Wtf, read the damn thread instead of echoing Simon who also didnt read the thread. Noone questioned the reasons for a membership, licensing, etc. We're questioning the reason for postage in the membership fee.
No, I did read the thread. But to some extent your arguments about postage etc aren't directly relevant to the central points which are that you have to be a member, that there's no real facility to have a separate membership package for people who aren't really interested in anything other than getting the CD's, and so that the cost for people overseas is reduced.
I sympathise with all this and maybe these problems will be overcome some day, I don't know. But I hope so, so that everyone who wants this music can have it affordably. I suppose at the moment the club is focusing on people who are fans of the Gerry Anderson Productions as a whole, and who want the extra items rather than soundtrack fans who aren't that interested in anything else.. As a member, I think the club's focus is right, sorry.
It's a shame that these issues always overshadow the music itself, which barely gets a look in on these threads.
you have to be a member, that there's no real facility to have a separate membership package for people who aren't really interested in anything other than getting the CD's, and so that the cost for people overseas is reduced.
Sigh...Look, we would all pay the £22 membership so we would all be members. Some members dont need the FAB magazine and the "badge." Do you need a badge to show you're a Gerry Anderson fan? No, because Fanderson DOES allow members to opt out of that stuff. That means they WONT ship any of it. This means they already KEEP TRACK of which members to send FAB to over the year. So why not remove the postage fee for that stuff? It's not rocket science. The order template is pretty simple, and is already customized to reflect 3 different postage-based memberships. It could easily be changed to remove postage for those opting out of the "benefits." You keep specifying CDs when there's other stuff they sell, so this isnt just about soundtrack fans.
You keep specifying CDs when there's other stuff they sell, so this isnt just about soundtrack fans.
Oh come off it, lastchild. That's exactly what this is about.
You want a CD and you want to just be able to buy it like any other, and not as part of a membership package.
Don't try and muddy the issue. "I want and therefore I must have" is what you're all about.
I dont understand you. They sell dvds, LPs, interviews, etc. I'm only saying there are probably fans who "want and therefore must have" those things too (after buying a membership, of course), but dont need the FAB zine and badge. How is that muddying the issue? And since Fanderson DOES allow you to opt out of the "membership package" if you mean the FAB and badge, why not remove the postage for that stuff?
I did inquire a long time ago, but I'm not sure they had that opt-out option back then (which is mentioned in the FAQ).
I did inquire a long time ago, but I'm not sure they had that opt-out option back then (which is mentioned in the FAQ).
Well, might it not be worth following up with them again?
I'm sure that with ever increasing household costs a lot of current members - even in the UK - probably would prefer more flexible membership costings and packages. I haven't read the FAQ for a long time as its mostly irrelevant to me, but I'd be surprised if some of your points have not been raised by others...
I did inquire a long time ago, but I'm not sure they had that opt-out option back then (which is mentioned in the FAQ).
Well, might it not be worth following up with them again?
I'm sure that with ever increasing household costs a lot of current members - even in the UK - probably would prefer more flexible membership costings and packages. I haven't read the FAQ for a long time as its mostly irrelevant to me, but I'd be surprised if some of your points have not been raised by others...
Well, you are now talking for nothing because there are no music to put on cds, everything from GERRY ANDERSON is done !
Indeed! But at any rate, I don't see why Fanderson should reduce their fees for some moochers who refuse to pay the full amount? Why should members in good standing, sometimes for several decades, accept that the same few bellyachers be given a free pass?
I JUST paid $ 40,00 for this cd and i almost became a member for nothing because my subscription ended last week. I became a member for this cd and they told me that it should be out inside 1 year . But i have no confirmation that its shipped !
Well, you are now talking for nothing because there are no music to put on cds, everything from GERRY ANDERSON is done !
Indeed! But at any rate, I don't see why Fanderson should reduce their fees for some moochers who refuse to pay the full amount? Why should members in good standing, sometimes for several decades, accept that the same few bellyachers be given a free pass?
If that's aimed at me, Bob, and others who simply want to opt out (which IS an option) of the FAB zine and therefore not be liable for postage of said 'zine, it's not called mooching. It's called not wanting to get ripped off by paying for something you're not getting. We'd still pay for the membership part, there's no free pass.
Well, you are now talking for nothing because there are no music to put on cds, everything from GERRY ANDERSON is done !
Indeed! But at any rate, I don't see why Fanderson should reduce their fees for some moochers who refuse to pay the full amount? Why should members in good standing, sometimes for several decades, accept that the same few bellyachers be given a free pass?
If that's aimed at me, Bob, and others who simply want to opt out (which IS an option) of the FAB zine and therefore not be liable for postage of said 'zine, it's not called mooching. It's called not wanting to get ripped off by paying for something you're not getting.
Well, you are now talking for nothing because there are no music to put on cds, everything from GERRY ANDERSON is done !
Indeed! But at any rate, I don't see why Fanderson should reduce their fees for some moochers who refuse to pay the full amount? Why should members in good standing, sometimes for several decades, accept that the same few bellyachers be given a free pass?
If that's aimed at me, Bob, and others who simply want to opt out (which IS an option) of the FAB zine and therefore not be liable for postage of said 'zine, it's not called mooching. It's called not wanting to get ripped off by paying for something you're not getting.
Nah. You just want special treatment.
Why do you care? Or to put it in your words, you just want everyone to suffer your mistakes because you never thought about opting out.
i think that they want more members and since they sell cd to get more members they have a chance to get more members in more years to come. But if they sell to everybody, in 1 year or 2, they would be sold out ! What will they sell after this to attrack new members ?
