WHY!!!!! The field test oppurtunities should have gone to ALL members, as promised. Not a new deal where if you pay more money we will give you the bigger and better toys. That means the bigger and better toys where taken away from YOU and given to someone else for a dollar. Thats something we should all be complaining about......but no one is.

Posted By bpetersen on 29 May 2010 10:21 AM
I agree that lifers should have more field testing opprotunities.  It would be great for life members to have upgraded field tester benefits such as that of trophy members. 

Brian

Posted By ice cube bob on 29 May 2010 02:10 PM

WHY!!!!! The field test oppurtunities should have gone to ALL members, as promised. Not a new deal where if you pay more money we will give you the bigger and better toys. That means the bigger and better toys where taken away from YOU and given to someone else for a dollar. Thats something we should all be complaining about......but no one is.

Posted By bpetersen on 29 May 2010 10:21 AM
I agree that lifers should have more field testing opprotunities.  It would be great for life members to have upgraded field tester benefits such as that of trophy members. 

Brian

Posted By Dennis1022 on 29 May 2010 08:26 AM
I have 1 question and 1 idea !
Question 1> How many Life Members are there?

Idea 1> I'm not sure if or how the field testing works! But my own opinion is to have only Life Members to be Field Testers. After all life members have and wanted to be with this club. Also we as life Members are here to stay and not like the yearly members that gets the gifts and then leave! So what do you think as life Members having to be the only one to testing products. Also if you as a L-M, already tested a product you should wait to get another test product until all L-M have had a testing!
Dennis

Posted By hhardy on 30 May 2010 07:17 PM
Maybe if you dropped BASS Boat Us and AMA (what ever that is) you could afford to be a life member. And for your information I did pay almost $500. At first I did it in payments until I SAVED enough to pay it off.






B.A.S.S.- Bass Angler's Sportsmen's  Society. The sanctioning body of many tournements.

BoatU.S.- Boat Owner's Association of the United States. THE organization of boater's rights. The A.M.A. or N.R.A. of boating. If you own a boat and are not a member, you do not take boating seriously. An upgrade of your membership entitles you to free unlimited towing on any inland water. I've taken advantage of this twice, just keyed my VHF radio tuned to channel 16, called for assistance, and a tow boat was there within 15 minutes.

A.M.A.- American Motorcyclist Association. THE organization of motorcyclist's rights. I'm a life member; 25 years of membership.

N.R.A.- National Rifle Association. THE organization of firearms owner's rights. I'm a life member; 20 years of membership.

As an employee, you obviously have no comprehention of the financial responsibilities of business ownership, you get your paycheck every pay period no matter how the company you work for is doing. My income depends on the amount of orders placed with my company. For the last two years the economy has been  in the toilet for small business owners. I've been surviving on 1/3 of what I need to take in to pay basic household bills, pay my vendors, overhead, etc., and live reasonably comfortably (dropped satellite/cable t.v. this year, can no longer afford that luxury). When the economy finally improves once again, I plan on upgrading my N.A.F.C. membership to life membership.

Also remember, nobody forced you to go with the trophy level membership, if Steve Pennaz is going on fishing trips on your dime, it is because you offered it, not because it was extorted from you.

I see by your number of posts that you are a newby here at N.A.F.C. Welcome to the club.

Posted By dstevens on 30 May 2010 08:02 PM
to hhardy, i am a member of bass and i started out as a regular member and then went to life membership, it does not matter what you pay to what organization, does it matter if you get to test a product or the friendship of fellow fishermen. to bass or bass maybe i will see you out on one of the local lakes, i am just south of phoenix in casa grande

Posted By Dennis1022 on 31 May 2010 01:14 PM
I like to apologise to everyone and just forget that I even wrote this thread!
Thank You
Dennis

bass or bass, no problem about it, I just figured that your business is in problems and you just lashed out at the first derogatory remark! I have been L/M since 09 after almost year paying month by month dues! I'm also on disability due to a reckless or careless operation on the spine. So I do know what it means to be low funds! As for yearly members, I was a member that way several years! But I just figure it would stop this bickering on the forum, that is why I wrote it not for myself!
Dennis