香港人如何申請Costco會員

睇見香港人係英國住落左一排，大家都會去Costco賣物場潮聖睇下究竟係唔係傳聞中咁抵買。但即使你親身去門市都好，你有錢都未必可以踏進Costco門口一步。因為佢地係行會員制而且分Individual member同Trade member先會放行比你入去。

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基本上佢每年£15既plan只係比你online shopping, 你係不能夠以online會藉進入門市去買野。

 If you are a Subscriber, you will only be able to shop online and will not be able to shop at a Costco warehouse.

而打後trade同individual member (白色兩種係non-executive, 黑色係executive) 分別。如果經常購物，或做零售的話，更可以俾多£40做Executive會員，買野仲可以有2％ cashback rewards。(但每12個月內只可以最多回贈£500: 詳情) – Link

但要入會individual或者trade member, 首唔先你一定要符合以下條件 就係你一定要係以下行業或者指定Title.

Qualifying Employment Groups:

• Banking/finance (金融）
• Local government (地方政府)
• Fire/rescue service (消防/救援服務)
• Post Office (郵局)
• Airlines (航空界)
• Education (教育界)
• Police force (警察)
• Civil service/armed forces (公務員/武裝部隊)
• Medical/health service (醫療/保健服務)
• Insurance (保險業)

Alternatively, you’ll need to be qualified as one of the following:

• Qualified/certified/chartered accountant (合格/認證/特許會計師)
• Doctor/dentist/optician/pharmacist （醫生/牙醫/配鏡師/藥劑師)
• Solicitor/barrister/magistrate/advocate (律師/大律師/地方法官/辯護律師)
• Chartered architect (特許建築師)
• Chartered surveyor (特許測量師)
• Chartered/civil engineer (特許/土木工程師)

Costco Individual / Trade會員一般申請流程:

1. 如果你係符合以上職業行業或工種，你可以上網登記好，然後第一次walk in去門市 你須要帶埋證明文件去認證，佢地就會開會員證比你
2. 唔經網上登記都好，你都可以親身去申請但都須要帶同職業證明文件去認證。

For in-store shopping, you will need to go to the membership counter to validate your membership and pick up your new card (Costco ask that you allow at least 12 hours from the timed you purchased it online).
You will need to bring supporting documents to collect your membership card in-store.

For individual memberships文件認證:
1/ Employee ID Card OR 2/ Employee Payslip, Pension Statement OR 3/ Qualification Certificate.

For trade memberships文件認證:
您需要提供一份在過去 3 個月內有效或註明日期的“商業登記”和一張帶照片的身份證件。詳情: here.


鑑於筆者亦沒有Costco會員，但從朋友同youtuber道聽途說既沒有以上行業都能成功申請既案例:

1/ 如果你曾經係香港度做老師 有Education cert, 又受聘過既老師可以拎將contract去做認證 有經會唔駛係英國既都會接受到

2/ 我問過係d market擺站既Costco promotion sales佢地講係話唔駛以上認證但要比錢先。另外都有住左幾年既香港人人講過其實係唔駛check… 但唔知佢用咩方法過到validation.

3/ 有位人兄有係英國有商業登記，去左Manchester, Liverpool都申請唔到，去Birmingham就反而過到。

總括而言，應該都係有機會撞到hea check既人就有機會pass，運氣就係皇道。

最後，Costco會員卡係一卡旁身，世界通行。

Costco會員資格在全球範圍內在美國、加拿大、墨西哥、日本、台灣、韓國和英國的門市有效。

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