I tried to set up my membership for automatic renewal but it appears there are still problems with the system.
1.  My present membership expires at the end of the year, 12-31-2022
2.  My automated renewal now goes from May 3 of this year until May 3 of 2023.  I paid $63 for first class delivery.
3,  What happened to the remaining 8 months already paid?

I went to "members" and clicked on renew membership.  It sent me to the icon for purchasing a year so I clicked it to place it in the cart.  OK so far! 
I went to cart and clicked on checkout.   Went to automated renewal with Credit Card, marked the button, and clicked finish.  It took my money with no problem but now my anniversary date is May 2 of each year.  I must confess that is a pretty nifty way to get members to double subscribe for 8 months and should help the financials quite a bit if that happens to all automatic renewals.
Perhaps a detailed sticky in the announcements could save future subscribers a lot of grief and trial and error. 

John,
I can work it out with Mary. If possible I would like my renewal at the end of 2023 so no need to refund anything.
Might be easier to ask for refund and do it again when the glitch is fixed.
Jim

Hi John any chance you could share contact details of the other member here in South Africa.
It would be nice to chat with him or here
Wayne King

Mary to the rescue. She called and explained that the correct end date will appear when the computer updates the data which is what happened so the "paid up" date is now correct. So every year it will automatically renew my membership, no muss, no fuss. Mary also said I am nearing the 25 year mark for membership.

Thanks John .