Price of premium memberships going up?

[bugsmasher69]

I recieved an email from groundspeak this week asking to fill out a survey for them. One of the questions was “Would you be willing to pay $34.99 for a yearly premium membership?”. Looks to me like they are thinking or are going to have a price increase in the future.

[Lostby7]

I believe when I signed up the contract said that I’d pay the same fee every year thereafter….or am I wrong?

[Captain and Mate]

@bugsmasher69 wrote:

I recieved an email from groundspeak this week asking to fill out a survey for them. One of the questions was “Would you be willing to pay $34.99 for a yearly premium membership?”. Looks to me like they are thinking or are going to have a price increase in the future.

We filled out the survey last night and said “No” even though we’d probably pay it, although not happily.

[CodeJunkie]

That’s weird – I completed the survery under our family account (i.e. non-premium) and they asked if I’d be willing to pay $19.99 / year for a premium membership.

[Captain and Mate]

@CodeJunkie wrote:

That’s weird – I completed the survery under our family account (i.e. non-premium) and they asked if I’d be willing to pay $19.99 / year for a premium membership.

Now that’s weird, since I was thinking ours said “$36.99.” Our current memebership is premium.

[BeccaDay]

I guess I’m not important enough. I haven’t gotten a survey. 😉

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[RSplash40]

@beccaday wrote:

I guess I’m not important enough. I haven’t gotten a survey. 😉

Dont feel bad…neither did I and this is at least the 3rd one I’ve heard about since I created my account. No, I’m not bitter 😛

[cheezehead]

I think mine asked about $36.99.

[sandlanders]

@Lostby7 wrote:

I believe when I signed up the contract said that I’d pay the same fee every year thereafter….or am I wrong?

Yep. That was for $30, if you did auto renew.
For as long as grass shall grow and the rivers flow…

And I think whether or not you receive a survey depends on your email preferences, or at least that’s what I remember from last time. We opted for don’t send us “stuff”, so I guess it doesn’t. No survey here.

[CodeJunkie]

On our family (non-premium) account I was asked if I’d pay $19.99 for a premium membership.

On my personal (premium) account I was asked if I’d pay $36.99 for a premium membership.

Apparently the survery knows if you’re premium or not based on the link they send you.

[Team Honeybunnies]

I’ll be in the minority, but I’d pay double that and still be content. That membership is supporting an activity that brings me great pleasure in life. And since I don’t see the entire staff of Groundspeak vacationing on the Riviera, I’ll assume they are putting it toward at least partially serving me. I would expect more service or content for my dollar.

[goirish75]

@Team Honeybunnies wrote:

I’ll be in the minority, but I’d pay double that and still be content. That membership is supporting an activity that brings me great pleasure in life. And since I don’t see the entire staff of Groundspeak vacationing on the Riviera, I’ll assume they are putting it toward at least partially serving me. I would expect more service or content for my dollar.

Well yeah, we would probably pay it, but no need to tell THEM that. lol
Bad negotiating skills there. 😀

[Team Deejay]

This is just typical of marketing done on surveys. Like any company, they want to charge the “correct” price for their product. What is “correct”?, you might ask. The correct price is where Sales x Profit per item is the maximized. My guess is that the price isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We didn’t get that survey, either, but I’m guessing it’s what Deejay said. Still, we’re with Honeybunnies here…people pay way more than that for golf clubs, gym memberships and the like, so we see this one as a bargain.

[CodeJunkie]

I’ll toss out this idea. How about an entry level membership for $5 / year instead of the free membership?

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