The buyers of Sam's Club cancel their memberships: "They go to us"
The members of the angry SAM club want to know: "What is the aim of being a premium member?"
Sam's club restructures its membership plan, and a major change has a lot Customers fired . The Warehouse Club currently offers two membership options: club and more. The basic club level, which is delivered with a Annual fees of $ 50 , gets a delivery the same day, fuel savings reserved for members and quick access to the Sam's Club Auto Center. However, for $ 60 more, members can register for a positive level and take advantage of free delivery on all orders, no minimum required. However, this last advantage is about to change.
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From August 19, members will only receive free delivery for online orders with at least $ 50 of eligible items before tax. The controversial update appeared for the first time on the home page of the members of the Sam's Club in early July. For orders more under the minimum of $ 50, a shipping rate of $ 8 at flat rate will be nailed.
Of course, free delivery is not the only incentive to register for a Sam's Club Plus subscription. At a price of $ 110 per year, the elite level is also delivered with an exclusive pharmacy and optical savings and free collection by the street, which is a big lure for families.
However, as many more members say, the best advantage is free delivery. Consequently, in response to the upcoming change, members in addition to cancel their memberships and turn to competitor Costco.
On Facebook, a The more a member exclaimed , "As after all the millions of dollars they already win are not sufficient ... They garnish and we should resist them."
"I use their free delivery all the time with purchases of less than $ 50. I assume that I will have to cancel my subscription more and spend more time at Costco", " wrote a wholesale customer In a separate Facebook publication.
Another commentator agreed: "I definitively restore membership to my Sam's Club. I did the calculation and the additional money to be a more member is perhaps. I keep a more subscription."
"I have just downgraded my membership more than paying more for nothing," reads a third comment.
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On X, a more member said Sam's Club " should have reduced executive wages "Instead of making customers more difficult to obtain free delivery on online orders.
"@Samsclub you indicate that you" appreciate a lot "our subscriptions, but if it was true, you would not eliminate free delivery - why we all upgraded more than a 1 hour club, I find it difficult to see the value of being a member "that they wrote.
Another member of the angry Sam club replied: " Totally agree with that . What is the purpose of being a premium member? Bad movement. Especially in this [explanive] economy. Greed. Pure greed. ""
"Yeah, I'm going to" look in " Leave my subscription @samsclub plus Very quickly when it changes. I could even cancel everything together and go with @costco, "said someone else." I could even walk the day before the renewal and request a refund, because you can get one at any time. "" AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
In a July 7 interview With Fox Business, a Sam's Club spokesman said: "Our members are at the heart of everything we do." They reiterated that the wholesaler is constantly working to offer an easier and more practical shopping experience for our members ".
