# 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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**Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-get-downgraded-from-charter-member-to-guest/497936/19 "2009-05-29T12:46:16Z")

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> [@samclem](#):
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> 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.

99% of the complaints are about the lost title, not the extra 7 bucks. For some reason dopers are crazy about that title. TPTB have decided to draw a line in the sand around a stupid and arbitrary issue. But suggesting that you cannot change the CM title is disingenuous.

ETA - if you wanted to, you could change any and every title you wanted to CM. But you \*choose \*not to. That pisses a lot of people off. And suggesting you cannot is disingenuous.

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