You Will Be Sorry
As others have mentioned, the ECA is a shady organization masquerading under the guise of an advocacy group for gaming rights and first amendment protections for videogames.  Initially, the group offered a number of benefits as perks for membership, but of those, many are offers that you can get on one's own at any time (such as a free trial of Gamefly).  The best perks have been dropped.<br /><br />The greater problem is that in order to activate membership, you are required to provide a credit card number, even for a pre-purchased membership or a free membership (given through various promotions). They make it very easy to become a member.  However, they make it nearly impossible to stop being a member.  The ECA charges regular fees that you cannot get out of unless you cancel your member ship through a very specific form of WRITTEN correspondence (no e-mail or website help at all), and well in advance of your membership due date.<br /><br />If you have recently become a member, I suggest you begin the proceedings to cancel now, and keep multiple copies of everything you send and receive.  You might just get out of your contract by 2011.
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