App Profile: The Costco Connection

MauiratMe

Rating: 3/5

Since your update at end of July, I have not been able to download the August connection. Why???

Joana's mom

Rating: 1/5

I joined Costco last year for the first time ever, because a new one opened in my area. I am blessed to live in an area where I have BJs, Sam’s Club, and Costco all in one strip and within 3 miles of each other and 6 miles of my home. And yes, I do shop them all from time to time. I really enjoy the Costco magazine. I needed to review an article I read for something I need to get done. I couldn’t find the paper copy so I called Customer Service to see if they send me a duplicate copy. She directed me to the website for the online copy. I asked her if I could look in the app. She said yes. The Costco app directs me to this app which never allowed me to enter my membership number and shows me all the magazine covers and a completely white screen when I try to look into the issue. The first attempt did actually look like the article would pull up. Every subsequent time, nothing. Sam’s Club doesn’t build apps that don’t work. They’re apps are virtually flawless and operate superbly day in and day out. Plus with their Club pickup, with no minimum mind you, Scan and Go, and rewards that actually earn something, like the amount of my renewal and then some, there is no way I could ever stop shopping there. As long as you have crappy apps Costco, you will never beat Sam’s Club. Ever.

Apfelmaennchen

Rating: 4/5

I actually find many of the articles in Costco's magazine quite interesting; they're kept short and informative. As for this app, I dont see some of the issues other folks complained about - the current issue was right there, and I was offered a free subscription so I assume that it will download the next issues when they are available. I don't quite get why there are two ways of presenting the material though - a scan of the magazine and a ad-less page per article (where btw. the text size function appears to be inoperative). Why not have just one PDF-based (i.e. fully text searchable) version that looks the same as the magazine? I also think that a nice touch up would be a page turn effect which I have seen in other e-book/magazine apps. But by and large this app works for me, and it's free content so I'm not complaining, only suggesting.