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Gass3268
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« on: February 22, 2018, 11:17:08 PM »
Something has changed this time:

Enterprise, Alamo, National will no longer give NRA members discounts on car rentals

First National Bank of Omaha will stop issuing NRA Visa card
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« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2018, 11:21:18 PM »
 This is truly interesting. I lived my entire life seeing these mass shootings and now, at 21, the tides are starting to turn against the gun lobby.
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« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2018, 11:25:37 PM »
Glorious news!
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« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2018, 11:26:31 PM »
This is really interesting, and shows things are really starting to change.
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« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2018, 11:47:17 PM »
The NRA will only radicalize further, it's a self fulfilling prophecy by this point.
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« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2018, 11:48:33 PM »
They pushed too far.
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« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2018, 11:52:24 PM »
The strange thing is that companies were doing this in the first place.
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« Reply #7 on: February 23, 2018, 12:13:24 AM »
I can't believe this even happened in the first place.
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« Reply #8 on: February 23, 2018, 01:44:00 AM »
Nothing from the blue avatars? I actually just returned a rental car to Enterprise yesterday. I'll have to write them a double thank you note now Smiley
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« Reply #9 on: February 23, 2018, 02:01:41 AM »
I was afraid it was going to be Goldman Sachs, Halliburton, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and CNN.
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« Reply #10 on: February 23, 2018, 11:26:24 AM »
Why were NRA members receiving discounts on car rentals in the first place?
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« Reply #11 on: February 23, 2018, 11:32:31 AM »
Quote from: Tartarus Sauce on February 23, 2018, 11:26:24 AM
Why were NRA members receiving discounts on car rentals in the first place?

Sounds almost like AAA.
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« Reply #12 on: February 23, 2018, 12:09:29 PM »
Another company drops their support!

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« Reply #13 on: February 23, 2018, 01:20:29 PM »
Yes! Finally!
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« Reply #14 on: February 23, 2018, 01:23:18 PM »
Quote from: Tartarus Sauce on February 23, 2018, 11:26:24 AM
Why were NRA members receiving discounts on car rentals in the first place?
Enterprise rents more cars, and the NRA can provide a tangible membership perk to improve retention.
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« Reply #15 on: February 23, 2018, 01:25:33 PM »
Quote from: Santander on February 23, 2018, 01:23:18 PM
Quote from: Tartarus Sauce on February 23, 2018, 11:26:24 AM
Why were NRA members receiving discounts on car rentals in the first place?
Enterprise rents more cars, and the NRA can provide a tangible membership perk to improve retention.

Lots of organizations negotiate this kind of perk.  AARP is one.
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« Reply #16 on: February 23, 2018, 01:26:02 PM »
Quote from: Gass3268 on February 23, 2018, 11:32:31 AM
Quote from: Tartarus Sauce on February 23, 2018, 11:26:24 AM
Why were NRA members receiving discounts on car rentals in the first place?

Sounds almost like AAA.

So, if someone tries to carjack me, will the NRA send somebody out to shoot them, or am I expected to do that myself.
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« Reply #17 on: February 23, 2018, 01:26:53 PM »
Yeah this stuff is pretty standard but other companies will come along to fill in any void.
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« Reply #18 on: February 23, 2018, 01:47:21 PM »
This is a positive development.

Quote from: Good Grumps With A Gun on February 23, 2018, 01:26:53 PM
Yeah this stuff is pretty standard but other companies will come along to fill in any void.
10% discount if you show your membership card at Braum’s!

Maybe QVC can fill the gaps.
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« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2018, 02:05:44 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: February 23, 2018, 02:09:13 PM »
I thought Atlas believed the free market didn't work?
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« Reply #21 on: February 23, 2018, 02:14:18 PM »
Quote from: Santander on February 23, 2018, 02:09:13 PM
I thought Atlas believed the free market didn't work?

These companies have determined that supporting the NRA is less profitable than not doing so. Hardly a grand moral gesture.
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« Reply #22 on: February 23, 2018, 02:22:54 PM »
Quote from: Doctor Imperialism on February 23, 2018, 02:14:18 PM
Quote from: Santander on February 23, 2018, 02:09:13 PM
I thought Atlas believed the free market didn't work?

These companies have determined that supporting the NRA is less profitable than not doing so. Hardly a grand moral gesture.

Yes, and they made that determination based on public (customer) sentiment. It doesn't need to be moral.
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« Reply #23 on: February 23, 2018, 02:50:45 PM »
These companies will not only lose their NRA member's dollars but gun owners (like me) who don't belong to the NRA but hate these PC/feel good measures.   In the end, they'll lose $$$ but who care, they deserve it.  Liberals march, we speak with our wallet full of In God We Trusts.
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« Reply #24 on: February 23, 2018, 03:03:00 PM »
good. Doesn't make sense why they were just getting discounts in the first place.
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