Costco Washington email settlement: check whether you qualify before the August 24 deadline

Tell someone who saw the headline whether the Costco email settlement actually applies to them, on the tests the court certified — not on whether they shop at Costco — and get them to the official claim site before the deadline.

Check Whether You Can Actually Claim

Costco Washington email settlement: check whether you qualify before the August 24 deadline

Five questions drawn from the certified class definition in the $14 million Costco Washington commercial email settlement, so you can tell whether you are covered and whether you can still file.

Uses: Were you living in Washington state when you received the Costco emails? · Did you receive promotional or marketing emails from Costco? · Did any of those emails arrive between June 2, 2021 and July 7, 2026? · Have you asked to be excluded from (opted out of) this settlement? · Can you submit a claim by August 24, 2026?

Not legal advice. This checks your answers against the published class definition; it cannot decide a claim, and only the settlement administrator and the court can. There is no guaranteed payment amount — the fund is split among valid claims, so the per-person figure depends on how many people file. File free through the court-approved website at washingtoncommercialemailsettlement.com, and never pay a third party to file for you. Confirm the deadline on the official site before relying on any date you read elsewhere.

Were you living in Washington state when you received the Costco emails?Residency at the time the email arrived is the test — not where you live now, and not where the warehouse is.Did you receive promotional or marketing emails from Costco?Sent by Costco or by anyone acting on its behalf. Check promotions, spam and archived mail.Did any of those emails arrive between June 2, 2021 and July 7, 2026?The class period is fixed. Emails outside it are not covered.Have you asked to be excluded from (opted out of) this settlement?Opting out preserves your right to sue separately but forfeits any payment from the fund.Can you submit a claim by August 24, 2026?Online filings and mailed claims both have to be in, or postmarked, by that date.

Example — adjust the inputs above for your situation

You appear to qualify — file by August 24, 2026 to be paid.

Every requirement in the class definition looks met. Claims require no proof of purchase and no documentation of the emails, and the $14 million fund is divided pro rata among everyone who files a valid, timely claim — so the per-person amount depends entirely on how many people do. Nothing is paid until after the final approval hearing on October 2, 2026, and payment can be delayed further by appeals. File through the court-approved settlement website, never through a third party asking for a fee.

You were a Washington resident when you received the email: Met
You received a commercial email from Costco, or from someone acting for Costco: Met
The email arrived between June 2, 2021 and July 7, 2026: Met
You have not opted out of, or been excluded from, the settlement class: Met
You can file by the August 24, 2026 deadline: Met

How this is calculated

The questions are the elements of the certified class definition in Aaland v. Costco Wholesale Corp., taken together with the court's deadlines. The class covers anyone who received a commercial email transmitted by Costco or on its behalf while a Washington resident, at any time from June 2, 2021 through July 7, 2026. Every element must be satisfied, so any single 'no' produces an unlikely verdict; any 'not sure' produces a 'depends' verdict rather than a guess, because a claim form is signed under penalty of perjury. The deadline question is a separate gate: eligibility and timeliness are different things, and missing the second makes the first irrelevant.

Data as of July 24, 2026 · verified July 24, 2026 · v1

Assumptions, limitations & sources

Assumptions

· The class definition and deadlines are those published on the court-approved settlement website as of July 25, 2026.
· 'Washington resident' is assessed at the time each email was received, which is how the class definition frames it.

Limitations

· Not legal advice. This tool cannot decide a claim — only the settlement administrator and the court can, and their determination controls.
· Preliminary approval is not final approval. The final approval hearing is set for October 2, 2026, no money is distributed before then, and appeals can delay payment further.
· There is no fixed per-person amount. The fund is divided pro rata after fees, expenses and any service award, so the payment depends on how many valid claims are filed — anyone quoting you a specific dollar figure is guessing.
· Deadlines in class actions move occasionally and without much notice. Confirm the current date on the official settlement website before relying on it.
· Never pay anyone to file a claim for you. Filing is free through the court-approved website.

Sources

Washington Commercial Email Settlement — official court-approved settlement website — Settlement Administrator, Aaland v. Costco Wholesale Corp., checked July 24, 2026
Case documents — class definition, deadlines and notice — Settlement Administrator, Aaland v. Costco Wholesale Corp., checked July 24, 2026
$14M Costco settlement resolves class action over promotional email subject lines — ClassAction.org, checked July 24, 2026
$14 million Costco settlement: who qualifies and how to file — Kiplinger, checked July 24, 2026

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Costco will pay $14 million over its marketing emails — and claims close on August 24

A Washington class action over allegedly misleading subject lines ended in a $14 million settlement. No proof of purchase is needed to file, but the eligibility test is narrower than 'I shop at Costco' — and the deadline is real.