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stopbush

(24,635 posts)
Tue Jan 5, 2021, 11:29 AM Jan 2021

AARP Renewal - read the small print [View all]

My wife and I had AARP membership for the past five years or so, but didn't renew because, frankly, we never used it for anything.

Naturally, AARP sends us renewal offers, which I have been ignoring. But I got one last week with a renewal rate of $30 for three years for both of us (plus a free set of cheap nylon luggage tossed in as a bonus), so I figured, WTH, may as well. So I'm doing the online renewal, and I get to the point where you click the button to renew, when I read the disclaimer stating that the three-year renewal will be added on to my membership end date of April2, 2020. 2020? In other words, my first year of renewal will last all of three months?

Er, no. That might be a misprint on the part of their computer program but no thanks.

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I could never figure out what they actually do... 2naSalit Jan 2021 #1
I think they sell insurance nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #2
I called their insurance for a quote one time... 2naSalit Jan 2021 #3
I have AARP Hartford for my auto insurance csziggy Jan 2021 #21
I was supposed to be able to get a free quote... 2naSalit Jan 2021 #22
OK - I never talked to them on the phone csziggy Jan 2021 #23
No, they just sell mailing lists SoCalNative Jan 2021 #4
I stand corrected nt Wicked Blue Jan 2021 #5
See my post 6. nt Wawannabe Jan 2021 #7
Decide to join the 21st century, got an iPhone with Consumer Cellular with AARP question everything Jan 2021 #11
I already have a phone... 2naSalit Jan 2021 #12
Dude, Wawannabe Jan 2021 #6
Not surprised... 2naSalit Jan 2021 #8
Cong Jim Clyburn said SCantiGOP Jan 2021 #9
NO it is not. lillypaddle Jan 2021 #14
I'm no longer wasting my time and $ on AARP RainCaster Jan 2021 #10
No, they mean it will be 3 years past April 2020 nt lillypaddle Jan 2021 #13
Right, so I'm asked to pay for a full year but would get only three months of benefits. stopbush Jan 2021 #16
Okay. I did the same thing AARP did. lillypaddle Jan 2021 #18
Glad you found a use for AARP (glasses). stopbush Jan 2021 #19
I have little use for them since they worked with the Reagan administration to support reducing SS 3Hotdogs Jan 2021 #15
I quit them several years ago. Mickju Jan 2021 #17
So I called AARP out of curiosity, and they told me their promo stopbush Jan 2021 #20
Yes. Those instructions were written assuming that the Totally Tunsie Jan 2021 #24
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