Membership Expiration

[Gapeach3DFan]

I'm confused. I thought Corrine said the Wired memberships were gonna be extended through the end of the year. I received an email stating that my membership will expire on October 1st. Did they decide not to extend it? :confused:

[cebrina33]

I just saw that email too! I was pretty bummed when I read it. I'm praying that they are still going to be extended! :D

[The Unknown Gomer]

Just saw my email too. I'm sure it's probably just an auto mailer programmed to email us based on our sign up date to make sure we renew in time. It was probably set up long before they changed from MT to Band Farm.

I'm not going to worry about it until Corrine says it's time to worry about it. ;)

[Tracey]

Corrine will never say worry about it she always says No Worries. :p We should be getting wired this week! yayayay just in time for the october show!

[Marmoo68]

I just found my expiration e-mail too!! I hope it is like Karen said, just an automated thing, but that we will really have the extension until January. I guess Corrine will see this and she will find out what is going on for us. She is always there for us!! At least it is one month before the expiration, so we should find out for sure what is going on by then. :D

[Gapeach3DFan]

Right. I figured that it was an automated thing, too. But, I was asking to be sure we were to just ignore it. :)

[Light Hearted]

I haven't been on the wired website in months and don't plan on renewing it so I could really care less when it expires.

[Tracey]

I haven't been on the wired website in months and don't plan on renewing it so I could really care less when it expires.

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Corrine]

I've already sent an email to the powers that be. I'm sure it's just as Karen said. I'll let you know what they tell me. :)

[Gapeach3DFan]

Okay. Thanks, Corrine. I started to just pm you about it. But, I figured I wasn't the only one that received it and others would be asking you too. So, I decided to just post a thread so everybody could post here rather than overloading your inbox. :)

[Corrine]

I was directed to direct you all here: http://www.thirdday.com/wired/web/guest/renew/

The message on that page says:

"If you have received a message discussing your membership ending on 10.01.08, please discard it. Your membership has been extended until 12.31.08. We will send out more information on this in the near future."

[Marmoo68]

Thanks Corrine!! You Rock!!!! Hope I meet you someday!!! :D

[rossid]

I haven't been on the wired website in months and don't plan on renewing it so I could really care less when it expires.So never signing up I really haven't missed out on anything in your opinion.

[SirMax]

I was directed to direct you all here: http://www.thirdday.com/wired/web/guest/renew/

The message on that page says:

"If you have received a message discussing your membership ending on 10.01.08, please discard it. Your membership has been extended until 12.31.08. We will send out more information on this in the near future."

I assume this is still the case. I received another email today telling me that my membership expires 9/30/08.

[3D NC fan]

I assume this is still the case. I received another email today telling me that my membership expires 9/30/08.

Me too! I guess they must have it on auto send. :)

[Marmoo68]

I assume this is still the case. I received another email today telling me that my membership expires 9/30/08.

Me too! I guess they must have it on auto send. :)

I received another e-mail today too. But from what Corrine has posted previously, I think we are still fine. I am sure they are on "auto send" as you said Elaine. :D

[NurseBettyLu]

I got one, too. Am disregarding. Don't intend to renew anyway, as the price has gone up to 50 bucks. Hey, folks, I work for a living. That's waaaay too much.

[The Unknown Gomer]

I got one, too. Am disregarding. Don't intend to renew anyway, as the price has gone up to 50 bucks. Hey, folks, I work for a living. That's waaaay too much.

It would be nice to get some sort of renewal discount/keep it at the same price when it comes time for us folks who put up with the "new club glitches" of Wired 1.0 to renew at the end of the year. I know they extended the membership by a few months, which is definitely appreciated, but a price break on the renewal would be even more so.

[EmmoGomer]

I haven't recieved an email either way. I didn't know that there was going to be an extension even - so I am quite excited............if it happens!!

[BJ]

Got one of those emails awhile back... then just got ANOTHER one today! I'm going to disregard both, unless October 1st I'm unable to get into Wired :( !!! Then I'll make some noise! :eek:

[Light Hearted]

So never signing up I really haven't missed out on anything in your opinion.
Not really D, the concerts online were kinda cool but for me the meet and greet was a huge disappointment.

