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So I was talking to my local league treasurer, who was under the impression that there was some kind of extra fee for late payment of membership. However, I cannot recall any such aspect to the scheme. Hence I have three questions;

1) Is there any such fee for late payment?
2) Would payment for membership in November, for example, retroactively cover game fee for games played in October?

Rob Thompson wrote:So I was talking to my local league treasurer, who was under the impression that there was some kind of extra fee for late payment of membership. However, I cannot recall any such aspect to the scheme. Hence I have three questions;

1) Is there any such fee for late payment?
2) Would payment for membership in November, for example, retroactively cover game fee for games played in October?

I have one question: What happened to question three?

Rob Thompson wrote:1) Is there any such fee for late payment?

There's no 'late' payment fee as such - but you don't get the £1 early payment discount. Is that what your guy meant?

Rob Thompson wrote:2) Would payment for membership in November, for example, retroactively cover game fee for games played in October?

Yes.

Rob Thompson wrote:3) ??????

Alex Holowczak wrote:

Rob Thompson wrote:So I was talking to my local league treasurer, who was under the impression that there was some kind of extra fee for late payment of membership. However, I cannot recall any such aspect to the scheme. Hence I have three questions;

1) Is there any such fee for late payment?
2) Would payment for membership in November, for example, retroactively cover game fee for games played in October?

I have one question: What happened to question three?

I managed to answer question 3 for myself, but forgot to take it out of the original post

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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What early payment discount?

I know there is a discount for joining online but I wasn't aware of any discount for joining early unless you mean the 14 months for the price of 12 offer which is only a discount if you are not already a member.

Ian Jamieson wrote:What early payment discount?

Don't MOs have some scheme where they can collect £ 13 from individuals and just pay £ 12 to the ECF? This applies only if they make payment before 1st November (?). Alternatively they just collect £ 12 from individuals and do the admin for nothing.

I don't know.

My local league has decided not to bother becoming a MO. (For completeness it has decided that no-one can play more than 3 games without being an ECF member.)

Roger is correct.