[MR] Joining at the Door

[kevin taylor]

NMS Breakeven:
doing the math, NMS [non member surcharge]
discount versus membership price means that Pennsic
plus TWO regular events THEN it would
make financial sense.  
 
pennsic by its self gives a $30 discount, regular NMS 
is usually $3, BUT membership is $35. pay it quickly
via the website and you may get your membership 
card back in time.. last time only took me 14 
days. stories vary. (save your purchase confirmation
page just in case)
 
Difference: SCA INC is milipitas california / and online.
at the gate you are not at SCA,INC you are at Shire
of Whatever.  Beware trying to purchase memberships
at a set time like entering an event; sometimes the site
freezes up, or just plain shuts down, etc. never heard
of anyone being being stolen from, either works or doesnt.
 
i mention it to all of our new folks, youre cheaper to member
if you're doing an event a month, or a War and two events...
or if you want to vote, or hold an office... by then youre an
SCA junkie and it only makes sense :-) 
 
service,
callidore -sca junkie :-)
> > A Broadband Wireless access plus printer could make this happen!> > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 11:23 AM, <Adendra at charleston.net> wrote:> > > If they had access to a computer to go online and buy their memberships> > prior to getting in the gate, then they could, because then they could> > print> > off the proof of membership page showing that they have paid.> >> > Baroness Aodh Adendra Marland> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: "C. Bri> > Subject: [MR] Joining at the Door> >> >> > > Friends and neighbors,> > >> > >> > >> > > I have a technical question about the non-member surcharge.> > >> > >> > >> > > I was recently visiting the Smithsonian, and went shopping in their> > > glorious> > > museum shops. I bought enough stuff that the 10% member's discount was> > > enough to pay for the membership. I joined on the spot, got the> > discount,> > > and that was that. Afterward, I wondered: does SCA membership work the> > > same> > > way? Suppose a family of newcomers arrives at our gate. Suppose they> > > mentally tally up the NMS and decide that it's a fair fraction of a> > family> > > membership. Can they join on the spot and pay the member rate for> > > admission?> > >> > >> > >> > > I'm trying to pull together a newcomer-oriented event, and I'm sure it> > > will> > > come up. Getting them to join is, of course, the whole idea.> > >> > >> > >> > > Your servant,> > >> > >> > >> > > Charles Fleming> > >> > >> > > 
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