[TN3Dmom]

Not really D, the concerts online were kinda cool but for me the meet and greet was a huge disappointment.


Have you gone to one under the new wired? I was disappointed in one of the ones from last tour (Spring). It seemed everyone and their uncle were there, and was way less intimate than I expected. They are doing it much better on this tour. You might consider renewing if they come to your area again.

[Light Hearted]

Have you gone to one under the new wired? I was disappointed in one of the ones from last tour (Spring). It seemed everyone and their uncle were there, and was way less intimate than I expected. They are doing it much better on this tour. You might consider renewing if they come to your area again.
That was one of the things that bugged me too was how many people were there. I haven't gone to any shows since the Christmas one but if the price has gone up to $50.00 thats alot of money for a single mom. Especially now that I've got Jordan in piano lessons. I'm still taking guitar lessons too.

[Corrine]

Yes, just disregard the expiration emails.

Not really D, the concerts online were kinda cool but for me the meet and greet was a huge disappointment.
Really? I love going to the M&G's, and if I had never met the guys, I'd love them even more. I love the way they are done. Instead of walking through a line where the guys sit behind a long table and you only have time to give them something to sign and say hello, everyone's in a room, just standing around chatting. True, now with more people you have to wait in line to meet each guy, but most people just say hello and move on. And Mike (the Wired Rep) is good about making people move on when they are taking too long with one of the guys. So everyone gets a good amount of time to talk to each of the Third Day guys. And the M&G's give us a chance to talk to other Gomers.
Have you gone to one under the new wired? I was disappointed in one of the ones from last tour (Spring). It seemed everyone and their uncle were there, and was way less intimate than I expected. They are doing it much better on this tour. You might consider renewing if they come to your area again.
As Wired gains more members, the M&G's will become more crowded. As it is now, they try to keep it to 50-60 people at each show. As more and more people join, I guess they will have to go to two M&G's or have shifts or something. That's what they did with Switchfoot during the MBT. You wait in a long line outside the room, and they let so many in at once. But then, SF sat behind a long table and we filed past them quickly. I sincerely hope we never have to go to that.

[The Unknown Gomer]

...True, now with more people you have to wait in line to meet each guy, but most people just say hello and move on. And Mike (the Wired Rep) is good about making people move on when they are taking too long with one of the guys. So everyone gets a good amount of time to talk to each of the Third Day guys...

I know Mike was making a genuine effort to keep folks moving and not monopolize the time with any one band member, for which I was greatly appreciative, but despite having 5 band members at the Christmas M&Gs and still having enough time to talk to everyone without feeling rushed, I was a little disappointed with the M&G last month, in that even with only four band members, there still wasn't enough time to get with all four before getting the boot after the group shot; courtesy of someone who did manage to do a nice job of monopolizing Mark despite Mike's best efforts, I got kicked out before getting a chance to talk to Mac. :(

I'll have to start with Mac at the spring show I guess. :)

[Corrine]

I know how you feel. We usually wait until everyone has had a chance to talk to them all, since we've talked to them before. At one show, it was the last out of three for us this tour, I was just starting to talk to Mac and someone came up and whisked him away! I was kind of like "What just happened?" And I never did find Tai to tell him goodbye. I guess you just take your chances and try to gauge your time exactly right, but it is hard and it doesn't always work out.

It might have been easier with five guys because with five lines instead of four, it made the lines shorter.

[silverose]

Greg and I have been to several meet & greets because of Wired and we love it. Because we have been before we try to hang back a little bit so that others get a chance to talk more. We still like to say hello to the guys and it is fun now because they usually start the conversation with "how many shows is this now." I love the idea that they have someone to take pictures now and the group picture at the end is great. That was one of my big complaints before, it was difficult to get pictures with the guys.

[The Unknown Gomer]

...It might have been easier with five guys because with five lines instead of four, it made the lines shorter.

True. Although I really did get stuck behind someone who just kept yammering on to Mark for quite a while, so that was a good part of it, I think.

And also, I'm fairly certain that the venue was cutting things somewhat shorter as well, I think I remember seeing signs that said due to ordinances, all concerts had to stop at 11pm, and the concert that night ran quite a bit longer than that I think. So I think by the time the concert actually got over, the venue folks were clearly itching to get out of there.

