Sam's Club membership
Hacker ApprovedWarehouse club membership in Home & kitchen
People like the app-based scan-and-go checkout, pickup ordering, and a location closer than Costco. Critics say unit prices are high and store design worsens traffic.
People like the app-based scan-and-go checkout, pickup ordering, and a location closer than Costco. Critics say unit prices are high and store design worsens traffic.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Scan-and-go mobile checkout
“Sam's Club has the edge being able to use their app to scan your items and pay without having to stop anywhere”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “I Want to Live Like Costco People” “I prefer the shopping experience at Sam's, with their mobile checkout.”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “I Want to Live Like Costco People” “their curbside pickup and "scan and go" make every visit a breeze”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?” - Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Costco Is the Anti-Amazon”
Online ordering with pickup
“On Sams Club's website I can see that in store price and order it for pickup.”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Costco Is the Anti-Amazon” “their curbside pickup and "scan and go" make every visit a breeze”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Can the Golden Age of Costco Last?” Better overall shopping experience
“Sam's Club is as good as it gets tech-wise, in-store and out.”
Comment from 4 Jul 2026 in “Costco Is the Anti-Amazon” “It’s the one way in which Sam’s Club crushes them.”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Costco Is the Anti-Amazon” “the rest of the experience is just better”
Comment from 7 May 2026 in “I Want to Live Like Costco People”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poor store design worsens traffic
“Sams suffers from poor design which makes traffic worse”
Comment from 3 Jul 2026 in “Costco Is the Anti-Amazon”
What people said
14 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Sam's Club is as good as it gets tech-wise, in-store and out.”
“On Sams Club's website I can see that in store price and order it for pickup.”
“It’s the one way in which Sam’s Club crushes them.”
“Sams suffers from poor design which makes traffic worse”
“Talked to an LLM for 30 seconds after 0 wait and it was resolved.”
“no way am I shopping at Sam's Club for the same reason that I'm never shopping at its parent company, Walmart”
“the rest of the experience is just better”
“Sam's Club hot dogs are pretty awesome.”
“I have a Sam's Club membership primarily because it is much closer to me than Costco”
“I prefer the shopping experience at Sam's, with their mobile checkout.”
“Sam's Club has the edge being able to use their app to scan your items and pay without having to stop anywhere”
“the time I save is much larger than the publix/walmart/ect.”
“The per unit price of items at them are astronomical compared to the wholesale price.”
“their curbside pickup and "scan and go" make every visit a breeze”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.