# IS the SD under an obligation to honor $7.48 per year?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sd-under-an-obligation-to-honor-7-48-per-year/487344>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2009, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sd-under-an-obligation-to-honor-7-48-per-year/487344 "2009-02-25T08:59:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sd-under-an-obligation-to-honor-7-48-per-year/487344/21 "2009-02-25T21:18:02Z")

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I just spent more than half an hour looking through all \*\*Ed’\*\*s posts for it and couldn’t find it anywhere.

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**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sd-under-an-obligation-to-honor-7-48-per-year/487344/22 "2009-02-25T21:30:44Z")

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[Here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269127)

Relevant bit:

> [@The SDMB is switching to paid subscriptions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-switching-to-paid-subscriptions/257724/1):
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> If you sign up **before Wednesday, April 21, 2004** , your first year’s subscription costs an unbelievably low US $4.95. What’s more, we promise that as long as you remain a subscriber, you’ll be able to renew annually for 50% of whatever the regular rate is at the time. If you don’t sign up till after April 21, you’ll have to pay the regular rate of US $14.95, just like the newbies.

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**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sd-under-an-obligation-to-honor-7-48-per-year/487344/23 "2009-02-25T21:59:14Z")

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Looks pretty straightforward then. SD promises that you pay 50% of the regular rate. So, the SD’s options are pretty much as stated – adjust regular prices and offer the 50% discount, or eliminate subscriptions. (Though they would probably be able to go back to subscriptions later and they probably wouldn’t have to offer the same deal.)

There is the possibility of an exception for economic realities, but, let’s be serious here, the damages a plaintiff or even the class would suffer are pretty minimal and I’m guessing you aren’t going to be arguing this in front of Posner.

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