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Originally Posted by JHikka
I heard once that this Vancouver location didn't sell memberships and if someone wanted a Costco membership they would still have to travel to a suburban one. True or exaggerated?
It was mentioned to me in the vein that Costcos are suburban and niche'd for a specific demographic and that not offering them at this Vancouver location was a choice to make it more difficult for undesirables to get memberships.
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I don't know who would be classed as "undesirable". In San Francisco, the store is in the South of Market neighborhood which may be one of the city's most diverse in that it houses lots of tech businesses, a share of loft condos but also plenty of wandering homeless. Its parking functions as parking for the "bridge and tunnel" patrons of surrounding clubs and night spots when the store is closed.
The store's patrons include an awful lot of small merchants including the Asian proprietors of family-owned restaurants and of the city's ubiquitous corner markets (it's common to encounter CostCo's Kirkland-branded products being resold in these small markets). The parking lot certainly contains its share of higher-end cars. And they do sell some very pricey jewelry and electronics.
But you can get a membership there as I did. And the "customer service" deal is always busy.