VMP Primer {OUTDATED 3/2/15}

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There seems to be a lot of confusion about VMP. Let's clear that up.
From the VMP POST on Mediocre:
You are all mediocre. Take pride in that. Still, there are some out there who are just a little more mediocre than others. For you, there’s the Very Mediocre Person membership.
With each Mediocre Labs experiment, we’ll look to add new features and benefits available only to VMP members. At Meh, here’s the plan:
For $5 a month, you get free shipping at Meh on every deal all month.
Since our normal shipping is $5, there’s a good trick here: Sign up for VMP when you buy something. The option's on the checkout page. You’ll start your $5 membership, and get free shipping on that order. If you’re good at math, you’ll see that joining is essentially free, and you’ll get free shipping on anything you buy for the next 30 days.
We’ll auto-bill you $5 each month, cancel any time, no contracts, no minimum amount of time, yada yada yada. We might send you an email every once in awhile if we have anything good to talk about. Sure, it’s nice making a few bucks off people who sign up and don’t use it, but really the plan is to get you coming back to the site all the time and buying crap constantly because free shipping.
This is all new, and we’re still figuring out what else we might throw into the deal. Maybe you get a VMP badge icon! Maybe you’ll get early access to future experiments! Maybe if we see you in person we’ll make eye contact! Maybe none of those things! We’re open to ideas, especially ones that won’t cost us money like that whole eye contact thing. Got any?

I would like to add that you can cancel VMP at any time and your VMP status, benefits, and badge will stay with you for the full 30 days.

Want VMP to renew on a different card?
Cancel it. When you make your next order where you can renew VMP, use the new card you want it charged to.

Why don't I see my VMP badge?
Badges go in order of scarcity, with your most rare badge displaying in the forums. Your other designations can be seen by hovering over your current badge.

What if I don't want to be VMP? What if I think it's a scam, you thieves!?
Then don't click it and pay $5 shipping for every order from meh.com. Please, don't be mad when the rest of us laugh at you for it.

Where/how do I cancel VMP?
Go to your account (click the head in a circle at the top right of any page in the forums) and scroll to the bottom. Click the link that says "Cancel VMP." If you have done it correctly, your account page will look something like this"

Have any other VMP questions? Post them in the comments and someone will answer you. That someone might even be a staff member.