Buckwheat Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Pebbles said: Probably should start a new thread however Membership rates go up at the end of January. They already look pretty high to me. Especially for that far in advance. I will already be over 25 by 2017. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 19 minutes ago, Buckwheat said: They already look pretty high to me. Especially for that far in advance. I will already be over 25 by 2017. :/ welcome to life as an Adult. It will only get more expensive the longer you wait. You can always buy membership with an instalment plan if that helps. Quote If you wish to begin an installment plan for an attending membership, please purchase a supporting membership at this time and email [email protected] with "Installment" in the subject header. Thus at the moment only 35 Euro's for the supporting membership. or nothing if you voted in the site selection last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 27 minutes ago, Pebbles said: welcome to life as an Adult. It will only get more expensive the longer you wait. You can always buy membership with an instalment plan if that helps. Thus at the moment only 35 Euro's for the supporting membership. or nothing if you voted in the site selection last year. It really does not, I have no clue at all what I am going to be doing in a year and a half and cannot commit to anything that far in advance. A day's pass will probably look like a good solution nexr year if I manage to arrange anything at all. I am not that interested in the con itself really, just wish to see some of you good people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 1 hour ago, Buckwheat said: It really does not, I have no clue at all what I am going to be doing in a year and a half and cannot commit to anything that far in advance. A day's pass will probably look like a good solution nexr year if I manage to arrange anything at all. I am not that interested in the con itself really, just wish to see some of you good people. I can understand that, please remember that a Days pass at the door is likely to cost more than the price of full membership right now. I'm not trying to persuade you either way, and know its difficult to plan so far in advance. I'd love to see you again as well, its the reason most of us go to cons now. For those a little more certain and with the money to spare right now, then its a good time to buy. If it turns out later you can go then at this price you are certain to be able to sell/transfer your membership to someone else with little effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 17 hours ago, Pebbles said: I can understand that, please remember that a Days pass at the door is likely to cost more than the price of full membership right now. I'm not trying to persuade you either way, and know its difficult to plan so far in advance. I'd love to see you again as well, its the reason most of us go to cons now. For those a little more certain and with the money to spare right now, then its a good time to buy. If it turns out later you can go then at this price you are certain to be able to sell/transfer your membership to someone else with little effort. The ... what? A day's pass will be that expensive? And I am not trying to imply I would not love to see you, just that the situation around my life will be very unclear then. And I cannot plan that far. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Buckwheat said: The ... what? A day's pass will be that expensive? And I am not trying to imply I would not love to see you, just that the situation around my life will be very unclear then. And I cannot plan that far. :/ ok got that a little wrong, full membership now is likely to be cheaper only if you voted in site section. But at some point in the future it will be cheaper to buy full membership then than buy on the door. I get that you can't commit. see below Prices Now for Helsinki NEW I VOTED Adult 95€ / $110 60€ / $70 Youth (16-25) 80€ / $92 45€ / $52 Child (6-15) 55€ / $65 N/A Kid-in-tow (5 and under) 0€ 0€ Support 35€ / $40 automatic Paper Publications 10€ / $12 Prices at the door for Sasquan (can't find info for Helsinki door rates but I guess they should be comparable) At-Con Membership Rates Memberships will be sold at the door at the following rates: Attending – $240.00 ($200 to Convert fromSUpporting) Young Adult – $120.00< ($80 to Convert from Supporting)/li> Child (6-16) – $105.00 (65 to Convert from Supporting) Military – $120.00 ($80 to Convert from Supporting) Family – $600.00 Supporting – $40.00 One-Day Membership Rates One Day Memberships* are available at the following rates: Wed 19 Aug Thu 20 Aug Fri 21 Aug Sat 22 Aug Sun 23 Aug Adult US $45 US $70 US $70 US $70 US $40 Military US $20 US $35 US $35 US $35 US $20 Young Adult (17-21) US $20 US $35 US $35 US $35 US $20 Child US $15 US $25 US $25 US $25 US $15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Yeah, well, I did not vote in any site selection, because obviously I was not at any American con. Much thanks for the information about the one day prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Targh Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I wasn't at any American con either. I signed up to vote in site selection by mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 