# Charter Membership and Custom Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 15, 2017, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-and-custom-titles/786643 "2017-05-15T12:43:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-and-custom-titles/786643/5 "2017-05-16T14:53:12Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > I continue to get emails from SDMB telling me my Charter Membership is about to expire. > I paid through PayPal over the weekend and have the receipt to prove it. > > I keep replying to the emails. I get no answer back. > > I want it well documented here that in fact I DID pay in advance. > > Yanking my Charter Membership after I complied promptly - and we all know that once it’s gone, it’s gone- will deeply puss me off. > > I PAID. RECOGNIZE THIS IN WRITING. > > Cartooniverse. > > Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk First, you should have the confirmation number from the renewal. Second, [this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=825367) > [@SDMB Subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions/785812/39): > > It’s not something you need to be concerned about. It was not a phishing attempt and we have not been hacked. You do not need to change your password. > > It’s basically a test site that we use to test changes to the SDMB software. We have been testing some things, and since the renewal time for all of the charter members is coming around, our test copy with our modified SDMB decided to send out reminder messages, just like the real SDMB does. We are testing with an old stale copy of the SDMB, so if you have renewed your membership, the test copy isn’t aware of it, which is why it kept sending out notices with incorrect dates on them. > > Sorry for the confusion. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-and-custom-titles/786643)._