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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 5:42 am
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thadocta
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Originally Posted by drewbles
Correct. Silver, Gold or Platinum actually. QF PS is comp'ed to DJ Silver, SG/WP to DJ Gold. DJ only have two levels at present.

QP is equivalent to DJ's "The Lounge" which is a for-purchase offering only, so no comping there.
No problems with that, I don't mind paying for it, I just want the joining fee waived, otherwise I am going to go with the program that does not have a joining fee (which for me is QP, otherwise I would be over to DJ in a flash).

Basicallym what is involved in setting up membership? As far as QF goes, it involves baggage tags, and not much else, there is not much difference between a new member and a renewing member, apart from a few extra key-strokes somewhere, so costing bugger all.

Likewise for a Velocity Member who wishes to join The Lounge, bugger all additional cost as opposed to a The Lounge member renewing.

It seems to me - and I might be totally out of line here, please correct me if I am - that it would cost DJ NOTHING (in actual cost) but would garner them a great deal of good will, if they were to reciprocate on this, namely, QF (PAID) = DJ Lounge (PAID FOR, but no joining fee).

Your thoughts?

Dave

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