At first, Costco was only testing scanners at some locations. Now, the members-only retailer plans to have scanners at all of its stores.

After first cracking down on membership card sharing with a photo-verification system in 2023, the bulk-retailer will soon have devices at its store entrances that will scan each membership card.

Next time you head to Costco, make sure you have your plastic or digital membership card – and a matching ID. The members-only warehouse retailer is really starting to crack down on non-members.

Costco is completing its crackdown on membership cards, requiring customers to scan in upon entering the store, rather than as they check out.

Costco card entry scanners popping up at California warehouses Photos on the cards must match the person entering, too, Costco said, in an apparent crackdown on nonmembers.

The administration clarified what counts as REAL ID in a social media post, after the act was implemented last month.

A man has left internet users in stitches after sharing a photo of his Costco membership card that resembles a mug shot.

Major U.S. wholesale retailer Costco will soon require shoppers to scan their membership cards via scanning devices at the entrance of each store in an effort to crack down on membership card-sharing.

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If their card does not have a photo, members will have to show a valid photo ID. Costco said the scanning devices will be installed in the coming months.

At first, Costco was only testing scanners at some locations. Now, the members-only retailer plans to have scanners at all of its stores.