When does your membership have to be active?
- Thread starter BonesDT
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Membership is calendar year and renews from expiration. So if you expire in April and pay today, you still renew to April of next year. If you want to book a date your membership needs to be current for that date. As for buying credits, you should be able to do that with a valid membership at any time
rk97
Member
there are actually a couple "fairly obvious loopholes" scattered throughout the NESBA handbook, so I see where the question comes from.
I think what he's saying (and i don't disagree) is that the site shouldn't allow you to register for a date when your membership will be expired - at least not without warning. I didn't encounter this scenario with my membership, so I can't speak to how it currently works.
there are going to be people who prefer it both ways; those who know their membership expires in June, and don't want to pay the renewal right now just to book a date in July, and those who will cry foul when they book a July date and are told they owe $75 when they show up at the track.
The simple solution is a disclaimer - if my membership expires next week, and I book a bunch of events today, I get a pop up notifying me "your membership is currently valid, but will expire prior to X number of events you have booked - either remove these X dates from your shopping cart by clicking _____, or click _____ to acknowledge that you understand you must renew your membership prior to attending these events; and proceed to checkout."
I think what he's saying (and i don't disagree) is that the site shouldn't allow you to register for a date when your membership will be expired - at least not without warning. I didn't encounter this scenario with my membership, so I can't speak to how it currently works.
there are going to be people who prefer it both ways; those who know their membership expires in June, and don't want to pay the renewal right now just to book a date in July, and those who will cry foul when they book a July date and are told they owe $75 when they show up at the track.
The simple solution is a disclaimer - if my membership expires next week, and I book a bunch of events today, I get a pop up notifying me "your membership is currently valid, but will expire prior to X number of events you have booked - either remove these X dates from your shopping cart by clicking _____, or click _____ to acknowledge that you understand you must renew your membership prior to attending these events; and proceed to checkout."
I remember registering for events last year and I would pick a date that was past my membership date and wouldn't allow me to purchase that date without a current membership. Obviously, the site has changed and so have the rules. We didn't have the credit purchase option last year. If the system allows you to apply credits towards an account that is expired, it should be fixed. If it allows you to apply credits to an expired account, then you could theoretically buy $10,000 in credits and use them for the next 5 years. Thus saving $375 in membership dues. Not worth it in my opinion.
RyanITV
Admin
Jim,
Go ahead and buy $10,000 in credits - they expire in a year.
I'm looking into closing the other loophole - it's there because we added the ability to tag multiple events for the cart at one time. In the interim, I'm also adding something to the sign-in sheets that shows if someone is expired or not - so if you try to get one over, you won't be able to ride.
Ryan
Go ahead and buy $10,000 in credits - they expire in a year.
I'm looking into closing the other loophole - it's there because we added the ability to tag multiple events for the cart at one time. In the interim, I'm also adding something to the sign-in sheets that shows if someone is expired or not - so if you try to get one over, you won't be able to ride.
Ryan
Forgot about the 1 year from date of purchase rule. :doh::doh::doh:
BonesDT
Member
... because I can sign up for a TD after April and the checkout cart doesn't mention anything about renewing for an extra $75.
And I don't think it would be such a rip-off loophole. It would have been an incentive for me to dish out all my money right now and commit to it as opposed to later, which might be in the interest of NESBA.
Also, the loophole wouldn't work too often, only every other year, or maybe only every couple of years, so, since it's only $75, NESBA wouldn't be losing out too badly.
BonesDT
Member
I'm not trying to pull a fast one, otherwise I wouldn't have publicly announced it on the forums.
I was asking to see if this was a legitimate strategy. I have no problem renewing my membership.
I was contemplating buying a credit bundle to get 15% savings, but it was still toeing the line with my funds. The extra $75 might have put convinced me to go all out now.
