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Who on God's green earth thought this would be a good idea?? Am I the last sane person alive??
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I can't tell if you are deliberately obfuscating the issue or not, so allow me to clarify:Carl the Floor Walker said:They do offer a discount of "Membership" only for a certain amount of purchase. If you want futher discounts off the wine, you can get them from the NRA club. Or you can simply choose to not join the club or the NRA. No one is forcing you to join either.
The only reason I can think of for the NRA to have done this is that the vintner paid the NRA for the use of the name -- and probably for access to the member list, something with which I have objections if that's what happened.
Thanks, but you do not need to clarify anything for me. Lol, I could care less one way or the other. I was NOT trying obfuscate a thing. Just simply pointing out how other organizations use marketing. I will reiterate this, If you do not like their marketing simply move on. If you do not want to join their wine club then just do not join it. There are other wine clubs out there. Buy from Vinesse directly, If you do not want to join the NRA ,simply do not join it or join another organization of your choice. That should be easy enough.I can't tell if you are deliberately obfuscating the issue or not, so allow me to clarify:
The discounts to which I referred are not internal discounts engendered by membership in a phantom "club, they are discounts offered to all members of organizations. Examples: AARP membership brings with it discounts for all sorts of things, such as car rentals from agencies like Hertz, Avis, and National. Ditto for when I was a member of the American Institute of Architects -- just by mentioning the AIA, I got a 15% discount from Hertz, Avis, National, Alamo, a number of hotel chains, and several other types of businesses.
The NRA used to have the same thing, although in recent years it seems that the number of businesses willing to give a discount for NRA membership is dwindling.
The point is, none of those discounts in any way rebranded the service to include the NRA name. Hertz didn't become "The NRA Car Rental Club." Marriott didn't become "The NRA Hotel Club." The NRA could have worked out a similar discount deal with Vinesse, or some other purveyor of wines. Instead, someone came up with the idea of "The NRA Wine Club." The only reason I can think of for the NRA to have done this is that the vintner paid the NRA for the use of the name -- and probably for access to the member list, something with which I have objections if that's what happened.
NRA will attach their new to just about anything if it makes them a dollar. Gotta pay for Wayne's Italian suits.Who on God's green earth thought this would be a good idea?? Am I the last sane person alive??