Recently, some netizens noticed that Costco charging piles began to charge and are no longer free. The netizen posted a "Costco's Charging Pile Charge Announcement" on the social platform**, and the dynamic positioning showed that it was the Shanghai Pudong store. According to the announcement, Costco plans to charge charging piles from 0:00 on February 19, 2024, and each kilowatt-hour of electricity will be charged at 12 RMB charged.
The reporter from Nandu called Costco Shanghai Pudong store and Shenzhen store, and the staff of both parties confirmed to the reporter that the charging pile has begun to charge, and the charging speed will be faster after charging. In addition, the staff of Costco Shenzhen store also said that there will also be a charging plan for the Costco parking lot in the future.
Charging is faster after charging.
Costco was accused of deliberately reducing the charging power
The staff of the Shanghai Pudong Costco Club responded to the reporter that the Costco did start charging from the 19th, and it also said that after charging, it would be charged faster than when the charging pile was opened for free, and each kilowatt-hour of electricity would be charged 12 yuan, "this is the company's rule".
Coincidentally, Shenzhen Costco, which just opened in Longhua, Shenzhen on January 12 this year, has also started to collect fees. Shenzhen Longhua Kaishi staff told the reporter that the charging pile has been charged from the 19th. "We are cooperating with the outside charging pile brand, the store does not charge is the brand is charging, when it first opened, it was actually a preferential activity, and now it is normal business and will start to collect money. ”
In this regard, some netizens said that Costco did this to prevent people from not consuming electricity, and some netizens proposed that many online car-hailing companies have also joined the ranks of electricity. However, some netizens pointed out that "the time of online car-hailing is very valuable, charging less than 10 degrees, wasting 3 hours, I don't know how much money I lose." ”
In terms of the charging speed of the charging pile, some netizens pointed out that the charging pile of Costco is only "a little more than 1kw", and "rubbing this electricity is purely looking for abuse". Some netizens said that their past charging speed was only 3% in one hour. However, the reporter from Nandu also paid attention to the fact that some netizens in Shanghai previously pointed out that Costco was deliberately reducing the charging power. "Previously, the charging power of Minhang could be given to 7kw, but in the winter of 2022, the charging power will be reduced to 3Below 5kw, you used to be able to fill half of what you bought, but now you can only charge less than one-tenth of it after buying. ”
Most netizens are hotly discussing the current issue of Costco's "one-size-fits-all" charging for charging. Some netizens said that if it is anti-rubbing, you can charge it with your membership card, and then set up free charging for 3 hours, "Three hours of shopping is enough." ”
Costco also has a charging plan for Parking.
Sam's has a store that waives parking fees for 2 hours
In addition to the charging pile, the relevant staff of Shenzhen Costco also told the reporter that there will also be a charging plan for the parking of Costco in the future. "There is still no charge for parking at the moment, but there may be a fee for parking in the future, and we will announce it as soon as possible. ”
Nandu reporters noticed that Sam's, which is also a membership-based shopping mall, also has charging piles and parking lots. The staff of Guangzhou Tianhe Sam's Store told the reporter that parking in Tianhe store can be bound to receive 2 hours of preferential parking for free, and the part that exceeds two hours needs to be paid, and the payment amount is 4 yuan for half an hour. In addition, according to public information, at present, Sam's is charging, taking Sam's in Shanghai Gaoqiao business district as an example, each kilowatt-hour of electricity is 15 RMB charged.
In fact, for big-box consumers, parking and refueling their vehicles have become necessities. Cai Jingzhong, the founding partner of Wushi Innovation Capital, told reporters that the additional service of charging pile charging is not the standard service content of supermarkets, nor is it the core value appeal provided by supermarkets for customers. "Customers complained because there was this service before, and there was a free lunch before, but this should not be a service item for retailers in the first place. This also reflects the confidence of these supermarkets, which do not need these value-added services to delight customers. ”
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