"And it also severely weakens the incentive to renew if you were a member before. Cool! :)" No, it doesn't. Existing members have had their membership extended another month. Steve Kondris said that pre-existing members will also be receiving some other compensation. He didn't specify what, but said to watch for the PC newsletter for details. To state the obvious, once this promotion is over, actual PC members will continue to have the benefit and be able to purchase forthcoming PC-priced items.