of our company 4 times for authorization which clearly has been done and should not hinder the request. Costco needs a more efficient credit card service!

Desired outcome: Policy change for business(es) to receive their mail appropriately and better authorization notes so that our company is not constantly disrupted by THEIR mistakes!!

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6:40 am UTC
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Costco Tire Service

Hello. My name is Magdy Mohamed and I have been a Costco Member for many many years now. I go to the Lawerence location in New York. I had an appointment to get my tires done on 7/20/23 at 530 pm. I make it to my appointment on time and there’s only 1 car inside the shop that’s being worked on, and then mine. From 530pm, I end up getting home at 830pm. The workers took over 2 hours to change tires on my car. Why? Instead of prioritizing the customer and getting the job done, they were standing around talking, on their phones, socializing, having absolutely no consideration for how long I’ve been waiting. This is uncalled for and I will definitely not be returning.

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We enrolled with the ATT&Costco deal. because it looked like a good deal. Let me tell you this has been the worst nightmare! the salesman asked about our current calls provider which it was Verizon and we paid $120 fixed for 4 lines. He offered to get us a better deal with ATT and with Costco parternship: we could get a phone and unlimited data, calls, txt...

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Costco Service

There were 2 incidents where the checkout guy by the door would start twerking before checking my receipt and many more unfortunate incidents at the place where I shop. I am almost 60 and the person/persons just smirked . I do not expect Costco to resolve employee issues so I have this solution ...

I have read so many complaints regarding rude customer service ,or unhappy employee at work trying to provoke an unsuspecting customer. There are nice people working at Costco though . Bad and good apples combined.

From my observation, bad behavior will be minimized if they noticed you have your phone in your hand. Rude interaction can always be recorded, sent to Costco or uploaded online as proof. Have your phone out until you are outside of Costco. I hope this helps customers who are just there to shop.

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Wednesday July 12th, 2023 Bought then immediately after tasting threw out the Mango Smoothie it is horrible, can't describe how bad it is, who thought this was a good product? Since I was walking past the return desk, thought about requesting a refund but didn't. I have tried to post a complaint three times and costco keeps sending it back to me indicating...

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4:43 pm UTC
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Costco Charges and payment

I applied for a Costco Citi card so as to pay for an air conditioner we got through Costco. The air conditioner was $7048 and my credit limit was $7000 so the transaction was denied. I called and was denied a $50 balance increase even though I have excellent credit. The next option given to me was to have them charge $7000 wait until it clears and then pay it down, which I did with a $2000 transfer from my checking which cleared my account. After you took the $2000 from my account leaving me a balance of $5500 you refused to allow the charge of $48. I was told my funds were on hold until July 5th even though you already had my funds for over a week. I used another card to charge the $48. I will pay off the card next week and then I plan on canceling 2 Citi card accounts that I have. I have never had such a hard time with a credit card company

Desired outcome: None.

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1:11 pm UTC

Costco Staff

On May 31st 2023 I was approached by an employee of Costco as I was loading items in my vehicle in the parking lot of Costco on Bardstown Rd in Louisville, Kentucky. This person started insulting me due to a sticker on my vehicle that they didn't agree with and continued to call me a nazi, bigot, racist, loser and they threatened to key my vehicle simply because I had an anti Joe Biden sticker. I spoke with the Manager Larry (A Black Gentleman) who said he will address the issue and apologized so I left but felt very uncomfortable about my continuing patronage of this store. I never received a call back as they took my information at the time of the incident to explain what measures were taken. I recently went back to the store to find this person still working there, so obviously nothing had been done to protect other customers from this irrational behavior of this person named Lindsay. I was willing to let this go with the understanding that this person was disciplined and removed from this location but obviously that is not the case, I would like some resolve in this situation. I should not feel threatened while shopping at this location. Damon Proffitt

Desired outcome: Termination

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1:32 pm UTC
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Costco Discount on new sofa and chair

i have been trying to reach blake c who is a customer service supervisor for the past month. he gave me a phone number to call him and i have left many messages , he has not responded to me. his number is [protected]. the service request number that he gave me is [protected]. blake c offered to work with me on buying a new living room set.i have been unable to contact him and need your help. i have been a costco member for over 30 years and have never had a problem like this. please help me in resolving this problem.

thank you,

steven and joanne hirshfield

10944 hanalei av ne

albuquerque, nm 87111

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7:35 pm UTC
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Costco Cashier treated me as a thief. I am afraid of going back to Costco

I shop Costco every week. I usually buy one or two box/es of vine tomato. Today I picked two boxes and went to a cashier to pay. Cashier took out four loose tomatoes from two boxes and treated me as a thief. He said all tomato should attached to vine. Any loose tomato in the box consider stealing. Two managers are involved and I ended up not buying tomato. I bought many boxes of tomato from same Costco. I usually saw one or more loose tomato. I did not touch tomato. I did not move tomato from one box to another. I never did. I just picked the boxes. It was how Lakewood Costco package them. Why do I have to endure those embarrassment and waste of my time? I think it was very unprofessional treatment I got today. I am afraid to go back to Costco next time to get accusing of stealing. Incident happened: 6/20/2023 at 10:53 am Cashier Name: Adrian A.

