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…you just admitted that you’re paying for a benefit. What are you even arguing here? If other stores do not offer larger quantities where the per item cost is lower, then that’s the benefit you’re paying for.
Movie theatres are a bad counter too. You can’t get into the movie theatre to buy popcorn without a ticket in most theatres. The ticket is your admittance in the same way the membership is.
You pay for a membership for the benefit of buying a movie ticket. What's the difference?
Some people do. AMC has a stubs rewards program that gives you discounts on tickets. Even if you don’t have that, though, you still have to buy a ticket to get into the theatre and buy popcorn and snacks. Without a ticket, you can’t get in.
Again- you have to buy a membership to buy a ticket in this scenario. Why do you keep avoiding that? Is it because you know that wouldn't be okay in pretty much any other setting but Costco and Sam's Club?
What are you talking about? In what scenario do you have to buy a membership to buy a ticket? The ticket is your membership.
It's a hypothetical. You know what those are, right?
It’s a hypothetical that has no bearing on the situation you’re attempting to comment on analogously. In the same way theatres restrict access to the concession stands for people who have paid for a ticket, Costco is restricting access to its warehouse for people who have paid for a membership. It’s not that hard of a concept. Your hypothetical analogy is proving you wrong.
You said that Costco's membership policy which means you cannot buy a thing in the store without paying for a membership makes sense because they offer something others don't.
Movie theaters offer something others don't. Why doesn't a membership policy where you can't buy a movie ticket without paying for a membership make sense?
I'm going by what you said.
No, you’re not. You’re ignoring the fact that the ticket is the membership. It is the cost of admission to use the other facilities, including the concession stand. Costco also has a cost of admission. It’s their membership fee.
Nope. A ticket is not a membership. You are not a member of the movie club when you buy a movie ticket.
Irrelevant. It is the cost of admission to use the concession stand to make purchases. Your point was that businesses can’t restrict buying something and that’s clearly not the case, even for movie theatres.
Admission is not membership. We are talking about membership. If I could pay an admission fee to shop at Costco, this would not be an issue. But I cannot. I have to buy a membership.
It’s the same. The only difference is the term length. A movie ticket gives you access until you leave. A membership allows you access for a year.
You’re just arguing semantics because your entire argument fell apart.
Fine, then why doesn't Coscto offer admission tickets?
Because they offer free trials for their memberships. Again, you’re just arguing semantics because your argument has no standing.
I didn't say anything about free trials.
I never said you did. Again, you’re arguing semantics rather than the point.
Nope. I made my point clear. You just keep deviating from it or ignoring it.
Yet again: You said that Costco charges a membership because, in your words: "they offer something that other stores cannot"
Yet again: A movie theater offers something that other places cannot- movies on a big screen. Therefore charging a membership fee before you can buy tickets should be equivalent.
Furthermore: If buying a ticket at a movie theater to get admitted is the same as buying a one-time membership, I should be able to buy a one-time membership every single time I go to Costco.
That is semantics. The only difference between a movie ticket and the membership is the term. Both movie theatres and Costco have areas that cannot be accessed or used unless you do whatever they deem to require for entrance. A movie theatre does not have to allow you to use their concessions or bathrooms or any other part of the facility unless you pay for something. If they wanted that to be a membership, they could do that. As I already mentioned, AMC has a membership program. If they wanted to, they could cancel all individual ticket sales and only sell memberships. The rules for access would be the same - you can’t buy a hotdog. You can’t buy one movie ticket and have 2 people use it. If you could, there would be no point in buying tickets and I would make the same argument if someone came in here saying that “verification of a ticket purchase” is an inconvenience and worth stopping support for.
Once again- if all of that is the case, why shouldn't I be able to buy a one-time admission to Costco?
Because they don’t offer one. They are a membership-based business. You have no point anymore.
Ah, here we are- corporations should be allowed to do whatever they want with no regard to the consumer. You should have led with that.
Never said that either. You just can’t stop being dishonest even if just for a second. I feel bad for anyone that has to deal with you in the real world. It must be exhausting.
You didn't have to say it. It's the logical inference based on what you said.
However, since you've decided to make personal attacks, I'm going to end this conversation now. Feel free to insult me again, but you will be flagged for violating community rules if you do so.