Costco Wholesale Corporation (Costco)
Costco Membership Auto‑Renewal Lawsuit Targets Surprise Charges and Potentially Massive Payouts
Class action in California federal court alleges Costco’s automatic membership renewals violate the state’s Automatic Renewal Law by sending untimely and deficient renewal notices.
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Plain-language overview
Who may qualify?
Eligibility depends on the dates, products, locations, and other terms listed for this claim. Review any criteria below and the official terms before deciding whether it may apply to you.
- You had a Costco membership subject to automatic annual renewal, with renewal charges made to a stored payment method (such as a credit card).
- You received an email renewal notice approximately 60 days before the renewal date, outside the 15–45 day window specified in California’s Automatic Renewal Law.
- The renewal notice did not include all required information, including the renewal length/terms, the amount to be charged, and clear methods to cancel the auto‑renewal, before your card was charged.
- Your membership was renewed and your payment card was charged even though you were reconsidering or would have cancelled had you received a timely, compliant notice (similar to the named plaintiff’s allegation).
- You were a California consumer at the time of the renewal, since the claims are brought under California’s ARL and related California consumer‑protection statutes.
Case overview
What this settlement is about
This is a putative class action alleging that Costco violated California’s Automatic Renewal Law, False Advertising Law, Consumers Legal Remedies Act, and Unfair Competition Law by emailing renewal notices about 60 days before automatically charging customers’ cards for annual membership renewals and by omitting required disclosure details.
