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I am almost 65 and no one ever invites me anywhere, so the other day when I received an invitation to a grand opening I was thrilled.
Okay, it was the grand opening of a new funeral parlor, but what the heck, it was a reason to dress up and there was free food!
It's all in how you look at it.
Good for you. It sounds like fun. Did they let you try out the coffins the way customers do it at stores that sell mattresses? Were there any demonstrations in the embalming room? I'd like to get a badge that says Junior Embalmer.
Good for you. It sounds like fun. Did they let you try out the coffins the way customers do it at stores that sell mattresses? Were there any demonstrations in the embalming room? I'd like to get a badge that says Junior Embalmer.
WOW, I had no idea they had grand openings! It does kind of sound like fun. I hope they weren't serving lady fingers though...just sayin'
Good for you. It sounds like fun. Did they let you try out the coffins the way customers do it at stores that sell mattresses? Were there any demonstrations in the embalming room? I'd like to get a badge that says Junior Embalmer.
As a 68 year old, I never get any mailings of that nature. Why? Because I'm not on the sorts of lists they buy.
Advertisers aren't just looking for people of a certain age. They're looking for people who are likely to buy their products or services. If age were all that mattered there are plenty of cheap lists available with e-mail addresses to eliminate mailing costs. The fact that you're receiving mail rather than e-mail indicates that they view you as someone who does not have a computer, therefore, someone who is less sophisticated and likely less educated. I understand that you do have a computer; but marketing folks aren't perfect.
But how did you get on that list? If you are a member of the AARP you have at least part of the answer. If you subscribe to certain magazines aimed at the elderly that's another source. But since you began to receive this material when you reached 60 it was almost certainly from a list with your age. That again points to AARP, a senior center, senior fair where you registered for a prize, even looked at low income housing for the elderly, bought unsuitable insurance, particularly burial insurance, a mark of the onset of senility, and more and more of similar.
Goodness!!!! The only thing I have done from your list is join AARP, but I did that at age 55 and never had gotten any mail like that until recently. Very Strange.....
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Ha! Wait until you reach age 64 and a half, approximately, and you'll be inundated with advertisements for all the various Medicare Advantage Plans, Medigap plans, etc. And don't breathe a sigh of relief after you're 65 either, because each year you'll get the same avalanche of Medicare ads (as they are hoping you'll ditch whatever plan you chose and sign up for theirs)! This renewal avalanche will occur about October/November each year.
I am sick to death of all the "crap" I have been getting from all those medicare advantage outfits. Starting tomorrow I am going to dump them in the corner mailbox with an arrow pointing to the return address and blacking out my address. It likely won't make any difference except making me feel better.
If you blacked out your address none at all since they have no idea who returned it...
Yes I went, it's a lovely funeral parlor. It is very near the historic Bonaventure Cemetery. They create special send-offs individualized for each client. Like, if they were a pilot, they might have the Blue Angels do a fly-over during a graveside service. Or a rocker could get a local rock band to perform. I have a friend who is a circus performer; wonder what they would dream up for her.
"........as special as the people they honor." Blah, blah, blah
It all sounded so lovely....so peacefull....so restfull......
And then they ran out of punch and sweet tea and I went home.
Ever since I turned 60, I have been getting mail from companies that deal in hearing aides, mobile devices, inconstinence products, cemetery and funeral homes and today, if I am taking so and so medicine, to partake in tests in regards to how the med is working. I am sorry, but to me, I am insulted by these mailings. Why do they think that just because someone is over that age, he/she will have some sort of need for their product or have the malady in regards to what they are hawking??? Why assume that all people "fall apart" after that age? Or is it just "hit or miss" advertising??
Wait until you go on Medicare, you will find yourself neck deep in crap from Medicare Suppliment Plans. AARP is one of the biggest offenders, then comes United Healthcare. I take great delight in returniing every prepaid postage reply envelope empty so they can pay the extra postage.
Help keep those postal workers employed
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It sounds like fun. Did they let you try out the coffins the way customers do it at stores that sell mattresses? Were there any demonstrations in the embalming room? I'd like to get a badge that says Junior Embalmer.
