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The Lunduke Journal Subscription "Upgrade System (of Awesomeness)"
(Or just "The USA". Because... why not?)
October 09, 2022

Effective immediately, you can now subtract the total amount you have spent — in the current calendar year — on any Lunduke Journal subscription… towards upgrading to either of the fancier subscription levels.

Note: This is merely an extension of someone we've done in the past.  Just making it official, documenting it, and expanding it to apply to both of the fancy-shmancy subscription levels.

This is especially handy as it saves you some buckazoids, while giving you full access to both Substack and Locals (plus all the hangouts and whatnot).

It works like this:

  1. Add up the amount you’ve spent on any Lunduke Journal subscription… then subtract that from the cost of a Founding Member or Lifetime Subscription.

  2. Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/Subscription. Select “Annual” and “Card”.

  3. Enter the amount of the subscription you want (you can upgrade to either — $125 for Founding Member or $350 for Lifetime)… minus the amount you figured out in step 1.

Example: You are a regular, monthly subscriber at $5 per month. It is now October. You can subtract $50 from a Founding Member subscription, bringing the cost down to $75 for the next year for the higher level subscription. Sweet deal.

Example 2: You are a Founding Member and want that subscription to be good for the rest of your life without ever paying again. Because you are smart. So you subtract the amount you spent on the Founding Member subscription from the Lifetime price.

For a Founding Member subscription — which is annual — your new year starts right then. Which means you have, potentially, saved quite a bit of money on the next year worth of subscription.

For a Lifetime Subscription… well… you never need to pay again. And you just saved some buckazoids on that too.

Note: If you need any help determining exactly how much you have spent on Lunduke Journal subscriptions since January of the current year… simply email Lunduke ([email protected]) or send him a private message on Lunduke.Locals.com. He can look that up pretty easily.

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