Desired outcome: I would like an apology from Lakewood Costco. Also I do not want to treated as thief next time.

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Jul 15, 2023 12:10 pm UTC
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I bought a box of tomato sauce at Costco. One can was missing and the box was sealed. I Did not bother calling Costco, nor am I buying another box of tomato sauce from there. Once fooled...

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Costco Order No, [protected] Membership No. [protected]

I ordered a 20kg bag of Sifto Water softner salt this month at a cost of $25.99. My husband usually purchases this for our machine but Kent were out of stock. I just received my order June 12. My husband was outraged when he found out what you charged. I did research on line and found that Canadian Tire offers the same product at $8.29 per bag. Kent charges $7.99 per bag. Costco charged 3 times the amount, which is completely unacceptable. I sincerely hope this was an error on your part in pricing. Supposedly membership fees are supposed to keep your products lower.

Desired outcome: Please refund. This is most unfair to charge 3 times the amount that other retailers are charging for the same product at their regular price

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Jun 15, 2023 6:47 am UTC

We request a refund. 3 times the regular price available at other retailers is unacceptable

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Costco My daughter EBT card was scammed

In 6/1 I took my daughter she is a student and she has become a new member of Costco to save money and to learn to shop at the Costco in Tustin ca. And after few days she find out her EBT card was scammed and all money she has was with withdrawn after that SHOpping and money was stoned from Florida she has $4.00 left that is all

She called and reported the card and I called and spoke with a manager name Jose and he said is nothing g to do with them. The only way that they could of used scamming if is date beige or they token the information. This has to do with Costco security right?

very scary hard on young people. What is becoming to our country!

Desired outcome: I want Costco to take the responsibility and find out if the cash register oh hot else the card information was a scam and pay the money back they have scam $399 and $277

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Costco Kirkland signature chunks in gravy, canned cat food variety pack, 3 oz, 40-count

-young male adopted 7 mths
-healthy, active fully vaccinated, happy cat
-no prior health problems or risks
-Kirkland Costco brand canned cat food, within 2 weeks he started to have diarrhea.
Symptoms:
-lethargy, gradual
-slight vomiting then turned to water vomit
-changes in personality and physically
-diarrhea, turned into leaky slime with blood streaks
-stomach spasms

Desired outcome: Treatment:-parasite meds-stomach kitten meds- stopped Kirkland Costco food-hydration -bland chicken dietNegative for parasites Still have all symptoms and am watching my kitten slowly deteriorate. Going to vet

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I don't know with whom you contracted to provide you with "boneless," skinless chicken thighs, but the quality of the product is so poor I never will buy another bulk package of this item from you ever again. Every individual package I opened was contaminated with bone shards and pieces, some larger than an inch, pieces of gristle and cartilage, and, to...

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Costco Refrigerator order

I ordered a refrigerator from Costco. Order Number is [protected]. This whole order has been screwed up. It was ordered on the 26th of April and showed that it shipped that same day. After 9 days, I called Costco about the order. They didn't understand why it was not scheduled for delivery. So, they scheduled it for delivery on the 8th of May. I rearranged my schedule to be home. However, on the 8th, I was told that the carrier, RXO, didn't even have the product and it would not be delivered. Again, I called, and Costco didn't understand, saw that it had been scheduled, and then elevated this issue to tier 2. This time I was told that it would be another week out. Today, I talked to RXO about the delivery because I received a text message from them that day. I was told that they only deliver on Tuesdays and the 16th was already booked. The earliest they could schedule it was the 23rd when I’m not available. So, now it is scheduled for the 30th of May. Over a month to get a refrigerator from Seattle. I could drive there in 10 hours.

Obviously, I ordered this replacement refrigerator because I didn't need it anytime soon.

I'm pretty disgusted with the service I've received.

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Oct 22, 2023 6:20 am UTC

We had the very same issue with RXO. We live in rural Montana and were never advised that delivery could take a month or more for a 55" TV! No one at RXO who could resolve the issue, just and endless stream of inaccurate texts that claimed they had spoken with us and set a delivery date. They had not.

Surely Costco knows where we are located when we purchase a product online and could/should advise us that it's going to be 4-6 weeks until we see the product. We live an 90 minutes from a Costco and would have driven there and picked it up if it were sent to the store. RXO Delivery has a terrible rep. Why Costco ever changed their delivery service from what it used to be is a mystery!

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