Please change the link to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/american-express-costco-wholesale-idUSL4N0VM5T120150212" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/12/american-express-c...</a>, which is direct from the source and doesn't have auto-playing video.
"Costco warehouses in the United States currently accept only American Express cards."<p>This is incorrect. Costco warehouses only accept American Express <i>credit</i> cards. Visa and MasterCard <i>debit</i> cards are fine.
Costco Canada already dumped the Amex while a go ...and people are happy about it as Amex is not that popular or preferred card in Canada and it was a pain to signup for Amex just for costco purchase ....<p><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/1571433/costco-canada-dumping-american-express-for-mastercard/" rel="nofollow">http://globalnews.ca/news/1571433/costco-canada-dumping-amer...</a>
It's a great mystery why AmEx doesn't seem to want to get more retailers using their card. Although their cardholder services are great, the card is accepted in so few places that I rarely try to use mine.