My wife and I are receiving the mailers a few times a month.

They are from different companies with different restaurants but there format is the same.

The latest one talks about Social Security and Medicare.

Anyone else getting them and if so have you been to one of the events and what are they all about?

I'll totally "spitball" this and guess they want to mass-sell Medicare supplement plans. Serving a meal would be a small price to pay considering (what they think is) potential money to be made.

Get them all the time, usually to local steakhouses near my house. Almost all of them involve financial/estate planning, but yesterday I received one for end of life planning. We have never gone to one of these dinners.

They will make you sit through a sales pitch before you get to eat

Sure. If you’ve got nothing better to do- go, get a free meal.

I get them very regularly. I throw them away. I already have a financial planner, I am already drawing social security...and I don't need to 'pay' for a meal by listening to their sales pitch. I'll buy my own steak dinner, thanks.

It reminds me of the time share sales pitches back in the '80s.
Good luck with your decision

Welcome to retirement/old age. There is always somebody trying to scare you into giving them all the money you have left.

Remember, TANSTAAFL!

I've been getting them constantly for years.

Financial planning for retirement, estate planning, help with Medicare and other such people looking to make money off me.
I've never gone to a single one. I don't need a free meal.

I get these all the time like everyone else.

It would be nice dressed up as a Hobo to see if they would let you in.

in the worst case, they collect something of yours at the beginning, like a coat or hat, and won't give it back if you want to leave early.

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Originally posted by Mark in Michigan:
I get them very regularly. I throw them away. I already have a financial planner, I am already drawing social security...and I don't need to 'pay' for a meal by listening to their sales pitch. I'll buy my own steak dinner, thanks.

It reminds me of the time share sales pitches back in the '80s.
Good luck with your decision

I get the same thing, every one of those go into the shredder.

Your situation mirrors mine. I don’t take kindly pressure to buy a product or service. We have our own financial guy, accountant, health insurance broker, all of these have been with us for a number of years. I’m not about to hand over control to unknown persons on the strength of a free dinner, I’ll pay our own way thank you.

Kind of like the yearly “home visit wellness checkups” I keep get offered to us. Couple years back I received three calls on subsequent days. Oh, and the offer of a thirty five dollar gift card for participating. Thanks but no thanks.

If you want to get a feel for how much fun this will be, go take a free meal/stay on a timeshare tour.

Prepare to be weighing options for hostage rescue requests.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
I've been getting them constantly for years.

Financial planning for retirement, estate planning, help with Medicare and other such people looking to make money off me.
I've never gone to a single one. I don't need a free meal.


We get them all of the time… straight to trash!! There is no such thing as a free lunch!
No matter the pitch, they want your money!

One regular .ailing to us involves air life ambulàambutransport.others various promotions but they seem to think pizza is adequate to buy my attention.

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Originally posted by 71 TRUCK:
My wife and I are receiving the mailers a few times a month.

They are from different companies with different restaurants but there format is the same.

The latest one talks about Social Security and Medicare.

Anyone else getting them and if so have you been to one of the events and what are they all about?

Yes, when you're old, you get invites to free dinner and lunches. They want to pitch you their services, usually financial management services. They're looking for the seniors who have nest eggs that want someone who will manage their portfolio for them. Going rate I think is 2.5% a year for the first million that they'll manage for you.

It's a pitch. They get you to be a captive audience waiting for your food, and they pitch you on investments, insurance, Medicare supplements, wellness magic herbs, timeshare opportunities, gold, silver and precious metals, Tupperware, cuckoo clocks, collectible figurines and plates, or the benefits of owing your own rhinoceros for lawn care.

I throw them out.

Getting them regularly now. Have not been bored enough yet to attend.

Thanks for the replies everyone.
That's what I thought.

The last offer we got was for dinner at a steak house here in central Florida.
This offer list three different restaurants on different days of the week.

Thanks again everyone.

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TANSTAAFL

We always feed them to the trash bin as well. However, there was a time when we had two important meetings in an area about 80 miles from home. We didn't know what we were going to do during the time between the meetings. Then we got one of those pitch letters in the mail and the location and time fit perfectly between our two meetings. So, we took advantage. The meal was actually quite good. We were the first to leave.

I get on average two a month. I toss them and have never been to one of their meetings.

I remember someone telling me there is no free lunch.