With the upgrade to vBulletin 5x, the Paid Subscriptions feature seems to have been severely modified by the developers, and it isn't anything I can modify.
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Purchasing a Paid Subscription you already have, that has not yet expired, doesn't extend that subscription by another 12-months; it replaces it.
Example: You have a Sustaining Paid Subscription that has two months left before it expires, and you purchase it again. Prior to vBulletin 5x, that subscription would be updated to reflect a 14-month period before it expires (2 remaining months plus 12 months for the new subscription). Not the case in vBulletin 5x. You loose that remaining two months and simply get a 'new' 12-month subscription.
I'm saying this because this bit me. I thought my Paid Subscription had expired (it was a long day, and it's a long story, so won't bore anyone with it). It hadn't, but I thought it had, so purchased it again. I'm not complaining about the extra purchase. I have no problem helping to support KFN financially. But when I did realize what I had done, I checked the status of my Paid Subscription. It reflected an active period of 12-months from the date of he new purchase.
Just be careful when making a Paid Subscription. I don't want anyone to feel slighted by thinking they were extending an existing, unexpired Paid Subscription by purchasing it again, only to discover that the remaining time they had didn't get added.
Caveat Emptor
BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Purchasing a Paid Subscription you already have, that has not yet expired, doesn't extend that subscription by another 12-months; it replaces it.
Example: You have a Sustaining Paid Subscription that has two months left before it expires, and you purchase it again. Prior to vBulletin 5x, that subscription would be updated to reflect a 14-month period before it expires (2 remaining months plus 12 months for the new subscription). Not the case in vBulletin 5x. You loose that remaining two months and simply get a 'new' 12-month subscription.
I'm saying this because this bit me. I thought my Paid Subscription had expired (it was a long day, and it's a long story, so won't bore anyone with it). It hadn't, but I thought it had, so purchased it again. I'm not complaining about the extra purchase. I have no problem helping to support KFN financially. But when I did realize what I had done, I checked the status of my Paid Subscription. It reflected an active period of 12-months from the date of he new purchase.
Just be careful when making a Paid Subscription. I don't want anyone to feel slighted by thinking they were extending an existing, unexpired Paid Subscription by purchasing it again, only to discover that the remaining time they had didn't get added.
Caveat Emptor
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