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> but needing to swipe in to enter a store is, I think, a very significant change to how we think of stores as public places. CostCo rule #6: Your membership c
by Shanea93 10y ago
> but needing to swipe in to enter a store is, I think, a very significant change to how we think of stores as public places.
CostCo rule #6: Your membership card must be shown on entering the warehouse and at the tills.
I don't think it's really that much of a change, this is already par for the course when it comes to bulk-purchase stores.
Another one of CostCo's rules:
> Parents are responsible for their children. They must be kept with them at all times.
And one last one:
> Members will be required to purchase any packages opened or damaged by them or their guests.
These are all pretty ubiquitous rules for this kind of store and I can't imagine people will really notice the difference. You'll use your card to swipe in you and your guests, when you leave as a group, your card will be charged.
If you come with someone who also wants to buy things, you jut enter one after the other instead of as a group.
- gohrt 10y agoit's unclear how the act of purchasing a product works -- it might require the buyers phone to be near the item when it leaves the shelf
- rtkwe 10y agoIt's not spelled out but it doesn't seem like it'll be a requirement. The only additional thing they could get from the phone without really limiting the number of supported devices is a rough location and that information can be replaced with tracking customers through security cameras.
- JackFr 10y agoThat's a good point -- but in general, CostCo or any similar discount club I've been to doesn't really prevent physical access -- there's no turnstile. (Though my experience is limited - I'm not a member - so I typically am with friends or family.)
- dimino 10y agoThe only difference is CostCo employs a "turnstile", whereas Amazon will build one.
- pwinnski 10y agoOne person in a group must have a CostCo card. The turnstile in the video suggests that all people in a group must have the Amazon Go app running. I'm not installing Amazon Go on devices for each my children, so does Amazon Go let them in, or not?