twoclones
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Mine asked for $9.95 and said I could also keep it as a free gift if I didn't want to subscribe to future videos.
I Received An NRA DVD In The Mail - Anybody Else Get One?
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Mine asked for $9.95 and said I could also keep it as a free gift if I didn't want to subscribe to future videos.
I just got this.
I also got a thing last month asking me to "certify my membership" because they had changed insurance companies and to keep my benefits I needed to call in.
I also got a thing saying we are in for some tough gun law battles and asking me to go ahead and renew for future years, even though I am only two months into this membership.
I understand the need to make money but honestly, we are broke, and despite that I came up with the $30 bucks for membership this year because I believe in what the NRA is doing. But it is a bit tiresome being hounded all the time. I also dislike all the game playing, it's like this used car lot in town that always has a gimmick to get you to come in and test drive a car. I'd rather my money be spent elsewhere.
I also got a thing last month asking me to "certify my membership" because they had changed insurance companies and to keep my benefits I needed to call in.
I also got a thing saying we are in for some tough gun law battles and asking me to go ahead and renew for future years, even though I am only two months into this membership.
I understand the need to make money but honestly, we are broke, and despite that I came up with the $30 bucks for membership this year because I believe in what the NRA is doing. But it is a bit tiresome being hounded all the time. I also dislike all the game playing, it's like this used car lot in town that always has a gimmick to get you to come in and test drive a car. I'd rather my money be spent elsewhere.
I'm bringing up an old topic here, but I just got one of these. The difference is, there wasn't any bill, or even any explanation.
I got
a coin (NRA M1903 Rifle Series)
a DVD (Personal Firearms Defense Combat Focus Shooting and HOme Defense Tips)
a yellow envelope
a slip of paper with instructions on shipping it back
There was no mention of who its from (the coin makes it look like its from NRA) and no mention of price, or any details
I guess I will keep it, but it would have been nice to see the program details, I might have subscribed if I liked the first DVD
I got
a coin (NRA M1903 Rifle Series)
a DVD (Personal Firearms Defense Combat Focus Shooting and HOme Defense Tips)
a yellow envelope
a slip of paper with instructions on shipping it back
There was no mention of who its from (the coin makes it look like its from NRA) and no mention of price, or any details
I guess I will keep it, but it would have been nice to see the program details, I might have subscribed if I liked the first DVD
bonza
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Pretty sure I won't be getting any free DVDs from them. They've sent them to me in the past (unsolicited) but I never send any money. It's been afew years since the last one, so my guess is that I'm now on their 'do not bother' list.
SquirrelNuts
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I got one of these YEARS ago. I got the Springfield 1903 challenge coin, and a VHS tape something along the lines of ten guns that changed the world. Mine had a letter saying it was unsolicited, so I could keep it, or send it back, or keep it and pay for it. I sent them money for it, and I have watched it dozens of times. It is one of my favorite videos.
I just got the same package mr. b describes, but mine included a letter asking for $12.95, and promising further DVDs every month or so. Otherwise, I was told I could send the DVD back in the envelope (not in the plastic box), or just keep the DVD "as a free gift."
I expect to go for the third option.
I expect to go for the third option.
I got the self defense dvd last year and read and re-read the letter telling me I could keep it as a free gift. I did. But expect several months of weekly invoices telling you that you still haven't paid for it and they want their money.
Tyrannosaurus
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The NRA is using the old Publisher's Clearing House tactics that clearly target their marketing toward senior citizens with unabashed trickery.
I appreciate the NRA for what it has accomplished in the past, but at this time, they are only hurting the cause.
Their most recent presidential campaign effort showed the true colors of the *modern* NRA. Please click on the picture below.
If you're at the forefront of an organization, especially one as large as the NRA, it's important to be honest with your generous members. Imitating a candidate's logo and the overall look of their campaign flyers is misleading and ethically wrong. Why would they do this? Because their marketing campaign involves pushing senior citizens for donations, and they think elders are suckers.
