If you mean the “other” trade associations, they should charge according to how much they provide in member benefits. So I assume their dues are less than 75 cents/year. One dinky little inspection trade association out there actually has no member benefits page at all (because it would be a blank page). They are a total scam.
I have no idea what they charge a year, would be interested if you could provide that info.
Whatever they charge I chose INachi precisely because of the excellent benefits!
I can’t imagine anyone paying them more than a few dollars/year… or maybe as much as $5/year dues in return for their zero member benefits. Not even worth that. If they are charging more than $7.50/year dues… it’s a scam.
Oh I totally agree that Nachi has it all over ashi & nahi in benefits and think the higher fee in the future is justified but 1000.00 might be pushing it imho.
The new $1,000.00 dues won’t be for existing members or those who join before we raise them in < 3 weeks (InterNACHI never raises dues on existing members). So if you are not a member of InterNACHI yet… join before the end of this year.
Well, it’s certainly not “overhead cost.” We’ll bring in less money at $1,000 than we do at $365 (because many fewer will join at $1,000).
It’s mostly because of our belief that the inspection industry is entering a consolidation phase where there will be (already happening IMHO) winners and losers and not much in between. We want to be the association of financial winners and want to provide those winners with even more competitive advantages to help them increase that lead. My goal is to provide so many competitive advantages for InterNACHI members, that for non-members… it will be hopeless.
Here’s a hypothetical question, if Linas gets kicked out of the club in March but then is reinstated in June, would that mean he would have to pay $499.00 a year?