It's all good. :) I'd been able to have a lengthy conversation with Mac after the Fayetteville Christmas show anyway, so it wasn't a HUGE deal. Except that this time I actually kinda wanted to ask him about something specific. Oh well. NEXT M&G I just won't start with Mark. ;)

[Light Hearted]

Really? I love going to the M&G's, and if I had never met the guys, I'd love them even more. I love the way they are done. Instead of walking through a line where the guys sit behind a long table and you only have time to give them something to sign and say hello, everyone's in a room, just standing around chatting. True, now with more people you have to wait in line to meet each guy, but most people just say hello and move on. And Mike (the Wired Rep) is good about making people move on when they are taking too long with one of the guys. So everyone gets a good amount of time to talk to each of the Third Day guys. And the M&G's give us a chance to talk to other Gomers.

I've debated for a long time over if I should say anything about this and up until now I've felt it was best to just keep quiet but, it keeps eating away at me so I feel like if I just get it off my chest it might be best. First, a little background so that you truly understand where I'm coming from. As alot of you know my 8 year old son is autistic. I've said before that he was non verbal and the story of how his first words were singing along to my Wired CD. What I haven't really gotten in to much is how absolutely heart wrenching it was to have a child whom is basically a closed book. Jordan couldn't answer a simple question like "How are you"? What would you like to do now? I mean, he was completely in his own little world and it was just devastating. To make matters worse if he got hurt rather than seeking me for comfort he'd push away from me almost as if I was responsible for his ouie. The hard thing about autism is that it effects every kid differently and thus, to try and treat it is like putting together a puzzle. Which is so hard on the parents because you practically live and breath finding a cure for your child. Well, by the age of four I'd pretty much given up on him ever speaking and we had begun to teach him sign language which was difficult because he had problems with his motor skills and well, just didn't understand communicating. About that time my sister turned me on to the Wired CD and I was totally hooked. I started playing it in my car constantly and that's when God performed a miracle. I remember driving home from Lazarus (the center where Jordan received treatment for his autism) one afternoon when I started hearing something that didn't sound like Mac. At first I couldn't place what it was but suddenly it dawned on me my little boy was singing along to the song!!! I tell you I just about flipped with excitement! The thing I had hoped and prayed for so long was finally beginning to happen and I wanted to share this cool thing with the guys who had helped make it happen. Anyway, it was then that I discovered the boards and I thought to myself, cool. I can post a thread and one of the guys will see it and will post a comment but, that never happened. So, then I figured if I wrote the story in the christmas email we sent them a few years back surely, one of them would say something to me again, I was disappointed so, when I heard about the wired thing and how the meet and greets would be small and intimate I thought perfect! I can bring Jordan with me because the crowd will be small so it won't freak him out so much and I can tell them in person about our little miracle. Well, things didn't go that way at all. Jordan was as good as gold for the actual show but, when it came time for the meet and greet he was pretty fried. When I saw that they were offering wired at the show my heart just sank because I could see people siginig up and I just knew the small intimate crowd we had been promised just wasn't going to be. Anyway we got back and were waiting for the guys to come out and Jordan was just beside himself. He kept running around and wanted to go home. Now, had I been paying attention to his needs like a good mom I would have just left but this was the moment I had been waiting for several years now so I just couldn't give up the chance. When it came time for them to open the door Jordan had bolted right up front by where the guys came out. I was mortified because I was sure they'd think I was just trying to butt ahead of everyone else and I think Tai did becasue he walked right past us. Mark stopped and tried to sign an autograph for Jordan not knowing that to him it was really meaningless. We spent the rest of the meet and greet with me chasing Jordan around because when he is so overstimlated like that he runs. Every time I even tried to get close to one of the guys there would be a crowd around them and Jordan would run off so I'd be forced to chase him down. I finally was able to get ahold of Macs attention but, they'd been announcing for awhile by then they were going to shut thtngs down so I felt really rushed. I briefly told him our story thinking he'd be really amazed. Well, all he said to me was "So, does he like Third Day"? I was literally crushed. Here I'd read all these wonderful things about cool experiences others had when they met the band so my expectations were pretty high. I felt so let down and truly felt like I was just nothing and didn't really matter to anyone so, I took my by then crying child and went home. Now, I know this was not the guys fault? But, like Tai said in another thread I was just seaking validation of some sort and left disasappointed. And that is why I'm just not interested in going to another M&G or concert presently. please forgive the long, drawn out paragraph, I'm dodging work trolls today so can't be grammatically correct.

