I got hosed by Sams club on tires. Maybe it was an error on the salesmans part but... I was gifted a set of tires 12 plus years ago for a different vehicle. They told my parents that It was no problem for them to buy me tires and that I could go to any Sam's Club for free balancing and rotations warranty etc. The Sam's club in Colorado told me absolutely not that "I have to have my own club card". Then because I didn't buy them they wanted to charge me for every rotation and balancing. I've used discount tire ever since.
It won’t be at least for the first 1-2 years
Sam’s Club is sooooo much better than Costco, just a different crowd, less stuck up. We have both in our area, almost next door to each other, Sam’s Club is geared more towards families, Costco more towards the double income, no kids. I suppose it is a matter of personal preference.
This was likely an honest misunderstanding between the salesman and your parents. In order for the work order paperwork to be created at the tire center service desk, an active Sam's Club membership card has to be scanned to access the menu screen. If your parents had accompanied you to the service desk, they would have performed the balance/rotations for free per the warranty. I have purchased tires at Sam's Club for my (non-member) parents for nearly 20 years and they have always performed rotations, re-balances, and flat repairs for free on my parents' vehicles when I accompany them and present my membership card.
In Colorado by law you can access the pharmacy ( At least in the recent past) without a membership card. I would just tell the door person that I'm using the pharmacy and pay cash. I eventually got a Costco card. I was able to use Costco when I didn't have insurance and it saved me a bundle. Now that I have insurance, and my doctors office has its own pharmacy it's not an issue.
Costco: We would like our branded credit card to have an interchange rate of 0%.
This is at least the second time you posted this. Sams Clubs are for members- we all make mistakes- your parents got bad info.
I hear you on the entitled crowd at Costco. But not being geared for families I’d have to disagree. And certain things I do like. If not buying on sale don’t feel ripped off. No worrying about coupons. Top tier gas. And I have enough for years, but say LED lightbulbs for $2.99 when $25+ on amazon. A lot of people don’t like Costco for their hiring practices. At any rate we’ve gotten 4 sets of tires there. Oddly my wife’s needed 5 repairs, really odd. Nice to know free patch. Or pro rata was fair on replacement. Same when Premier LTX wore out at 43k.
I just don't know what day it is
- it does end today at least I got that part right.
