[SquirrelNuts]

About two weeks ago, I received a box from the NRA containing a 1903 Springfield coin, and a video tape with the 10 guns that changed the world or something like that. I had seen the program on the History Channel before, and enjoyed it.

Am I the only one who received this? None of my NRA friends have received it. They put a bill in there and gave the option of returning the tape, keeping the tape and paying $9, or keeping the tape and not paying the $9 per federal law about unsolicited products in the mail.

Did anyone else get the tape and coin?

-SquirrelNuts

[Dr.Who]

Yep, sent it back....

Wish they would not waste the funds on this type of stuff.:fire:

[Pilgrim]

After the first tape it is more than $9.

[Sir Galahad]

I got it, but keep forgetting to watch it. I'll send the $9 and see if they ever send me the tape on the AK. I'll send back the ones I don't like. Like the one about the M-16.:D

[5ptdeerhunter]

I got it and now I have seen the 10 guns that changed the world a total of 8 times. But I still like the epidsode so I am going to keep it for now and order another.

[ambidextrous1]

I got it, maybe a year ago; they know I'm a soft touch. :rolleyes:

I sent the $9 with the stipulation that they were to send me no more tapes; they have complied.

Being a soft touch, I get a lot of solicitations from NRA. I ante up for only a few of them. It's tough to decide when to contribute and when to ignore them, or at least Ihave that problem.

[444]

I haven't got that one yet, but I have about 12-15 of the tapes they have sent me in the past. I happily pony up the money. I wouldn't buy the tapes on my own. Some of them I have seen before, and few of them are something I would want to watch over and over, but I realize that it is a fundraising effort by the NRA and I enjoy donating to them.
Politics today is all about money. And the NRA is the premier pro-gun lobbying group. This means that they need lots of money to be effective. Being a gun hobbiest under constant attack for my hobby, I am happy to pay the vig.

[morganm01]

That sort of stuff used to P me off. Now though I think I realise that they are, yes, soliciting money. But at least offering you a little something in return. You normally wouldn't have sent any extra $$$, but if they send you a nominal gift and let you considerately overpay for it, everyone wins.

[SquirrelNuts]

It kind of made me a little peeved at first until they pointed out that member dues were not used to send it out. I did enjoy the tape, and I think I might subscribe. I do not mind sending the NRA money, and the tape is an added bonus.

-SquirrelNuts

[Crimper-D]

I have a profound dislike of unsolicited pleadings for my money.
I got on their 'Sucker List' after sending off for a bunch of catalogs
through them = Navy Arms, Dixie Arms, Lyman... that sort of stuff.
The number of NRA solicitations I received multiplied considerably
even before the catalogs started trickeling in over a period of a couple of months.
I think it would take legal action to get off their solicitation list - got 4 of the pesky things within the last couple of weeks.:banghead: = PESTS!

[Mike Irwin]

"It kind of made me a little peeved at first until they pointed out that member dues were not used to send it out."

Exactly.

By law, NO organization can use membership dues for raising money for the political arm of its operations.

Keep in mind, also, that NRA members don't pay for these mailings, the people who respond to them pay for them.

[5ptdeerhunter]

Can anyone tell me what the next video will be?

[general]

BTW- Unsolicited mailing in Colorado is a bad business. The recipient is not obligated to pay for ANYTHING sent to them unsolicited.
Yes - I got it too.
Sent them their dang 9 bucks.... they know how to get to me.
More on this topic (http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?threadid=6467&highlight=Tales+AND+of+AND+the+AND+Gun) But - this gives me an IDEA!

[444]

I have been told that you don't have to pay for unsolicited stuff no matter where you live. If they sent you a tape and you don't want it, and don't want to contribute to the NRA I don't think you are obligated to pay for the tape or send it back.
It is just an attempt to solicit donations for a casue that most gun owners believe in. It isn't any kind of scam or underhanded gimmick. I have read a number of posts on similar threads where someone says; they probably got these tapes for a dollar or two and are trying to get you to pay $25 for it. Right. The idea isn't that you are buying a tape, the idea is that you are donating money to the NRA Political Vicotry fund and they gvie you a small item to boot. When I was a kid I played Little League Baseball. One day during the season we had a tag day. We stood out on the streets of town and "sold tags" which were nothing but little pieces of paper that said something about donating to L.L. Baseball. You weren't buying the little piece of paper, you were making a donation. I do the same thing today. As a professional firefighter, over the Labor Day weekend, we stand out on the street corners and collect donations for Muscular Dystrophy. This is a cause adopted by firefighters and we donate one shift a year to collect money for it. If you donate, we give you a little sticker that says you donated. The idea isn't that you are buying a sticker; it is, that you donated to try to find a cure for the disease.

[Sisco]

I used to get all kinds of junk mail from them, but for the past couple of years all I get is the magazine. Almost forgot, I did get an offer for car insurance the other day but I tossed it just like I used to with the other stuff.

[SquirrelNuts]

It is federal law that if you receive unsolicited goods that you did not request, you do not have to pay for them.

I subscribed to a VB e-zine once, and they sent me actual magazines as well. These things were expensive too, around $12 per issue. They sent me bills for two years. I did not sign up for the magazines, so I did not have to pay for them.

-SquirrelNuts