Me and the AARP -- Great Minds Think Alike

It looks like the AARP had the same idea for a discount shopping website that I had. Read and enjoy:




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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- AARP Services, Inc. announced today that Power Merchandising Corporation (PMC) is piloting a new AARP member benefit this holiday season called AARP MarketPlace powered by PMC, an exclusive Web site for discount shopping. AARP's 37 million members will enjoy significant discounts of up to 35 percent on more than 500 world- class name brand products, from digital cameras and flat screen televisions to small appliances to luggage and other merchandise. Some of the brands that are available through AARP MarketPlace include: Sony, Motorola, Sharper Image, Tumi, Callaway Golf, Panasonic, Cannon and Garmin. In honor of the launch, the site will offer free standard shipping through December 18, 2006. The site can be accessed by AARP members at http://www.aarp.org/marketplace.





"This new member benefit was launched because we know that AARP members value the discounts and services that they receive with their membership," said Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of AARP Services, a subsidiary that manages the wide range of products and services that are offered to AARP members. "More and more of our members are shopping online. This new, exciting website will provide them with a safe, friendly shopping environment."





AARP MarketPlace will be available 24 hours a day, seven days per week. By simply logging on to a secured web portal, members will have a fast and easy shopping experience in the privacy of their own home or office.





This new product complements the current products and services available to AARP members by providing members with a safe and secure environment for purchasing leading brand name products at significantly discounted prices.





For more information about AARP MarketPlace powered by PMC or to begin shopping, log on to http://www.aarp.org/marketplace.





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About AARP Services





AARP Services, Inc., founded in 1999, is a wholly owned subsidiary of AARP. AARP Services manages the wide range of products and services that are offered as benefits to AARP's 37 million members. The offers span health products, travel and leisure products and life event services. Specific products include Medicare supplemental insurance; member discounts on rental cars, cruises, vacation packages and lodging; special offers on technology and gifts; pharmacy services; legal services and long-term care insurance. AARP Services founded AARP Financial Incorporated, a subsidiary that manages AARP-endorsed financial products including AARP Funds; AARP Services develops new products, manages and markets products and services, creates and maintains partnership and sponsorship relationships and develops and manages AARP's award-winning Web site, http://www.AARP.org.





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About AARP





AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP produces AARP The Magazine, published bimonthly; AARP Bulletin, its monthly newspaper; AARP Segunda Juventud, its bimonthly magazine in Spanish and English; NRTA Live & Learn, its quarterly newsletter for 50 plus educators and the Web site, http://www.aarp.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors and sponsors. It has staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.





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