Quote Originally Posted by aTailOf2Kitties View Post
I'm with you on the "paying for the priviledge to shop there" thing being kinda silly. I've heard lots of people say that unless you shop there a whole lot or need to stock up on stuff, you don't really save all that much overall. I remember years and years ago my parents received a free membership of some sort to Sam's Club but when we went to the store we could only buy certain things with that particular membership. My dad had the card and they were being real a-holes and not wanting to even let me and my mother in the store. Granted this was like 15 years ago
Eight or nine years ago I went into one to buy a membership as a Christmas gift and the person behind the counter told me that I couldn't buy one for someone else unless I joined first. I said "That's ridiculous!" and another person agreed w/me, so I was able to buy the gift membership. It left a bitter taste in my mouth, though, and I waited until just two days ago to buy a basic membership for myself. They already asked me today about upgrading and I said "How about letting me get used to even having it let alone using it before I upgrade?"