AKRON, OH — Greg Allison, 41, confirmed Tuesday that he has paid $145 annually for nine consecutive years to the National Association of Supply Chain Specialists, a professional organization he has no memory of joining, has never contacted, and whose name he cannot definitively pronounce on the first attempt.

Allison, an orthodontist, discovered the charge while reviewing his credit card statement for an unrelated dispute involving a subscription meal kit he had also forgotten about. He estimates total dues paid at $1,305, not counting the $18 processing fee applied each year for reasons the organization’s website describes only as “administrative facilitation.”

“I clicked on their website,” Allison told reporters. “There’s a members-only newsletter and a quarterly webinar about freight logistics. I have attended zero webinars. I don’t know what freight logistics is.”

“Technically, he’s been a member in good standing since 2017. His dues record is spotless. Honestly, we wish more of our members were like him.”

NASCS membership coordinator Diane Pelletier, 52, confirmed Allison’s account was active, current, and had never generated a single login, webinar registration, or directory listing request. “Technically, he’s been a member in good standing since 2017,” Pelletier said. “His dues record is spotless. Honestly, we wish more of our members were like him.”

Allison has submitted a cancellation request via the organization’s online portal, which generated an automated confirmation email informing him his request would be reviewed within 7–10 business days and that his 2027 dues would not be affected.

At press time, Allison had been placed on hold with the NASCS member services line for 34 minutes and had begun genuinely reading an archived 2019 newsletter article on cold chain disruption, which he described as “actually pretty interesting.”