BekaVal opened this issue on Sep 18, 2003 ยท 20 posts
rreynolds posted Thu, 18 September 2003 at 1:31 PM
The time-limited Platinum Club Romeo & Juliet costumes add an interesting wrinkle to the PC membership. It's an added incentive to remain a member if a lot of products don't stay in the club. Otherwise, there's not a lot of reasons to remain a PC member. There's a lot of reasons to join because there's a ton of great content at inexpensive prices, but once somebody's bought all they want, the club's new content is comparatively tiny to what's already there. For an individual not accustomed to buying new models every month, paying $8 a month starts becoming a questionable expense. Everybody's mileage (spending habits and personal budgets) differs on this matter, so there's a wide range of opinions about the value of that monthly fee. The way the club's been, a person could quit and rejoin a year later and not have missed out on anything in the club. With some items expiring, there's another reason to remain a member. It's not simply a matter of quitting and rejoining PC in four months to break even because items, that were introduced at $1.99, will be considerably more expensive in the future. That needs to be factored into any decisions on leaving the club. It puts some pressure on staying a member or becoming one.