[cebrina33]

I've debated for a long time over if I should say anything about this and up until now I've felt it was best to just keep quiet but, it keeps eating away at me so I feel like if I just get it off my chest it might be best. First, a little background so that you truly understand where I'm coming from. As alot of you know my 8 year old son is autistic. I've said before that he was non verbal and the story of how his first words were singing along to my Wired CD. What I haven't really gotten in to much is how absolutely heart wrenching it was to have a child whom is basically a closed book. Jordan couldn't answer a simple question like "How are you"? What would you like to do now? I mean, he was completely in his own little world and it was just devastating. To make matters worse if he got hurt rather than seeking me for comfort he'd push away from me almost as if I was responsible for his ouie. The hard thing about autism is that it effects every kid differently and thus, to try and treat it is like putting together a puzzle. Which is so hard on the parents because you practically live and breath finding a cure for your child. Well, by the age of four I'd pretty much given up on him ever speaking and we had begun to teach him sign language which was difficult because he had problems with his motor skills and well, just didn't understand communicating. About that time my sister turned me on to the Wired CD and I was totally hooked. I started playing it in my car constantly and that's when God performed a miracle. I remember driving home from Lazarus (the center where Jordan received treatment for his autism) one afternoon when I started hearing something that didn't sound like Mac. At first I couldn't place what it was but suddenly it dawned on me my little boy was singing along to the song!!! I tell you I just about flipped with excitement! The thing I had hoped and prayed for so long was finally beginning to happen and I wanted to share this cool thing with the guys who had helped make it happen. Anyway, it was then that I discovered the boards and I thought to myself, cool. I can post a thread and one of the guys will see it and will post a comment but, that never happened. So, then I figured if I wrote the story in the christmas email we sent them a few years back surely, one of them would say something to me again, I was disappointed so, when I heard about the wired thing and how the meet and greets would be small and intimate I thought perfect! I can bring Jordan with me because the crowd will be small so it won't freak him out so much and I can tell them in person about our little miracle. Well, things didn't go that way at all. Jordan was as good as gold for the actual show but, when it came time for the meet and greet he was pretty fried. When I saw that they were offering wired at the show my heart just sank because I could see people siginig up and I just knew the small intimate crowd we had been promised just wasn't going to be. Anyway we got back and were waiting for the guys to come out and Jordan was just beside himself. He kept running around and wanted to go home. Now, had I been paying attention to his needs like a good mom I would have just left but this was the moment I had been waiting for several years now so I just couldn't give up the chance. When it came time for them to open the door Jordan had bolted right up front by where the guys came out. I was mortified because I was sure they'd think I was just trying to butt ahead of everyone else and I think Tai did becasue he walked right past us. Mark stopped and tried to sign an autograph for Jordan not knowing that to him it was really meaningless. We spent the rest of the meet and greet with me chasing Jordan around because when he is so overstimlated like that he runs. Every time I even tried to get close to one of the guys there would be a crowd around them and Jordan would run off so I'd be forced to chase him down. I finally was able to get ahold of Macs attention but, they'd been announcing for awhile by then they were going to shut thtngs down so I felt really rushed. I briefly told him our story thinking he'd be really amazed. Well, all he said to me was "So, does he like Third Day"? I was literally crushed. Here I'd read all these wonderful things about cool experiences others had when they met the band so my expectations were pretty high. I felt so let down and truly felt like I was just nothing and didn't really matter to anyone so, I took my by then crying child and went home. Now, I know this was not the guys fault? But, like Tai said in another thread I was just seaking validation of some sort and left disasappointed. And that is why I'm just not interested in going to another M&G or concert presently. please forgive the long, drawn out paragraph, I'm dodging work trolls today so can't be grammatically correct.

