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Costco

Retail and e-commerce. Part of Costco Wholesale Corporation.

ACredibility A · last verified 2026-10-12 · 95% official or government sources
What does this mean?

Grade A (high: almost everything comes from official pages read directly). 95% of 19 sources are the organization's own pages or government sites.

WebsiteSign in to your accountOpen in the interactive directoryJSON

Get help with (5)

Contacts (7)

Phone

Online forms

Online tools and accounts

Escalation path

Go up one step at a time. Keep the reference numbers and dates from each contact.

  1. Customer service

  2. Supervisor

    PhoneMembership and warehouse (Member Service Center) +1-800-774-2678
  3. Written complaint

  4. Card or bank dispute

    Fair Credit Billing Act billing-error and purchase-dispute rights (Regulation Z)

    Electronic Fund Transfer Act error resolution and unauthorized-transfer liability (Regulation E)

  5. State agency

    Your state’s attorney general. Find it in the list of state agencies (also as JSON: states/<code>.json, for example states/ny.json).

  6. Public complaint

Known blockers

  • Costco.com returns and price adjustments need the member's sign-in.

Scam warnings

Official domains

  • costco.com

Real links and emails from Costco end in one of these.

Costco will never ask you for

  • Costco says unsolicited electronic communications from Costco do not ask for personal information such as your username, password, credit card information, birth date or Social Security number.

    Source: customerservice.costco.com, verified 2026-10-12

  • Costco says its emails come from a costco.com domain; Digital Costco Shop Cards come from costco@digitalshopcard.costco.com.

    Source: customerservice.costco.com, verified 2026-10-12

Known scams

  • Costco's list of currently known scams (published 09/11/2026) includes fake surveys and giveaways, "Costco Membership Payment Failed" and membership expiration messages, "loyalty reward" and overcharge reimbursement texts, and calls from "Chinese Costco Member Service".

    Source: customerservice.costco.com, verified 2026-10-12

  • BBB Scam Tracker's 2025 Risk Report lists Costco as the No. 7 most impersonated organization or brand in 2025, with 418 reports.

    Source: bbbmarketplacetrust.org, verified 2026-10-12

Report phishing

For the whole industry, read Retail and online shopping — how complaints work.

Verification notes

Costco is a paid-membership warehouse club. Its terms of use send legal actions to the state or federal courts in Seattle, Washington; no arbitration clause was found in the terms (last updated October 7, 2026).

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