Costco is cracking down Netflix-style on shoppers sharing membership cards to use at self-checkout
Costco shoppers using the self-checkout lanes at the warehouse club are increasingly being asked to show a member ID with their photo as the company aims to rein in unauthorized card-sharing.
Insider observed a Costco employee checking membership cards in the self-checkout line at one location in Michigan over the weekend, and thereported last week that shoppers at two locations in Texas were also asked for other forms of photo ID as well.
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