Retail Memberships

[daisylu]

I saw this today, but very little details (fine print). 

Target, looking for ways to reverse a sales malaise, is getting into Amazon territory: the paid membership game.



The Minneapolis discounter said Tuesday the new paid program, called Target Circle 360, will offer unlimited free same-day delivery in as little as an hour for orders over $35 and free two-day shipping. It will launch with a special offer for new members for $49 per year from April 7 through May 18. After that, it will cost $99 per year. But Target Circle credit card holders can sign up for the lower price anytime.

I get free shipping because I have a Target red card, but IF they would deliver to my house I might consider it. I am 22 miles from a Target and WFH and travel a lot. I would not care about the 1 hour thing, just that they would deliver to the house within 24 hours. (I know that won't happen here, but dreaming.)

I only have Amazon Prime currently, mostly because being in a small town options are limited so online orders are needed. Plus, I do like the subscribe and save so I do not have to worry about running out of items. 

Also, I am in land of no Uber, Door Dash, Uber Eats, or any delivery outside of UPS FedEx and USPS.

How many retail memberships do you subscribe to for free delivery? Would you consider adding this?

[resolution]

I just have Amazon Prime. I have been toying with the idea of signing up for BJ's Wholesale Club, but it's a bit of a drive to get there.

I live in a small town and have found that Walmart won't deliver to me. I haven't tried with Target, which is further away than Walmart. I would recommend that you confirm if the Target membership will actually offer delivery to you, as opposed to just waiving the delivery fee for people living in the delivery area.

[chiver78]

the only one I pay for is Amazon Prime, and that only started when I bought my first Fire Stick after cutting cable. I will say that the free delivery is nice, and I've done a few subscribe and saves since signing up as well. a couple of the things I subscribe for are items that I either can't find in stores anymore, or they are ridiculously overpriced when/if I do find them. 

my BJs membership is a result of my mom working for the corporate HQ awhile back. somehow they overlooked cancelling my membership after she quit.      I don't shop there all that much as the prices aren't hugely different than the box stores most of the time. and when the local stores have sales, those are often cheaper than BJs pricing. I live alone, so it's not like I need 4lbs of ground cumin, for example.   that said, I *do* buy white rice there, 2x12lbs at a time. rotisserie chickens, 3 or 4 at a time, which get shredded and frozen for pup meals. I don't personally eat a whole lot of rice, but the pups have some with every meal. 

I really don't like the Target store in my area, for a few reasons. it's really just this location, I used to shop at the ones near my old condo all the time. so their membership wouldn't interest me at all. I'm in and out of Walmart a couple times a week, with some perishable pup meal staples, so delivery there doesn't interest me either. I'm kind of boring, I guess. lol...

[wvugurl26]

I guess my Sam's Club includes delivery. It's not same day though. We pay for the plus membership for the extra hours and cash back.

DH got BJ's before we were married. We keep it because of the deli and sometimes things are the same price as Sam's and they are closer. Some of their stuff is much more expensive than Sam's. I used to buy greeting cards here more but we finally got a Hallmark store again. I do shop Dollar Tree first but sometimes they don't have what I need.

We pay for Amazon prime. I just ordered stuff recommended to me by my oral surgeon and not carried at the box stores locally.

A Target subscription doesn't interest me. I go in to the local one occasionally but it's selection and stock has gone way downhill since 2018. I go to other ones even in my state and they are far nicer than the local one. WalMart is better at this point.

[TheOtherMe]

Nobody except the small family owned grocery store here in town delivers in this town of 2000 people.  

I have Amazon Prime.  I don't like to shop so it works great for me.  I more than recover the cost and I like subscribe and save.

[minnesotapaintlady]

I hate any kind of subscriptions, but I have Prime and a Sam's Club membership that comes with free delivery.  Both memberships I keep for other reasons than the free delivery and I definitely would not sign up for the Target one since I drive past Target twice a day during the week and it's an easily accessible store, not a big packed one with a huge parking lot. I can usually park right by the door and run in and get what I need.  If I order ahead of time I can have it waiting for me at the customer service desk, but I rarely do that. 

[Cookies Galore]

I have Amazon Prime and get my subscriptions worth between the fast shipping on sub-$35 orders and the Whole Foods discount.

I live 1.5 miles from one Target and 2ish miles from another. Hell, I have nine Targets within 10 miles or less; if anything I need less access to Target! I have been doing good lately and only go once a week. Someone give me a cookie.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

We only use Amazon Prime and Costco. 
We do not live close enough to anything for Amazon Fresh. Costco's membership has a whole weird tier system of what constitutes 2-day shipping, free shipping, etc. I do not completely understand it. 


I live 30 miles from Target. I cannot imagine I'd qualify for 24-hour delivery. 