That is an amazing story about your son! Thank you for sharing that. I'm so sorry your M&G experience wasn't what you expected. I can't speak for the guys, but perhaps in the craziness, Mac didn't fully understand how special this was. We all have expectations and are easily let down. I pray that you don't ever feel like you or your son are "nothing" again. You guys mean so much to the Lord and while humans can let us down, HE never will. :)

[SueQ]

Yes, just disregard the expiration emails.


Really? I love going to the M&G's, and if I had never met the guys, I'd love them even more. I love the way they are done. Instead of walking through a line where the guys sit behind a long table and you only have time to give them something to sign and say hello, everyone's in a room, just standing around chatting. True, now with more people you have to wait in line to meet each guy, but most people just say hello and move on. And Mike (the Wired Rep) is good about making people move on when they are taking too long with one of the guys. So everyone gets a good amount of time to talk to each of the Third Day guys. And the M&G's give us a chance to talk to other Gomers.

As Wired gains more members, the M&G's will become more crowded. As it is now, they try to keep it to 50-60 people at each show. As more and more people join, I guess they will have to go to two M&G's or have shifts or something. That's what they did with Switchfoot during the MBT. You wait in a long line outside the room, and they let so many in at once. But then, SF sat behind a long table and we filed past them quickly. I sincerely hope we never have to go to that.

At the last M&G in Chicago we stood in line to get our picture taken with them. No real time to chat with them. "Hello, sign, click and NEXT!"

[calalily]

That is an amazing story about your son! Thank you for sharing that. I'm so sorry your M&G experience wasn't what you expected. I can't speak for the guys, but perhaps in the craziness, Mac didn't fully understand how special this was. We all have expectations and are easily let down. I pray that you don't ever feel like you or your son are "nothing" again. You guys mean so much to the Lord and while humans can let us down, HE never will. :)

Well said. LightHearted, that truely was a wonderful testimony & remarkable. Thank God for the children he blesses us with!

Also, , I think perhaps with meeting so many people, sometimes night after night it could get overwhelming & I can see how it can get a bit hectic for the guys.

Just met them myself for the first time. I had a testimony about how through Third Day (& a few other circumstances tied in together) resulted in my no longer running from God & how their music/ministry has helped my nephew through troubling times & caused him to open up to the Lord as well. I opted to write them a Thank You card/note just thinking time would likely be an issue. I thought also it would be best in case I got tongue-tied in all of the excitement! ;) I really just wanted to share with them the impact made through God's use of Third Day for us as a family, without any sort of expectation of response, etc. & was glad to have had that opportunity.

Just know & never doubt that you & your son are precious & God has worked wonders! :)

[Corrine]

Beautiful post Cebrina. :)

The Wired M&G's are very hectic. I don't remember the promise of them being "intimate" in the Wired promotions (not saying it wasn't there, just that I don't remember seeing that). When there are five to ten thousand or more people in the arena, 50 to 60 people is intimate. They do the best they can with the time they are allowed by the venue. These poor guys have 60 people there all wanting to meet them, get their signature, their picture, and talk to them for a few minutes. And this after they've just given all their energy to putting on an awesome show and leading everyone in worship. I'm sure the guys are quite overwhelmed themselves. But they do a wonderful job of just listening to people as they come through the M&G. They can make you feel like there aren't other people staring at you, waiting for you to move so they can have their chance. And that is a gift.

Light Hearted I'm sorry you had a difficult experience at the Meet and Greet. Why don't you write a letter to the guys about your son and send it to me (MamaGomer@Gomers.net) in an email. I will forward it directly to the guys. I know if they had some time to actually sit down with no distractions and read it, it would touch their hearts. :)

[3D NC fan]

I had heard about the M&G experience directly from Tammy (Light Hearted) and it broke my heart. I know everyone has a special story about how Third Day's music has ministered to them, but I'd love to know that the guys heard about Tammy's miracle with Jordan opening up while listening to Wired. Hope she takes up Corrine on the offer to send a letter with the details.

