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Costco Reviews Summary

Costco enjoys a strong reputation for its high-quality products and value, particularly in bulk purchasing and its popular private label, Kirkland Signature. Customers appreciate the variety and affordability offered, especially in categories like groceries and electronics. However, significant concerns have emerged regarding customer service, particularly related to installation issues, delivery delays, and negative interactions with staff. Many customers express frustration with the handling of returns and the online shopping experience, leading to a perception that service quality may not align with the brand's overall value proposition. Balancing product excellence with improved customer support could enhance overall satisfaction.

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Colorado
1 review
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I order a new Refrigerator on the 7 of November, they said delivery date could be on the 19 of November, ok the 19 came and went. Nothing yet. Than around the 23 of November they said it would be delivery on the 30 of November. Ok great. I get a email and text saying it would be delivery between 1:45 and 3:45 pm. Great so I took off a 1/2 a day off work.
They said I was going to get a call from the delivery people.
No call from no body. I called after 3:45 pm. Costco.com on line orders. The guy had no idea what happened.
Finily after almost an hour on hold he got back to me and still did not know what happened. Than he said we could reschedule for the 8 of December. Now I would have to take off an 1/2 off of work.
I think this is very un professional, and real suckkkkkkkssssss. And if I could give an - I would...

Date of experience: November 30, 2020
California
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Never buy appliance from Costco. Their delivery is so bs that you never see your item on time as needed. So I called after waiting and waiting past the time I suppose to get my delivery, they said a computer system put out a fake delivery scheduled date. What's the f...@#!. They blames on a computer system glitched said to happened to many customers, ahhhh really bs excuses. Costco should do a better job at this if it's wants more business. Best buy and Home Depot are my next appliance shopping stop.

Date of experience: November 29, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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ONE HORRIBLE PRODUCT
November 28, 2020

DO NOT BUY CHEF HAK'S GRAVY-IT IS DISGUSTING!

Costco used to sell Harry's turkey gravy which was delicious-Sam's Club now sells it.

COSTCO SHOULD BRING HARRY'S BACK!

Date of experience: November 28, 2020
Wisconsin
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Customer Service SUCKS
November 27, 2020

Just lost all my respect for Costco Customer Service. Purchased a dishwasher and the price included delivery and installation. Received a conformation email showing the delivery would be in the morning and installation would be in the afternoon. The item delivered on time but never heard from the installer. Called Costco and turned out they dropped the ball on scheduling the installer.
With the old diswasher already ripped out and the new one sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor we had to install ourselves.
Company was coming for Thanksgiving and we needed the kitchen.
Called Costco Customer Service, explaning the problem and requested reimbursement for the installation cost.
THEY DECLINED.
Customer service explained that they could have rescheduled a installer for after Thanksgiving so their not refunding install cost.
What a heartless attitude. We pay for installation and Costco pockets the money because the don't have to pay the installer.
Never again will we depend on Costco for these type of services.
Can't believe they would RIp-Off a long time customer like they did!

Date of experience: November 27, 2020
New York
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I ordered now twice from costco.com and twice have been given false information about delivery. The first time the estimated delivery was 4 days and it took 3 weeks to get the product with no help from customer service. Recently ordered again reluctantly and was given a tracking number for my purchase and day of delivery, only to be updated that same day to a week later. The slight savings I received from this purchase over Amazon was not worth the guessing game as to when I was going to get it!

Date of experience: November 24, 2020
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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With incredibly stupid people in this nation who do not understand how simply wearing a mask can improve our odds of overcoming a deadly pandemic, I am pleased and heartened to see that Costco has ramped up their mask policy requiring those with medical conditions to at least wear a face shield. With an ignorant sister in law who believes the pandemic is a political "hoax" I am sure intelligence-challenged people like her will avoid Costco. But luckily for the rest of us, these people never shop at Costco (their loss) anyway!

