Posted: 4/18/2013 6:59:56 AM EDT
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I joined the NRA a few weeks ago. They sent me a dvd yesterday on personal/ home defense and a Springfield coin.
Inside, there's an envelope to return the dvd if I don't want it. What do you all do with the NRA dvd's that are sent to you? I didn't ask for it and will be looking to be put on their NO NRA Promotions list. Do you return the dvd's? Do you keep them? Do you throw them away? Am I going to be hounded to pay for the dvd now? I know, CSB and all that jazz. |
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I joined the NRA a few weeks ago. They sent me a dvd yesterday on personal/ home defense and a Springfield coin. Inside, there's an envelope to return the dvd if I don't want it. What do you all do with the NRA dvd's that are sent to you? I didn't ask for it and will be looking to be put on their NO NRA Promotions list. Do you return the dvd's? Do you keep them? Do you throw them away? Am I going to be hounded to pay for the dvd now? I know, CSB and all that jazz. I keep it and throw away all requests for money or DVD back. Eventually they send one that says "you had no commitment - keep the DVD". I didn't ask for it, I'm not paying for it. Stop sending me spam. That marketing trick is as old as the ages. Book clubs used it in the 70s. Send you one, then another, then another. If it was unsolicited you don't have to do anything. |
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I didn't watch them or return them. Got a few requests to send it back or to send payment. Unsolicited mail is treated as such. This. Plus I believe a side benefit of not paying or returning them may be that they don't ever send you any more. I haven't received any more since the first one (that I did not return). |
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I used their own process to ask them not to send me shit. And my wife. And my sons. So, I get no NRA junk mail. Posted here. Quoted: This comes up often, so I will tack the answer for those interested.  To stop getting mail from the NRA, just call NRA HQ at 703-267-1000 and ask to speak with Membership. You could also use the "800" number that is on your membership card to call and speak to a Membership Specialist to ensure you no longer receive any direct mail. Simply ask them to remove you from the mailing list and they will do so. No problem at all.  Quoted: Same goes for being removed from the "Telemarketer" list.......Just call down to NRA HQ using the number provided or use the toll-free number listed on the back of your Membership Card. NRA Member Services: 1-877 NRA-2000 (1-877-672-2000) |
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Keep it, chuck it or send it back a refused mail. You are under no obligation to pay for it +1 On the last page of the letter is actually ADMITS that you can just keep it for free, and you don't have to send it back or do anything. So either just throw it away, or keep it, and ignore any future correspondence. |
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I used their own process to ask them not to send me shit. And my wife. And my sons. So, I get no NRA junk mail. Posted here. Quoted:
This comes up often, so I will tack the answer for those interested.
To stop getting mail from the NRA, just call NRA HQ at 703-267-1000 and ask to speak with Membership. You could also use the "800" number that is on your membership card to call and speak to a Membership Specialist to ensure you no longer receive any direct mail. Simply ask them to remove you from the mailing list and they will do so. No problem at all.
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Same goes for being removed from the "Telemarketer" list.......Just call down to NRA HQ using the number provided or use the toll-free number listed on the back of your Membership Card. NRA Member Services: 1-877 NRA-2000 (1-877-672-2000) I have never gotten junk mail from the NRA, but I did get the stupid DVD that the OP is talking about. |
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Keep it, chuck it or send it back a refused mail. You are under no obligation to pay for it +1 On the last page of the letter is actually ADMITS that you can just keep it for free, and you don't have to send it back or do anything. So either just throw it away, or keep it, and ignore any future correspondence. Reading is for....well you know 
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| This is one of the things they do that really bothers me, I've had pins, belt buckles, coins, and various other things sent, usually I send them back, I think I've paid for one or two, eventually they stopped. It is obnoxious that they send these items, cheap as they may be, and then expect to be compensated on the backside when the receiver is under no obligation, they make it seem and its likely true that dues and donations are their main revenue stream and this practice seems like a very wasteful use of those funds. They had a real aggressive telephone campaign for a while too, but I believe they stopped that. |