# Subscription Renewal **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 19, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505 "2011-05-19T21:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/1 "2011-05-19T21:40:03Z")
Hello!! I didn’t realize that my subscription is up for renewal and will expire tomorrow. I paid my subscription by Paypal echeck today, but didn’t realize it will take 6-8 days to go thru. Does this mean I am going to lose my Chartered Member status?? I have the receipt from my payment. Help?!? ---
**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 19, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/2 "2011-05-19T21:59:01Z")
Lemme look at it and I’ll get back to you offline. ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Venom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/3 "2011-05-19T22:01:49Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Lemme look at it and I’ll get back to you offline. Thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/4 "2011-05-20T15:39:55Z")
Off-topic, why is it that this is a deadline for so many people? My user CP says I’m good through June 24, 2012, for instance. Did I pay for a longer term upfront? ---
**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, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/5 "2011-05-20T18:16:21Z")
I also got my notification, and had a slight panic because for some reason the ISP through my cell phone carrier was blocked and I’m away from home right now (fortunately the hotel’s business center’s ISP isn’t blocked, so I renewed before i expired - whew!). It does, however look like my custom title expired and I didn’t realize it, so I renewed that for 2 years as well. 2 questions - first, can the expiration notice be sent out a little earlier than 2 days beforehand? I was a little tense thinking I might have missed it if I couldn’t log on while I was out of town; and second, I changed my custom title in my profile, but I don’t see it on my past posts - is there a delay, or are my past posts going to forever be devoid of my custom title? I wasn’t sure how that worked. Thanks, folks! Esprix **Edited to add:** Never mind, I clicked the “reset” tickbox and it looks like I shouldn’t have - the custom title is now showing everywhere. ---
**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 20, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/6 "2011-05-20T18:20:39Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Lemme look at it and I’ll get back to you offline. Diva, I have just used PayPal and am now concerned that it will take too long to process. _ **- 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 20, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/7 "2011-05-20T18:49:29Z")
Nevermind! It just showed up in the Paid Subs window. ---
**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 20, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/8 "2011-05-20T23:59:21Z")
Anyone who finds their payment is pending and their Charter Member privileges expire in the meantime please let me know as soon as possible. I’m not always going to be in front of the computer over the next couple of days but I’ll do my best for 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 21, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/9 "2011-05-21T00:03:22Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > Off-topic, why is it that this is a deadline for so many people? > > My user CP says I’m good through June 24, 2012, for instance. Did I pay for a longer term upfront? Looks like you did pay up extra when you had the chance – a lot of people did that last year. The original Charter Member offer was made over a certain time span – IIRC it started in late March – and it had a definite cut off date. People signed up for the offer through that initial offering period so the original expiration dates were in that narrow window. Over time and one thing and the other, some people losing the right and then coming back in when reinstatement was offered last year, the dates are a little more diffuse … but still for most Charter Members the subscription deadline date is somewhere around May 20. Just how the calendar fell. ---
**Author:** ![Unix\_Geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unix_geek/32/19368_2.png) [@Unix\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unix_Geek)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/10 "2011-05-22T15:40:26Z")
I know the emails that come out for reminder are very close to the expiration date of the membership. Is there any way to back them up a week? ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/11 "2011-05-23T11:45:48Z")
Just sent my paypal payment now, but it no longer shows the charter rate. If I can get rolled back, just apply it to the future. (And a month notice with a 1-week reminder would be better–I think people expect a week. I know I did, and one weekend on travel and I’ve missed the deadline.) Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/12 "2011-05-23T12:20:10Z")
my expiry date was the 22nd, yet I reupped today and all is well, guess I got a 1 day grace period because of Sunday. ---
**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, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/13 "2011-05-23T14:22:31Z")
> [@merrily](#): > > Just sent my paypal payment now, but it no longer shows the charter rate. If I can get rolled back, just apply it to the future. > > (And a month notice with a 1-week reminder would be better–I think people expect a week. I know I did, and one weekend on travel and I’ve missed the deadline.) > > Thanks. I’ll take this up with Ed and get back to you. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/14 "2011-05-23T17:04:10Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Looks like you did pay up extra when you had the chance – a lot of people did that last year. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/15 "2011-05-23T17:16:00Z")
i just tried to renew via paypal - and everything turned in to chinese characters . . . ---
**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 24, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-renewal/582505/16 "2011-05-24T06:15:56Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > i just tried to renew via paypal - and everything turned in to chinese characters . . . But everything looks like it went through – please write me off the board if you have any problems.