[minnesotapaintlady]

I just looked and I only had 15 Amazon shipments last year and 3 of them would have been free delivery anyhow due to order size, so I paid $11.50/shipment for "free shipping" on the other 12.    I really would like to Prime, but I share with my aunt and use the Photo storage. 

[Artemis Windsong]

I have Sam's Club but won't add anymore stores.

I'm p.o.'d at Amazon.  I ordered over $35 worth of graduation gifts for my GrGrD and they were charging me delivery.  It was a cluster F. right before I went to bed and haven't checked back today.

[toomuchreality]

I have no memberships with free delivery. I only have memberships to Costco and Sam's. On the rare occasion I want something from Amazon, I have DD2 order it,then I send her a venmo. (she has prime and usually, the items are for her girls. But it's only, maybe 2 times per year.)

[❤ mollymouser ❤]

I have Amazon Prime.
And whatever Walmart calls its membership (a perk from the platinum Amex card)
I also pay for a DoorDass dashpash and whatever Instacart calls it program.

I'm immune compromised and am still avoiding people .... like ... well, the plague.

If you'd use the membership and would enjoy having it, then it's worth your while.

[plugginaway22]

Sam's Club plus and Target red card gets us free delivery for most anything we need. Also use Amazon when totals are over $35 for free shipping.

[bookkeeper]

I am the second card holder on my son's Costco account.  I purchased a Sam's Club membership for $10 last year.

I have been using the Costco membership quite a bit this past year.  Diapers for the twins, wine, rotisserie chicken for the twins.  I booked the Hawaiian cruise we took in January through Costco.  Costco travel was very easy to work with and I got about 10% of the cost of the cruise back in Costco digital gift cards.

We are only a two person household, so we don't go through huge quantities of consumables. 

I have noticed that the quick fix and serve food and bakery is much cheaper at Sam's club than at Costco.

We don't live near either warehouse club in the summer time.  We make a shopping trip when we go see our grandsons.  Their city has both.

[bean29]

I work Drive past a Target 3-4 times a day on my way to and from work, and live within 10 minutes of one too, so I will not pay extra for free shipping.  If I modify my route home in the evening, I also drive past the Target close to my house.  I have the Red Card, so I get the free shipping.  I used to get free shipping from Kohl's and Macy's too.  Word is that Kohl's is changing their old policies and I pretty much hate Kohl's anyways so whatever. 

We have a Business Plus Membership to Sam's, so we get free shipping.  I mainly used the free shipping for things like printer ink, and maybe whole coffee beans.  We do the Plus Membership so my in-laws get a discount on prescriptions.  They are not so mobile anymore, so DH usually picks up their prescriptions.  We get a lot of Roasterie Chickens. fruits and vegetables. I buy chips and candy for work, coffee beans, occasional alcohol, paper products etc. Sams is about 10-15 minutes from our house, and between DH's office and our house.  

I now am the secondary member on DD's Costco membership.  I just ran in the store and got the card a week ago, to try and sneak in as her secondary member before she moves out.  IDK how long it will last, she relocates to another state next week. Costco is not convenient to my house, I got it because I want to order new tires for my car from them.  I will not pay for it unless they open a warehouse on my side of town.  We did order the Bidet in our primary bath from them a few years ago using DD's membership.

We have had Amazon Prime for years. I use Amazon a lot.  Just since December 18th, DH wanted a Harmonica for a family friend, Mom wanted Knee High Nylons and I could not find them locally, I bought my phone case and a phone grip, A USB A to A Cable extender for my car, USB-C Cables for charging my phone, Simple Human garbage cans, Cable knit throws for my new sofa's Watch bands and a Charging station for my new Apple Watch, Metatarsal Pads, and Timothy Hay for the Rabbits.  Sometimes you just want the stuff the next day.  Yesterday I dumped my Tea on my desk and my mouse pad got wet.  I ordered a new one to be delivered to my office.  Now I see it says to be delivered by 10 pm.  I work in what is pretty much and industrial park.  I hope it is delivered before we close at 5 pm.  But it is not a lot of $$, so hopefully if it is delivered after close it does not get stolen.  Stuff that we ship to DH's office does not usually get left after hours.  UPS/USPS and Fed Ex tend to deliver only during office hours.  We also ordered a part to fix the AC and parts for the bathroom exhaust from Amazon earlier this year.  Sometimes it is hit and miss.  DH will keep the misses.  I prefer to return them.

My DD has some kind of food delivery membership (Door Dash or Uber Eats?).  I have not used it, but she mentioned that if I wanted something delivered to my mom, she could do it for her.

