I have been a member since 2020. The latest price update from my current $4.99/month to almost double that to $8.99 that was just announced is too much, not worth it.
I’ve been paying for membership since Dec 2020 but have been on the site since they started it up after Woot got bought/ruined. I just calculated that I’ve wasted $65 over the last ~5 years by only buying 47 items since paying for membership. That would have been $117 at the new rate.
I’m undecided on whether that’s enough to make me stop paying, if only because I like being able to say “I’ve been a member since Dec 2020.” That’s ultimately only like $20/year which is paltry. But I guess that’s also salesman logic. Oh, well.
I’ve spent more in arcades. And on gin and tonics in New York. Also, I’m lazy and it’s cheaper in my brain to just not care (silent thought - I’m not sure how to cancel even if I wanted to)
I’ve had it on my list of Things To Do for about four months to cancel the membership. I finally did it today, just cuz. I’m glad I did it before the price jump - that I hadn’t read about yet…
For those who go: thank you for your support, it has meant a lot to us.
There was a big staff push for our annual plan that preserves the $5.99 rate, but the $4.99 is phased out entirely. You may be able to access the annual plan at https://meh.com/membership/switch
In support of our desire to keep this a “good buy” for those who like monthly billing, we’ve held on as long as we could on grandfathered rates. Here’s a calculator to compare buying power of our monthly fee from when you joined to now. https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
Not included in inflation-as-an-excuse: loyalty program boosts (10% cash back with 365 expiration), additional sites for free shipping (ok, Hammacher for now), specific recent fuel surcharges, our jerk attitudes.
@snapster Glad to see you’re still around. Last time I said anything to you was during a Wootoff. Impressed with your knowledge and ability to communicate. Happy to see you’re still at it. I’m switching to the annual plan. Your team is crazy but fun. No macdaddy ban for you…yet! Slainte.
@snapster You need coffee. Hit me with a whisper. Thumperchick didn’t die when I sent her some. Twice. I also roast a lot more than I can drink. And I like to share. Just got in a big bag of Rwandan beans. And it’s wonderful roasting weather.
You are welcome to join the Secret-Not-So-Secret coffee club It is exclusively Meh members We currently have over a dozen. We also have a Secret-Not-So-Secret baking club, but you’re not allowed to know about that until you get your coffee
@capnjb@snapster i just got my 50 lbs green beans of various races. Prepared for Armageddon tariffs. In a pinch love SanFranBay. If meh did green beans …now theres a thought. I only stayed for the wine but Viognier is few and far between so I cant justify $72/yr enjoy your cawfee clatch fellow roaster.
@snapster while i know you can’t promise forever, will the 5.99/mo annual plan be avaliable for more than just this month during the push to switch over?
I went the other way, swapping to annual billing. Maybe a good move, maybe not, but I’ll give that a shot and see whether it works out to my advantage.
I barely missed meh’s Kickstarter after mourning the death/acquisition of woot.com and honestly it’s the community that helped me mash that ‘Switch’ button to preserve my financial expenditure via annual plan. Staying on just to be that special lurker and occasional commenter every 2/7 days or so, lol.
Same here. Sad to see it go, but probably for the best.
I’ve been paying for membership since Dec 2020 but have been on the site since they started it up after Woot got bought/ruined. I just calculated that I’ve wasted $65 over the last ~5 years by only buying 47 items since paying for membership. That would have been $117 at the new rate.
I’m undecided on whether that’s enough to make me stop paying, if only because I like being able to say “I’ve been a member since Dec 2020.” That’s ultimately only like $20/year which is paltry. But I guess that’s also salesman logic. Oh, well.
I’ve spent more in arcades. And on gin and tonics in New York. Also, I’m lazy and it’s cheaper in my brain to just not care
(silent thought - I’m not sure how to cancel even if I wanted to)
Ride or die!
I’ve had it on my list of Things To Do for about four months to cancel the membership. I finally did it today, just cuz. I’m glad I did it before the price jump - that I hadn’t read about yet…
For those who go: thank you for your support, it has meant a lot to us.
There was a big staff push for our annual plan that preserves the $5.99 rate, but the $4.99 is phased out entirely. You may be able to access the annual plan at https://meh.com/membership/switch
In support of our desire to keep this a “good buy” for those who like monthly billing, we’ve held on as long as we could on grandfathered rates. Here’s a calculator to compare buying power of our monthly fee from when you joined to now.
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
Not included in inflation-as-an-excuse: loyalty program boosts (10% cash back with 365 expiration), additional sites for free shipping (ok, Hammacher for now), specific recent fuel surcharges, our jerk attitudes.
@snapster Glad to see you’re still around. Last time I said anything to you was during a Wootoff. Impressed with your knowledge and ability to communicate. Happy to see you’re still at it. I’m switching to the annual plan. Your team is crazy but fun. No macdaddy ban for you…yet! Slainte.
@snapster You need coffee. Hit me with a whisper. Thumperchick didn’t die when I sent her some. Twice. I also roast a lot more than I can drink. And I like to share. Just got in a big bag of Rwandan beans. And it’s wonderful roasting weather.
You are welcome to join the Secret-Not-So-Secret coffee club
It is exclusively Meh members 
We currently have over a dozen. We also have a Secret-Not-So-Secret baking club, but you’re not allowed to know about that until you get your coffee 
Thanks for a place to enjoy all the random.
Josh
@capnjb @snapster i just got my 50 lbs green beans of various races. Prepared for Armageddon tariffs. In a pinch love SanFranBay. If meh did green beans …now theres a thought. I only stayed for the wine but Viognier is few and far between so I cant justify $72/yr enjoy your cawfee clatch fellow roaster.
@snapster while i know you can’t promise forever, will the 5.99/mo annual plan be avaliable for more than just this month during the push to switch over?
I went the other way, swapping to annual billing. Maybe a good move, maybe not, but I’ll give that a shot and see whether it works out to my advantage.
sadly I’m out too but it kinda woke me up to all my subscriptions. need to save so ty I guess?
Thanks for the mehmemories. Cancelled today. Have the Day 1 meh shirt and many fukoboros but a 50% increase at once? Hard pass.
I barely missed meh’s Kickstarter after mourning the death/acquisition of woot.com and honestly it’s the community that helped me mash that ‘Switch’ button to preserve my financial expenditure via annual plan. Staying on just to be that special lurker and occasional commenter every 2/7 days or so, lol.
If I see $8.99 on my next bill, then I am cancelling. I am building my own AI image generator, so I don’t need to pAIy to plAIy.
I don’t blame meh for raising prices, but I can’t ju$tify the money.
/showme mediocrebot raising prices on monthly membership because economicsbot is calculating that it must be done.
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@mediocrebot Holy crap! Economicsbot is out of control!
@mediocrebot I almost gag-laughed on “microeconomics for robots” book. Thankfully, coffee didn’t spew.
Yeah so long and thanks for all the powdery almonds!