My vote for DC bought my supporting membership for Helsinki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 36 minutes ago, Ser Scot A Ellison said: My vote for DC bought my supporting membership for Helsinki. I also voted. Does that freeze the price of my membership, or will it go up for me if I don't pay the balance now? The amount I paid when I voted isn't all that has to be paid, right? I paid for KC at Spokane, so that's out of the way already. ETA: From Pebble's post above, I assume I need to pay 60 Euros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Fragile Bird said: I also voted. Does that freeze the price of my membership, or will it go up for me if I don't pay the balance now? The amount I paid when I voted isn't all that has to be paid, right? I paid for KC at Spokane, so that's out of the way already. ETA: From Pebble's post above, I assume I need to pay 60 Euros. If you voted then it doesn't matter who you voted for, but it does mean you automatically have a supporting membership. To convert to a full membership you will have to pay more. I don't know but I would assume that if the difference in price between supporting and full membership increases, then what you pay to upgrade your membership will also increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theda Baratheon Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Just bought my mmembership for 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanCat Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Upgraded to Attending from pre-supporting. Woo! Though had no idea what to put as home town tbh - I'm unlikely to still be living in Cambridge at that point in time. Oh well! Maybe they'll let me change my mind on that part at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I've also just upgraded from pre-supporting to attending. Thanks for reminding me, Pebble, I hadn't realised the prices were going up until you mentioned it at the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuellar Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Bought my wife and I memberships. Now we'll just have to plan the trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 twasn't me who mentioned it the weekend. I did not know then either. Thought I'd mention it in this thread for everybody else though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAx Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Yep, rates are going up this weekend.... And they still have not set up a PayPal (or equivalent) system, despite multiple promises in the past to do so. For those who want to make a dollar-denominated purchase, this is a pain in the ass. [The Holvi system they are using is Euro-focused (which isn't unreasonable in and of itself), but it also asks for more personal info than I'm willing to provide.] Now, I am aware that LonCon had issues with PayPal, and that this is a major factor. But the Helsinki team has known of those issues for well over a year. Despite that, they promised PayPal at the Fannish Inquisition at last year's SMOFCon. They told me last October it would be available "real soon now". As of early this month, they were going to use Stripe instead, and have it available by 17 January. As David Byrne once sang, "I'm still waiting." And all y'all can be damn sure that if it's not available at the time of the rate increase, I will be raising a stink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanCat Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 When I paid on Holvi I was given the option to pay by card or by credit card? I'm pretty sure anyway, unless I'm remembering really badly... ...just checked, I have the WORST memory. :/ I think I was noticing the "pay by bank" bit at the bottom and thinking that paypal might be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuellar Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Dave, you can probably use a gift amex/visa card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebble thats Stubby Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 On 28/01/2016 at 0:08 AM, DaveAx said: Yep, rates are going up this weekend.... And they still have not set up a PayPal (or equivalent) system, despite multiple promises in the past to do so. For those who want to make a dollar-denominated purchase, this is a pain in the ass. [The Holvi system they are using is Euro-focused (which isn't unreasonable in and of itself), but it also asks for more personal info than I'm willing to provide.] Now, I am aware that LonCon had issues with PayPal, and that this is a major factor. But the Helsinki team has known of those issues for well over a year. Despite that, they promised PayPal at the Fannish Inquisition at last year's SMOFCon. They told me last October it would be available "real soon now". As of early this month, they were going to use Stripe instead, and have it available by 17 January. As David Byrne once sang, "I'm still waiting." And all y'all can be damn sure that if it's not available at the time of the rate increase, I will be raising a stink. If you PM me your details - (the stuff you would type in the membership form) I'm happy to buy your membership for you then you can paypal me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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