You Won't Believe How Much A Costco Membership Cost When It First Came Out - Chowhound

Marvin Samuel Tolentino Pineda/Getty Images It's no secret that the price of just about everything is going up these days. If you shop at Costco to try to beat the never-ending inflation, your jaw may drop by just how cheap annual membership used to be. Costco opened its first warehouse location in Seattle in 1983. The store's philosophy, "keep costs down and pass the savings on to our members," was evident in…