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Watch This Before You Decide To Join Sam's Club

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Is a Sam's Club membership worth it? Is it your best choice? Should you take the plunge or will you regret the yearly fee? Here's what you need to know before you make the decision to fork over some cash for a Sam's Club membership.

If you're not sure how often you're actually going to make it into the store to shop, you should know that there's another option available. Sam's Club does have a website, and you can shop there even if you're not a member. You'll have to sign up for a Guest Membership, which is essentially an account that's active for 24 hours and lets you order through the site.

There is, of course, a catch. If you sign in with your Guest Membership instead of a regular membership, you're going to be paying a 10 percent service fee on everything you buy.

Guest members also can't arrange to pick up their items at their local stores, so if you need something ASAP, you're out of luck. Which is best for you? Only you can decide.

Before you head into Sam's Club and fork over some of your hard-earned cash for the right to shop in their store, you should definitely look around to see where else you can pick up a membership for the warehouse club. Surprisingly, there are a lot of great deals out there.

For example, in March 2019, they announced a deal that let you downloaded their Scan & Go app, and use it to buy your basic membership for the standard $45. But then, if you went to the store and used the app to make purchases over $45, that amount was instantly deducted from your bill. That's basically a free membership! That deal was for a limited time, but Sam's Club runs similar deals frequently.

Other special sign-up offers have included free gift cards and coupons off things like hot dogs, hamburgers, buns, and cookies. In other words, things you were probably going to buy anyway.

Groupon regularly offers deals on memberships, and so does Living Social. If you're not in a hurry, it's worth checking around — you can absolutely score a free membership or some other great deals if you do.

Watch this video to see what you should know before you decide to join Sam's Club!

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