So i just found this site and have been absorbing a ton of knowledge here. i have a lease ending and so the search begins. Im down to the volvo xc90, the caddy xt6, and the lincoln aviator. basically i need a small truck that has a 3rd row was my criteria. im going to test drive them all this weekend and use a broker here to close the deal. in any event, costco is running a promo worth $1250. that costco rebate took almost 50$ off per month off the lease amount but according to the fine print you would have to had been a member BEFORE sept 30th. which i was not. In any event i obsess over things like this and started hunting for a loophole. i found a few.
1- if you had , or a family member had a membership that expired you possibly can renew it.
2- if you know someone willing to cosign that has the membership, you will get the discount
3- This is what i did. they have one exception to the sept 30th rule, if you get a membership at a grand opening costco, that would be honored for the rebate. unfortunately i looked at the list of grand openings that were available and none were near me. so i tracked down the number to the closest one and called them. they said i had to come in. it took some persistence but i got to a manager who was willing to process the card for me if i sent id and visa to him by email. i did so and he gave me a member number tied to that store. now i can go to my local costco and have them print me a card.
Did you confirm with someone at the dealership / Costco that this is the case?
I’ve never heard of any sort of loophole with a Grand Opening Costco and if I’m not mistaken it still has to go through an internal review process via Costco in order for them to send you a PIN number which you give to the dealership
I hope it works out for you because that would be a nice loophole for Hackers to use.
I’ll let you know should button this up soon. But this was done thru Costco member services supervisor, who I had confirm it with the auto division. I think it looks good. It has nothing to do w the dealership , if I can get the code generated from Costco the dealer will accept it
This was discussed in at least one of the bolt mania threads. You basically bypass the needed date if there is a brand new Costco that you physically sign up at.
Yes, but I saw a few posts on another forum where people tried to do this, but they were told the grand opening had to be the closest Costco to your home address. In other words, if you weren’t a member before the deadline even though there was a Costco 2 miles down the road, going and signing up at a Grand Opening after the fact at a costco 50 miles away wouldn’t work for you.
Personally I don’t know how they really would track this, but I’m just repeating what others have run into trying this work around.
For what it’s worth, I just renewed my Costco membership today after an 11 year lapse. They were able to update the card showing a member date of July 2003, and the she said I should be fine using it to get the discount on a new Volvo. The Volvo dealer said no go on using it for leasing a loaner, which is spelled out on their website. Not sure where I will end up, but at least it’s in my back pocket if needed.
