Sam’s Club must be tired of Costco getting all this free publicity from them switching from American Express to Visa. Their Twitter account just announced that showing your Costco Membership card will get you a free day pass to any Sam’s Club location through July 4th, 2016.
They really want you to know that Sam’s Club accepts all major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. (Of course, you know that Costco negotiated some really low credit card processing fees from Visa, so hopefully that results in lower prices.)
I’m a Costco regular myself, but Sam’s Club does offer a different selection and I like to visit them from time to time. For example, back in the Spring I bought a large amount of organic gardening soil at Sam’s for a good price, while the same weekend Costco had no soil of any type available at all.
no BJ’s love 🙁
We cross shop Sam’s Club and Costco. The stores are next door to each other where we live. I agree, the different selections make both good shopping choices. For us, we think the produce is a little fresher at Sam’s, it’s nice to be able to buy smaller portions of groceries (one gallon of milk vs. having to buy 2 at a time), easier parking (our Sam’s is never very crowded), and we can do the self-checkout for speedy exit. Costco, on the other hand, has more premium offerings … I bet we go to Sam’s 70% of the time nowadays.