piper_chuck
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I'm looking for some thoughts on a dilemma I face. I have yet to enroll my two weeks, but probably will soon so I can take advantage of some additional options and reduced fees for trading. However, I have 4 weeks on deposit with II and my membership expires in July.
I ended up in this situation because I changed jobs in 2009, and have significantly less vacation than I used to, and we built a new house in 2010 and spent all my spare time working on it. There's no way I can use all of these weeks by July so I need to renew for a year or two, unless I can find something else to do with the weeks.
Compounding the issue, II has offered a bonus week for a 2012 week that I have yet to deposit. If I were to take advantage of that I'd end up with 6 deposited weeks and probably another year of II dues. If I keep the week until I enroll I could deposit it in the new account and avoid a trade fee later on, but I'd lose the bonus week. I find myself wondering if this is II's way of convincing me to extend for another year?
So anyway, does anyone have any creative ways I can deal with my excess inventory? Also, any thoughts on whether to take advantage of the bonus week offer with II or pass?
I ended up in this situation because I changed jobs in 2009, and have significantly less vacation than I used to, and we built a new house in 2010 and spent all my spare time working on it. There's no way I can use all of these weeks by July so I need to renew for a year or two, unless I can find something else to do with the weeks.
Compounding the issue, II has offered a bonus week for a 2012 week that I have yet to deposit. If I were to take advantage of that I'd end up with 6 deposited weeks and probably another year of II dues. If I keep the week until I enroll I could deposit it in the new account and avoid a trade fee later on, but I'd lose the bonus week. I find myself wondering if this is II's way of convincing me to extend for another year?

So anyway, does anyone have any creative ways I can deal with my excess inventory? Also, any thoughts on whether to take advantage of the bonus week offer with II or pass?