# SDMB Subscription Help 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 4, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282 "2010-03-04T15:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/21 "2010-04-15T15:29:19Z")
So, as a charter member, if I didn’t re-subscribe, would I lose the “Charter Member” under my name? Esprix ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/22 "2010-04-20T02:07:44Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > So, as a charter member, if I didn’t re-subscribe, would I lose the “Charter Member” under my name? Yep. My own question: I finally convinced my sister to register, and I wanted to gift her with a subscription so she doesn’t have to look at the ugly ads, plus just to support the community 'cause I that’s how I roll. Anyway, I followed the instructions on my UserCP “Subscriptions” area and added her username instead of my own to the little box, but the only option for payment was the $7.98 amount that I would be charged for my Charter Membership – not the $15 or whatever-it-is for regular members nowadays. The payment went through, and if worse comes to worst I guess I’ll have added another year to my own subscription (which makes a total of three years this month! Y’all ain’t never getting rid of me!). But how do I give a subscription to someone else and pay the correct (higher) amount? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/23 "2010-04-20T02:14:39Z")
> [@choie](#): > > But how do I give a subscription to someone else and pay the correct (higher) amount? Just repeat the process once more and pay another $7.48 and I’ll upgrade her to Member. A better way to do this (for Charter Members who want to gift Guests) in the future is to purchase a 2-year $14.95 subscription in the guest’s name (as you did above), and then PM an admin to upgrade the Guest’s account to Member. Due to the way the gift subscription add-on works, it doesn’t allow automatic gifting across member types. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks. - **xash** Administrator ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/24 "2010-04-20T02:32:29Z")
Oh, no problem at all. I should’ve thought of that. Thanks, **xash**! Her username is **kimbo**. Will she be notified or will she just notice when she logs in? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/25 "2010-04-20T03:37:23Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Oh, no problem at all. I should’ve thought of that. Thanks, **xash**! Her username is **kimbo**. > > Will she be notified or will she just notice when she logs in? Thanks, I upgraded **kimbo** to Member. She won’t be sent any notification, but she should notice it under her name when she posts (and the fact that she doesn’t see ads). She won’t know who paid for her unless you tell her, so feel free to tell her what a cool sis she has 🙂 - **xash** Administrator ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/26 "2010-04-21T00:14:53Z")
Great. Considering how new members come in here with opinions, questions and the need to learn the rules and everything, **choie** goes and arms **a kimbo**. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/27 "2010-04-25T11:06:09Z")
> [@Esprix](#): > > So, as a charter member, if I didn’t re-subscribe, would I lose the “Charter Member” under my name? > > Esprix **Esprix** , I learnt so much from your “Ask the Gay Guy” threads that I would be more than happy to pay for your resubscription, even though I’m not prepared to pay for my own. Especially if it prompts you to post more often. (I think we share an in-real-life first name also, which can’t be a bad thing. This assumes I recall correctly a link you once posted.) ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/28 "2010-05-17T21:35:48Z")
I’m very short of cash this month. Can somebody please help me? Send me an e-mail or PM please and I’ll give you my full contact information. _ **- Jack** _ ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/29 "2010-05-18T00:24:47Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > I’m very short of cash this month. Can somebody please help me? > > Send me an e-mail or PM please and I’ll give you my full contact information. > > _ **- Jack** _ I’ve just been the recipient of some great generosity, as of just before 8pm, Eastern Daylight-Saving Time. I will be more than happy to say the name here, if the member wants me to. Just send me another PM, please. 😕 Something just occurred to me. I thought it odd that I was subbed up to 2012. Is it possible that that instead of double generosity from the member that just PM’d me, 2 people just contributed to my second favorite charity (me) 😉 ? _ **- Jack** _ ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/30 "2010-05-18T00:58:07Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > Something just occurred to me. I thought it odd that I was subbed up to 2012. Is it possible that that instead of double generosity from the member that just PM’d me, 2 people just contributed to my second favorite charity (me) 😉 ? > > _ **- Jack** _ You are a Charter Member. The person who gifted you membership sees $14.95 instead of $7.48 (because the discount is not available to them), which when applied to your Charter Member subscription, gives you 2 years. - **xash** Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/31 "2010-05-18T19:32:24Z")
I hate asking this but, can some kind person please help with my subscription? ---
**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 18, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/32 "2010-05-18T22:32:22Z")
Are other foreign based dopers having trouble getting payments processwed? I am more than happy to pay and gift someone but paypal does not work for me. I’ve tried both hong kong and china international credit cards and get an error message. I tried from work, where we have a fat pipe and tt looks like I am in the US. No joy. any thoughts on how I can pay? ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/33 "2010-05-18T23:41:42Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#): > > Are other foreign based dopers having trouble getting payments processwed? > > I am more than happy to pay and gift someone but paypal does not work for me. I’ve tried both hong kong and china international credit cards and get an error message. I tried from work, where we have a fat pipe and tt looks like I am in the US. No joy. > > any thoughts on how I can pay? If you were trying to help me out **China Guy** , I really appreciate it that you tried 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/34 "2010-05-19T00:23:02Z")
Honey, done. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/35 "2010-05-19T13:31:44Z")
> [@xash](#): > > You are a Charter Member. The person who gifted you membership sees $14.95 instead of $7.48 (because the discount is not available to them), which when applied to your Charter Member subscription, gives you 2 years. > > - **xash** > Administrator It was tristesse. (Name mentioned with prior permission.) Again, thank you very much, tristesse! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/36 "2010-05-19T14:49:17Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > Honey, done. Thank you so much! I’m sending many happy wishes your way. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/37 "2010-05-20T15:53:55Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > **Esprix** , I learnt so much from your “Ask the Gay Guy” threads that I would be more than happy to pay for your resubscription, even though I’m not prepared to pay for my own. Especially if it prompts you to post more often. > > (I think we share an in-real-life first name also, which can’t be a bad thing. This assumes I recall correctly a link you once posted.) Well aren’t you just the sweetest thing ever? 🙂 No, $7.49 is no object to me - I already re-upped, and even gave myself the tag I’ve always wanted, so it’s all good. My question is, do _you_ need subscription help? Don’t count on me posting more often, though - I just pop in once in a blue moon to say hey. Esprix ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/38 "2010-05-20T16:49:09Z")
Got the email reminder and went to renew at $7.48 (Charter Member), but that option wasn’t available…just a year at $14.95 or two years at $29.90. What gives? Is the Charter Member rate really $7.48, or is there an error in the reminder? Thanks in advance, E. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/39 "2010-05-20T17:31:36Z")
> [@E.Thorp](#): > > Got the email reminder and went to renew at $7.48 (Charter Member), but that option wasn’t available…just a year at $14.95 or two years at $29.90. What gives? Is the Charter Member rate really $7.48, or is there an error in the reminder? > > Thanks in advance, > E. Instructions sent by PM to reclaim your lapsed Charter Member title. - **xash** Administrator ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282/40 "2010-05-20T21:47:38Z")
I received the e-mail stating that my subscription as a Charter member should be renewed. If you check my profile, you’ll see that my subscription is paid up until 05-21-2011. Should I do anything at this point? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscription-help-2011/531282.md?page=3)