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fox-and-the-hound

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Wow! Well then we owe you a hearty Thanks!!! for having a little faith and keeping a good thing going. I thought it might just be for retired people who cached full time :laughing: Just kidding! Seriously, that's a real feather in your cap and I appreciate the quick response, too. :ph34r:

StarBrand

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I am not sure but I think I paid within the first 24 hours that a premium membership was advertised on the home page. My wife just didn't understand when I did it but now she uses the benefits frequently.

Renegade Knight

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

 

We former charter members know that you also have to keep paying your yearly dues to maintain Charter Membership. If you let a gap in you drop back to "Member" or "Premium Member".

vagabond

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

 

We former charter members know that you also have to keep paying your yearly dues to maintain Charter Membership. If you let a gap in you drop back to "Member" or "Premium Member".

 

LOL ain't that the truth

TheAlabamaRambler

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

 

Not sure "brave enough" is accurate - 'in the right place at the right time' might be moreso!

 

I bought in within hours of discovering geocaching, I just discovered it a couple of years after the Charter Members did. :laughing:

 

In 2003 there was certainly no guarantee the site would last for the year our membership covered!

Prime Suspect

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I was just reading the PMOC thread a moment ago and noticed there seems to be a third designation. What is a Charter membership and how is it reached? Just curious, thanks. :laughing:

A charter member is identical to a premium member, except, of course, better looking.

Mopar

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A charter member is identical to a premium member, except, of course, better looking.

 

<sigh> I sure wish I was a charter member.

I'd settle for being better looking.

StarBrand

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A charter member is identical to a premium member, except, of course, better looking.

 

Apparently Prime has never browsed my gallery - or seen the event photos commonly available. :laughing:

Bud

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I must have gotten better looking after getting my Charter Membership; my wife wanted to be around me a lot more!

 

Of course, that whole thing about getting her started caching and only having one GPSr in the family may have had something to do with it.

flask

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We former charter members know that you also have to keep paying your yearly dues to maintain Charter Membership. If you let a gap in you drop back to "Member" or "Premium Member".

 

not necessarily. my wallet (bank card, etc.) went missing just before my membership was set to renew. my account was linked to that card, so my membership lapsed for about a week while i go the mess cleaned up. i had the forethought to write in and explain before the lapse, and happily my charter status was restored.

 

there are no benefits that the regular paying crowd doesn't get, but only the pride of havign decided to start paying early on.

Kryten

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And I thought Charter Members could leap tall buildings in a single bound and rescue maidens from burning buildings, another illusion shattered, sigh. :D

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are there any benefits of charter member that premium members do not?

 

Originally, Charter Members were guaranteed to keep the same membership price as long as they kept up their memberships. But sometime recently this benefit was given to all Premium Members.

 

Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.

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sbell111

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... Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.
This month, we got Cherry Preserves, Peach Pecan w/cherries in Amaretto, and Wild Blackberry Jam.
StarBrand

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... Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.
This month, we got Cherry Preserves, Peach Pecan w/cherries in Amaretto, and Wild Blackberry Jam.

You got cherry!!! :D

 

All we got was plain old Grape.

Prime Suspect

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... Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.
This month, we got Cherry Preserves, Peach Pecan w/cherries in Amaretto, and Wild Blackberry Jam.

You got cherry!!! :D

 

All we got was plain old Grape.

I got Elderberry Preserves, Orange Fig Jam, and Pumpkin Apple Butter. 10.gif

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The Jester

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I'm surprised the subject of Gold Memberships hasn't come up yet. :D

 

Or was I not supposed to mention that? :wacko:

Would you just keep quite about that! Now they may have to launch the black helicopters...

El Diablo

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

 

We former charter members know that you also have to keep paying your yearly dues to maintain Charter Membership. If you let a gap in you drop back to "Member" or "Premium Member".

 

Once I was a couple of weeks late in renewing my membership and got down graded. I sent an email to TPTB and they restored my nobility. :D

 

El Diablo

nooks

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Once I was a couple of weeks late in renewing my membership and got down graded. I sent an email to TPTB and they restored my nobility. :D

 

El Diablo

 

Nobody messes with El Diablo, not even the frog :D

emb021

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What is a Charter membership and how is it reached?

 

When an organization is established ('chartered'), those who are the original members at the time are "Charter Members" (the original members when group is established).

 

So, this is not a membership level that one can later on achieve...

Jhwk

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So then I must be an Uber Member, because I pay years in advance, unlike you pathetic drones who simply renew each month or year. At least Jeremy et al. can rely on my funding, because they have it in pocket.

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carleenp

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... Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.
This month, we got Cherry Preserves, Peach Pecan w/cherries in Amaretto, and Wild Blackberry Jam.

You got cherry!!! :D

 

All we got was plain old Grape.

 

I got beer. :D:D

Mustcache

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What is a Charter membership and how is it reached?

 

A short step-ladder.

 

When an organization is established ('chartered'), those who are the original members at the time are "Charter Members" (the original members when group is established).

 

So, this is not a membership level that one can later on achieve...

 

 

:D

emurock

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

Thanks, I was wandering want a Charter member is and an additional thanks for supporting the site. :D

Shawn&Holly

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... Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.
This month, we got Cherry Preserves, Peach Pecan w/cherries in Amaretto, and Wild Blackberry Jam.

You got cherry!!! :D

 

All we got was plain old Grape.

 

I got beer. :D:D

You got BEER!!!! :D Mine must have been stopped at the border, dang border guards! :D

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Mudfrog

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

 

We former charter members know that you also have to keep paying your yearly dues to maintain Charter Membership. If you let a gap in you drop back to "Member" or "Premium Member".

 

I can't remember the particulars but i thought i had tried to renew my Charter Membership a few days before it ran out and the site wouldn't let me do it. Then i ended up losing the status when i renewed a couple of days after it expired. :)

Renegade Knight

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Get a time machine

 

We Charter members are those that were brave enough to start sending money to the site in the first year that premium memberships were offered.

 

We former charter members know that you also have to keep paying your yearly dues to maintain Charter Membership. If you let a gap in you drop back to "Member" or "Premium Member".

 

I can't remember the particulars but i thought i had tried to renew my Charter Membership a few days before it ran out and the site wouldn't let me do it. Then i ended up losing the status when i renewed a couple of days after it expired. :)

 

You have to email the folks at geocaching.com. It's not automatic. They generally don't seem to mind a couple of days lapse.

W5IEM

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are there any benefits of charter member that premium members do not?

 

Originally, Charter Members were guaranteed to keep the same membership price as long as they kept up their memberships. But sometime recently this benefit was given to all Premium Members.

 

Now I think the only additional benefit is the complimentary "Jelly of the Month" gift subscription.

 

"Clark, that's the gift that keeps giving the whole year 'round" - Cousin Eddie

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