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Posted by prairieboy2765 on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 11:16 AM

How does one delete a membership? No one including the editor seems to bother answering my emails so I may as well delete myself from here.

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Posted by tstage on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 11:19 AM

Go to the Customer Service contact page:

https://secure.customersvc.com/servlet/Show?WESPAGE=csp-kmb/contact_us.jsp&MSRSMAG=MD

They should be able to help you with that.

Tom

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Posted by maxman on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 1:33 PM

prairieboy2765
How does one delete a membership? No one including the editor seems to bother answering my emails so I may as well delete myself from here.

What, pray tell, are you talking about.  I searched your posting activity and it appears that your most recent, last post to this forum was back in October, 2015.  And if you are sending emails, they aren't coming here.

Are you somehow trying to send personal emails?

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Posted by prairieboy2765 on Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:39 AM

No, no personal emails. I'm "talking" about letters to the editor.... I wrote twice and got no response.

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Posted by prairieboy2765 on Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:41 AM

I'm not talking about subscriptions cancellation, I'm talking about membership cancellation. I wish to delete my account as a member.

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Posted by Steven Otte on Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:08 AM

As it says on our Railway Post Office page, though we read every message we get, we can't answer them all.

And if you're talking about deleting your online membership, all you'll be accomplishing is cutting yourself off from the Forums, our newsletter, our Track Plan Database, our Product Review Database, and all other online bonuses you're entitled to as a subscriber.

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Steven Otte, Model Railroader senior associate editor
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Posted by tstage on Thursday, March 9, 2017 3:31 PM

prairieboy2765

I'm not talking about subscriptions cancellation, I'm talking about membership cancellation. I wish to delete my account as a member.

I wasn't talking about subscriptions either.  If you are wanting to delete your forum account that is done through customer service.  Call or email them and they will take care of it for you.

Tom

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Posted by richg1998 on Thursday, March 9, 2017 4:04 PM

prairieboy2765

I'm not talking about subscriptions cancellation, I'm talking about membership cancellation. I wish to delete my account as a member.

 

Really easy. Sign out and don't sign in anymore.

Rich

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Posted by ATSFGuy on Thursday, March 9, 2017 4:11 PM

prairieboy,

You only have 57 posts, Are you absolutey sure you want to permanently erase your accout? Sad

If I were you, I'd give this some serious thought.

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Posted by BigDaddy on Thursday, March 9, 2017 6:01 PM

The gubermint will still have a file on you with all your posts. 

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Posted by Old Thumper on Thursday, March 9, 2017 7:00 PM

richg1998

 Really easy. Sign out and don't sign in anymore.

Rich

 

 
Rich pretty much nailed it.
But if that is not dramatic enough for you, take your laptop to the nearest railroad track, balance it on one of the rails, then sit back and wait for the next freight train to come along.
That'll show em!
 
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Posted by mbinsewi on Thursday, March 9, 2017 9:38 PM

I agree, if you don't want to be part of something, than don't participate!  No matter how you "delete" yourself,  a search on a particular subject, that you participated in, in any forum that you are in, or have been in, from fixing diesel engines to baking a cake, will show up, for who knows how long!

You don't even have to say "good bye!"

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Posted by richg1998 on Thursday, March 9, 2017 11:18 PM

prairieboy2

You want to be really free? Go to each message and delete everything. Then enter "not needed". You need to enter a little text.

Someone recently asked that question in the Bachmann forums but it might be gone now. Bachmann forums are tough.

Never sign in again. Delete the Bookmark.

Rich

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Posted by hon30critter on Friday, March 10, 2017 1:23 AM

prairieboy2765:

Why do you want out of the forums? Are you giving up the hobby? Have we done something to offend you?

Personally, I have always had timely responses from MR whenever I have sent them a note.

Dave

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Posted by doctorwayne on Friday, March 10, 2017 2:45 PM

richg1998
Someone recently asked that question in the Bachmann forums but it might be gone now. Bachmann forums are tough.

I got on the Bachmann Forum about the same time that I joined here, and was active for perhaps a year or so, before drifting away, although I did check in periodically.  A couple of years ago, I started posting there again, but there are a couple of members there that exhibit....shall we say "erratic" behaviour.  Asking questions and seemingly grateful for the responses, then apparently knocked all out of joint by a casual remark unrelated to anything having to do with them.  I wish I could recall an example, but it was so bizarre that I thought it at first to be part of some "joke" to which I was not party, or perhaps I was merely the butt of it.
I don't mind critcism - artfully administered, it's a great learning tool and even clumsily proffered, it offers positives if one only looks for them.
However, this person was like a dog with a bone - I won't suppose what was behind it, but it was very irrational, and I began avoiding replying to anything in which that person was participating.  
Strangely, then I would get PMs seeking advice on how to do some modelling task or asking my opinion on things, from the very same person.  If I replied to someone else's query, this person often jumped in with a confrontational remark.
Anyway, I simply contacted the site Adminstrator and asked to have my membership cancelled and all of my posts deleted.  This is more effective than asking to have the other person removed...as we saw here in the past, the  semi-professional troublemakers simply come back with a different name and service provider, and are quite willing to do so over and over.

Even though some well-liked people have moved on, this site is much improved, Member-wise, from what it used to be.

Wayne

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Posted by JEREMY CENTANNI on Friday, March 10, 2017 4:56 PM

Is there an ignore feature here?  That makes it real easy.

 

This place seems to be missing a ton of functionality from other forums.....

 

Also anything set up for mobil in general is a poor imitation, but such is life nowadays.

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