# Who's not renewing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2008, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522 "2008-05-08T03:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/21 "2008-05-08T11:52:06Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] He renewed already. [/QUOTE] Spoilsport. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/22 "2008-05-08T13:03:54Z")
Not renewing. Will come back if they actually ever go to free posting. I’m not big on giving people financial rewards for bad service. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/23 "2008-05-08T13:18:42Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] I renewed in March. Seems I’m paid up to 11 May 2009- don’t know how that was managed. [/QUOTE] I believe that a year is added to your subscription, so even if you pay early, you get a full year added on. Also, there were a couple days added to the subscription as I recall for various issues. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/24 "2008-05-08T13:19:31Z")
I renewed yesterday. The $7.48 isn’t going to break my budget, and I don’t have enough problems with the “service” here to not pay it. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/25 "2008-05-08T13:24:30Z")
I renewed even though unless things have changed recently I wouldn’t see ads anyway (given my use of ad blocking software). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/26 "2008-05-08T13:33:01Z")
Since I forgot to renew a while back I’ve already lost my Charterhood, but I think I will. I’m paid up through July, though. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/27 "2008-05-08T13:39:18Z")
Thanks for the reminder - I just renewed. Best $7.48 I’ll spend all year. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/28 "2008-05-08T14:08:00Z")
I renewed. I figure it’s the best-priced entertainment around. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/29 "2008-05-08T14:22:52Z")
No surprise, I renewed. I am good through June of 2009. [QUOTE=twickster] I’m not not renewing. [/QUOTE] Ouch that hurt. Your a twicky wun aren’t you. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/30 "2008-05-08T15:48:08Z")
I’m a Charter Member for at least another year (or until it doesn’t mean anything anymore.) **Tuckerfan** , I’ll be sorry to see you go. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/31 "2008-05-08T16:20:08Z")
Thanks for reminding me. I re-upped because I like continuity. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/32 "2008-05-08T16:20:38Z")
The service here may suck sometimes, but its still worth a measly 7.48 a year, particulalry for access to the search feature. Had that still been disabled, no way in hell would I be renewing. I need to remember to do it tonight, since I’m up on may 10. ---
**Author:** ![Aangelica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Aangelica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aangelica)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/33 "2008-05-08T16:23:10Z")
The ads were really, really, really annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Velma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/85e7bf/32.png) [@Velma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velma)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/34 "2008-05-08T17:20:45Z")
I don’t think I am. I will return if / when it ever goes free. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/35 "2008-05-08T17:28:12Z")
I’m more of a lurker than a poster, so I’m content to wait until they get the service for cheapskates up and running. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/36 "2008-05-08T18:25:32Z")
On reflection, I have one minor nitpick. As much as I don’t really care about the Charter Member title, why exactly are they removing it if you don’t pay to re-subscribe? I mean, those two words, multiplied by the numbers of members, is hardly going to slow down the boards due to extra bandwidth - so I don’t exactly see any real purpose of removing the title Charter Member. Or is the point to turn the title of Charter Member into some kind of status symbol icon - sort of like allowing paying members the privilege of wearing designer jeans while the rest of us wear Levis? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/37 "2008-05-08T18:44:50Z")
_Nothing_ comes between me and my Calvin’s! ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/38 "2008-05-08T18:59:58Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I renewed last week. I have so little prestige in RL that the CM title actually does mean something to me. Everybody go “Awwwwwwwwww!” 😃 [/QUOTE] That’s about why I renewed, too 🙂 So… Awwwwwwwwww! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/39 "2008-05-08T20:44:02Z")
While trying to be a Responsible Non-Procrastinating Person, I re-upped the week before they announced free posting. I was annoyed at the time, but now I’m glad that I get to sidestep decision-making entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522/40 "2008-05-08T20:59:02Z")
Good news everyone! I don’t plan to renew. I expire on the 16th of this month and nothing that’s happened in '08 has convinced me that the board is still worth $14. And I’ve already paid $24 for a membership on another board. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-not-renewing/448522.md?page=3)