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Costco — Does a paid membership survive an agent that computes the whole value for a specific household?

Costco Gold Star Membership

no memorybrand page reachedobserved2026-09-20
  1. 1Customer missionCostco decision — customer with no relevant memory
    • annual membership fee at most 70 USD
    • membership fee refundable in full if canceled during the year
    • most items returnable for at least 60 days
    • electronics returnable for at least 60 days (preference)
  2. 2Evidence7 searches, 9 pages: costco.com, customerservice.costco.com
    • membership fee usd: 65 brand page
    • membership refundable: true brand page
    • return window days: no stated time limit for most merchandise (satisfaction guaranteed indefinitely, brand page
    • electronics return window days: 90 brand page
  3. 3BeliefRequirements met on the evidence found
  4. 4DecisionSelectedCostco Gold Star MembershipAll four requirement fields were established directly from Costco's own web properties (costco.com and customerservice.costco.com). The Gold Star annual fee is $65, which…
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Every option the agent weighed

Costco Gold Star Membership Costco · selected

All required facts were established from Costco's own pages and each one satisfies the stated requirement; the preference on electronics is also met, and cancellation terms are explicit and fully refundable.

  • membership fee usd: 65 costco.com not the brand’s own page
  • membership refundable: true customerservice.costco.com not the brand’s own page
  • return window days: no stated time limit for most merchandise (satisfaction guaranteed indefinitely, subject only to the specifically listed exceptions such as electronics/appliances at 90 days) customerservice.costco.com not the brand’s own page
  • electronics return window days: 90 customerservice.costco.com not the brand’s own page

Confidence

Observed: a single journey.

Provenance

Every journey run on the live web. Every source, belief and decision published. Scorer version 4; model cost 0.51 USD.