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    Bassmaster lifetime membership. anyone do this?

    So they called me today. I had just re upped for 5 years few months ago. Im good till nov 2019. He wanted to know if i wanted lifetime. I am 35 years old. Normal cost $500. Because of my subscription having so much time left my cost is $340. $300 in tackle. A abu reel. Forget which one but he said its going for $137 on BPS. Plus I already get Basstimes and they are giving me 2 more years of that. And the lifetime membership can go to my son when i die. what you guys think?
    The tackle i got when i reupped for 5 years was actually all good shit. I was surprised when i got it.

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    I would verify this directly with BassMasters, the deal sounds too good. Call member customer services at (877)227-7872.
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    Just looked on BASS under the subscriptions tab. The reel is Revo Garcia s. It's $129.00 at Basspro and there is a rebate on the reel.
    Sounds like a deal to me. 5 year is $125, lifetime is $500.
    Dont know how they came up with $340. Then again I aint no numbers guy. $500-$125=$375.

    I'd call CS like BB53 recommends. Never know, maybe you can swindle them down lower.
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    Did it a long time ago when Ray still owned the Company...got a cool belt buckle...

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobShaw1 View Post
    Did it a long time ago when Ray still owned the Company...got a cool belt buckle...
    I got a Hat and a cool buckle
    Still have em lol


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    Back in 1988....used $100 coupon on the $300 Lifetime subscription ($200). Received a hat, ring, journal, belt buckle, license plate, etc. ALSO, received Lifetime subscription to B.A.S.S. Times...Free. The hat is the only item I no longer possess. Surely, the best deal they ever had for the Lifetime membership.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobShaw1 View Post
    Did it a long time ago when Ray still owned the Company...got a cool belt buckle...
    I never got my ring.

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    I didn't think they were still doing this

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    If you can swing it I would do it. A friend of mine did the lifetime at 25 years old. He is smelling like a rose now. Especially with the freebies... No brainer..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cullbynoon View Post
    If you can swing it I would do it. A friend of mine did the lifetime at 25 years old. He is smelling like a rose now. Especially with the freebies... No brainer..
    My parents bought me a lifetime membership when I was 13 for Christmas.

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    been a lifer a long time and it has a few perks, like at the classic...but like someone else mentioned i didn't think they offered it anymore, and not to highjack this thread do any of you "lifers" still get Bass Times or is it done, thats how much i have missed it
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    Yes, We still get Bass Times. I enjoy the Times more than the magazine. Freebies...life members dont get any freebies...we do however get credentials for the Classic.
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    Last edited by Bass Commander; 03-27-2013 at 10:09 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobShaw1 View Post
    Yes, We still get Bass Times. I enjoy the Times more than the magazine. Freebies...life members dont get any freebies...we do however get credentials for the Classic.
    Rob "Bass Times" is the deal, but i have not gotten an issue in over a year, guess its time to make a call, and no freebies unless you count those books they sent out a couple of years ago, that nobody ordered, then they wanted payment because they were so sure you wouldn't want to miss this "fine opportunity"
    Putting a clown in the castle doesn't make him a king, it turns the castle into a circus

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    m.t. if youre a life member and not getting the Times...something is wrong!!!

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    Got my life membership twenty or so years ago. I'm thinking it was good deal over the long run. What's even better than that nifty belt buckle, BASS ring and similar swag, is that they pull life members off the telemarketer rolls.
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    Life member here and do get bass times. I would check on life membership being transferable to your son, have never heard that before.

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    Quote Originally Posted by huntingnick View Post
    Life member here and do get bass times. I would check on life membership being transferable to your son, have never heard that before.
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    Paid 100 bucks back in 73, wasn't a bad deal. Still get bass Times.

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    Ive been a lifetime member since sometime in the 70s. My dad bought it for me as a birthday gift. One of the best gifts I ever recieved. Id do it again if I had to.

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    You have to be on a club roster in order to get BASSTimes I think. Those lifers or annual members not getting BASSTimes this is likely why. If you are part of a club and not getting your BASSTimes check with your president or Treasurer, they should be the ones fixin' you up. I'm the treasurer for my club of about 30 members and am pretty busy in the spring making sure the roster is up to date once their club dues are paid. Quite a bit of work actually but really enjoy our club and members so it is all worth while.

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