AARP?
Aug 6, 2016 08:59:23 #
I got a renewal notice from AARP, and I'm wondering why I would renew. The price has gone from $10 to $16, which is still very low, but I never get any benefits. The monthly magazine gets tossed into the recycling bin as soon as it arrives.
Aug 6, 2016 09:03:01 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I don't know if you ever go to Outback Steakhouse, but they offer a 15% discount to anyone with an AARP card. It's not openly advertised, but they will give to you if asked. That 15% pays for the tip that would otherwise come out of my pocket. Since I dine at Outback at least 10 times per year, it pays for the cost increase. I also save on Motel rooms and entrance to the local arboretum.I got a renewal notice from AARP, and I'm wondering why I would renew. The price has gone from $10 to $16, which is still very low, but I never get any benefits. The monthly magazine gets tossed into the recycling bin as soon as it arrives.
Aug 6, 2016 09:07:17 #
I enjoy the magazine; it has interesting articles, useful tips and health guidance. The AARP lobbies for our rights.
~Lee
~Lee
Aug 6, 2016 13:09:18 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
I don't know if you ever go to Outback Steakhouse, but they offer a 15% discount to anyone with an AARP card. It's not openly advertised, but they will give to you if asked. That 15% pays for the tip that would otherwise come out of my pocket. Since I dine at Outback at least 10 times per year, it pays for the cost increase. I also save on Motel rooms and entrance to the local arboretum.
Aug 6, 2016 17:27:46 #
ottopj
Loc: Annapolis, MD USA
Gerry, if you went somewhere and did some things, you'd find out get discounts from various merchants because you are an old fart!
Aug 6, 2016 20:26:35 #
I always ask about discounts. Most places that offer AARP discounts also offer military or senior discounts & I don't have to be a member of AARP. We quit AARP several years ago after we decided we didn't agree with some of their stances on political issues.
Aug 7, 2016 05:12:22 #
AARP is a left-wing wacko group that gave us the abomination called Obamacare (since AARP sells insurance, they figured they'd make a fortune off it). The idea that it represents people other than it's administration is lost in reality. It is closely tied-in with the left wing of the Democrat party. So, if you support everything the Left does in tearing down America, by all means join AARP.
Aug 7, 2016 06:27:46 #
wow, sure glad I didn't see this post before I joined the Ugly Hedgehog the other day, I may have passed. I thought this was a photo site, I'm really tired of politics and the party nuts on both sides
Aug 7, 2016 06:32:06 #
llamb wrote:
I enjoy the magazine; it has interesting articles, useful tips and health guidance. The AARP lobbies for our rights.
~Lee
~Lee
Bull! They lobbied for Obummer Care. They couldn't give a tinkers d#mn about you.
Aug 7, 2016 07:41:28 #
Just some observations and thoughts: AARP is really an insurance agency, which, much like AAA, offers other services to its members. I, too, find them a bit liberal for my personal taste and did not renew several years ago. What I am finding is that many, if not most, local businesses who give AARP discounts also give the same discount to members of other organizations like AAA. What I also find is that, in most cases, if I feign having forgotten my AARP card when asked the business goes ahead and gives me the discount anyway.
Aug 7, 2016 08:07:31 #
I wondered why Hanoi Jane received the occasional blurbs from them. Thanks for the heads-up.
~Lee
~Lee
Aug 7, 2016 11:37:50 #
American wrote:
wow, sure glad I didn't see this post before I joined the Ugly Hedgehog the other day, I may have passed. I thought this was a photo site, I'm really tired of politics and the party nuts on both sides
You DO know that this is the "chit chat, non photography" section of the forum and it's completely voluntary to read posts in this section....right?
Aug 7, 2016 16:57:58 #
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