Date of experience: November 13, 2020
Arizona
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I pay almost $80 per year to visit Costco, drive almost 200 miles each way, burn more than a tank of gas each, drive on 2-lane dangerous highways and put 400 miles on my car.
Now I try to make an order, having well over 150 favorite places on my PC, but I forget my Costco password, create new password, but it doesn't work, then locks me out after four tries. I am told I must create a new password, so when I do I am told I can't use it because I have used it before. I contact costco stating I have been a member if costco from three different states over the past 24 years, I only use certain password on websites I allow my credit card on file, they say "NO, YOU CANNOT USE THIS PASSWIRD EVEN UF UTS BEEN 17 YEARS SINCE YOU HAVE USED IT" so I tell Costco all I buy at your store is coffee and paper towels so I guess I can go back to Folgers and store brand paper towels and save a ton if money, had, miles on my car and headache driving on a dangerous 2-lane highway because I PICK MY PASSWIRD NOT COSTCO. If someone uses my account illegally I am responsible not Costco there Costco WILL NOT pick my password for me, I will pick whatever I want so long as I used the amount of character required otherwise cancel my membership, I am sure my local market will enjoy my money as much as Costco.

Date of experience: November 8, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Wish I could give no stars. Installation was HORRIBLE.

Was supposed to receive washer and dryer. Have large laundry space. Crew was going to leave dryer poking out in hallway. Ended up with just washer. Water hose from disconnected dryer full of water - dumped on floor. Connections for Washer done from reaching around the front of machine. Not installed correctly. Y-couplet with one hose left. Parts (?) left.

Installers took documentation packet left me with just Washer guide and prod reg card for the removed dryer. Missing installation guide (?), some sort of samples (?) and lots of other cards/info (?). Don't know really what I'm missing.

It was a tense and terrible experience. Again, they removed new dryer from house. Damage to floors and walls and broke a flash light sitting safely on shelf above. Had to install washer and reinstall old dryer (left by front door) myself and need to hire plumber to ensure that I did it correctly since I have no guides.

Then after over 5 hours on phone (almost entirely on hold), I was called a "Karen" by Kevin (Tier 1 Costco.com Rep), who didn't even understand the inventory issue of what I had and didn't have. Avoid the degradation, time, frustration, mechanical issues, logistic issues, etc. The most AWFUL experience ever with any installers.

BTW and if you deal with Innovel Solutions (installation company?) and get a call from 252-XXX-0636 for installation, don't pick up the phone and leave the premises immediately.

Costco offered $50 with unknown reports and probably more hours on hold and rude and uncaring customer service reps.

Date of experience: November 6, 2020
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Delayed
November 4, 2020

I ordered a keyboard becuase my other one broke. I ordered it at 10/25/20 and they said it would arrive at 11/2/20. I waited a week and i get a email saying that the package is delayed and that it would come at 11/3/20. So i waited again and they sent another email telling me that the package would be delivered 11/4/20. Im sick and tired of all this waiting and i still havent gotten the package.

Date of experience: November 4, 2020
Florida
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Order Not Received
November 2, 2020

Ordered chair mats for our business which were in stock over a month ago. They were supposed to be shipped by CEVA logistics and after 6 weeks, we still have not received our order which was in excess of $2200 (which we were already charged for on our Costco CC). We contacted Costo for assistance several times. Their support is absolutely horrible. They don't care. They tell you to call CEVA logistics. CEVA doesn't answer their phones or respond to their online portal. We're now requesting a refund and will no longer purchase anything from Costco.com.

Date of experience: November 2, 2020
Washington
5 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I was told by Costco/Instacart that wrong orders left on my porch are not refundable or replaceable, and that my only recourse was to chargeback on my credit card. Hours of hassle.

Date of experience: October 23, 2020
Arizona
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered a washing machine for hook up and haul away. The guy came out and said I had a bad valve so he couldn't hook up washer. Fine. So I hooked it up and replaced bad valve. The problem is to get them to come back out and get the old washer i have wasted 3 hours on hold dropped call never called me back. Finally I got a scheduled pick up a week from now so I my the old washing machine sitting outside. Very disappointed! Last order I canceled a TV it took over 2 months to get my refund after calling again many times. Not sure but there is a big disconnect between the online and warehouse customer service. Costco needs to get the act together. I am done with online ordering from Costco online!

