UKC

If you join the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) in January and February 2008 and pay by Direct Debit you will get 50% off the annual membership fee.

That's £14.75 for an individual member rather than the usual £28.50.

And you can do it right now by going to this page: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/join

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC: 50% off?

16 + 16 = 28.5?

In reply to Glyn Jones:
Its actually £14.75 instead of £29.50, maybe Mick is still pissed from NYE.

In reply to deepsoup:

You sure it's not the BMC that're pissed? Their site agrees with him...

In reply to thomasadixon:
download the application pdf and put a tick in the £14.75 box. sorted.

In reply to deepsoup:

I've no idea what you and that other chap are on about. It quite clearly states above and in the news item £14.75.

Maybe you are still pissed from NYE.

In reply to Glyno:

application pdf
http://www.thebmc.co.uk/bmcNews/media/u_content/File/membership_services/le...

In reply to Glyn Jones:
The £16 isn't the half price deal - it's the discounted rate for students/unemployed.

In reply to people:

The 50% off applies to the new 2008 rates, which replace the 2007 rates online at the end of this week. So there's a small discrepency until then...

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:
The 2007 rate was £28.50 - the 2008 individual membership rate is £29.50. The £14.75 is half of the 2008 rate. I think that nice mr messenger is trying to update the BMC website at the moment.

In reply to Alex Messenger, BMC:
Beat me to the punch mr messenger!

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

UKC editor in "airbrushing history" scandal, shock horror!

You got it wrong the second time too - £29.50 not £28.50. Gonna go back and edit it again? :oP~

In reply to deepsoup:

I noticed that, sharp as a butchers knife that Ryan.

In reply to sutty:

Link: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/directdebit

In reply to deepsoup:

Aye, makes me look like a numpty now (well even more so)

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC: good deal!!
AND i will not bother to have a go anyone regarding the maths.
just told my 2 nephews to join.

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

Unless Im not understanding this correctly and also not wanting to sound like the man off the Nationwide advert, but as a existing BMC member should I ( can I ? ) cancel my membership for this year and re take it out again thus saving me and the wife approx £25.00
The national trust do this to and it really bugs me..

Hope im not the only one thinking this, And yes having two kids I am now skint after xmas ho ho ho

In reply to mungo:
I'm sure the BMC would be delighted to do you a new membership. But I am not sure that will save you anything at all unless you're expecting a refund from them for your decision to cancel!

Not sure myself that there is the facility to cancel and claim a refund although you can get a partial refund for multiple memberships

In reply to mungo:
I'm not sure if checks to prevent this have been been built into the system - suppose they could check to see if the bank account number has been used before

But it would be a sad reflection on the stinginess of climbers if the BMC has to waste time and money like this. Isn't it obvious that this is a fairly standard incentive to increase membership ? And isn't it obvious that having a bigger membership benefits the existing members (it can do more, have more clout and keep membership fees down for all)

In reply to Chris the Tall:

All good points mate ! And I get your drift.

Personally I wouldnt actually do it,I was just wondering out loud if people did this kind of thing...
Like the people that swap electicity supliers every 3 months!