It shouldn’t be that hard for them to figure out who paid what because in order to pay/checkout at Costco you’re required to scan your membership card. So (while I’m not sure suing is the right way to go if they are trying to reimburse customers), it’s not exactly accurate to say they don’t know who bought what at a higher price.
The problem would be that not everyone keeps their contact info up to date (I’ve probably moved twice since I became a member), some of the people would no longer be members, if they mail out a bunch of checks, some of them won’t get cashed, etc. Doing that is going to eat into the refund, so there will be less to hand out.
And, personally, I didn’t care that much. Most of the stores who sold things at higher prices because of tariffs have no record of who bought bought what, but I still want to see them go after the government for the money. Reducing future prices seems simple.
It shouldn’t be that hard for them to figure out who paid what because in order to pay/checkout at Costco you’re required to scan your membership card. So (while I’m not sure suing is the right way to go if they are trying to reimburse customers), it’s not exactly accurate to say they don’t know who bought what at a higher price.
The problem would be that not everyone keeps their contact info up to date (I’ve probably moved twice since I became a member), some of the people would no longer be members, if they mail out a bunch of checks, some of them won’t get cashed, etc. Doing that is going to eat into the refund, so there will be less to hand out.
And, personally, I didn’t care that much. Most of the stores who sold things at higher prices because of tariffs have no record of who bought bought what, but I still want to see them go after the government for the money. Reducing future prices seems simple.
Also you can get a guest pass to shop for the day
Oh, that’s a good point too.