On 4/17/2021 7:09 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-04-17 1:34 a.m., dsi1 wrote:
>
>> I'd say that the exact opposite is true. Advertising to old folks are
>> mostly for adult diapers, heart medicine, supplemental health
>> insurance, funeral insurance, yadda, yadda, yadda. My guess is that
>> majority of seniors don't have a lot of money to burn. You are
>> correct that they are a huge group.
>
>
> Don't bet too much on that. A lot of seniors are in good financial
> shape. They have pensions and benefits. Most of them paid off their
> mortgages long ago. They aren't paying feed, clothe and educated their
> kids.
> I was ticked at our federal government for handing out money to all
> seniors a couple months into the pandemic. They reasoned that some
> prices had risen. That may be true but we aren't shopping. We aren't
> going in vacations. We aren't going out for supper. We aren't spending
> much money at all. MY wife and I are saving thousands of dollars a month.
>
>


Yes, but when you buy votes all of that doesn't matter.


Also, lots of ads for river cruises, etc. that in reality are mostly
directed at older people with time and money on their hands.