[dannylion]

Big fan of shopping options that make it possible to shop without actually having to go shopping.  I have Amazon Prime for the shipping and TV options.  I have Costco because I like Costco, but non-perishable orders have to be $75 for free shipping, and perishable orders go through Instacart, so not free.  I have Sam's Club Plus because I can have just one item delivered (free) if that's all I want.  Their perishable orders also go through Instacart, but the Instacart fee is discounted for Plus.  I also recently got a BJ's Wholesale Club membership because it's just $25 for veterans, so why not?  They are more conveniently located for me for curbside pickup than Sam's Club for when I feel like doing that instead of shipping or Instacart.  I have whatever the current Target membership is, but I will probably sign up for the new one for the 1-day Shipt delivery, which includes perishables.  I also have Walmart Plus and Safeway Fresh for free delivery for groceries.  Costco, Sam's Club, and BJ's also have discounted gas, so there's that, too, though I realize I don't use enough gas anymore to offset the membership fees.  Doesn't matter, I get enough benefit otherwise from them, and I'm grateful they are available now that I am too decrepit to ambulate around a grocery store or warehouse club to do my own shopping anymore.  

I was particularly grateful for several of those options when I had covid in December.  I didn't have the analgesic remedies I needed, but I was able to get throat lozenges and cough medicine delivered the same day from Walmart as well as endless supplies of soup, ginger ale, and tea.  

I also own stock in all those companies, so I'm actually adding to my own bottom line whenever I spend money at any of them, right?  

[Pink Cashmere]

I have Amazon Prime. I have a Target Red Card, so I usually get free shipping, but I don’t care enough about that to pay a membership fee for same day delivery. I don’t live far from Target, so I’m good with making an order online and having them bring it to my car.

When Mister and I have food delivered, he usually has YD order it even if she’s not in the city. She uses whatever rewards from ordering our food, to get her own food delivered at a discount. 

The place we buy the dogs’ food from will deliver online orders over a certain amount, the same day, for free. I’ve been telling Mister that for forever, he finally started using it a couple months ago. The amount required for free same day delivery is less than the cost of the big bag of dog food we buy, so why not let them deliver it, instead of going to the store ourselves. That also helps cut down on buying a bunch of random stuff we see and think the dogs might like when we go to the store ourselves.

The big bag of dog food costs close to $90 with tax (and it only lasts about 3 weeks ), and there have been times we’ve gone to buy dog food and ended up spending close to $200. So yeah, it’s better for our pockets to not actually go in the store lol.

[giramomma]

We just have Prime and Costco. I won't sign up for Target's membership.

Where I teach, is about 100 feet away from target So, I've got access 3 days a week.

We only do target runs once a month or so.  The last time we were in target I think was the end of January.

I'll have to go to pick up some things for easter.

However, some easter things, like Pokemon cards, I'd rather go to a small business to buy the cards vs the target chain.

I also prefer 5 below for things for the missy than the dollar spot. 

[andi9899]

Mar 5, 2024 22:18:09 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I just looked and I only had 15 Amazon shipments last year and 3 of them would have been free delivery anyhow due to order size, so I paid $11.50/shipment for "free shipping" on the other 12.    I really would like to Prime, but I share with my aunt and use the Photo storage. 

You can still prime under her membership. I've been doing it under my sister's for years. Just set up your own wallet.

[minnesotapaintlady]

Mar 7, 2024 9:57:46 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Mar 5, 2024 22:18:09 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I just looked and I only had 15 Amazon shipments last year and 3 of them would have been free delivery anyhow due to order size, so I paid $11.50/shipment for "free shipping" on the other 12.    I really would like to Prime, but I share with my aunt and use the Photo storage. 

You can still prime under her membership. I've been doing it under my sister's for years. Just set up your own wallet.

I'm the one with the membership.  She does not have one.

[andi9899]

I have Amazon Prime under my sister. I have a Sam's plus membership that I use for free shipping and cash back. If I can get free shipping with no minimum purchase, I may have to get their CC.

[andi9899]

Mar 7, 2024 10:13:36 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Mar 7, 2024 9:57:46 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

You can still prime under her membership. I've been doing it under my sister's for years. Just set up your own wallet.

I'm the one with the membership.  She does not have one.

Wait. So you have prime and you're still paying for shipping?

[minnesotapaintlady]

Mar 7, 2024 10:37:04 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Mar 7, 2024 10:13:36 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

I'm the one with the membership.  She does not have one.

Wait. So you have prime and you're still paying for shipping?

I pay $139/year for Prime so  $139 divided by 12 shipments is $11.50/shipment.

[NastyWoman]

Mar 7, 2024 10:43:11 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Mar 7, 2024 10:37:04 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Wait. So you have prime and you're still paying for shipping?

I pay $139/year for Prime so  $139 divided by 12 shipments is $11.50/shipment.

Make Carrot watch one movie on prime with you per month and your benefits change to (1) discount movie tickets at $5.75/person, and (2) free shipping 

[jeffreymo]

I use my brother’s Prime account. For other sites I’ll spend whatever minimum they require in order to get the free shipping. Lately I’ve been more of an impatient, impulse shopper and would rather buy online pickup in store the same day.