Any existing member who has joined before May 1, 2002 with a recurring billing subscription (credit card or on-line checks) may renew at the old rate forever, so long as his or her membership is never canceled or interrupted.

To keep the old price,

• DON'T CANCEL your subscription (those who cancel and then rejoin will pay the higher price on rejoining)
• Before your credit card expires, ADD YOUR NEW CARD INFORMATION to your iBill subscription--to do this call (1-800-764-4266) or e-mail (customerservice@ibill.com) iBill's customer service or do it on-line at www.ibillcs.com)
• Don't ask for a refund from iBill for any iBill site--that gets your credit card blacklisted and you will be denied renewal of your subscription to the Planet as well
• If you subscribe with PayPal or money order, renew your 6-months or longer subscription within five days of the expiration of your existing subscription...then e-mail your PayPal e-mail confirmation, or the confirmation I send you when your money order is received, to Steve (gokings@attbi.com) along with your requested user name and password in order to be manually input to my password control.
• If you forget these instructions, and your subscription gets canceled when you didn't want it to be, your only hope is that iBill will reactivate your subscription (call them at the number above to find out if they will) OR that I will allow you to sign up for a PayPal or money order subscription at the old rate. To induce me to do that, you will need to send me a large box of Godiva chocolates (or similar inducement) and then to get down on your knees and beg like a good little love slave when you e-mail me..

ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER:

(1) Your "OLD SUBSCRIPTION" PASSWORDS will be changed by I-bill at least once a month or more often, without warning and at random times (this is for security reasons);

(2) You must save and use your SUBSCRIPTION NUMBER (not your Pin Code or Transaction number or your girlfriend's phone number) to get YOUR NEW PASSWORD!

(3) To get your new password, go to the Front Page of my site (the one with the blinking "Member Entrance" on it), then:

----(a) Click on the "Member Entrance" button;

----(b) Click on the bar that reads "Click HERE To Enter With Your SUBSCRIPTION #";

----(c) Enter your SUBSCRIPTION NUMBER in the space (or use the "LOOKUP" Button at the bottom of this screen to get your number if you disobeyed (2) above) and hit "Enter";

----(d) Copy down the new password and then use it to re-enter the Members Area.

(4) Copy these instructions and keep them in a safe place or practice doing this New Password procedure until you can do it in your sleep.

(5) From now on, any of you who send me e-mails complaining about "why did you cancel my password" or "why doesn't my password work" or begging me for a new password will be required to write me a 500-word essay on "Why I Should Learn To Obey Victoria" and send me a nice box of chocolates (Godiva preferably) before being allowed back in my good graces.