Posted on Sep 8, 2015
Are you more likely to support companies that support the military?
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Absolutely! If two places I am shopping at have something that I want/need, I'm most likely going to buy said product from the store that supports the military, and/or offers a military/veterans discount.
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PO2 Frederick Deraney
Yes, I would patronage companies that support the military.
Interesting that CVS is featured for this question, I had a recent experience with CVS in regards to this issue.
Veterans Advantage is a program for Military Discounts, Benefits & Rewards for Active Duty Military, Veterans and Their Families. To receive the discount, one must pay an annual fee.
I paid the annual fee for the Veterans Advantage because CVS is one of the retailers to offer a discount with this program. However, after buying into the program, and reading the fine print, I had come to learn that CVS offers a 20% coupon off regularly priced merchandise not items that are on sale or clearance.
This is not a good deal as advertised. On a regular basis most items at CVS are already on sale, so no further discount would be given to those items. Secondly, for in-store purchases you must have a printed coupon or no discount would be given.
In my area the CVS store cashier had never heard of the program and refused the discount even though I had the printed coupon.
I know I went away from the original question, but in the interest of informing others, I would suggest to be wary of companies that claim to support the military. Granting, if a company does check out and truly does support the military, especially Veteran owned businesses, than I say yes give that business your support.
Interesting that CVS is featured for this question, I had a recent experience with CVS in regards to this issue.
Veterans Advantage is a program for Military Discounts, Benefits & Rewards for Active Duty Military, Veterans and Their Families. To receive the discount, one must pay an annual fee.
I paid the annual fee for the Veterans Advantage because CVS is one of the retailers to offer a discount with this program. However, after buying into the program, and reading the fine print, I had come to learn that CVS offers a 20% coupon off regularly priced merchandise not items that are on sale or clearance.
This is not a good deal as advertised. On a regular basis most items at CVS are already on sale, so no further discount would be given to those items. Secondly, for in-store purchases you must have a printed coupon or no discount would be given.
In my area the CVS store cashier had never heard of the program and refused the discount even though I had the printed coupon.
I know I went away from the original question, but in the interest of informing others, I would suggest to be wary of companies that claim to support the military. Granting, if a company does check out and truly does support the military, especially Veteran owned businesses, than I say yes give that business your support.
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