# If you can't resubscribe due to technical problems . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812 "2009-05-18T03:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/21 "2009-05-22T11:00:28Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > I didn’t get the reminder until 1 day before I expired so now I’ve lost Charter Member status and I cannot and will not reup for the full price. With both my husband and myself layed off it is my membership or the electric bill. I do wish I had been notified earlier though. Tuba, I’m sorry, I swear I thought mine ran out the 25th; I even set a reminder up for my computer for that date. Could you please fix mine too? I promise I’ll resubscribe as soon as I get out of work. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/22 "2009-05-22T11:58:14Z")
someone update in the get help page and I’ll see if pay pal will work for me a second time. Tuba D already walked me through this a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/23 "2009-05-22T12:20:41Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Tuba, I’m sorry, I swear I thought mine ran out the 25th; I even set a reminder up for my computer for that date. Could you please fix mine too? I promise I’ll resubscribe as soon as I get out of work. I’m so sorry, but it appears that once a Charter Member subscription expires and is processed as such by the system we can’t put people back in the Charter Member pool. The system charges the user the full fare on resubscription. I can’t move people back in once they’ve gone over. I have tried to catch people as I could to keep this from happening but now there’s nothing I can do. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/24 "2009-05-22T12:22:03Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I am so sorry to hear about your situation and hope things look up for you and your family very soon. > > I’ve been able to pull your registration back on the brink here – please go resubscribe if you can, as soon as possible. There’s a thread here in ATMB where people who need help with this can get it from your friends here at the Straight Dope – see this thread: > > [SDMB Subscription Help 2009-2010 edition - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=503682) > > I hope this works for you. All best. As stated in the post above chances are you’ll be charged the full rate. I tried to catch your registration but since it had already expired there’s nothing I can do to change this. I am so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/25 "2009-05-22T13:37:04Z")
Has something been fixed? I thought my membership expired a couple of days ago but I misread the dates. I had tried many times to renew with no luck but when I logged on today I noticed I had still a few hours of membership left so I tried again, successfully this time. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/26 "2009-05-22T18:34:23Z")
Thanks you Tuba. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/27 "2009-05-22T19:49:37Z")
So, am I right in understanding from the above comments that, if your charter membership status expires for any reason, the system won’t let you get it back? ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/28 "2009-05-22T23:26:40Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > The notice is probably in your spam filter. > > Try it again – but don’t let any more time go by, please. I thought of that, but couldn’t find it. In any case, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/29 "2009-05-23T13:15:53Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > So, am I right in understanding from the above comments that, if your charter membership status expires for any reason, the system won’t let you get it back? Sad to say, yes. Once a Charter Member subscription is expired and the registration has been pulled from the current database it can’t be pulled back. (I tried. No luck.) There is nothing any of us can do. I am so sorry. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812/30 "2009-05-23T15:56:58Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Sad to say, yes. > > Once a Charter Member subscription is expired and the registration has been pulled from the current database it can’t be pulled back. (I tried. No luck.) > > There is nothing any of us can do. I am so sorry. Not that I really care very much, as you can see because I let mine expire, but for those that do, have you tried this? update Members set CharterMember=‘Y’ where UserId=123456789 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-cant-resubscribe-due-to-technical-problems/496812.md?page=1)