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I just got the usual junk mail from the NRA, AAA, Globe Life, and a few other regulars and noticed - "Hey, wait a min.. I haven't had to toss an AARP mail solicitation in a while!" I think that they stopped coming around the time Harbor Freight stopped with mailing out the physical catalogues and flyers. Could the two be related? Am I tempting the AARP gods by mentioning this, or is this a trend?
I just got the usual junk mail from the NRA, AAA, Globe Life, and a few other regulars and noticed - "Hey, wait a min.. I haven't had to toss an AARP mail solicitation in a while!" I think that they stopped coming around the time Harbor Freight stopped with mailing out the physical catalogues and flyers. Could the two be related? Am I tempting the AARP gods by mentioning this, or is this a trend?
I have seen zero reduction in AARP mail, some days two or more get dropped.
AARP - the insurance company masquerading as benefit society? In 2015, AARP's vendors paid the organization more than $800 million.
I haven't current figures, but "The products and services offered by AARP-selected providers paid $838.6 million of royalty revenue to AARP in 2015, a year-over-year growth of $39.3 million, or 4.9 percent".
I wrote several letters and made several calls to them to remove my address from their mailing list and it eventually worked. I no longer receive junk mail from them. Previously I was getting junk mail from them at least twice a week.
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I tried to let our membership lapse this year.
But wife noticed that we weren't getting many mailers and quizzed me.
She told me to reinstate. I used her CC this time.
Got the cards today.
Last edited by leastprime; 05-07-2021 at 09:50 PM..
AARP - the insurance company masquerading as benefit society? In 2015, AARP's vendors paid the organization more than $800 million.
I haven't current figures, but "The products and services offered by AARP-selected providers paid $838.6 million of royalty revenue to AARP in 2015, a year-over-year growth of $39.3 million, or 4.9 percent".
That seems hard to believe, since United Healthcare alone paid AARP $600 million just for the use of the name.
I just threw one out today- it was for life insurance.
While I also get swamped with e-mails touting discounts at fast-food places where I'll never set foot if I want to stay healthy, I suspect they're still heavy on paper mailings because older people, on average, are on-line less than others and probably open and read more paper mailings.
We have a membership. You can specify how you want to be contacted, with what offers and how often. I do not get any mailings and only an email a week with offers.
The membership pays off by just using the discounts on eye glasses and eye exams. 30% off on the spot. We occasionally will find a better rate on a hotel with AARP as well.
Works for us.
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Could the two be related? 
Am I tempting the AARP gods by mentioning this, or is this a trend?
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. I used her CC this time