My family waited in the cold outside the venue for me in Greenville after the Christmas Offerings show and my hubby spent time chatting with another person waiting for their spouse after the Raleigh MBT show. They don't love 3D as much as I do, so it didn't make sense to buy a family membership. I'm sure the guys are tired after the show and they do have a lot of people trying to spend a few minutes speaking with them. I've enjoyed WIRED radio and the meet and greets. Looking forward to seeing them again next month in Savannah.

[Mikster]

At the last M&G in Chicago we stood in line to get our picture taken with them. No real time to chat with them. "Hello, sign, click and NEXT!"

I call that a greet and leave.

Yeah, I admit, I was a bit bummed about my M&G experience for the MBT. I could only go to one M&G even though I went to 3 MBT shows. And since I joined Wired last year, the MBT shows were the only 3D shows I was able to attend. Normally I would have been able to make more shows in a year, but for the Spring tour I had car issues and the Christmas tour did not even come near me.

I was bummed to see many many new Wired members who had just signed up that night for Wired. The M&G lost all intimacy at that point. There had to be way more than 50 or 60 people there!

I did not even wear the T-shirt. I have too many T-shirts so I gave it away. I signed on to the website maybe 3x in the last year.

So it was a pretty expensive endeavor just to get a picture with the guys. I mean, it was not the first time that I got a photo with them. I was able to say hi to Mark, say one sentence to Mac, hello to David, and wave to Tai. At least with the Switchfoot autograph line (though I do not prefer that method), I can say more than two words to the guys.

I haven't decided what I will do for next year. But, it's hard to be such a 3D fan and not be a member, yet being a member has not worked out so well for me.

[Light Hearted]

Beautiful post Cebrina. :)

The Wired M&G's are very hectic. I don't remember the promise of them being "intimate" in the Wired promotions (not saying it wasn't there, just that I don't remember seeing that). When there are five to ten thousand or more people in the arena, 50 to 60 people is intimate. They do the best they can with the time they are allowed by the venue. These poor guys have 60 people there all wanting to meet them, get their signature, their picture, and talk to them for a few minutes. And this after they've just given all their energy to putting on an awesome show and leading everyone in worship. I'm sure the guys are quite overwhelmed themselves. But they do a wonderful job of just listening to people as they come through the M&G. They can make you feel like there aren't other people staring at you, waiting for you to move so they can have their chance. And that is a gift.

Light Hearted I'm sorry you had a difficult experience at the Meet and Greet. Why don't you write a letter to the guys about your son and send it to me (MamaGomer@Gomers.net) in an email. I will forward it directly to the guys. I know if they had some time to actually sit down with no distractions and read it, it would touch their hearts. :)
Thanks Corrine, I will do that. I'm sure that the guys do their best to meet as many fans as possible at each show and I know I didn't really give Mac a real good explanation merely because I felt so rushed. Not to mention it's difficult to focus on a conversation when you have a child who can bolt at a moments notice so you have to keep one eye on him constantly.

Cebrina, Calalily and of course, my future concert bud, I have never questioned Jordans value in Gods eyes. He is a very special little boy and I love him dearly but I do sometimes question my own self worth. Just something I have to work on getting over and with God's help I will.

[SueQ]

I do appreciate the fact that they are willing to come out after giving their all. I am blessed to have been at 2 M&G, too. The first one was wonderful...I was able to talk to each guy for some minutes and they did make you feel like no one else is in line. I guess that set the expectation for the MBT M&G, which was not the same at all. Again I realize that now everyone gets into the M&G so there can't be as much time with the guys. Hard to find a happy medium.

[3D NC fan]

I do appreciate the fact that they are willing to come out after giving their all. I am blessed to have been at 2 M&G, too. The first one was wonderful...I was able to talk to each guy for some minutes and they did make you feel like no one else is in line. I guess that set the expectation for the MBT M&G, which was not the same at all. Again I realize that now everyone gets into the M&G so there can't be as much time with the guys. Hard to find a happy medium.

We did have time at the Raleigh MBT M&G to chat with each member. I thought Mike did a good job of trying to make sure no one monopolized the guys for too long. I would have been disappointed if there was no opportunity for any mingling before the WIRED photo shoot. We didn't get new laminates that had been mentioned at earlier shows, but at least we had more than a "greet and leave".