# Charter Members, have you renewed yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 8, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177 "2007-04-08T14:22:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/21 "2007-04-08T22:23:23Z")
Zut alors, I did mine a month or so ago. Saw a sticky somewhere, scampered over to the post office, shipped off a 3-pound box of Godiva to **TubaDiva** and **Lynn Bodoni** and **CK Dex** and Bob’s your uncle, I’m good for another year. What ??? 😃 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/22 "2007-04-08T22:29:09Z")
I renewed even though I don’t post often. I couldn’t get by without the search feature. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/23 "2007-04-08T23:02:05Z")
I am without a credit card this year. (It made sense to ditch it, but I wasn’t really thinking about the SDMB when I let it lapse.) So, I’ll be letting my membership lapse, too. After a good five years I shall step, blinking, into the sun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/24 "2007-04-08T23:05:47Z")
I haven’t yet, but I plan to. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/25 "2007-04-08T23:09:44Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Mudd] I am without a credit card this year. (It made sense to ditch it, but I wasn’t really thinking about the SDMB when I let it lapse.) So, I’ll be letting my membership lapse, too. After a good five years I shall step, blinking, into the sun. 😃 [/QUOTE] I hope you’re not serious. But if you are, please at least check out [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=415370) and see if anyone would sponsor you. It’s cheaper for them now than next month. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/26 "2007-04-08T23:47:47Z")
Done, some days ago. By the way, I’m glad they remind us, even though I haven’t needed it yet. Please keep doing so year to year! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/27 "2007-04-08T23:52:50Z")
[QUOTE=Annie] Mais oui. I’m very fond of the charter discount. [/QUOTE] Me too, especially since it’s good _for life_: **88-yr Old Tripler:** “Man, I remember back in th’ ol’ days when gasoline existed. Yeah, it was $16.45 a gallon after ‘The Pacific Rim War’, but we liked it! Then they made us switch to them newfangled hydrogen imports from GermaFrancia or wherever, and they just weren’t the same! I mean, before they banned sheetrock, I could load up my F-150 and cruise around town with no problem. Heck, maybe I should post a reminiscent thread about this on the Dope. I’m glad _that’s_ still around. . . I mean, my membership hasn’t changed since '04 baby–it’s still $7.95. You can’t even get a small, regular coffee at the supermarket for that price any more . . .” ::rabble rabble old crochety man sounds rabble rabble::" Tripler “Now if only I could figure out which one of the 300 forums to put it in. . .” ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/28 "2007-04-08T23:53:32Z")
Done. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/29 "2007-04-08T23:55:40Z")
Membership to on online community: $14.95 a year Charter Membership: $7.50 Drive by postings for the next 365 days: Priceless ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/30 "2007-04-08T23:57:26Z")
[QUOTE=Tripler] Me too, especially since it’s good _for life_: **88-yr Old Tripler:** Tripler “Now if only I could figure out which one of the 300 forums to put it in. . .” [/QUOTE] Who cares. By then, you will be on the Supreme Court of Doperstania and can put it anywhere you want\*. \*except in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/31 "2007-04-09T00:27:20Z")
Did it [too early](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8435222&postcount=25) it seems. Makes it a pain to try to help out a fellow Doper in need. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/32 "2007-04-09T01:11:12Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] Who cares. By then, you will be on the Supreme Court of Doperstania and can put it anywhere you want\*. \*except in Georgia. [/QUOTE] . . . at which point, being Chief Justice of the Bar [sub]Reminder: Happy Hour is from 3:PM - 11:PM nightly[/sub] I shall declare March 31st “Cecil’s Birthday,” and April 22nd the “Charter Member’s National Holiday” to be followed with three days of baccanal debauchery and free double-posting for all! Tripler 'Tis good to be a charter member. Memberhsip has its priviledges. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/33 "2007-04-09T07:21:57Z")
I saw the sticky at the top of the forum, got all excited, went to the renewal page…and I already HAD renewed sometime around Christmas. Boo! Talk about denouement! Now I have to wait for another year before I get to renew again. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/34 "2007-04-09T07:26:58Z")
[QUOTE=Idlewild] Yes… I’m irrationally attached to the “Charter” bit. One year I’ll slip and forget until too late and it’ll be all over. [/QUOTE] Yeah. There should be a category called Used To Be Charter Member But Got Forgetful. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/35 "2007-04-09T08:29:58Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Did it [too early](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8435222&postcount=25) it seems. Makes it a pain to try to help out a fellow Doper in need. [/QUOTE] No worries, do it this way; > [@TubaDiva](#): > > To pay a subscription for someone else, here’s the procedure: > > (Thanks to QED, I lifted this from an earlier post) > > You don’t need a password to pay up a subscription fee for another user. All you need is their UserID number, which you can get by clicking on their username and mousing over View Public Profile in the dropdown menu, among other methods. The userid will appear at the end of the URL in the Status Bar. (Rick’s note: it is a 5 digit number) > CHARTER MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION: > [https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/sdmb/subscribe.bat?subscriptionid=1&userid=XXXXX&amount=7.48¤cy\_code=USD](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/sdmb/subscribe.bat?subscriptionid=1&userid=XXXXX&amount=7.48¤cy_code=USD) > > REGULAR MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION: > [https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/sdmb/subscribe.bat?subscriptionid=1&userid=XXXXX&amount=14.95¤cy\_code=USD](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/sdmb/subscribe.bat?subscriptionid=1&userid=XXXXX&amount=14.95¤cy_code=USD) > > XXXXX = user id number > > TubaDiva Cut and paste the correct link above into your browser, change the XXXXX to the correct number and hit enter. Put in your CC info and hit submit. Cobbled together from two posts [here.](http://208.100.26.199/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366584) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/36 "2007-04-09T09:00:02Z")
I don’t get it. Don’t y’all’s subscriptions get renewed automatically? Mine was just charged to my credit card without any action needed on my part. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/37 "2007-04-09T09:20:12Z")
I did it as soon as the Sticky went up. I alsoi changed my sig to remind everybody. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/38 "2007-04-09T09:46:40Z")
Did it a couple of months ago. Mainly because I knew I’d have a hectic March, and if March was going to be crazy, April would surely follow on. I might even be mad enough to put the coin in the slot soon after the end of the month, just so I neededn’t worry about it next year an’ all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/39 "2007-04-09T10:09:21Z")
_ **Bounds joyfully onto bandwagon** _\*\* Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2007, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-members-have-you-renewed-yet/399177/40 "2007-04-09T12:58:37Z")
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