Big Blue Huddle

since our demo skews older


https://www.seniorliving.org/finance/senior-discounts/


The site pushes for AARP membership (the $12 membership is $15 when I clicked through). 

Inspired by Rics @Jolly Blue Giant comment about senior discounted coffee at McDonalds

Rich, sounds good. I only wish restaurants would bring back early bird specials at restaurants. Seems restaurants don't do that any more.

Definitely get the AARP at 50. Also get the CVS app and and that program. They send me up to 40% off an item or sometimes an entire purchase.

Being, seems like, a lifelong member of AARP, I know about all of these discounts. Problem is, most don't apply when it ems or things are on sale. Like you go to CVS for toothpaste and it is on sale you get no discount, and the sale price is always better t than any discount for anything.

As far as the senior discounts for cruises, HA. That is an advertising gimmick. When you ask for a quote for a cruise, they always ask if anyone is 55+, but if you did the same search and did not click on that, the price is usually the same. Same for military discounts, on cruises they are about as rare as the Giants winning the SB.

The first time I was offered a senior discount (I was in my mid-late 40s), I turned it down and said, "I'm not a senior, not yet", but it didn't take long before I asked if there was a senior discount everywhere I went, LOL. Been doing that for the last 25 years or so. Especially if the person serving me is in their late teens, they think everyone is a senior

Quote from: LennG on February 11, 2025, 02:16:02 PMBeing, seems like, a lifelong member of AARP, I know about all of these discounts. Problem is, most don't apply when it ems or things are on sale. Like you go to CVS for toothpaste and it is on sale you get no discount, and the sale price is always better t than any discount for anything.

As far as the senior discounts for cruises, HA. That is an advertising gimmick. When you ask for a quote for a cruise, they always ask if anyone is 55+, but if you did the same search and did not click on that, the price is usually the same. Same for military discounts, on cruises they are about as rare as the Giants winning the SB.

I think the biggest advertising gimmick there is, is the addition of "up to" preceding the sales discount. If it says "up to 50% off", that really means the item you want is closer to 5% off, and the handful of things that are 50% off are items that no one wants

Up to 50% off

Quote from: Jolly Blue Giant on February 11, 2025, 02:23:09 PMI think the biggest advertising gimmick there is, is the addition of "up to" preceding the sales discount. If it says "up to 50% off", that really means the item you want is closer to 5% off, and the handful of things that are 50% off are items that no one wants

Up to 50% off

Ha, been there, done that.