How long does VMP membership last for Kickstarters?
3I was looking at my Casemates membership info and saw that “As a current VMP member, you’re grandfathered into the program and may continue your benefits as long as you maintain membership.”
I got started with Casemates (and meh) when Casemates started early in 2018 (IIRC), and I’m wondering if my VMP membership will come up for renewal sometime. What do I have to do the “maintain membership”?
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Good news! We’ve grandfathered Kickstarters who were given one year of free VMP into the $5/month VMP subscription program so you can maintain your membership. You’re welcome to cancel anytime @ https://casemates.com/vmp. If you need any help, let us know over at https://casemates.com/support.
Yeah noticed my first charge Feb 1st. Was a good last year…
@shawn
Thanks for the h/u!
@shawn I just gotta say that it seems unethical to start charging people $5/month without consent or notification. [Edited to be less inflammatory. But still not happy about it.]
@michaepf happy to issue a refund if you need one. you can let me know here or write in over at https://casemates.com/support. also, if you cancel over at https://casemates.com/vmp and you haven’t used any benefits since your last payment you automatically get refunded for the current month.
@michaepf @shawn
Pretty sure they specified this upfront…
@chipgreen @michaepf @shawn Mentioned over a year ago, yes. But a notification before a one-time charge turns into a recurring charge is the transparent way to do it.
Great question. If you got into VMP through the Casemates Kickstarter we’ll work out a way to let you keep your VMP Membership going for $5/month if you’d like to.
We don’t have all the details worked out yet, but we’ll send out an email sometime early next year.
@shawn Thanks, was wondering the same thing and when to worry about making sure it renewed correctly.
@shawn I find it useful, and would prefer to keep it. I may not buy much of anything over on the other sites, but wine is another story. I am hoping for a good Cabernet Sauvignon before the end of the year, or maybe a Petite Sirah…
@shawn @winedavid49
This is important and I’m glad someone has asked and work is underway to make it happen…
Any incentives for continuing as a VMP member?
@Rooboy
If you are actually buying wine then yes VMP covers the shipping so that is incentive enough for me. If your not buying wine then Meh, its probably not worth it to you.
@Rooboy you get free shipping across multiple sights. And a discount on top at morningsavers.