# Costco gold bars

> Costco reported over $100 million in quarterly gold sales as bars sold out in hours.

- Owner: Costco Wholesale (retailer); PAMP Suisse and Rand Refinery (suppliers)
- Kind: Product
- Sector: Retail
- Seed date: Jun 2023
- Milestone date: 2024-04-10
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 50 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Scarcity drop, Platform jump, Press loop, Sell-out loop, Resale market

## Summary

Costco sold gold bars in the US from June 2023. Deal posts, a customer TikTok and earnings-call sell-out remarks drew press. Costco reported quarterly gold sales above $100 million; Wells Fargo later estimated monthly gold and silver sales at $100M-$200M.

## Timeline

- Jun 2023 — Costco (Retail) — Costco began selling one-ounce gold bars in the United States online and in stores.
- 2023-06-22 — sslussa / Slickdeals (Open web) — sslussa posted Costco's PAMP gold-bar offer on Slickdeals.
- 2023-07-31 — Tasty_Money4581 (Reddit) — Tasty_Money4581 shared a Costco gold purchase on r/Costco.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Costco gold bars.” Case HIS-01217. Spread Score v1.2: 50/100. Updated 2026-10-22. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01217