# Changes in subscription pricing here at The Straight Dope

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**Created:** [August 8, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-subscription-pricing-here-at-the-straight-dope/819294 "2018-08-08T19:13:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-subscription-pricing-here-at-the-straight-dope/819294/61 "2018-08-10T13:42:11Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> The ‘Member/Charter Member’ distinction is backwards. It’s obvious that the ‘Charter Members’ highly value the title as a Title that sets them apart from the ‘Members’. What people value more, you charge more for. Not give them a discount.

Maybe so, but “half price” was explicitly part of the deal for Charter Members.

> [@The SDMB is switching to paid subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-switching-to-paid-subscriptions/257724/1):
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> we promise that as long as you remain a subscriber, you’ll be able to renew annually for 50% of whatever the regular rate is at the time.

That said, raising prices a bit for everyone seems like a reasonable thing to do.

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