# SDMB Free Posting **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020 "2008-07-02T08:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/1 "2008-07-02T08:13:41Z")
If the SDMB is now free, how come I had to pay to rejoin? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/2 "2008-07-02T08:54:15Z")
[QUOTE=Stryfe] If the SDMB is now free, how come I had to pay to rejoin? [/QUOTE] It’s not free, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/3 "2008-07-02T17:17:03Z")
Ah, once again I miss out on anything good going. How do I cancel my membership? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/4 "2008-07-02T17:24:59Z")
[QUOTE=Stryfe] Ah, once again I miss out on anything good going. [/QUOTE] Except that you wouldn’t have been able to post until the board goes free. I’m not sure if you can cancel your membership, but you should ask **TubaDiva**. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/5 "2008-07-02T17:32:45Z")
Ed Zotti said no refunds. I do not think that policy has changed, Ed has said nothing about it to us. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/6 "2008-07-02T17:40:51Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Except that you wouldn’t have been able to post until the board goes free. I’m not sure if you can cancel your membership, but you should ask **TubaDiva**. [/QUOTE] At the moment that’s no great loss to me. ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/7 "2008-07-02T17:41:53Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Ed Zotti said no refunds. I do not think that policy has changed, Ed has said nothing about it to us. [/QUOTE] Thanks anyway. Could you close my account down without a refund? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/8 "2008-07-02T17:46:26Z")
[QUOTE=Stryfe] Thanks anyway. Could you close my account down without a refund? [/QUOTE] We really don’t do that. If you want to stop posting, stop posting - but you realize you can’t just join again and post for free, right? ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/9 "2008-07-02T17:49:09Z")
I realise that, no bother I just want the temptation of posting again removed. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/10 "2008-07-02T18:00:25Z")
If you ask **Tuba** nicely, she might put you on a posting sabbatical. No posting ability but access to the search engine and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/11 "2008-07-02T18:02:59Z")
[QUOTE=Stryfe] At the moment that’s no great loss to me. [/QUOTE] So you’ve paid your $15, but now that you know the board is going free-to-post, don’t actually want to be “tempted” to post and not posting is “no great loss?” Why’d you pony up the money in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walker\_in\_Eternity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walker_in_Eternity)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/12 "2008-07-04T11:53:58Z")
Sorry, I had a really bad day and felt ripped off. Nothing was going well Picked a bad place to vent. Eats crow. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 4, 2008, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-free-posting/455020/13 "2008-07-04T12:49:25Z")
Naah, no harm, no foul. You do have a year without seeing display ads – if you want to see what you’re missing sign out of the board and come back and look at all the ads. And you can post now whenever you like, you don’t have to wait for the free posting to start, instant gratification. 🙂 Hopefully the free posting will start soon – it’s not soon enough for some folks and we get that, we do. (No, I do not know when it will start, I don’t know anything more than what I’ve said already, sorry.)