NRA support

[TheGrey]

Last year, my husband joined up. I wanted to join as well, but they "couldn't" sign me up. Instead, they wanted me to call the following week and give them my money. The reason they couldn't sign me up at the same time? "They weren't set up for signing us both up at the same time."

A massive Association that isn't set up to take in new memberships for a husband and wife? Excuse me? What the hell is that about?

They called my husband every other week, lobbying for donations. He asked them politely to take us off their calling list, and they started calling MY phone number to solicit for donations instead. Me, who was not a member because "they weren't set up for that."

Then there were the mail solicitations. Good lord, how much do they pay for postage and brochures, letters and other correspondence? I also have to wonder if they sold our information, because the "pre-approval" offers for re-financing and credit cards have increased exponentially.

Personally, it was irritating in the extreme. We support organizations that we believe in, but we also want to be left the hell alone. We're not an endless supply of funds, and resent being treated as cash cows. We may join again, but we're going to have to establish some firm boundaries with this association before we do so.