Recurring renewal?

[Absalom]

So I just got the renewal e-mail reminder, and did.

In the e-mail it mentions "if you have selected a recurring subscription", and at the bottom of the forum renewal page one finds the sentence "Validity periods marked * indicate that purchasing this donation is recurring, this means after the period is complete it will automatically be renewed."

I'd like that. However, I failed to discover any way to select that option. I remember the same puzzle last year, when I didn't follow up. But now I want to know whether I'm missing something obvious.

Thanks!

[Tom S.]

You aren't missing anything. The system doesn't allow for automatic renewal. It may have something to do with PayPal, but I'm not sure.

[handejector]

We quit doing recurring subscriptions in 2012.
Many who had them would get the notice 3 days before the renewal and renew manually. 3 days later, the auto renewal would occur, so they were paying twice. I always issued refunds, but it killed a lot of time and caused lots of confusion.
If I could remove that wording about recurring subscriptions, I would, but it is embedded very deep in the software.

[Absalom]

Ah, I see. Thanks!

Might consider simply adding a non-refundable multi-year renewal option, which wouldn’t affect paypal either. Over at the Colt Forum one can choose to buy a renewal for one or three years.

[soFlaNative]

Timely. Made me look.
Saw where I was about to be scrubbed in a week.
Y'all are stuck with me for another year....