Anyone Sign Up for an Account with "The Exchange"?

[Bailey Guns]

Some, or all, of you may have been aware of this. I wasn't. I got an email from a friend that all veterans are now eligible to shop the online military exchange stores. You go to a page that verifies your status and then go the site and make an account. Pretty simple. It opens for shopping on Nov 11 but it seems many people who sign up are selected as "beta shoppers". Both my wife and I got a notice to start shopping a day or so after creating accounts. They have daily deals like Amazon. We bought a little patio table set on June 28...it should arrive today. But that's a long time for shipping from CA to ID. Prices on other things are not competitive with Amazon so far...at least for what I've looked at.

If you're interested go to: www.shopmyexchange.com

In the upper right hand corner there's a red box that says "Take The First Step" at the bottom. Just click on that and it will walk you thru.

[brutal]

Good stuff.

FYI, for those that may not know, Oakley's SI program includes veterans too.

http://www.oakleysi.com/qualifications

[KevDen2005]

Awesome, I just registered and uploaded my DD214. Thanks for sharing

[Honey Badger282.8]

I'm not sure if it works with the Navy Exchange in addition to AAFES but sometimes the Nex has better prices. Sadly, in most instances, neither can beat a price from a regular retailer, especially since everyone from Apple to Lowe's offer mil/vet discounts.

[ClangClang]

There's another similar website called GovX which offers HEFTY discounts (up to 60%) to all military (including veterans!), police, fire, EMS, lifeguards, government employees, etc. Great brands like Vortex Optics, Surefire, Garmin, Benchmade, Under Armour, etc.

PM me and send me your email address if you want an invite. You'll get a free $15 credit on your first order. I've ordered twice from them and gotten a Benchmade knife and Smith shooting glasses. Both times the price was better than Amazon by about 25% and everything arrived quickly and perfectly. Very satisfied customer.

[theGinsue]

I haven't looked for a while, but the Exchange catalog used to sell ACOG's for about $850 while the same models were selling for over $1200.

Sometimes, they have very good prices; sometimes.

[Aloha_Shooter]

I've found AAFES (now aka "The Exchange") and Navy Exchange's (aka NEX) sale prices to be competitive with online prices, even for special sales, but their normal daily prices usually can't compete. As with anything, use your noodle instead of trusting to a single domain name to give you the best price universally. In addition, I don't believe AAFES or NEX will ever been as efficient or brutal about data mining my purchases as Amazon or Google or eBay; I value my privacy so am willing to pay a little differential for it.

[KevDen2005]

I totally forgot about GovX. They do have a lot of good deals on there

[mtnrider]

GovX, Provengo, and Promotive.com all have Mil/LE discounts and great prices. Promotive now handles Vortex's Mil discount program.

[thedave1164]

Yep, got signed up there the other day.

You can also sign up at Lowes.com for 10% everyday, and your spouse and children can get the veterans discount using your phone number