# Where do I renew my membership, and by when do I have to do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 21, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636 "2005-03-21T22:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/1 "2005-03-21T22:14:20Z")
Title pretty much says it all. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/2 "2005-03-21T22:33:22Z")
Click on “subscribe” on the nav bar on most SDMB pages. To retain your charter member status, you need to do this before April 28, 2005, when all such subscriptions expire. We’ll be posting a FAQ about re-subscribing in a few days. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/3 "2005-03-21T22:53:05Z")
If we do it now. Is there any financial loss? ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/4 "2005-03-21T23:57:13Z")
I just renewed and it just extended my original membership expiration date by a year. After I clicked the first button, it looked like I was going to be charged $14.98, but when it got to the actual form, it displayed the correct price of $7.48 (although how that’s 1/2 of $14.98 is still a mystery to me…). So, no financial loss that I can see… GT ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/5 "2005-03-22T14:44:16Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > If we do it now. Is there any financial loss? For charter members, no. If you are a guest thinking of subscribing, wait till March 28. For you we have such a deal. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/6 "2005-03-22T23:04:04Z")
Psssst. $14.95, not $14.98, and so half is $7.48 … ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/7 "2005-03-23T06:11:21Z")
Actually, half of $14.95 is $7.475. Does that mean that we get to renew next year for $7.47? Or is the SDMB keeping the extra half pennies for hamster treats? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/8 "2005-03-23T15:50:21Z")
It’s like Superman 3. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/9 "2005-03-23T17:36:07Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > To retain your charter member status, you need to do this before April 28, 2005, when all such subscriptions expire. I’m one of those people who has the “charter member” label even though I didn’t sign up until July 2004. This feels like a stupid question, but I’m gonna ask it anyway: Do I still have until July 2005 to re-subscribe? > [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > It’s like Superman 3. I was thinking the _Office Space_ scam… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/10 "2005-03-23T18:18:59Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’m one of those people who has the “charter member” label even though I didn’t sign up until July 2004. This feels like a stupid question, but I’m gonna ask it anyway: Do I still have until July 2005 to re-subscribe? If you go to User CP, then click on Paid Subscriptions, it will show your expiration date. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/11 "2005-03-24T14:12:54Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I was thinking the Office Space scam… You’re not trying to whoosh me, are you? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-renew-my-membership-and-by-when-do-i-have-to-do-it/295636/12 "2005-03-24T16:09:02Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > You’re not trying to whoosh me, are you? 😉 Unfortunately, no, I wasn’t. :smack: don’t mind me…