Renewing Membership

Posted on 17/03/2023 18:02 by brue

No it's added each year you renew. The incentive is to go with DD at the cheaper rate. You get a reminder so there's  no problem about forgetting.

Posted on 17/03/2023 18:38 by Tinwheeler

It’s a joining fee, Brue. I never paid by DD and always renewed by card at the lower rate🤷🏻‍♂️

Posted on 17/03/2023 18:38 by Tinwheeler

It’s a joining fee, Brue. I never paid by DD and always renewed by card at the lower rate🤷🏻‍♂️

Posted on 17/03/2023 14:37 by DavidKlyne

I can't duplicate the error because when I go into my profile to renew membership it just tells me I am on a continuous direct debit. It looks as if you will have to phone HQ or change to a DD which I prefer because it's one less thing to remember! Alternatively leave a review on Trust Pilot as they seem to respond to posts on there!

David

Posted on 18/03/2023 06:01 by Rocky 2 buckets

+1, I never had it on a rolling charge either. I don’t do it with any insurances  or my Forest passes either as they all tend to take the(then) hiked charges weeks in advance. It is no hardship to read the reminder then pay👍🏻

Posted on 18/03/2023 08:12 by Rufs

well at least some of the checks and balances within the software work to some degree hence you are not allowed to renew whilst your membership is in force, but i find it ironic that you click on "PAY" and then it tells you you may have typed in an incorrect web address, you couldnt make it up, did the TP thing but i guess IT dept do not work overnight as still getting same error

Posted on 18/03/2023 08:24 by brue

You will get a reminder about the DD and about non DD membership, the money can't be taken in advance customers of any payment schemes have to be informed of impending transactions or payments due including payment dates.

It's up to members if they want to pay the extra £10 for non DD.

Posted on 17/03/2023 18:00 by brue

I'm only going on the advert InaD which says £59 for DD and £69 for credit and debit card. I use DD. 

Posted on 18/03/2023 08:39 by InaD

I think that must be, how shall I phrase it, a bit of (deliberately?) vague language on the part of CAMC, to get new members to pay by DD on joining.  It doesn't actually specifically stipulate that renewals are £10 more by credit card than by DD.

Honestly brue, I can assure you that when I paid for my renewal last November (at the "old" rate of £56, it went up on 1 December 2022) I paid by credit card and was charged £56; I've always renewed that way and have never been charged more