None of the content in this flyer is factual. Barack Obama has never had a 10-point plan to ban firearms in the U.S. This is fact, not an opinion.
I understand the necessity for our citizens to have the absolute, unrestricted and guaranteed ability to bear arms.
But lying to your own organization, and thousands of senior citizens, is the wrong way to do it.
This flyer, stating brash falsities, is the sole reason that ammunition is practically unattainable right now. I may lose my gun range job because we can't find a reliable ammo source.
I appreciate the NRA for what it has accomplished in the past, but at this time, they are only hurting the cause.
Their most recent presidential campaign effort showed the true colors of the *modern* NRA. Please click on the picture below.
If you're at the forefront of an organization, especially one as large as the NRA, it's important to be honest with your generous members. Imitating a candidate's logo and the overall look of their campaign flyers is misleading and ethically wrong. Why would they do this? Because their marketing campaign involves pushing senior citizens for donations, and they think elders are suckers.
None of the content in this flyer is factual. Barack Obama has never had a 10-point plan to ban firearms in the U.S. This is fact, not an opinion.
I understand the necessity for our citizens to have the absolute, unrestricted and guaranteed ability to bear arms.
But lying to your own organization, and thousands of senior citizens, is the wrong way to do it.
This flyer, stating brash falsities, is the sole reason that ammunition is practically unattainable right now. I may lose my gun range job because we can't find a reliable ammo source.
Phydeaux642
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I noticed in my original post that I said they were asking for $59.95 when it was actually $9.95. I'm not quite sure how that happened. I still didn't send it, though.
Isn't it great how lies have fueled the panic. I know we all must be vigilant, but scare tactics seem to be the wrong way to go about it.
Isn't it great how lies have fueled the panic. I know we all must be vigilant, but scare tactics seem to be the wrong way to go about it.
Coyote_Hunter_
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A couple of weeks ago a copy arrived in the mail. My wife was concerned that if I didn’t send it back we’d have to pay for it. I assured her that we could not be held accountable for unsolicited products sent by mail. My first inclination was to throw it away. Instead I watched it and have it sitting on my desk. It will probably get mailed to my brother, who has been carrying concealed daily for many years. (I have a permit but rarely carry.)
It is a personal pet peeve when companies use tactics like this to solicit money. While I understand that it is effective, I also understand that it is often simply taking advantage of people’s ignorance of the law and feelings of guilt should they decide to keep it.
They can send all they want, I will never pay. Nor will I spend a penny or lift a finger to return the DVD. On the other hand, should someone come to the door asking that I return the product, I will be happy to surrender it – after I’ve given them an earful.
It is a personal pet peeve when companies use tactics like this to solicit money. While I understand that it is effective, I also understand that it is often simply taking advantage of people’s ignorance of the law and feelings of guilt should they decide to keep it.
They can send all they want, I will never pay. Nor will I spend a penny or lift a finger to return the DVD. On the other hand, should someone come to the door asking that I return the product, I will be happy to surrender it – after I’ve given them an earful.
Lone_Gunman
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Its a shame that so many people are too dumb to actually read the letter that accompanied the DVD. It clearly stated you did not have to send it back.
Tommygunn
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Tyrannosaurus said:
While you are technicaly correct I think Obama would like to ban guns; to the extent he won't it is IMHO because he realizes it would be too politically costly and he has more pressing concerns.
The "10 point plan" represents the NRA's opinion of how Obama would proceeed in destroying the 2A.
The NRA has often used what I consider "alarmist tactics" to solicit funds.
I don't really like it ... but I do agree with them in the sense that Obama is NOT friendly to ther 2A and the Democrats in general are not.
McCarthy appears to be readying another AWB proposal, Feintstein, according to a MSM report is bidding her time, waiting to strike again against the 2A.
We are going to be fighting this fight someday.
So in the end, while the advert you present represents more of an "NRA opinion piece" than an actual Obama proposal, I don't expect Obama to actually HAVE such a proposal to leak out, and it's correct "in spirit" if not in actual fact.
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