# Hey, thanks for the notice that my sub was expiring **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 11, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912 "2008-05-11T12:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/1 "2008-05-11T12:39:23Z")
Oh wait, I got no notice that my sub was expiring. Great customer service. Would an email have been such a bother? ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/2 "2008-05-11T12:51:01Z")
Sorry to hear the bad news. Had she (he?) been hospitalized? Personally, I would have been keeping closer tabs. And I would have expected a phone call. Good luck with finding a new one. Good subs are tough to find and train. And then some of them go and die on you. Fuckers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/3 "2008-05-11T13:01:21Z")
Same with me. No notice. I just had to resubscribe, just so I could post to complain that I had to resubscribe. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/4 "2008-05-11T13:07:43Z")
I thought the board was going to free posting? But we still have to pay to resubscribe? Without notice? There is only one explanation for this: simple goddam communism… ---
**Author:** ![Arien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arien)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/5 "2008-05-11T13:17:55Z")
I didn’t get a notice either but at least when I resubscribed today, I still got the cheaper rate. ---
**Author:** ![Osip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4491bb/32.png) [@Osip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osip)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/6 "2008-05-11T13:21:56Z")
Thanks Otto, Reading your rant, I decided to check when my Sub expired. Which was yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/7 "2008-05-11T13:22:06Z")
I’m a bit annoyed, too. I’m pissed that I lost my charter status. I’m paid up. Can I please have my charter status back? PLEASE?? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/8 "2008-05-11T13:25:10Z")
Maybe it’s my eyes, but every single one of you save **jtagain** still shows as Charter Member. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/9 "2008-05-11T13:28:52Z")
[QUOTE=jtgain] I thought the board was going to free posting? But we still have to pay to resubscribe? Without notice? There is only one explanation for this: simple goddam communism… [/QUOTE] If you read the announcement at the top of every forum, the board is going to free posting with ads. If you want not to see the ads, then you have to subscribe. My brief experience in seeing the ads this morning convinces me that the $7.49 subscription fee is _totally_ worth it because those are some obnoxious and _enormous_ motherfucking ads. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/10 "2008-05-11T13:46:55Z")
Yeah, i got no notice either. I just happened to remember, yesterday, that one of the discussions about changes to the Board had mentioned that most subs expired on May 10. I went and checked my User CP, and found out that i had about 12 hours to resubscribe. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/11 "2008-05-11T13:51:03Z")
Keep in mind that TPTB extended the last subscription by 5 (?) weeks or so. Your subscription would have ended several weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/12 "2008-05-11T13:58:29Z")
Glad we didn’t lose you. I would miss you, man. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/13 "2008-05-11T14:20:37Z")
The same thing happened to me this morning. Obnoxious ads right away. I signed up, getting the $7.98 rate. I don’t know if I lost charter status or not, at least until this posting hits. ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/14 "2008-05-11T14:22:38Z")
They’ve always sent an e-mail before. Why not this time? Are we on free posting? I re-subbed yesterday because I thought free posting wasn’t ready yet. And I would probably have subscribed anyway because I hate ads. I was wondering why there was no notice. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/15 "2008-05-11T14:26:07Z")
So you guys are all paying for what? A month or two of posting? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/16 "2008-05-11T14:31:37Z")
[QUOTE=catsix] So you guys are all paying for what? A month or two of posting? [/QUOTE] and no ads. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/17 "2008-05-11T14:38:40Z")
Same here. I thought the search function had been disabled again when I logged in this morning. A couple of hours later the reminder arrived and like others here, the sight of the ads was enough to make me pony up the $7.48. So was it really a glitch? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/18 "2008-05-11T14:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] and no ads. [/QUOTE] I was thinking I was going to not pay and live with the ads. I mean, banner ad at the top, no big deal. Then I saw the full screen worth of google ads following every OP and I ponied up my $7.50 very quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/19 "2008-05-11T14:42:40Z")
I got my warning email this morning. Expiration date of my subscription? Yesterday. Good job, guys. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912/20 "2008-05-11T14:45:08Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] and no ads. [/QUOTE] For the record, I forked over my $7.48 (Charter Member @ half price, thanks to the past kindness of several generous Dopers) last night, with 2 hours and 12 minutes to spare to retain posting privileges until the Creative Loafers get off their chaises longues and make some decisions about free posting. **Directly beneath** your post quoted above was the following: > [@Google Ads](#): > > ``` > * > Fix Your Marriage > An Alternative to Counseling. Get Free Advice Immediately > MarriageMax.com > * > Real Women. Real Advice. > Building positive relationships Real Women share their stories > www.capessa.com > * > Find an Asian Wife > Beautiful Chinese women seek men for love and marriage. Join free! > www.chnlove.com > > ``` Let us clarify: **Ed Zotti** has _promised_ no ads. He’s got my money, and I’m glad to pay for it; the SDMB has been worth a great deal more to me personally than what it costs. But I’ve come to the point where **Zotti** ’s word is about equivalent to a plank on the Republican campaign platform – it sounds good, quells the Teeming Millions’ discontent, and may possibly someday be implementd. Or maybe not, and don’t blame **Ed** ; he’s just the messenger. And frankly, that’s a helluva way to feel about this place. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-thanks-for-the-notice-that-my-sub-was-expiring/448912.md?page=2)