Thanks for the feedback blackduckracing....we appreciate the conversation. Hopefully I answered some of your same questions/concerns in my last reply. I also think it's important to highlight some of the ways we are trying to make the program have real value for our members--people like you who are avid participants in the activities they love (tri or otherwise). Just for reference, here are some stats from the first half of this year to show how Advantage members have saved:

- Members have saved on more than 180,000 event registrations
- We've given away more than 2,000 free event entries
- Members have saved on over 30,000 gear purchases
- Members have started more than 12,000 free training plans to help prepare for events

We are excited about how much members have saved already this year, but we are always looking to add more value for them.

I've signed up for a couple M-DOT races on Active recently. It is opt-in, and it actually comes after you've finished registering for your race. It however isn't incredibly clear that you're done and can just close the window. There really should be a message that says in big letters "Congratulations your registration for Ironman Lake Placid is complete, here's some other stuff you may want to buy". The page says all of that already, but it doesn't say it entirely clearly for someone who is rapidly try to fill out every box they can and hit submit.

Now, if you could just do something so I could delete the 10 old addresses I have in active.

timboricki wrote:

Can somebody that is signing up for a race in the next few days take a bunch of screen shots of the entire process?
How many total screens from start to finish?
How many total check boxes from start to finish? How many are already checked by default?

I did notice this past year that Active did start include USAT license stuff on their forms. In years past, I could handle that at packet pick up (which I preferred).

My wife and I just got dinged today for a $59.95 Active Advantage membership we didn't asked for. I assume that it happen when we registered for Mont Tremblant 70.3 in August. I am usually very careful when filling up this type of forms and I really don't remember seeing any check box/radio button for subscribing for this membership. It pissed me off so much that I actually went to register for a random Ironman just to see where's this option is, but I could not find it before having to enter my credit card info.

I've just read ACTIVEADV's post, which explains it why I could not find the option before entering my CC info:
"To accept the trial offer you must verify and re-enter your email address and then click an acceptance button (OPT-IN). If you accept the trial you will receive a confirmation email and a series of emails during your trial period.
The 30-day free trial offer is presented on a screen after your event registration is already complete, just before your event registration confirmation screen. At that point you are already registered for your activity and no matter what you choose to do on the offer screen (try the program or not try the program), you will next see the event confirmation. "

This makes it sound like I've intentionally signed up for this membership, which I definitely I did not, especially that I don't even live in USA.

I am now really curious where the option to subscribe for this membership is, so if anyone could take a screenshot and post it here next time they register for an event I'd appreciate it.