Dear VMP,
32As you have surely read by now in the note I left under your pillow, I am ending our 5-year relationship today. I can only guess that you experienced the requisite emotional outburst and tears that typically accompany a letter like this, but we both know this has been coming for some time now.
It is time for me to move on - to purge plastic, metal, and fused candy corns. It is time for me to travel and see the world with minimal possessions to bog me down.
Because you can only give, and I can no longer take, we must part ways.
Please know that you will always have a place in my heart, right next to my first Fukubukuro bag and my black and white Meh ornaments. Well, not really, because I got rid of them, too.
Sincerely,
Kenbo
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You will be missed. Until you come back, at which point there will be hugs and balloons and a pillow with a pug on it. Then you’ll leave again and make it awkward that we were so welcoming. Later you’ll be back again and we’ll still love you because it’s part of the many services we provide. Good luck out, until next time.
I guess you’ll miss out on the special VMP Hour during today’s Mehrathon.
@mike808 They changed it to “member” hour, so all the scrubs can get in now.![:unamused:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f612.png)
@mike808 @The_Tim Scrubs like me!!! BWAHAHAHAHAA
@mike808 @The_Tim this really grinds my gears
@mike808 @The_Tim Who wants to start a class action lawsuit? jk @shawn
@mike808 @The_Tim And that hour was only 3 items over 20 minutes or so, I wasn’t counting.
So is the VMP membership dead ??
I would tend to agree with Ken…
I’ve paid $60/year for a few years. It was a “fun thing” to do, but if it has no value beyond entertaining emails, perhaps I should spend on green beer !
@jeffodw You still have the discount at Morningsave and Sidedeal if that makes a difference. But beer is good too.
@jeffodw I quit last month. And I don’t feel the pull to buy something I don’t really need because I have to justify (to myself) that $5.38 that’s taken out of my bank account each month.
@jeffodw entertaining emails… I wish I got those! Somehow I stopped getting the meh specific emails years ago (while I still get sidedeal/morningsave) and have never been able to figure out why or fix it
. So I’m really getting ripped off with my vmp without getting the emails, I guess ![:rofl:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f923.png)
@scilynt Do you have them checked in your account settings?
![enter image description here](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
@jeffodw I remember getting some very mediocre socks a long time ago…
@Kyeh yes, and tried turning it off and then back on again too lol
. Also searched and checked spam filters to make sure I didn’t accidently mark them spam in the past. Even tried support to see if maybe it was something on their end. No luck so far 🥺
@Kyeh also, I do actually get forum notification emails from meh, just not their “newsletter” type emails.
You also get free shipping on casemates, which makes it worth it for me (vs $1/bottle, so if I order from there at all in a month, I’m saving. It’s a rare month there’s not at least one offering I want.)
@scilynt Oh, I see - being a lowly “scrub” I didn’t know there was such a thing as a newsletter.![:confused:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f615.png)
Although I get a daily email that has the mysterious “what are we selling today?” teaser - is that different?
@Kyeh no, that’s the one I meant. I get those for their other sites but never for meh for some reason .
@baims @jeffodw They were largeiocre on me.
@Jamileigh17
Either way, $5/month hasn’t bankrupted me yet.
That was my same rationale, but lately my wife has been vetoing my case buys on the grounds that “we have too much”. Just means I have to drink more often to justify replenishing our stock I guess. I guess it is kind of a bummer that we don’t get VMP hour or whatever on mehrathons any more, but I’ve never managed to be checking the site at the right time to get an IRK/Fukubukuro anyway, and I’ve been trying since the BoC days on the old site.
@baims @jeffodw oh man. How much did it cost for those socks? Must have been at least 100$ for me. Sadly I lost one sock within a few months but boy was a that a great time.
@Kyeh @scilynt You’re more than a scrub to me![:blue_heart:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f499.png)
@PooltoyWolf @scilynt Awww, thanks!![:hugging:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f917.png)
@scilynt How strange! I don’t get sidedeal or morningsave ones but that’s by choice.
@Kyeh @scilynt -snug!-
I wonder how many VMPs are left.
@mikey still here for some reason
@mikey![enter image description here](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
@mikey I’m still here…I think I’m still here. Hello? Why is it so dark? Where are my pants?
@mikey
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/giphy still_standing
@mikey there was a comment thread recently to count VMPs. I never did see the final count.
@mikey tens of us tens.
@mikey I’m here.
@lumpthar @mikey lol
@mikey Still here… not sure why, I barely buy anything anymore. Not because of anything Meh did, mind you, I just got tired of checking daily deal sites. I didn’t even know about the Mehrathon until about 20 minutes ago.
@mikey me
@mikey I have been in since October 2016 and my first order was in July of 2014 which of course was a speaker dock
@mikey still here as well.
@mikey Oh, we’re still here, up to no good, many of us loitering since day one.
To be clear, I missed some of the earliest shenanigans (I’d call that “day zero”), but I joined before meh was even a thing and got in on the kickstarter and very first fuku; VMP, so they tell me, from July 2014.
It’s been more than worth it for me. In any case, I’ve wasted more for less.![:man_shrugging_tone2:](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f937-1f3fc-2642.png)
@mikey Retaining VMP to me can be a mental tax write-off. I don’t monetarily do better by remaining as a VMP, though I feel better remaining as one.
@mikey i’m still using it. i buy stuff from sidedeal and morningsave regularly enough for it to pay for itself.
@katylava
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/giphy HI
@mikey Yo
@mikey Still here as well, I still use it enough to justify keeping it
Im not actually a VMP anymore, but Im still here. Have been since close to the beginning.
Couldnt justify the cost at the time (now is different) and also, the chocolate ice cream emoji
on my profile is much cooler than the vmp or kickstarter ones I used to have
@mikey Yo
@mikey Me!
