Sam’s Club/Walmart is headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas in the US (BENTONVILLE, ARUS)
Many people are saying “Over never been to Bentonville, AR. Of course you haven’t but that’s how Sam’s Club describes it to bank statements. Countless other companies include the state name of their headquarters on their back descriptor.
They begin the auto-renew process roughly 10 days out from the expiration of the yearly membership.
Yearly memberships can either be $45 or $100.
There are many, many ways Sam’s Club advertises their memberships (Groupon, Dealhub Sites, etc.) offering your first year free. Sometimes it’s a discounted price and/or a free 25$ gift card.
I believe many people on here are signing up for the good deals (myself included) but not realizing they will have an auto-renewal 365 days after that. Too often, companies choose to automatically register you as an auto-renewal recipient unless you decide to go into your account and UNselect that option. (Because we only want the free trial and/or the good discounts and gift cards)
As for those who have had SEVERAL charges POSTED to their account (some even draining their available funds) I have no explanation for that. TO BE CLEAR, I am referring to those who have actually had money removed from their account multiple times. It is possible that many people have had several ATTEMPTS at their Auto-Renewal charging to their account but it never POSTED because their bank rejected it as fraudulent. After scrolling through hundreds of posts on here, there were a small amount of people who said they actually had several charges post to their account.
BANKS WILL REJECT CERTAIN CHARGES AS FRAUDULENT IF ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THAT SAME CHARGE FROM THAT SAME BUSINESS ON THEIR ACCOUNT.