Posted on Sep 8, 2015
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Thousands of private sector organizations claim to support the military, and get involved in "hire our troops" campaigns. Does this change the way you feel about them, their products or services? Please vote, and share your thoughts below:
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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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SSgt Alex Robinson
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Yes I will
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SCPO David Lockwood
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Without thinking twice!
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PO2 Frederick Deraney
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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.
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