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AHDI RENEWAL - old mter

Posted: Jul 11, 2010

?? Is it worth it? At $135 I think they are getting a bit greedy......I'm just sending out feelers. Money is tight and I just don't know if it is worth it at this point in time.

OldMTer - Old MTSO

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I think AHDI is a completely irrelevant, self-serving organization. I quit a good long time ago and do not notice that it has affected me at all--except given me more money in my pocket. :)
Personally, I don't think their membership is worh 35 cents, much less $135.00. What have they ever done that is positive for the American MT?

AHDI - used to be okay

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I was a member back in the 1990s when it was AAMT, I was a CMT and had all the pins and certificates to proudly show for it when it meant more. No more since they have bedded with MQ and even getting the offshore MTs certified FOR FREE!!

I'm not sure it ever really meant anything. - sm

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I was around in the early stages of AAMT, having become a transcriptionist back in 1982. Even way back then, they seemed more about taking money from the MTs than doing anything for them. Over the ensuing 30 years, I have never been denied a job for not being a CMT and have gotten the same wage offered to CMTs, so I see no benefit in tossing more money in their way. As a matter of fact, in view of their encouragement of offshoring of MT work, it may be time to let the offshore workers provide their profit rather than the American workers they seem to anxious to shut out of the industry.

Re: AHDI - used to be okay - earlymusicus

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Really? Offshore MTs get certified for free?? That is SO unfair to American MTs!

ditto to above NM - me2

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I wouldn't send them a dime. Let them set up business in India! - mrs.krabs

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They sold our American jobs to the Indians. They don't deserve American dollars. Let them work for the rupees.

In a simple word: NO! I finally quit them. They do..sm - Definitely NOT worth it!

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absolutely NOTHING for US MTs except drain your pocket. They had the gall to ask me why *I* would feel it necessary to quit. I wasn't shy and flat told them. When they start actually DOING something for that exorbitant fee, I might go back - but this has been an ongoing issue for years and years and years. Can you say "corrupt?"

I was amazed at the price of (sm) - OTE

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the convention. .anywhere from $300-500 and that does not include your hotel and other seminars you would actually want to attend. They have been going downhill IMHO!

Nah. They think we're loaded with big bucks with all the help they give us. LOL (nm) - Backwards Typist

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They ARE loaded with big bucks... - enigma

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with the outrageous fees they charge for everything!!! The only reason I am still in this field is I still believe in good writing. Certainly not the political junk that's going on...

just ask yourself what they have that you REALLY have benefited from in the past - - and is it worth 135.00. NM

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If you don't go to the convention, don't - former AHDI member

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Every $ paid to those shysters helps them to take - away our livelihoods. AHDI = CROOKS!

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AHDI - earlymusicus

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As a student, I found their membership to be expensive. And their books are very expensive. I joined, because I thought that would look good on my resume (all the resume books suggest that you belong to your professional organization). I bought the 3rd edition of the AHDI Book of Style, the RMT Study Guide, and the Book of Style Workbook. I can't afford to buy anything else.

Business as usual - enigma

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It's how all business is done these days...unfortunately!

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