North American Fishing Club

Is anyone here a member of the North American Fishing Club? I received my Jan/Feb magazine but haven't received any other. I just tried to go on their website and cant find anything. It is like they disappeared. WHats going on?

Yes I am happy. I joined never expecting any of those testing things. I did receive fishing line to test. I will never be lucky enough to receive a nice rod or reel. I mainly joined for the magazine. I do enjoy the magazine. Do you know what the new website is? I never received anything. I should have had the newest magazine by now.

Been a member since aug of '99 (a gift for my 10th birthday) and I saved my allowance and became a life member in feb of '99 when I was 12. The new magazines are real nice (I'm a life member of North American Hunting Club also).

http://fishing.scout.com that's the new website for fishing club.

wow this is the first nice post i read about nafc, everybody over there seems like they got their panties in a bunch and just want to complain about change. it wasnt like the old site was better.

They're still working out all the bugs of the new site. Everybody over here have their panties in a bunch cause they expect "I paid my membership, I want free stuff from your testing area." I've been a life member for 15 years and haven't received anything to test other than some bug spray. Why does everybody expect free stuff anymore? Nobody is willing to work hard in life to succeed. Like them wanting to raise minimum wage to $10.10, what about those of us that did bust our rear ends to do something and make more than minimum wage already? Are we going to get an equal pay raise?

You say free stuff. Its funny cause i dont think people wanted the free stuff they had. i did though and enjoyed it. They complained about stuffstuff, I went from level 1 to level 6 in a year and with that time I got my moneys worth. Actually with the products I got, I didn’t pay a cent to the club. Funny how that worked, I guess . But wait maybe I shouldn’t  of taken my time to get free stuff and taken my time to just complained like everybody else that  didn’t want free stuff  because it was change, which this world today is all about changing. Another funny thing is  that the members ruined stuffstuff for themselves. They didn’t want to take the time which is sad. So when it comes to members over there ya they got their panties in a bunch instead of helping the club out and enjoying being a member which they are paying for.

I had a membership with them ~12-15 years ago and quit, but not for the reasons most would expect. I never believed I'd be a "Field Tester" as they wrote and receive expensive equipment without cost to me. The magazine was OK, not the best, not the worst, but acceptable. What got me was they kept sending me correspondence with increasing costs for different levels and stating I'd receive this or that expensive rod/reel combo, lures and other fishing equipment. I didn't send for any of it as what was being offered sounded too good to be true. After that they would send me things that I never requested. As I didn't realize exactly what was being sent the first two times, I opened the package thinking I was lucky [stupid mistake]. There was a bill with both items and as I already opened the package, I was responsible for return postage from the post office's perspective. I sent a letter canceling my subscription and stated they could keep the balance as I didn't want any further contact with them, but they continued to send things three more times. I would write "Return To Sender- Contents Not Requested". After three mailings from them and returns, they either got the message or it finally caught up with them in their delivery system. Never again will I respond to their ads. I'm happy they've been satisfactory to some of you, but my experience with them has been awful and the same according to three of my friends. Maybe they [NAFC] have changed.

Yeah I got those books, knives, belt buckles and all the other stuff that I never requested. I would then get the bill for it, and well seeing I never requested it, I never sent payment for them. They have finally stopped sending me unrequested items like those. I always opened them not knowing what exactly it was. I did call them after the first item and told them I didn't request the item and wanted to send it back, but was not going to pay the shipping, they were to send me a shipping label seeing they sent it without me wanting it. They told me the shipping was on me and they weren't responsible. I tried to return it, but wasn't paying for shipping, so it's on them.
 
I do have to say though, the new magazine is a lot better then before and it's big enough that I think even the blind could read it.