Call to check your zip code

[Tony in SD]

Has anyone called Joe Namath to check your zip code? Guess Ive known my zip code for almost 60 years. LOL. I like METV but hate their ads. Mostly because I have no interest in buying anything they are advertising.

 

[Ultradog MN]

 

[Steve@Advance]

I guess I let commercials get to me too!

Just inconceivable these companies spend mega bucks producing and presenting this kindergarten mentality garbage as the first impression their customers see!

The only thing worse is when these major corporations go public with their ridiculous political views, and brag about how much their CEO makes while they treat their employees like disposable minions!

 

[old]

Yes I have and it got me $65 more in my S.S. every month. Some other such too that I don't have a clue how to get.

 

[da.bees]

Rather than complain about celebrities making distasteful ads,why not do something about bureaucrats leaching on taxpayers while doing nothing about deceitful advertising? Seriously why are insurance companies allowed to deceive old people into buying accidental life and burial insurance thinking it will pay regardless of cause of death? The practice clearly meets the legal definition of false pretenses.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Start by eliminating the guy being paid union scale to drive along the road side in first gear, mowing the ditches ( and the traffic signs, and the culvert markers, and the occasional mattress, so we have fluffy rubbish blowing all over the township).

 

[Richard G.]

What little TV we watch is something we recorded and we skip over commercials.
What very little live TV we watch, we mute the commercials.
Simple solution.

 

[grandpa Love]

100% agree. Raise the quality of life, turn that crap off.... Way less stress!

 

[jimg.allentown]

Between Joe Namath selling whatever he sells and Tom Selleck selling reverse mortgages, I have about had it with TV. Some of the things they advertise today would never have gotten air time 40 years ago. Then, there are those tabloid style ads with their fake smiles - but wait! Get two for the same price... just pay an extra fee...

I like streaming! Between NetFlix, Amazon Prime, and Tubi, only one of them has ads and they are brief.

 

[RESLLS]

Broadway Joe doesn't bother me as much as JJ Walker. DYNOMITE!

 

[Steve@Advance]

So Jim, I guess you aren't even going to give the LED light hair growing cap a try?

 

[rrlund]

It's a shame that the commercials are so annoying because apparently the whole thing is real. My cousin said that we're in a zip code that makes us eligible for free Part C. He didn't call the number, but a local agent told him about it, came right to his house and signed him up. He had to have a pacemaker put in back in about March or so and all he had to pay for the entire episode was just over $300. I'm signing up as soon as the enrollment period opens up.

The thing about the commercials though, read the fine print where it says OR visit medicaredotgov.

 

[Bruce(OR)]

I like the MUU~NEEE part.

 

[IHRedRules]

Makes me sad to see these old has-beens sell their souls to any company that offers them a chance to hang on to whatever fading fame they have left or make a few more bucks that theyll probably squander as they did their earlier fortune.

 

[jimg.allentown]

I forgot that one!

I actually did once buy something from Ron Popeil. The knife set that his cousin(?) did a 30 minute infomercial on. Actually a pretty good set. Definitely a good value.

some are just outright lies. Like the ones that show a couple of folks riding up on bicycles and start talking about their supplemental oxygen generators?!?!?!?!? Really? Anybody that needs supplemental oxygen is in NO CONDITION to ride bicycles. Then there are the ones that are outside in a park or something with all kinds of physical activity going on around them and they start singing the praises of one of the statin drugs. Yeah. Right.

Then the gullible folks go doctor shopping to get those drugs. ARGHHHHH!!!

 

[teddy52food]

I heard they can cancel you out any time they want & there is nothing you can do about it. Is that true?

 

[KLPinNC]

Why is it not the same for every zip code?

 

[tomturkey]

Free MeTV, free antennae TV. We all know nothing is free, someone somewhere is paying so you can watch TV for free. Happens to be the advertisers. If you don't like the ads, turn off the tv, or, just endure them and enjoy the show. I chose to endure it and I do not purchase any of their products. Thats how I show them I dislike their advertising. I guess if TV is a drug it is the drug of my choice, its free, not much chance of overdosing and dieing. jmho......gobble

 

[rrlund]

No idea. I'd guess it's up to the politicians. I have to assume it was a part of some bill that has an expiration date on it. I told the wife that some hold out must have insisted that the only way they'd vote for it was if the only way it could be advertised was if the commercials were so annoying that nobody would listen to them and would never look in to it.

 

[rrlund]

I assume it has to do with poverty rates in certain areas. My cousin said he thought the same thing that I did, that we both have too many assets so we wouldn't qualify. He asked the agent and the agent said ''No, no asset test.''. He said ''You mean I could be the richest guy in the community, living next door to the poorest guy in the community and we'd both qualify?''. He said ''Yes, it's totally based on your zip code.''.

 

[rrlund]

They probably have to because they don't live in the right zip code and have to pay for their own Part C. LOL

 

[Jim in rush co]

The Medicare that they are pushing is part C and the only reason is, part C has to be pre-approved. My family Doctor, sent out letters that he was going to just retire because it wasn't worth the paying his office help for doing all the pre- approval work. He did stay in practice but will only take Orignal Medicare now! He did cut his staff numbers that was about 1-1/2 years ago. The office is not as crowded now.

 

[old-9]

Yep never did like old JJ! his voice is sooooo irritating !

 

[Fred47M]

He seems to be worth 20+ million.

 

[DannyE]

I was in town last week and had to stop at the post office for a package, so while I was there I checked my zip code and yup it hasnt changed so Im good to go!!!! Dan

 

[560Dennis]

I think in remote Utah they use gps coordinates for mail , now what ?

 

[whereswaldo]

Correct. What many seniors don't realize is once you sign up for an advantage plan, you're no longer on Original Medicare. The advantage plan is an HMO and there's treatments that they may not cover, and you need pre-approval, along with you must use their list of Doctors or pay more. Out of State with an illness? Have to get approval from the insurance company; Original Medicae lets you go to ANY Doctor that accepts Medicare. I'm on Original Medicare with a 'Medigap' plan that covers the 20% of what Original Medicare doesn't. I don't need pre-approval to see a specialist.

 

[Billy Shafer]

I never answer those calls. To many scam artist out there.

 

[Tom from Buckeye Lake]

I didn't speak with Joe, but went to his webpage. Entered three different zip codes in three different States. Short answer TFB.

 

[Caryc]

I called to check my zip code and yes, it's still there.

 

[6cylpower]

When I get my claims settled for my blown hernia mesh while applying baby powder near the asbestos covered pipes at Camp Lejune I won't have to worry about part C.

Just as annoying on youtube. They must not have enough advertisers so now they make fake adds with meerkats and whales to tell you its a commercial that you could be skipping.

 

[Stephen Newell]

bunch of crooks. They con you into dropping medicare and buy their insurance. Then they up the price and you can't drop the insurance and take medicare again. Medicare won't take you back. AARP had an article about the scam.