Illiad's Backfeed 1.1 reads:

OKAY, BUT ONLY A LITTLE LONGER: Some more requests came in at the last minute asking for an extension to the Membership Drive, and so the Final Last Ultimate Date for the current drive is now September 15th. Thank you once again to all who have signed up for a paid UF Membership -- you help make it possible for UF to stick around!

Then I get an email from a David Barton, dated 16 September saying:

Hi,

We have noticed that your account has expired or is about to expire.

Did you know that we have brought back (with new art too!) t-shirts, hats and mugs (along with jackets for Dark Regents) as spiffs?

Anyway, as the the window on our Summer 2006 Membership Drive is about to close, we wanted to give you a 'heads up' and the opportunity to check out the new schwag and renew or upgrade your Membership.

So, I need to get back to 15 September, to even consider a subscription. If I could aford it at the moment.

Or perhaps Illiad needs to consider marketing before the membership drive, rather than after it?