General Chat

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I renewed my (expired) subscription last night. The usual 7.50. I looked at my new expiry date and it had move forward 6 months until December/06. Thats not right thought me, it should be until June/07. so I fired off an email to their accounting department. I received this back: 'Friends Reunited membership is now £7.50 for 6 months. This means that the renewal date is correct.' I wonder when Genes will follow suit? Deb

I found that out the other night .... meant to let everyone know, but got carried away with the contact on FR. It's daylight robbery ... and I'm glad it wasn't MY membership that was being renewed. Hope it's worth the money for you Debs Elaine ;-)

when i joined genes i automatically got friends free didnt know any different or is that how it was last oct lorraine x

Oh ek Deb! I renewed mine in May, it says full member til May 07, so they must have just changed it since then.

ooooohh. how sneaky is that, I am on and off F/Re all the time and (luckily by the sounds of it) I renewed mine back in april so got the full 12 months, I must admit though., looking at the site over the last couple of weeks have not noticed any announcements re the membership shortening to 6 months,, they must have just slipped that all in without telling us mere mortals!!! Duoble the annual subsription but will it be double the value-- me thinks maybe not, only time will tell.

WHAT!?!? well I denfinately won't be renewing That subscription then!! I hope GR don't follow suit though! lorraine Friends Reunited has always be a pay to use site - it was much the same as here, you had to pay to send messages and to post on the message boards. I payed for both GR and friends last Feb at a total of £17.45 (£9.95 + £7.50). You must have been lucky on joined during a promotion of some sort.

Just had a look on my account and this is what the page to input card details says on mine - Click here to renew now Amount: £7.50 for all-inclusive membership of Friends Reunited for six months You will be able to send unlimited messages to as many people as you want. Amount: £7.50 for all-inclusive membership of Friends Reunited until 26 June 2007 You will be able to send unlimited messages to as many people as you want until 26 June 2007. (Looks like FR don't know what to charge)

thanks lunar must have as i managed to contact an old school friend thanks xxx

I decided not to rejoin, yet something else that has gone up since ITV took over. How sneaky though not to announce it. I hope somebody sends a letter to one of the national papers so that it is made clear. ann Glos

Goodness, I am glad I don't subscribe to that!

Ive not rejoined. I dont post on their boards anymore as ive found all the friends I want to. You only pay to email someone.so I may as well use the site for free. If I find someone who I really want to contact, I will pay the fee. BTW I can have six months membership which will last me for a year (LOLOLOLOL ! ) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Elaine , renew with one click... Full membership costs just £7.50 . It takes less than a minute to renew, you'll then be able to: Send unlimited messages to anyone listed on Friends Reunited Reply to messages you receive from old friends Use the message board services Why do we charge? Allowing only paying members to send contact emails helps prevent misuse of the site and stop unsolicited mail (spam). It also means we can advertise Friends Reunited and attract new members - helping you find more old friends. Click here to renew now Amount: £7.50 for all-inclusive membership of Friends Reunited for six months You will be able to send unlimited messages to as many people as you want. Amount: £7.50 for all-inclusive membership of Friends Reunited until 26 June 2007 You will be able to send unlimited messages to as many people as you want until 26 June 2007.

I will email the accounting department back, and ask them why they are showing conflicting renewal details. Now it's down to a matter of principle! Deb

I have emailed them asking them to explaine why for 7.50 there are two different lengths of time for subscription renewal, ie. 6 months and 12 months. I'll let you know what they say. Deb

Just got this back from FR. Thanks for your email We have checked the site and cannot locate where you have seen the text, please send me the full details of exactly what you have clicked on to see the two sentances, so we can investigate further. As a gesture of goodwill I have upgraded your registration until: 26/06/2007. I hope that you enjoy making contact through the site. Regards Now I can't find where the 2 conflicting statements are to email them back! Deb

I haven't renewed mine and after me telling my daughter and her husband about this, they have decided not to either. June xx

i joined both at the same time and to be honest i hardly ever go onto friends anymore had two or three contacts and didnt realy get out of it wot i wanted where as here i have made friends that have outplaced the ones i was looking for on freinds reunited. Genes better not follow suit as i think for the £9.50 this is a brill site and i enjoy all aspects of it. just wish that the chat board was a bit faster f5 or refresh gets a bit tedious sometimes.

Hi folks I have been a member since it started renewed in Feb for£7.50 for 12 months and have never had to pay for any extra's like messages or anything else xxHowie

(((PLEASE READ THROUGH POSTING TO END))) Ive just checked my renewal page again and the 6 months quote has gone. Looks like they have altered it. Elaine x UPDATE ! {{{URGENT..WHAT IS VISABLE ABOVE THE STARS BELOW IS WHAT I COPY PASTED AND WHAT WAS SHOWING. THE TEXT BELOW IS WHAT CAME UP WHEN I CLICKED PASTE INTO THIS THREAD !!!!!!!!! }}} THIS MEANS THE TEXT IS HIDDEN !!! Elaine , renew with one click... Full membership costs just £7.50 . It takes less than a minute to renew, you'll then be able to: Send unlimited messages to anyone listed on Friends Reunited Reply to messages you receive from old friends ******************************************************** THIS BELOW WAS NOT VISABLE WHEN I CLICKED COPY BUT HAS SHOWN UP AS i PASTED ON HERE ********************************************************** Use the message board services Why do we charge? Allowing only paying members to send contact emails helps prevent misuse of the site and stop unsolicited mail (spam). It also means we can advertise Friends Reunited and attract new members - helping you find more old friends. Click here to renew now Amount: £7.50 for all-inclusive membership of Friends Reunited for six months You will be able to send unlimited messages to as many people as you want. Amount: £7.50 for all-inclusive membership of Friends Reunited until 28 June 2007 You will be able to send unlimited messages to as many people as you want until 28 June 2007.

Elaine, Have you any idea why the two conflicting statements? Why the hidden text? Deb