How did I get downgraded from Charter Member to Guest?

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@DSYoungEsq

Let me just say that, if this Board decides to allow people who stomp their feet about a title get to keep that title, despite having failed to do what is required to earn the title, I shall never again pay for a membership here, and would have to seriously reconsider posting here.

All they failed to do was pay bang on time. This is the type of poster I believe Dex is referring back for discussion.

I’ve got some sympathy with late payers who lose the charter title. If I don’t pay my electricity bill by the due date I get a reminder giving me seven days to pay. If I still don’t cough up, the company gives seven days notice of disconnection. My service is not removed at the first available opportunity. I get fourteen days grace. Furthermore, I get letters rather than emails that could find their way into my spam folder. I am not, of course, suggesting that the SD sends letters to people who have failed to renew on time but, when pay to post first arrived, it might have been better to offer a period of grace whereby a poster could reinstate himself/herself as a Charter Member by paying within seven or 14 days.

When Pay-to-Play was instituted, I, who had participated for some years, decided not to Pay. I was of the opinion it was not something that should be done. I understood that, implicit in my decision was the fact that I would never be able to be called a “Charter Member”, even though I certainly would otherwise have qualified. When I finally gave in and paid up, I didn’t stomp my little feetsies and complain that I should be called a “Charter Member” on the basis of my join date, or some other reason. I accepted that I had not done what a “Charter Member” needed to do.

It seem like your situation was more of a personal choice than a late payment.

No horse in this contest.