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DoD to Open Online Exchange Shopping to Veterans
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Site Supporter   Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17816 Real Name: Chuck 
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"WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 2017 — The Defense Department announced today that veterans will soon be able to shop online at military exchanges.
The policy change will extend limited online military exchange shopping privileges to all honorably discharged veterans of the military, DoD officials said in a news release. The shopping benefit will be effective this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2017. While shopping privileges exclude the purchase of uniforms, alcohol and tobacco products, it includes the Exchange Services’ dynamic online retail environment known so well to service members and their families, the release said. The change follows careful analysis, coordination and strong public support, officials said in the release." _________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux |
| Wed May 10, 2017 5:29 pm |
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In Memoriam  Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Can't imagine .gov having the competence to break even on this while competing with Amazon and everyone else.
Doubt it lasts for long. My moms husband is a retired Navy CDR, used to shop at the Exchange until they stopped the discounts on Makers Mark. Now they just shop at Costco. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Wed May 10, 2017 5:48 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Tri -Cities Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 Posts: 2798 Real Name: David
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The exchange has shit prices on a lot of things anyway. You get better deals at Wal-Mart.
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| Wed May 10, 2017 6:31 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Maple Valley, WA Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 9266 Real Name: Young
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One big benefit... No Tax.
Just saying... |
| Wed May 10, 2017 7:31 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Mount Vernon Joined: Sun Aug 26, 2012 Posts: 1549 Real Name: Areyouthreateningme
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I used to shop at commissary for certain things when we lived close but now the savings don't justify the drive.
Moons ago before Everett and Smokey Point my mom would drive to the Coast Guard station in Seattle to buy cartons of smokes and the commissary in Fort Lewis for groceries from Mount Vernon. She didn't like the one on Whidbey for some reason. Just think now we can order those sweet Black Friday deals from the PX. _________________ Which is the better: a good friend, a good heart, a good eye, a good neighbor, a good wife, or the understanding of consequences? It is none of these. A warm and senitive soul which knows the worth of fellowship and the price of the individual dignity, this is best. |
| Wed May 10, 2017 7:59 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17816 Real Name: Chuck
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Reading is fundamental. Booze, food, and cigs not covered. Online only. Last year I got a 50 inch TV Thanksgiving day for $300, no tax, and free shipping to my front door. What a bunch of debbie downers. Mods feel free to delete this thread since it seems most of the posters are ungrateful for money saving info.
Sometimes I have to ask myself why I even bother posting in this thread. It seems everybody just wants to complain. _________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux |
| Wed May 10, 2017 10:31 pm |
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 Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52020 Real Name: Steve
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golddigger14s wrote: Sometimes I have to ask myself why I even bother posting in this thread. It seems everybody just wants to complain. Eh? Most of the replies were positive.... Go to bed, Chuck. I suspect that a lot of y'all will be pretty poor come Veterans' Day.  _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Wed May 10, 2017 11:03 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Faxon, OK Joined: Sat Mar 19, 2011 Posts: 17816 Real Name: Chuck
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MadPick wrote: golddigger14s wrote: Sometimes I have to ask myself why I even bother posting in this thread. It seems everybody just wants to complain. Eh? Most of the replies were positive.... Go to bed, Chuck. I suspect that a lot of y'all will be pretty poor come Veterans' Day. Good night, your right this sounds very positive: "Can't imagine .gov having the competence to break even on this while competing with Amazon and everyone else. Doubt it lasts for long. My moms husband is a retired Navy CDR, used to shop at the Exchange until they stopped the discounts on Makers Mark. Now they just shop at Costco. The exchange has shit prices on a lot of things anyway. You get better deals at Wal-Mart" _________________ "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." Thomas Jefferson "Evil often triumphs, but never conquers." Joseph Roux |
| Wed May 10, 2017 11:24 pm |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 52020 Real Name: Steve
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And the two replies after those were positive.
You'll get this with every deal you post. Some will like it. Some won't. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Thu May 11, 2017 5:23 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Lacey/Olympia/JBLM Joined: Tue May 10, 2011 Posts: 3111 Real Name: Marco
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 It is a benefit. If you want to use, go ahead. If not, oh well. _________________ "Dedication, perseverance, commitment and tenacity are the traits you will find in those who finish and achieve their dreams." There are times when the situation as it occurs, dictates the course of actions that follow. "I stand for the National Anthem, always have, always will" On days like this, I often wonder what Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart would do... |
| Thu May 11, 2017 7:31 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Shoreline Joined: Sun Nov 3, 2013 Posts: 45
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Thanks for the info.
Anybody heard the latest on Veterans I.D. cards? A DD214 would probably work here, but other offers ask for an I.D. card. |
| Thu May 11, 2017 10:14 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: St. Paul, MN Joined: Sat Feb 16, 2013 Posts: 315 Real Name: Drew
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Here in MN, they're including vet status on the new real id licenses. Since it takes a DD214 to get the status on the license, and the license is federally compliant, it'll function as a roundly accepted vet id for us. Not sure if the DOL out there is doing anything similar though...
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| Sun May 21, 2017 8:48 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19461 Real Name: Rick
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dwnels2 wrote: Here in MN, they're including vet status on the new real id licenses. Since it takes a DD214 to get the status on the license, and the license is federally compliant, it'll function as a roundly accepted vet id for us. Not sure if the DOL out there is doing anything similar though... How does one go about getting one? _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sun May 21, 2017 3:57 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: south 'merca Joined: Wed Jul 25, 2012 Posts: 9738 Real Name: Mike
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Meh. The only reason I want to go to the EXchange is for the booze and the dip
_________________ "No Quarter, No Mercy" mash_man wrote: #gangbangerlivesmatter |
| Sun May 21, 2017 4:00 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 19461 Real Name: Rick
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Soldier_Citizen wrote: Meh. The only reason I want to go to the EXchange is for the booze and the dip Well, two reasons not to be left out of that. _________________ ‘What’s the point of being a citizen if an illegal gets all the benefits’ |
| Sun May 21, 2017 4:10 pm |
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