Okay, I am turning 65 in the fall, and am suddenly being inundated with junk phone calls/robocalls on my (needed, for professional reasons) landline (yes, I do have nomorobo) and getting on a daily basis “Medicare selection” junk mail, thanks to my soon-to-be Medicare enrollment.
It’s bad enough being so ancient, but being sent all this stuff (and having never even once signed up for any of this “advice”), never mind the mailings often mimicking official U.S. missives in order to snag Sucker Sapiens …
Any other SD’s undergoing a similar sans-meds colonoscopy?
I’m sixty two, so I haven’t been getting Medicare stuff, but I’ve been getting AARP junk mail for years. And a local fast food joint pissed me off when a clerk automatically, without asking, gave me the “senior” discount. I remonstrated with their manager and the kid(she seemed very young) didn’t understand why I was upset.
In the year my former Father-in-law’s 65th birthday approached I received mail for him daily at my house, in a state where he’d never lived. Calls to the vendors resulted in a variant of, ‘Our computer mails these out based on lists from the SSA computers, nothing we can do about it.’
I am actually kinda surprised that, for me at least, AARP has given up on me. I stopped being a member 2 or 3 years ago, and subsequently received little junk mail from 'em. Although I am sure their selling my personal info has in itself resulted in a substantial fraction of my current junk.
Hell, I intentionally, out of curiosity, supplied an incorrect middle initial to AmEx some 30 years ago, and I still get mail addressed to the person with this middle initial …
AARP has never given up on me, even though I haven’t been a member for over 15 years. I still get renewal notices and membership cards from them, at least monthly.
Yep, AARP still pursues me, though I’ve never been a member. And some insurance places want to sell me term life policies. One of the good things about owning a shredder is that disposal is easy.
The mailings never stop. I’m 70 and still get them. Lots from insurance companies about Medicare plans, which are meaningless for me since I’m also retired military. Worse to me are a political mailings. My wife donates way too much to these useless fuckers, so we’re on every mailing list and email list in the country, it seems. If they win, they want more money; if they lose, they want more money. It’s like religious organizations without god getting in the middle of things.
I’m 47. Because of being on dialysis, I have Medicare as back up insurance.
Every. Single. Day. I receive at least one medical disability related phone call (safe bathroom renovations, scooters, various other durable medical supplies). I get at least three mailings a week for hearing aids.
It’s beyond annoying.
Yeah, I’m getting the Medicare stuff. Doesn’t matter since I plan to keep working, and if i went on Medicare, my wife wouldn’t have any insurance.
OTOH, my state assemblyman sent me a letter reminding me to sign up for the extended STAR exemption on school taxes. I knew I could get it when I was 65, but I didn’t know I could apply before I actually turned 65. Turns out I could, so I was able to get the paperwork in on time.
I can deal with AARP and the Medicare supplemental insurance mailings (I’m 60). What grinds my gears is the sudden avalanche of ad materials for funeral homes and cemetery plots. These folks really want me to die…and be quick about it! (Just as soon as I have bought the big dollar funeral packagr, of course.)
