No refund to those kicked out of green chip for cause
I have heard rumors of a very strange event on this website. An individual on green chip was removed without warning or explanation for apparently political reasons and his money was originally to be kept by BJ21. After protesting, BJ21 said they would send him a check at sometime in the future. Since the indivual paid by credit card and is on the road and unable to receive a check it appears very unfair to do any of this. If a person paid by credit card and it was charged immediately by BJ21 that is how a refund should be issued not a check at someime in the future. The person should not be accruing interest after all this apparent unfairness, if truly stated.
Seldom do we have to kick anyone out of green chip, but it does happen. Most of the cases have involved people who apparently joined green chip for the purpose of causing mischief. The person would pay $12.25 to join green chip, and then would get kicked out after a few days and receive a refund of just under $12.25.
In an attempt to dissuade people from joining green chip just to cause mischief, we began a policy of no refunds if the person is kicked out for cause. As we explain in our description of green chip: "Membership is a privilege, not a right. If in the judgment of the editor (currently Stanford Wong) the green-chip pages would be better off if you were not a member, your membership will be revoked and the unused portion of your membership dues will not be refunded."
Recently a surge of objectionable posts under several new handles popped up on green chip. When I investigated with the intention of warning those people that I was getting complaints about their posts, I discovered that all those handles used the same password. That's how the person now Alice G is describing got kicked out of green chip.
That person threatened to "get my money's worth and you won't like it" if I did not give a refund. Bowing to what I perceived to be a threat, I said that I would mail a refund of the $9 remaining of the original $12.25 membership fee.
The Alice G post tells me that getting a refund will not deter a person bent on causing mischief. I learned my lesson: No more refunds for people kicked out of green chip for cause.
I welcome suggestions for dealing with mischief makers.
Stanford Wong