The Offer
Groupon Link (contains our affiliate link, remember to use a portal)
Groupon has two deals for new Sam’s Club membership:
- Pay just $30 for membership instead of the regular $55, plus get a $10 Sam’s gift card
- Pay just $45 for membership instead of the regular $55, plus get a $20 Sam’s gift card and additional savings of over $100
The Fine Print
- Allow 5-7 days for delivery of e-gift card
- Offer valid for new Sam’s Club Members only; not valid for those with a current membership or those who were Sam’s Club members less than 6 months prior to October 1, 2017
- Offer valid for U.S. Sam’s Clubs only; not valid in Puerto Rico locations
- Expiration unknown
- Limit 1 per person
- Voucher must be redeemed online using link provided with voucher. Purchaser must provide a valid ID at Sam’s Club Membership desk to get physical membership card. Voucher is non-transferable.
- Purchasers will be opted into Sam’s Club auto renewal program upon first transaction in club
Our Verdict
Probably not worth paying the extra $15 speculatively unless you have intention of using those savings offers.
Chas Freedom cardholders can go through the Ultimate Rewards portal for an additional 8x. This same deal is showing on LivingSocial as well. If you like United miles, you can go through that portal for 10x per dollar on LivingSocial, and that can also help you meet the portal spend bonus threshold.
Assuming a few dollar value from the portal + the $10 gift card, the effective cost of membership is around $17. Just remember this is for new members only.
I have been looking into joining Sams Club since the Chase Freedom has 5x on Walmart this quarter and you can buy Sams Club gift cards at Walmart and then my plan was to use the Sams Club gift cards on their discounted cards like Uber. I would assume this would work? Does Sams Club allow gift cards to be used to buy gift cards? That could be a hiccup…
It works online… im not sure if it works in stores. I was buying Tmobile gift cards by using walmart gift cards from gyft.com
Yes. I have purchased many restaurant cards at Sam’s successfully using Walmart and Sam’s gift cards. Most times I’ve done it through self-checkout and never had a problem. I doubt they let you buy cash equivalents like Visa/MC with gift cards though.
It’s actually paying extra $5 for those saving offers since you get $10 extra gift card if you pay $45.
Yup. It could be even less if you value the portal or if you have a Groupon gc to use up.