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I was just looking on there and about to fill in my details to join up (I figured I should do it as my PII is coming up for renewal and would like a good deal wink). I just have a question - why does it take £23.99, then £0.01 after 11 months? 



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That's the main thing that's putting me off signing up - the bizarreness of that payment scheme.

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Hi Sammy and Peasie,

As mentioned we use PayPal to process membership subscriptions. The recurring PayPal subscription function requires that the payment be spit into two amounts, £23.99 and £0.01p to be taken 11 months apart for new subscriptions (i.e. new members).

This is due to PayPal's requirements for a 'Trial Period' and a 'Regular Payment' for new recurring subscriptions. Following the first year PayPal is able to bill one payment of £24 per annum going forward.

I appreciate it's a bit convoluted and we're looking into simplifying the process.

If you have any questions please do feel free to phone the BKN office.

Kind regards,

Steve

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Hi Steven,

We use PayPal Adaptive Payments for our Australian office, you can set an imediate payment then a recurring payment, and how often the payment is taken (weekly, monthly or annually).

So your imediate payment could be £24, then set the recurring payment at £24 and schedule at annual.

Then just increase the payment amount by your membership fee increases each year.

I think the recurring payments is only for monthly which is why it will only let you set the payments 11 months appart instead of 12.

Or change it and take £2 per month but probably wont be worth your while doing that.



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Hi James

Many thanks for the suggestion. I'll get the team to look into this to see if we can change how it works.

Much appreciated. 

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Steve

Steven Hillman 
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Thanks for the explanation. I shall be joining up over the weekend - can I put this on my tax return (every little helps and all that)?

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Don't see why not Sammy, as long as your contributions occur wholly, exclusively and necessarily in the course of trade.
Tim :o)

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The 1p is still in place. Did it not work?

Good to be a member though :)

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