# Should I Resubscribe Now? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 4, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309 "2006-04-04T20:13:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/1 "2006-04-04T20:13:39Z")
Or wait until the last moment. It says I have until May 1st. If I resubscribe now, will I lose a good part of the month of April? How does it work? ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/2 "2006-04-04T20:26:25Z")
If you resubscribe now, your renewal takes effect the day after the expiration, so you will lose nothing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/3 "2006-04-04T20:29:21Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7237482&postcount=53](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7237482&postcount=53) > [@](#): > > …So go on ahead and subscribe already. For most of you your subscriptions expire April 28. It makes no difference when you pay up, you don’t lose any time subscribing earlier. You do reduce the load on the server and save yourself the aggravation of timeouts and such trying to get in with everydamnbody else on April 28… ---
**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:** [April 5, 2006, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/4 "2006-04-05T16:06:14Z")
YES!!! TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/5 "2006-04-05T17:44:46Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > YES!!! My my. I know the Google Ads revenue hasn’t been especially stellar, but _do_ try to retain your propriety. Everyone will think you’re desperate now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/6 "2006-04-05T19:12:03Z")
So are there going to be reduced rates this time around, or any time in the near future? I remember last year it was only $10 for members to renew. I think they did this in April since most of the charter members signed up in April. So if you announced it now a lot of us would probably make plans to renew to take advantage of it. And I really don’t want to sign up in October and have the board institute a “November Sweeps” or something a day later. Because I honestly think that would kill me. It really would be nice if non-charter renewing members got a bit of a discount, maybe not the charter rate, but at least something for providing content for at least a year. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/7 "2006-04-05T20:55:28Z")
Nope. Regular member rate: $14.95 Charter Member rate: $7.48 For those of you who are Charter Members, your subscription expiration date is on or around April 28, so don’t mess around here. For the rest of you who are regular members, your expiration dates are scattered through the calendar depending on when you subscribed. If you are having problems with any of this, please send me an email and we’ll discuss; maybe I can help a little. Don’t hold back, don’t wait, don’t assume. [TubaDiva@aol.com](mailto:TubaDiva@aol.com) **If you let your subscription expire, there’s very little I can do to help until you pay up. At the full rate.** TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/8 "2006-04-06T17:01:15Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > For those of you who are Charter Members, your subscription expiration date is on or around April 28, so don’t mess around here. Don’t you think a reminder email (to those who have requested emails from the board administration) might be in order? Yes, we are grown-ups (well, some of us) who should be able to take care of ourselves and deal with the consequences if we don’t. However, a simple gesture like a reminder to current subscribers that their subscription is about to expire would retain customers who might otherwise forget. It would also reduce the inevitable “how come I lost my Charter Memeber status, waaah!” threads that always follow the lapse date. Any plans for such a reminder? I say this as someone who has already re-subscribed. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/9 "2006-04-06T17:09:34Z")
I believe there is a plan to send out a reminder email to all those who have not renewed at a certain time, probably a one-time deal a week or so before the April 28 expiration date. Not that the last time was very successful; mostly we got complaints. And problems with AOL. A lot of the emails went directly to spam filters and were ignored. I’m not convinced email does any good at all, frankly. We’re looking at other ways we can get your attention through the month of April. More to come. In the meantime, **Have you resubscribed yet?** TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/10 "2006-04-06T19:07:25Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > In the meantime, **Have you resubscribed yet?** > > TubaDiva Yes. Last night. **angelic smiley** ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/11 "2006-04-06T19:35:53Z")
All the Cool Kids have re-upped. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/12 "2006-04-06T20:34:30Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > All the Cool Kids have re-upped. 😃 Do you like Cool Kids candy too? I think they’re “cool, cool, cool, yeah” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/13 "2006-04-06T20:40:20Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > All the Cool Kids have re-upped. 😃 The really really cool kids reupped for two years last year. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/14 "2006-04-06T20:57:54Z")
Gah, so even here I am lacking in sufficient coolness? I’d been hoping there’d be kind of a “in the land of the blind…” loophole. Guess not. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/15 "2006-04-06T22:33:36Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > The really really cool kids reupped for two years last year. Show-off! **twicks** , I think you’re plenty cool! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/16 "2006-04-07T11:53:59Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **twicks** , I think you’re plenty cool! **sniff** Thanks, hon! ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/17 "2006-04-07T14:32:37Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Regular member rate: $14.95 > > Charter Member rate: $7.48 I assume that a “charter member” is one that paid when this place first went to paid subscriptions. Why should I be PENALIZED $7.47 because I didn’t happen to find this place earlier? Here’s a thought. Maybe, if the powers that be charged the full amount to everybody EQUALLY and FAIRLY, they could afford a decent server that runs faster than a turtle. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/18 "2006-04-07T15:11:47Z")
> [@squeekster](#): > > Why should I be PENALIZED $7.47 because I didn’t happen to find this place earlier? I fail to see why not qualifying for a discount constitutes a “penalty”. > [@](#): > > Here’s a thought. Maybe, if the powers that be charged the full amount to everybody EQUALLY and FAIRLY, they could afford a decent server that runs faster than a turtle. :rolleyes: The Reader isn’t going broke; they can afford any hardware upgrade they desire. I suspect they are unwilling to do so because of ungrateful comments like yours. Think of it as a penalty. ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/19 "2006-04-07T15:39:59Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > I fail to see why not qualifying for a discount constitutes a “penalty”. Because I have to pay the FULL AMOUNT for the SAME THING you get for $7.48 and for no more reason that you were here when they went to paid subscriptions and I wasn’t. You look at it as a benefit. I look at it as a penalty. > [@Fear Itself](#): > > I suspect they are unwilling to do so because of ungrateful comments like yours. Ungrateful comments? Sorry, but I see it as more along the lines of simply being truthful. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309/20 "2006-04-07T16:28:10Z")
> [@squeekster](#): > > Because I have to pay the FULL AMOUNT for the SAME THING you get for $7.48 and for no more reason that you were here when they went to paid subscriptions and I wasn’t. You look at it as a benefit. I look at it as a penalty. So I suppose you feel you are being penalized a t-shirt because I was at the Padres game when they were giving them out and you weren’t? That kind of attitude will result in you finding Life to be very annoying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resubscribe-now/351309.md?page=2)