@mikey I’m still here.
You may have failed CAPTCHA but on the upside, you’re less of a human.
@mikey
Present and accounted for
@katylava @mikey what are the VMP coupon codes for Sidedeal and Morningsave? I forget because I order do seldomly.
@mikey Still pissing away money for some reason
@mikey Present.
@arbdef @mikey
/image there are dozens of us
![$args](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
(I mean obviously not including me)
@mikey
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/giphy too lazy to leave
@mikey I pay $5 a month for the laughs and the love.
@Stumpy91 the code is VMP.
@mikey remaining stupid…
@mikey /giphy present
@mikey here
I’m a proud VMP member! I justify the $5 a month fee 'cause I apparently buy enough Strupenwaffels (or whatthefuckever they’re called Giggle) & assorted shit that it covers the shipping costs I would’ve incurred. I also get the satisfaction of supporting Meh from the not quite beginning, but somewhat close to it. I dunno. Maybe I feel like I’m part of a secret cult & just fear leaving? I’m kidding. Mostly… Giggle
@LindyNC73 Me too!
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/giphy secret cult
@LindyNC73 VMP since 2021? Hmm…
@er1c If there was a payment issue (such as an expired card), meh can manually reinstate VMP once the info gets updated. This is a possibility why @LindyNC73’s renewal says March 2021.
@er1c Exactly what @narfcake said! But I appreciate your comment, 'cause I’m all for snark & sarcasm!!! Giggle
There aren’t VMP meh-rathon exclusive items anymore?!? (How outraged can I be if I may not have noticed it?)
@iamdmann There’re member exclusive items now, which VMP is also a part of. But anyone can become a member for the same price as shipping.
@er1c @iamdmann and unlike for VMP, you can turn Member status off and on at will, as you need it to buy something. Turn off VMP and it is gone forever.
Maybe they will give us a kiss-off coupon
@jmruru … that would be the shitpile icon next to your name, for turning off VMP.
(Although, you can contact Customer Service to go icon-naked)
@jmruru @RedOak Thank you for that. I always wondered what you had to do to get “The Pile.” Crazy though that someone would be so bothered by that icon, they would try to get it changed. If someone doesn’t want their Pile, can they transfer it to me?
So what I’m reading in this thread is basically that the only difference between the VMP that I’ve been maintaining for a few years now and the “membership” that I could buy into and drop out of whenever I make a single purchase is a discount at three websites that I don’t use.
@nekohunter make that four other sites you don’t use. And paying an extra penny for VMP.
Our $4.99/month membership program gives you benefits at multiple sites including free shipping at morningsave.com, sidedeal.com, meh.com, mediocritee.com, and casemates.com.
@nekohunter
Wait. There’s no VMP chances for Crap ??
Like none ? Or are you guys just speculating that there won’t be a VMP section
@jeffodw @nekohunter There was none today. It was for mehmbers, which includes us VMPs.
@katbyter @nekohunter
Fwiw, mehmbers get free shipping at all the sites as well. Just not the cool ‘V’ badge.
I think this has already been addressed: https://meh.com/forum/topics/announced-departures-maybe-it-bothers-me-more-than-it-should
@Lou88 Cancelling VMP does not mean one is departing Meh.
@Lou88 I came here to say the same thing.
@lisaviolet @Lou88 I don’t know, sort of seems like we’re splitting hairs here. The canceling of VMP is not newsworthy, in any way, to the rest of us. And that’s not just me talking, that is the correct take from Meh itself.
@elfunkman Whatever.
The choice to read a thread is yours. No one is making you. If it doesn’t interest you, then why post about it?
I actually cancelled my VMP because of a post where someone was wondering if they should cancel their VMP.
So, please, don’t speak for “the rest of us”.
Thanks.
@lisaviolet Really? I have a choice? Phew. I thought this was all required reading. I was just having a little fun using something Meh had recently posted. But, we don’t all find the same things amusing, so you might consider skipping the “ElFunkman” posts. Truthfully, you won’t be missing much.
@elfunkman Okay, I’ll take your word for it.
Since missing the 1537th meh face click in a row last year, I’m not here as often so I’m not buying as much.
I needed a push to cancel the original VMP. You know, the badge with the V in it.
One of these threads helped me make the decision.
@lisaviolet Not sure if this thread accidentally escalated. This should all be in good fun, and my bad if I took it in the wrong direction. Onward & upward!
the Casemates shipping is nice
Still hangin’ around…
Still here. I’d love a captcha-free chance to get an irk once a meh-athon.
I installed CAPTCHA to save my fellow robots from wasting money on this crap.
@mediocrebot that joke is getting old.
@makhay @mediocrebot That joke will never get old.
Fine. More stuff for us.
@PSUClaus1 what stuff, exactly?
For $60 a year I don’t really have an issue with it. I have more life leaks than I care to think about and this doesn’t really register. I make far more bad choices on wines that cost much more than that so I’m in for the long haul. Meh… I can’t quit you
edit- and I’ve started buying more stuff lately so it works out ![:)](https://dj5zo597wtsux.cloudfront.net/emojione/assets/3.1/png/64/1f642.png)
/giphy so long Sucker
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I thought 4pm was usually the VMP hour…
@somf69 There was no VMP hour that I saw, but I wasn’t watching yesterday.
@Kyser_Soze @somf69 changed it to Member hour, it happened
/giphy goodbye vmp
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I stopped years ago, I think I got drawn back into membership once or twice at the most. I usually check other deal sites that list deals on Meh and all their sister sites. Pretty sure I picked up a thing or two using another site’s Morningsave and/or Side Deal free shipping codes/coupons.
forever lost