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My wife signed me up for AARP membership. I don't know if there was a checkbox that said, "Send me as much junk mail as will fit in my mailbox," but I wonder. Just this week I've been soli
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Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members
posted at December 10, 2011 12:06 PM EST
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My wife signed me up for AARP membership. I don't know if there was a checkbox that said, "Send me as much junk mail as will fit in my mailbox," but I wonder. Just this week I've been solicited for auto insurance, dental insurance,and roadside assistance. These may be great programs for someone, but I'm beginning to feel like I've paid money to join an advertisement target group. Oh, and try and find out how to stop all this junk mail. I couldn't find anything on the AARP home page that mentions the option to be taken off mailing lists - and when I entered "AARP advertising, stop junk mail, stop AARP advertising" etc. into the search box, nothing relevent came up. I finally sent an email to AARP. Let's see what happens next. I am excited about AARP for what it has said it offers, but dissapointed that as a new member I feel more like a wallet than a person. -Dave |
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Re: Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members
posted at December 10, 2011 6:04 PM EST
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What - You haven't seen all those life insurance offers from AARP yet!! Guess I see now why Congress investigated their 501(c)(3) status with all these sanctioned, money making, affiliated businesses and they even charge a membership to get all this stuff. All seniors need to throughly investigate and understand what services they receive. Just because it has an AARP stamp of approval does not mean it is the best - as always, it depends upon the situation, the person and related details. |
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Re: Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members
posted at December 14, 2011 6:19 PM EST
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I just spent close to 2 hours online and on the phone with Teleflora customer service trying to send Christmas flowers to 4 different people. I entered all the information, name, address, phone, message, delivery date for four people but one would not let me enter the delivery date. The web site then wioed out everything I had entered for all four people and I had to start all over. I re-entered all the information anf the same thing happened AGAIN! I then called Customer Service and was told that the item I was trying to send to Texas could not be sent because it didn't meet the minimum amount. Okay, I upgraded to an item costing $20 more, gave the representative all the info, my address, phone, credit card number and went to the next order. Same thing. I would have had to order an item costing $29 more than was advertized on the web site. So, after close to 2 hours I said forget it, cancelled the first order and didn't place the other 3. I will NEVER use Teleflora. I will go to my local florist, who has given me excellent service in the past, even if it might cost a little more to avoid the aggravation of what seemed like the old "Bait and Switch." |
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Re: Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members
posted at December 14, 2011 10:30 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members: I will NEVER use Teleflora. I will go to my local florist, who has given me excellent service in the past, even if it might cost a little more to avoid the aggravation of what seemed like the old "Bait and Switch." Posted by arusso123 I'm sure that local florist would appreciate the business and many of them are hooked with some national distribution networks. However I do like to use the internet on the local florist website because then I have a confirmation (printed) of what I ordered, how much, where it is to be sent and when. Always helps to know incase something gets screwed up - so order confirmations backed up with the credit card dispute process is added insurance that you get what you pay for. |
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Re: Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members
posted at March 5, 2013 6:10 PM EST
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In Response to Serving AARP Members or Soliciting AARP Members: My wife signed me up for AARP membership. I don't know if there was a checkbox that said, "Send me as much junk mail as will fit in my mailbox," but I wonder. Just this week I've been solicited for auto insurance, dental insurance,and roadside assistance. These may be great programs for someone, but I'm beginning to feel like I've paid money to join an advertisement target group. Oh, and try and find out how to stop all this junk mail. I couldn't find anything on the AARP home page that mentions the option to be taken off mailing lists - and when I entered "AARP advertising, stop junk mail, stop AARP advertising" etc. into the search box, nothing relevent came up. I finally sent an email to AARP. Let's see what happens next. I am excited about AARP for what it has said it offers, but dissapointed that as a new member I feel more like a wallet than a person. -Dave Posted by DavidATimothy Hold On To Your Wallet ... Here are some things I found online today. I searched because another member had some negative comments about AARP and I did not want him to feel alone. Grassley asks AARP about misleading marketing of product called health insurance http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/Article.cfm?customel_dataPageID_1502=17963 Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn't Know http://waysandmeans.house.gov/uploadedfiles/aarp_report_final_pdf_3_29_11.pdf AARP: Just Another Greedy Insurance Company? http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/09/11/04/aarp-just-another-greedy-insurance 000. |
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