# How did I get downgraded from Charter Member to Guest?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-get-downgraded-from-charter-member-to-guest/497936 "2009-05-28T15:57:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-get-downgraded-from-charter-member-to-guest/497936/18 "2009-05-29T12:35:46Z")

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> [@leander](#):
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> This is not true. You have a policy (and a very bad one at that) that prevents you from reinstating Charter Membership. In actuality, you can very easily change a user’s title to CM.
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> Please don’t conflate “can” and “will”.

I have no doubt that an Admin _could_ manually change the title under the member’s name, but that would only change the title, not revert their subscription price.

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