Joined and got a 10-X number somewhere around 30 years ago.
Was promised a quarterly newsletter. Never got one.
Was told about all these great local nets (at the time). Never heard one, although in fairness, most were active while I was at work.
After the year was up, never bothered to renew.
Had more fun joining the Ghosts, as it turned out. (This was an informal local group who ran 10 meter AM after midnight local time). I think K4NQA and I are last of the Ghosts still around though; the rest have QSY'd to another plane of existence.