Costco has trapped me in their Executive membership and will not let me out... back to the regular membership. Every time I call, I am given a set of instructions and I follow them to the letter and every year they charge me for the ridiculous executive membership fee that I was conned into upgrading to 4 years ago and that I have absolutely no use for. Because I have the Costco credit card, I cannot prevent the charge. I always ask to be reimbursed, and they always give me the same BS.