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I opened it.
You're paying $139/year for what looks like a shipping subscription.
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My dad paid for a Costco membership for 12 years thinking it was just a place to buy a 48-pack of paper towels.
He'd never touched anything except the food court and the gas pump.
Then my aunt — who worked at a Costco service desk for 6 years — visited for Thanksgiving and watched him pay full price for new tires somewhere else.
She said: "Wait. You have a Costco card and you didn't buy those here?"
She pulled out her phone and showed him 9 things his $65/year membership was already covering. Costco doesn't put most of this on the receipt. They'd rather you just buy the rotisserie chicken and leave.
He used 3 of them by New Year's. Saved over $1,000 on tires and glasses alone.
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The car dealership showed you 8.9% APR on your auto loan
The bank approved you at 4.2%
The dealership added 4.7% on top and kept the difference. That's an extra $4,800 on a $40K loan that goes straight into the finance manager's pocket as commission
It's called a dealer reserve markup and it's the single biggest legal scam in American consumer finance
Here's how it works. You sit in the F&I office (Finance and Insurance). The finance manager pulls your credit. The bank (let's say Capital One Auto) comes back with an approval at 4.2% APR. The finance manager never shows you this number. Instead he tells you "great news, we got you approved at 8.9%"
You think 8.9% is your rate. It's not. It's your rate plus his commission. The 4.7% spread between 4.2% and 8.9% gets split between the dealership and the finance manager. On a $40K loan over 72 months that spread is worth $4,800 in pure profit
The finance manager makes more money on the markup than the salesman makes on the car itself. The salesman negotiated with you for 3 hours over $500 off the sticker price while the finance manager was in the back office adding $4,800 to your interest rate in 30 seconds
"Isn't that illegal?"
No. Dealer reserve markups are legal in all 50 states. The bank explicitly authorizes the dealer to mark up the rate. The bank WANTS the dealer to charge you more because the bank gets a cut of the spread too. The bank approved you at 4.2% but keeps maybe 3.5% and lets the dealer inflate up to 8.9% and pocket the rest
The bank and the dealer are splitting the extra interest you're paying. They're partners in the markup. Neither one has a legal obligation to tell you the buy rate (the actual approved rate before markup)
The play to kill the markup:
BEFORE you walk into a dealership, get pre-approved at your own bank or credit union
Capital One Auto Navigator: pre-approval takes 5 minutes online. Tells you the exact rate you qualify for with no dealer involvement
Navy Federal Credit Union: if you're eligible, consistently 2 to 3% lower than dealer-marked rates
DCU (Digital Federal Credit Union): anyone can join, known for some of the lowest auto rates in the country
Your local credit union: almost always 1 to 3% cheaper than dealer financing
Walk into the dealership with your pre-approval letter. Don't mention it during negotiations on the car price. Let them settle the price first. Then when they send you to F&I, the finance manager will pitch his rate
When he says "we got you 8.9%," you put your pre-approval letter on the desk: "My credit union already approved me at 4.2%. I'll be using their financing unless you can beat it"
Two things happen:
Either the dealer matches 4.2% or goes lower (he can, because the buy rate was actually 3.8% and he has room). You save $4,800
Or the dealer says he can't match it and you use your pre-approval. You still save $4,800
There is no scenario where you lose by walking in pre-approved
The deeper play for people with damaged credit:
Dealers mark up subprime rates even harder. If your real approval is 12%, the dealer might tell you 18%. On a $25K car over 72 months that markup costs you $6,200. Subprime buyers get the biggest markups because the dealer knows they feel lucky to be approved at all and won't push back
If your credit is under 680, get pre-approved at a credit union BEFORE the dealership. Even subprime credit unions offer rates 3 to 5% below what the dealer will quote. You won't get 4.2%, but you'll get 11% instead of 18% and save thousands
The finance manager is the highest-paid person in the dealership. Not the GM. Not the top salesman. The F&I guy who sits in a back office and adds 3 to 5% to your interest rate while you sign documents you don't read
He makes $150K to $300K a year. Almost all of it from rate markups on people who never thought to get pre-approved
The entire auto lending system has a middleman who adds thousands to your loan and provides zero value. Eliminate the middleman. Get your own rate. Walk in knowing what the bank actually approved you for instead of what the dealer decided to charge you
You negotiated the price of the car for 3 hours and felt proud saving $800. The finance manager made $4,800 off your interest rate in the time it took you to sign your name lmfaooo
(i fix credit so you qualify for the lowest auto rates before you walk in. link in bio)
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