cintinative Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) So I participated in a Prodigy group buy last February (good for a year) through a homeschool buyer co-op type site and I emailed the coordinator and she said they are not doing a renewal. I asked about a new group buy and she said she thinks if I did find that we would lose the progress made through the current membership. Can anyone speak to this? Is there no way to renew a group buy? Thanks in advance for your help! Edited January 5, 2017 by cintinative Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) A new group buy shouldn't cause you to lose progress. You would get new memberships credited to your parent account which could then be applied to any child's account you manage. You probably want to wait until the old membership is expired as I do not believe memberships can be stacked on to one another. Edited January 5, 2017 by maize 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 A new group buy shouldn't cause you to lose progress. You would get new memberships credited to your parent account which could then be applied to any child's account you manage. You probably want to wait until the old membership is expired as I do not believe memberships can be racked on to one another. The person that coordinated the last group buy said that Prodigy was "cracking down" on the group buys. Do you know what that might mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 The person that coordinated the last group buy said that Prodigy was "cracking down" on the group buys. Do you know what that might mean? No. I was part of another group buy this past November and didn't hear anything about that. They may want some kind of assurance that people participating in homeschool group buys are actual homeschoolers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 A new group buy shouldn't cause you to lose progress. You would get new memberships credited to your parent account which could then be applied to any child's account you manage. You probably want to wait until the old membership is expired as I do not believe memberships can be racked on to one another. I read a site that said that Prodigy very recently changed its procedure for group buys. According to that site, now renewals are not credited to the accounts to be used as necessary, but rather everyone participating in the group buy has to start using their year at the time the group buy ends. I don't know how accurate that information it, but it has made it much harder to find anyone organizing a group buy. In case anyone is interested, I have two kids whose memberships recently expired that I would like to renew via a group buy. If we could get together 30 people (accounts), then we could run our own group buy. Even if some people's accounts don't expire for another month or two, it might be worth it to renew now, because through the group buy a year's membership is only $12, but if you find yourself buying individually a year costs $60. Wendy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 I read a site that said that Prodigy very recently changed its procedure for group buys. According to that site, now renewals are not credited to the accounts to be used as necessary, but rather everyone participating in the group buy has to start using their year at the time the group buy ends. I don't know how accurate that information it, but it has made it much harder to find anyone organizing a group buy. In case anyone is interested, I have two kids whose memberships recently expired that I would like to renew via a group buy. If we could get together 30 people (accounts), then we could run our own group buy. Even if some people's accounts don't expire for another month or two, it might be worth it to renew now, because through the group buy a year's membership is only $12, but if you find yourself buying individually a year costs $60. Wendy I'll have to check when ours expire. And no, they totally don't stack. The day the membership is credited to the parent account is the day the year membership starts, even if you don't apply it to a player's account or there is still time left on a membership already paid. Or at least, that was our experience. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted January 5, 2017 Author Share Posted January 5, 2017 I just joined a FB site for Prodigy group buys. I am thinking about going with them as they have one going and that would renew us in January hopefully ahead of the expiration in February. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Any updates on this? We purchased through Homeschool Group Buys last spring (March, I think it was) and I would like to renew for another year. I wonder if Homeschool Buyer's Co-Op has anything for Prodigy yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 I bought it though this fB group and had no problems: https://www.facebook.com/groups/660058584165147/ They are trying to do a group buy monthly for Prodigy but order once they get at least 30. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamoose Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Is there an update? I participated in a group buy last September and would like to renew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insertcreativenamehere Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I bought recently through a FB group buy and it worked great! The person who runs the group does group buys monthly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintinative Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Last year I bought through a FB group and like the pp, it went fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 I bought through this Facebook group and it worked smoothly and easily: https://www.facebook.com/groups/256935961369124/?fref=ts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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