Date of experience: October 16, 2020
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was placing an an online order and everthing went well. At check out, however, I was charged $65.00 more than total I was shown. I retried submitting the order 5 times. I called the number for online services but they were not available. As I had put in my CC# thinking my order had gone through I tried to contact the online # again. No response. I tried calling the general customer service number, no response. I finally found the number for the corp. office, surprise-no response. I am still not sure whether my card was charged or not. I have no response from any of the numbers I thought may help me. The only response I received was a general message saying due to Covid we are not able to answer your call, we will get back to you as soon as we are able. So, where is my money? Can I try to purcahse it elsewhere without getting a bank penalty? How long can they keep my money or if they don't have my money, when will I know? I reccomend not shopping at costco.com until the company has enough employees to service customers. Times are hard, that is one more reason I need to know where my money has gone. I wish the best for all employees whose company leaves them with no answers.

Date of experience: October 5, 2020
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Not the same
September 27, 2020

Costco has lost all their values, it's not the same place it use to be. I saw harassment of disabled people on more than one occasion. They won't warrantee a tire because it was repaired (repaired by them!)
The new policy make it not worth it to go there anymore.

Date of experience: September 27, 2020
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Hate them bad management
September 27, 2020

I usually shop online because my husband got sick, I like Amazon. If I'm not pleased with an item they refund me but I return shopping... Costco wants me to go to ups return an item. Don't recommend them, regret shopping with C... they are bad!

Date of experience: September 27, 2020
Illinois
1 review
1 helpful vote
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2 day shipping
September 24, 2020

We tried the shipping program from Costco, all I can say is don't do it. Their two day shipping is now 7. If you're going to order on-line use Amazon.

Date of experience: September 24, 2020
North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I placed and paid for an order on August 29,2020. On September 1st I received an email stating that my order had shipped and would be delivered via UPS on September 3rd. The order was not delivered on the 3rd so I checked its status on-line with both Costco and UPS. At that time Costco's system stated it had shipped. The UPS system stated that a shipping label had been created on September 1st but the Seller had not yet provided the order for shipment.

After spending a good amount of time on the 3rd trying to get the status of this order from the Costco.com on-line system – which is useless - I called Costco Customer Service. Costco's "automated telephone system" notified me it would be about an hour before a representative would be available to talk to me. I waited on hold for well over an hour before giving up after no one answered my call. On September 5th I called Costco again. This time "their system" said the wait time to talk to a representative would be 43 minutes. An hour and 10 minutes later a representative took my call. I explained that I had not received an order and that UPS stated that the order had never been presented to them for shipment. I provided the Costco order number and UPS tracking number and she said Costco would contact the Seller and let me know via email when I would receive the Order.

It is now September 17th and still no word/email from either Costco or the (third party?) Seller on the status of this order.

Costco's Store operations are top notch – Costco.com's Customer Service is pathetic.

Date of experience: September 17, 2020
Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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NO Email support?
September 16, 2020

This site is complete trash. I love Costco, but this site is awful, plain and simple. Half of my shipment arrived and I have no way of communicating with them, unless I want to spend (estimated 105 minutes) holding over the phone.

Date of experience: September 15, 2020
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cashier was rude upon entering line for checkout. Placed my card in the product divider, like I have for the last 13yrs as a member, and was barked at to "pick it up, I won't touch it!" Obviously, I was unaware of their change of protocol, so I placed it against the glass for him to scan. Apparently, I wasn't "smiling" to his satisfaction, called a supervisor and stated I had attitude. I spoke with the supervisor and explained my confusion for their updated check out procedures. He agreed not everyone was aware and it is not posted and therefore apologized. As I walked away, I could hear the cashier stating to the next customer about my "attitude." I guess because his supervisor didn't side with him, he got an ATTITUDE! I'll make a point to go out of my way to shop at Sams Club now!

Date of experience: August 27, 2020
Connecticut
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered 1 gift basket but I was charged for 2! During ordering - their system had glitches so I called. The customer service person said that the first order didn't go through. However, both orders did go through & I was charged 2x. Every time I call - I am told it is 73 minutes! My emails go unanswered. Can they make it any tougher to resolve their problem?

Date of experience: August 21, 2020