I don’t know but if sent the same offer I would upgrade!
I hope they send me the same offer.
—upgraded years ago at similar price—see tagline—
I’m a Benefactor member. The upgrades in membership level don’t get you any added benefits, as far as I know, but I’ve never had any regrets about the money I gave them to upgrade.... although I probably wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t had an offer of a significant discount for each level like they’ve made to you.
I upgraded from Life Member to Endowment in 1996. I’m still not sure what it means though ;-)
Wish they’d offer a big discount for Life membership.
They ought to use an amortization schedule for pricing Life membership; I might be more interested :)
Normal Fees for various NRA Memberships are as follows:
Life: $1000
Endowment: $2000
Patron: $3500
Benefactor: $5000
Upgrades from lower level of membership credit the cost of the lower membership to the cost of the next higher one. So a life member upgrading to Endowment would pay an additional $1000, not the full $2000.
The “only” benefits I can think of for higher level of membership are a supposed guarranteed invite to the bigwig NRA events, bragging rights of course, and a feeling of satisfaction on providing the Association with more financial support to fight those totalitarian running dogs in Washington.
Obviously, a discount to $200 for upgrade from Life to Endowment means you get bragging rights to both the higher level membership, and for saving 80% of the cost; not an inconsiderable factor when explaining to your significant other what you spent the money on. ;-)